- Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:24 pm
#80901
Yeah, I am going to get some death cubes in the Spring and test my skills at replenishing VFTs.
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squirtoman wrote:Still if it's a cheap way to get plants it seems the best wayI do agree with the first half of that. It is THE best price to get plants, but they aren't in shape. It's also fun to bring plants like those back from the 'dead' and rescue them. And in most people's mind, rescuing the VFTs is a good thing, not a way to give Lowe's more money....
Grey wrote:The ones in the garden centre were bright, flourishing and beautiful -- in fact I bought my first nepenthes from the garden centre and she is a stunning young beast.
Grey wrote:I've seen the same plants (species), supplied by the same company in two different locations -- one was Homebase the other was a local garden centre. The ones in Homebase looked half dead, abandoned, mouldy and covered in cobwebs (not to mention mislabelled).Not so lucky there huh! At my local homebase, the plants are flourishing with about 3cm bright red traps with lots of divisions so like about 4 or 5 healthy plants in a pot!
Max Payne wrote:It just came out of 3 months dormancy where I put it outside. ( Oct thru Dec )Glad to hear your plant is good, but I have to ask why you decided to take it out of dormancy so early? . Normally you can follow the rule Thanksgiving to Valentines Day, and that is a good dormancy.
dantt99 wrote:There was a big freeze coming so I took them all inside.Max Payne wrote:It just came out of 3 months dormancy where I put it outside. ( Oct thru Dec )Glad to hear your plant is good, but I have to ask why you decided to take it out of dormancy so early? . Normally you can follow the rule Thanksgiving to Valentines Day, and that is a good dormancy.
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