- Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:14 am
#75884
Heres my first real attempt at a couple carnivorous garden. I'm no stranger to plants...I grow all kinds of stuff. Veggies, cactus, mushrooms, fruit...pretty much anything I can get my hands on . I did my research before I bought the plants and with a lil fine tuning help from you guys i'm very confident i'll be successful...hopefully .
The Mini Bog
It's for my VFT only. I decided to put this together today because I went to Lowes and saved, or prolonged their torture , a few CPs. I picked up 3 cubes of VFT and 1 cube of Sarracenia rubra. Ended up with 6 VFT and 1 beat up pitcher. I also have 6 typicals and a couple Dente on the way through mail order. I figured making one of these would be the easiest way to grow them.
It's nothing more than a 2 1/2-3 gal tub with a hole drilled about 2 inches up its side for drainage. Filled it with perlite to the drainage hole then topped it off with peat/perlite. Nothing special. I did add a tube so I could fill the res through that instead of watering through the soil.
Going to try and let them go dormant indoors. My computer room is at a lower level then the rest of the house and it stays very cool in there. I'll probably put them on the floor in there for the winter. If that doesn't seem to work i'll tke them to the garage.
The Terrarium
For my pitchers. The S. Rubra from Lowes and a S. Judith Hindle on the way. I haven't done anything to the aquarium besides put the plant in sitting in a bowl of water. Decided to take up this project tomorrow after planting my VFTs. I'll post pics for comments and suggestions when it's done .
Probably let my pitchers grow and not go dormant this year. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
The Mini Bog
It's for my VFT only. I decided to put this together today because I went to Lowes and saved, or prolonged their torture , a few CPs. I picked up 3 cubes of VFT and 1 cube of Sarracenia rubra. Ended up with 6 VFT and 1 beat up pitcher. I also have 6 typicals and a couple Dente on the way through mail order. I figured making one of these would be the easiest way to grow them.
It's nothing more than a 2 1/2-3 gal tub with a hole drilled about 2 inches up its side for drainage. Filled it with perlite to the drainage hole then topped it off with peat/perlite. Nothing special. I did add a tube so I could fill the res through that instead of watering through the soil.
Going to try and let them go dormant indoors. My computer room is at a lower level then the rest of the house and it stays very cool in there. I'll probably put them on the floor in there for the winter. If that doesn't seem to work i'll tke them to the garage.
The Terrarium
For my pitchers. The S. Rubra from Lowes and a S. Judith Hindle on the way. I haven't done anything to the aquarium besides put the plant in sitting in a bowl of water. Decided to take up this project tomorrow after planting my VFTs. I'll post pics for comments and suggestions when it's done .
Probably let my pitchers grow and not go dormant this year. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
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Traps from the baby VFT
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The Pitiful Pitcher
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Baby VFT...about the size of a quarter
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The new typicals
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