VFT growing in pine needles

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#119702

By anarchyonline -  Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:56 pm
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- Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:56 pm #119702

mobile wrote:I currently empty and drain the reservoir once a week and also flush the pot.

i can't see their being any issues then to be honest

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#120014

By mobile -  Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:19 pm
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- Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:19 pm #120014

A quick pic update. For reference the pics in the first post were taken on 9th September 2011 and the ones below of the same plant were taken 14th September 2011.

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Re: VFT growing in pine needles#120809

By mobile -  Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:46 pm
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- Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:46 pm #120809

Here's this weeks growth:

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Re: VFT growing in pine needles#122352

By mobile -  Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:57 pm
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- Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:57 pm #122352

It's flowering now, though the flower stalk is somewhat short...

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Re: VFT growing in pine needles#122440

By Steve_D -  Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:30 pm
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- Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:30 pm #122440

Thanks so much for posting these photos, updates and description of this experiment, mobile!

I'm inspired by your experiment to add chopped pine needles to the coir mix I'm using now just to see what happens.

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#122446

By knights -  Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:52 pm
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- Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:52 pm #122446

great experiment. thanks for keeping it updated.
id be very interested to see the long term effects of this.
could it totally replace our current media

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#124082

By jaester -  Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:26 am
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- Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:26 am #124082

Thank you for sharing your work! Please keep us updated.

Quick question, how long is the photoperiod?

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#124084

By that-smith-kid -  Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:17 am
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- Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:17 am #124084

The one big semi-fused tooth trap looks cool

Looks live a very happy plant! ;3

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#124621

By Kukov -  Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:02 pm
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- Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:02 pm #124621

wow. this is very instersting. i wonder how often do you need to repot in this media?

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#136209

By mobile -  Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:57 pm
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- Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:57 pm #136209

Spring has sprung and it's a really warm and sunny one here too, so the VFT has started to put on good growth again. I've noticed that the level of the pine needles has sunk, so I guess there is some decomposition:

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Re: VFT growing in pine needles#136221

By pieguy452 -  Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:09 pm
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- Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:09 pm #136221

Very interesting experiment! So far, it looks like the plant is doing great

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Re: VFT growing in pine needles#136229

By jaester -  Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:36 pm
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- Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:36 pm #136229

If that VFT had a face, it would be smiling, ear to ear! I see multiple growth points so you have @ least 3 plants. Congratulations and thank you for the update.

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#136244

By Veronis -  Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:59 pm
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- Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:59 pm #136244

Awesome. Thanks for the update, mobile!

Re: VFT growing in pine needles#136262

By CPcaregiver -  Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:44 am
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- Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:44 am #136262

What state were the pine needles when you first started,fresh and green,long dead,etc.?This looks to be a promising media,I may copy your experiment if you don't mind!

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Re: VFT growing in pine needles#136276

By 95slvrZ28 -  Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:21 am
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- Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:21 am #136276

Awesome! That's looking like it's doing quite well. This is good news for me, as I have NO shortage of pine needles around!

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