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Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:08 pm
by uusa2000
What kind of light conditions are those deep colored vft cultivars (aki ryu, maroon monster) under? I've read that when they're healthy and fed, they get green as green. And when starved/hungry the whole plant will stay red. I need help on this topic. I have Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars coming and I don't want them going green..
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Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 6:31 pm
by Salute flytraps234
It's not. Based on feeding, if you give akai ryu, and maroon monster more light like full light they turn red, and stay red. Hope that helps
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Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:50 pm
by uusa2000
Im curious because before my red dragons went dormant, they were turning green instead of red. And the sun was bright.. I don't want them to lose that deep colour
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Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:30 pm
by Salute flytraps234
It's probably part of the dormancy period, the same happened to me the leaves where green , and now the new spring leaves are red
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Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:30 pm
by Salute flytraps234
Also do you grow them outside or indoors
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Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:54 pm
by uusa2000
Outside
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Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:45 am
by Salute flytraps234
Okay then give more lights, in the winter days are shorter so your plant should be red very soon
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Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:46 am
by Salute flytraps234
Look I have red flytraps and they where green they just start having red leaves
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Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:58 am
by Smooter80
Fall-Winter is when I have the most color on my VFTs. The daylight hours are much shorter so I assume their are other factors involved.
Re: Aki ryu, maroon monster cultivars
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:25 pm
by boarderlib
Smooter80 wrote:Fall-Winter is when I have the most color on my VFTs. The daylight hours are much shorter so I assume their are other factors involved.
If you believe what the herbal growers say, it's because the sun puts out more red color band in the fall.
uusa2000 wrote:Im curious because before my red dragons went dormant, they were turning green instead of red. And the sun was bright.. I don't want them to lose that deep colour
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A couple weeks in the sun, and they should color back up. My Maroon Monster was in the fridge for three months, it came out 60% green. A couple weeks later the signature color is back.
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