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(ps moss is dead because it's no longer humid, or wet, enough to support it outside)


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Just remember, it's working on looking good the rest of the year

I like to think of its sleeping, and digesting all those bugs and using the nutrients to grow bigger traps next year

HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:I like to think of its sleeping, and digesting all those bugs and using the nutrients to grow bigger traps next year

I hope so! Since I put it outside a couple months ago, it's been doing nothing but catching bugs - it never has a free trap haha.


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How does the sphag moss stand up to the cold?

HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:How does the sphag moss stand up to the cold?

I mean... I find the most important factors are: sustained airflow, proper lighting, very high humidity and higher day temps. By contrast, here's some lovely moss growing alongside my jamban in my enclosure


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HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:How does the sphag moss stand up to the cold?

Freezing does not seem to kill it.

Benurmanii wrote:

HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:How does the sphag moss stand up to the cold?

Freezing does not seem to kill it.

Yeah, most of mine in that VFT pot is dead tho


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Benurmanii wrote:

HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:How does the sphag moss stand up to the cold?

Freezing does not seem to kill it.

I agree. There's a purpurea bog close to my house filled with sphagnum that takes snow and freezing temps. But nonetheless I can't seem to grow it in containers or trays.

tannerm wrote:

Benurmanii wrote:

HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:How does the sphag moss stand up to the cold?

Freezing does not seem to kill it.

Yeah, most of mine in that VFT pot is dead tho


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My outdoor sphagnum died during the summer, but revived once it started raining a lot.

Benurmanii wrote:

tannerm wrote:

Benurmanii wrote: Freezing does not seem to kill it.

Yeah, most of mine in that VFT pot is dead tho


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My outdoor sphagnum died during the summer, but revived once it started raining a lot.

Yeah, that seems to happen. Idk, I prefer just keeping it on the pots I have in my grow enclosure now.


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yea...my plants all look pretty sad right now lol...they've been dormant since a week before Halloween I believe. now to not over-water and kill them

I can never seem to keep vfts over the winter. They also die or turn to mush. I think I'm keeping em too wet

HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:I can never seem to keep vfts over the winter. They also die or turn to mush. I think I'm keeping em too wet

what's your watering method and how often?

Idk, I just water em when it gets a little dry. Funny how I can keep helis and cephs alive and thriving but can't get a vft to survive