Muckydoo
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Yep, easier to mix up, just 2 drops in my spray bottle and I'm basically good to go!
I'm terrible at remembering to fertilize, but this year I tried hard to remember, and my plants looked better then in past years.
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I'm terrible at remembering to fertilize, but this year I tried hard to remember, and my plants looked better then in past years.
I also find MaxSea annoying as it absorbs water from the air and becomes a mucky mess.
jeff
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So it's a dilution of either NPK 2-7-7 or NPK 8-14-9.
The latter has a higher phosphorus content than the former, making it more beneficial for flowers.
The second NPK, 8-14-9, is composed of 8% nitrogen, 14% phosphorus, and 9% potassium
-Nitrogen promotes foliage,
-phosphorus promotes flowers,
-potassium promotes roots, and also helps fight pests and diseases and aid recovery from adverse conditions such as cold and drought.
Personally, I don't use fertilizer, or I use aquarium fish flakes on the leaves, in small doses to avoid indigestion.
And don't forget that these are carnivorous plants; they normally fend for themselves.A walk outside during the summer months between May and October does them the world of good.
jeff
The latter has a higher phosphorus content than the former, making it more beneficial for flowers.
The second NPK, 8-14-9, is composed of 8% nitrogen, 14% phosphorus, and 9% potassium
-Nitrogen promotes foliage,
-phosphorus promotes flowers,
-potassium promotes roots, and also helps fight pests and diseases and aid recovery from adverse conditions such as cold and drought.
Personally, I don't use fertilizer, or I use aquarium fish flakes on the leaves, in small doses to avoid indigestion.
And don't forget that these are carnivorous plants; they normally fend for themselves.A walk outside during the summer months between May and October does them the world of good.
jeff
Having the plants outside is generally a good idea. However, you have to adapt to the local environment, which can include squirrels and other pesky creatures.
Muckydoo
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This ever interesting seed grown P. ehlersiae 'Tolantongo' that I possibly crossed with P. kondoi 'Giant'?
I mean, they all look different?!
But it was more of a 'kondoi is sterilize, this will never work' and then ramming a paint brush in each flower... So I assume some amount of self-pollination was possible... But the shape and color difference makes me think maybe there is something going on!? I will continue to wait for flowers...
And then some pings I thought looked nice.
Couple of pots of P. ehlersiae 'Tolantongo' located in different areas and lights.
P. gracilis
P. laueana "CP2" x emarginata
P. 'Seductora'
I mean, they all look different?!
But it was more of a 'kondoi is sterilize, this will never work' and then ramming a paint brush in each flower... So I assume some amount of self-pollination was possible... But the shape and color difference makes me think maybe there is something going on!? I will continue to wait for flowers...
And then some pings I thought looked nice.
Couple of pots of P. ehlersiae 'Tolantongo' located in different areas and lights.
P. gracilis
P. laueana "CP2" x emarginata
P. 'Seductora'
Muckydoo
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Muckydoo
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My Pinguicula from the BCP order.
Delayed by Purolator for a day, they then rode around on the Puro truck all day in near freezing weather, then they were sent back to the Puro depot and put on a different truck and delivered in the evening in temperatures below freezing, with a heat pack had no more heat to give..... And these incredibly resilient plants survived.
Now one plant is nothing more than a single leaf pull, and a few others are still in critical care, but for the most part they survived! A few are already flowering.
Still keeping them under moderate light to help with putting on a bit of size vs colour.
Delayed by Purolator for a day, they then rode around on the Puro truck all day in near freezing weather, then they were sent back to the Puro depot and put on a different truck and delivered in the evening in temperatures below freezing, with a heat pack had no more heat to give..... And these incredibly resilient plants survived.
Now one plant is nothing more than a single leaf pull, and a few others are still in critical care, but for the most part they survived! A few are already flowering.
Still keeping them under moderate light to help with putting on a bit of size vs colour.
coconut
Carnivorous Plant Addict
I lost completely the ping moranensis f rosei, Japanese strain. It came like a bunch of tiny leaves about 1/4 inch !. All others from BCP are very well especially the pings planifolia are lovely.
I'm tempted to try some UV to colour my pings.
Muckydoo
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I've wondered if Curious Plant does that for their photos. The color of their pings in pictures are bizarrely unrealistic in normal conditions.