- Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:12 pm
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Hellooo Flytrapcare~! Phew, it's been a while... I like the new layout, but I'll have to get used to it. 
My wee little collection has been really good on their own, but recently i just planted all of them into a bog-planter. Here's a bunch of pics to show start to finish, and I'll be explaining what I did.
Some shots of the whole family, before I did anything. The plants aren't anything special, just plain FVT's and some dana's delight clones.
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The material I used. As opposed to the perlite-sphagnum-peat mix they've been sitting in for the past few years, I have a fresh bale of compressed peat and sand.
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The rattlesnake plantains I would later cut up and repot, a mostly different project on its own.
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Here's where I REALLY started- I threw in a bunch of sand and rinsed it till the water was clear before I dumped it in, the same I did with the sand in the soil. That plastic there is to cover a bunch of huge holes that were in the bottom of the barrel, and that's about 3 inches of sand on top. The idea is the thick layer of sand would be like a water holder during the drier times, with it being more moist down there.
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A comparison of the two containers, the group of flytraps and pitcher plants were in the smaller one.
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A hand to show just how big the new planter is. I didn't think to measure, but it's nearly a foot deep and about two and a half feet around. The soil is a 75/25 mix of sand and peat in the deep portion, respectively.
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I was able to actually pull the entire thing out! That there is a 6-inch deep rootball....
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The first flytraps I eased out~ What was once 1 plant is now two, very large dormant plants! THE ROOTS THO
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A close-up of that clump. Dayum.
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After working out the last of the flytraps, I got to my real prize. A huge (huge by my standards) clump of a Dana's Delight sarr that started out as a pathetic little thing when I first got it.
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In the first few photos you might see a carpet of sphag on top, (Thanks again Matt, I bought the moss from you!) I put it all in some distilled water to wait for their new home~
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Family photo!! All of the bare rooted plants sitting in water while I get their soil ready
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Finally all settled in, but something's missing...
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Now the moss is put back! Jeez, it almost completely covers the plants when it's spread out like this...
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I've heard about planting terrestrial orchids in with carnivorous plant bogs and such, like where they can be found growing together in nature. So I threw in a plantain orchid and hoped for the best!
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A few of the surviving seedlings from the previous year, they wouldn't fit with their parents.
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I did something about the soil though, I want to mention;
At the very bottom of the planter is pure sand. On top of that, to the half-way mark I put in a mix of 75% sand and 25% peat. For the top half I put in a mix of 75% peat and 25% sand. I thought that the lighter mix on top would be easier for the plants to take root and grow around in, while the more sand deeper in would let the older, stronger roots anchor themselves and provide a substantial source of water in a dry spell because of the sandy catch on the bottom, letting it drain so slowly. What are you guy's thoughts on that?
My wee little collection has been really good on their own, but recently i just planted all of them into a bog-planter. Here's a bunch of pics to show start to finish, and I'll be explaining what I did.
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At the very bottom of the planter is pure sand. On top of that, to the half-way mark I put in a mix of 75% sand and 25% peat. For the top half I put in a mix of 75% peat and 25% sand. I thought that the lighter mix on top would be easier for the plants to take root and grow around in, while the more sand deeper in would let the older, stronger roots anchor themselves and provide a substantial source of water in a dry spell because of the sandy catch on the bottom, letting it drain so slowly. What are you guy's thoughts on that?
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I intend on updating this post every now and then through the next growing season or two, to show how the plants grow and whatnot.
Also, those orchids are blooming, Yay~
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