DeathMob wrote:FlyTrap Hunter wrote:I wouldn't mist them at night until you get the algae worked out. The cold drop at night is for when the temperature is above 90F or so. DC don't like it really hot. But right now mine are in 95F weather and sunlight all day. It still drops to 70F here at night in NC, so it works out.
Thanks for the reply and sounds great. Keep us posted.
Ok thank you sooo much for your help! Much appreciated!
P.S. I wound up moving the seedlings back. I get around 6+ hrs of sunlight where I last had them, but still get a bit shaded so they won’t get sunburnt. I am currently using a 30% shader over the box. I had it wrapped over it 3x so it probably was the cause of the algae, so now I have only one layer of the 30% shade over the seedlings. I wish I had put more soil in the pot I made. I was worried that they might sink into the soil if it ever rained, but I came up with using a clear lid from my greenhouse seed starter to cover them from the rain. So now they are too low and getting covered in algae. I’m almost thinking about flipping the pot upside down onto another pot to remove the soil and then add some soil to the pot that I flipped the soil into and then flip the whole soil and seedlings back into the pot I was using. Do you think this could work to reduce the amount of algae and be able to put more water in the tray or should I wait until the seeds have developed seedlings?
If you can see the seedlings, I wouldn't change the soil. You can fix the algae without moving the seedlings around.
Just keep trying to get them dryer and more air circulating. Sunlight and air circulating kills algae. Just my opinion.
You might want to post your question in the pitcher plant section and get opinions from other members.this is my one darlingtonia Californica seedling and it's making it's first adult pitcher. It's a bit sunburned but going strong
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I think it's just a year old
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