- Thu May 14, 2009 2:33 am
#10257
I'm doing this more to document these plants progress than anything else. I've got 5 traps, 2 from Home Depot and 3 from Hortus Octanicus - http://www.hortusb.com/ (was unaware of the fly trap ranch or I would have supported the fellow members). The home depot traps were as you would expect, the HO plants (1 red dragon and 2 normals) showed up in great condition with 3" flower stems but no flowers. All 5 are planted in a 50/50 mix of Premier Sphagnum Peat Moss and Gro-Well Perlite (both from AceHardware). The plastic pot sits in 2" of contiunually fed RO/DI water (Petmate LeBistro waterer and Spectrapure Maxcap system) with the bulbs about 4" above the water line. I will be raising the soil level gradually as there was more soil compaction than I expected. I did not gradually introduce these plants to the sun, I know but I'm lazy they are on a southeast facing wall however and only receive sun in the morning, I'll pay attention and get some exact times. With the obvious sunburn these plants don't look as great as they did a couple days ago but I expect them to pop back soon. I also have a LED growing light setup coming that I'm curious to play with and will let you know how that goes. Unflattering pictures attached for documentation.
*edit* holy god those pictures were huge
*edit* holy god those pictures were huge
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