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  1. Thank you Jack The natural setup took a while to perfect ... the plants are actually in submerged pots of peat, with capillary matting separating a gravel layer (for the water reservoir) from the coir around the pots ... I only water it with distilled water, to hinder growth of algae and mould (I had this problem with rainwater) ... But all in all it was worth the tweaks and improvements, it looks like a miniature landscape when you peer inside ... you can escape into a little world of cp's
  2. Just for the record, here's some photos of the plants in my tank ... You can see the gemmae clustered in the top D. spatulata "Kansai" growing at the base of the D. scorpioides ... A little close up ... The tank itself (sorry for the dim lighting) ... Pinguicula esseriana, which have been growing in the tank for ever ... Hope you like them
  3. Well it's been 6 years since I posted this thread ... And I'm glad to say, my D. scorpioides have produced gemmae this year ... using the exact same setup as before (14" acrylic fishtank with 1x 6400K 24W bulb, 1x 2400K 22W bulb, mylar lining) ... The trick was indeed to tweak the light switch timer ... They had 14 hours of light during the summer, now reduced to 11 hours ... as soon as the daylight hit 11 hours, half of them began to produce gemmae ... now just waiting for the perfect time to harvest them Thanks again for all your input on this matter ... I can always count on you fellow CPUK members for help when it's most needed
  4. ... I feel sick ... :mrgreen: (I can't stand slugs ... )
  5. My word ... I dread to imagine the PLANTS that could emerge from those seeds! Be sure to keep your bedroom door locked at night, Syble ... :mrgreen:
  6. My new spatulata "kansai" have burst into growth in their new terrarium environment ... (Thank you for superb plants, Fabrice! ) Have to say, they've recovered from their postal journey extremely fast, and were already producing new dewy leaves ONE DAY after transplanting! The small question I have is ... at the moment, the rosettes are very small, perhaps the diameter of a one penny coin ... How large can I expect the rosettes to become? I was mildly surprised at how small the rosettes appear at the moment, and wondered if they are naturally a very "miniature" sundew! :mrgreen:
  7. If you want to have just one plant out of a clump, you could simply weed out the rest of the plants around it and throw them away ... :)
  8. In terms of colouration ... sorry RL, mine weren't schizandras but cape sundews ... but I did feed them with bloodworm! :) Feeding made no difference at all to the red colouration of the leaves, but instead did make the plants more "perky", and sped up their growth. So, drawing from this, feeding the plant with bloodworm will not give it brighter colouration ... I would agree with pinguiculaman, and put colouration down to lighting :)
  9. Yes - it's true, the fact they look attractive AND grow so easily's very nice! I've never actually seen a Capensis flower open - always assumed that they remain half opened seems I've been missing out ...
  10. :mrgreen: Have to add that one to my vocab, jimscott!! ... Remember to use it in conversation tomorrow ... remember to use it in conversation tomorrow ...
  11. They can become a REAL pest - I had three sprout next to my VFT last year; they looked dainty and cute at first, but then, they started to grow ... My Sundew always shrinks and looks very poorly just prior to sending up a flower spike - flowering must be exhausting for sundews also!!
  12. My VFT's having babies now as well It must be the right season ...
  13. Same here - my N.ventrata chooses random lid shapes for its pitchers, there appears to be no order to it at all One pitcher was lacking a lid altogether, and another was enormous, like an umbrella!
  14. Andy, The problem that you could get with a bought propogator is ... MISTING UP!! If you made your own, you could drill holes to reduce condensation building on the inside of the propagator ... :?
  15. It's a relief to hear that they WILL recover - thank you Jurgen and Indymental! :mrgreen: I just found it funny how the dead, grey leaves ballooned (sp?) up to their original shape again ... kind of looked like the living dead or something ...
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