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my order date 16/2/2010 . it arrived to my mailbox in new york in 20/2/ and arrived to Kuwait Today 1/3/








"FTS Crimson Sawtooth" Small


"Red" Typical Venus Fly Small


"Big Jaws" Medium order date 5/2/ arrived to Kuwait 14/2/




I use the water come out from air conditioner, it is good for these plants ?

at last l am sorry from my bad English language

Wow, all the way to Kuwait, huh? That's great! The FTS Crimson Sawtooth is international now! And the plants don't look too bad for being shipped that far and being in a box for two weeks.

Water that condenses from your air conditioner should be good, clean water that can be used on Venus fly traps, assuming that there isn't anything bad on the inside of the A/C or in the tube that the water runs out of.

VERY Cool, They Look Good for the long trip.

Just make sure that whatever water you use has no minerals or dissolved mineral salts in it. As Matt mentioned, if the water is from condensation, that's OK, and I'm guessing that's what you meant. However, if the "air conditioner" is an evaporative cooler, the water in it has concentrated dissolved minerals and will very probably harm or possibly kill the plant(s).

Just take a little extra effort to ensure that the water you are using is absolutely pure and has nothing else in it. Distilled water, collected rainwater and water from reverse osmosis units are all OK. "Drinking water" or "spring water" sold in bottles at stores may not be OK to use.

The plants look good. I'm sure they are happy to be out of their shipping container!

Good luck, -Steve

you are right. I mean condensation

I used condensation water for 4 months for this plant




Can I change the soil now?or wait seed ?

how long time the minerals or dissolved Influenced on the plants ??

ghost12 wrote: how long time the minerals or dissolved Influenced on the plants ??

That depends on the levels of minerals in the water. I'd say you would have seen some signs by now, so you should be safe.

Ghost12, if that were my plant, I would remove the whitish rocks from the surface of the growing medium. Either that, or I would flush the medium periodically to drain out any accumulated dissolved solids. Actually it's good to flush (leach) the medium occasionally anyway.

The rocks look like they may be slightly soluble in water, and although many people have and do use them as a top dressing, they can sometimes contribute to a buildup of harmful mineral salts in the medium.

do you use them as protection from a harsh sun? Or why? They are probably unnecessary.

If you want seeds from the flowers, I would wait until after all the seeds are harvested (it usually takes 4-5 weeks for each flower to produce a mature seed pod, and the flowering is staggered over a period of 3-6 weeks) before cutting off the flower stalk and transplanting the plant.

It will be weakened at that time and may take some time to recover, unless it is an exceptionally healthy and robust plant.

Steve

wow! Kuwait - that's quite the trip! They seem unaffected by the long trek

Steve_D wrote:Ghost12, if that were my plant, I would remove the whitish rocks from the surface of the growing medium. Either that, or I would flush the medium periodically to drain out any accumulated dissolved solids. Actually it's good to flush (leach) the medium occasionally anyway.

The rocks look like they may be slightly soluble in water, and although many people have and do use them as a top dressing, they can sometimes contribute to a buildup of harmful mineral salts in the medium.

do you use them as protection from a harsh sun? Or why? They are probably unnecessary.

If you want seeds from the flowers, I would wait until after all the seeds are harvested (it usually takes 4-5 weeks for each flower to produce a mature seed pod, and the flowering is staggered over a period of 3-6 weeks) before cutting off the flower stalk and transplanting the plant.

It will be weakened at that time and may take some time to recover, unless it is an exceptionally healthy and robust plant.

Steve

Thank you for your careful in my plant i do what you advice my to remove rocks
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wow! thats great, ghost12.

and, Steve and Matt know what they are talking about

make sure to give them lots of light and dont keep them too wet