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In a large plastic tray outside with either a bit of water in the bottom or submerged depending on how much its rained and in good direct sun its local sphagnum so I suppose it does better than imported tropical forms and only ever rain water for mine, no peat base in these just pure sphagnum

corky wrote:In a large plastic tray outside with either a bit of water in the bottom or submerged depending on how much its rained and in good direct sun its local sphagnum so I suppose it does better than imported tropical forms and only ever rain water for mine, no peat base in these just pure sphagnum

They look great!

I started some I got in the mail yesterday.

corky wrote:In a large plastic tray outside with either a bit of water in the bottom or submerged depending on how much its rained and in good direct sun its local sphagnum so I suppose it does better than imported tropical forms and only ever rain water for mine, no peat base in these just pure sphagnum

how do u manage to grow your sphagnum the way it did in the bottom picture? im also growing some but mine has these big holes where no new heads grow. mine looks more like the middle tray from the first picture.

also the sphagnum from the first and second picture seem to be different species?

All of the sphagnum was from the same batch I got off a localish seller on ebay, there could well be different species, I don't know. Pretty sure the middle tray in the top pic only looks different because its been grown more submerged, its the only difference I can think of. The bottom pic I think looks so pillow like because it hasn't been touched and I harvest the trays for my potting up needs, it also never gets submerged and seems to grow more cushion like, it went from a half full tray to that lush cushion in about twelve months or less ...edit..just found this pic of the darlingtonia tray seven months before that other pic was taken, you can see tray was only half full but they are from 2015 and the moss hasn't changed in a year so I guess its maxed out in size for its container

This is how I grow my Sphagnum...apparently.

nimbulan wrote:This is how I grow my Sphagnum...apparently.

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Haha does it still grow after it thaws out??

Wikiwakawakawee wrote:

nimbulan wrote:This is how I grow my Sphagnum...apparently.

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Haha does it still grow after it thaws out??

It sure does, atleast mine did :p

This is how I grow my Sphagnum...apparently.

Look at that ! A sphagnum popsicle

This is a species of Sphagnum that grows here in Oregon (mostly up in the mountains) so I'm sure it can handle a couple days frozen in ice.

On a more serious note, I would avoid keeping Sphagnum submerged. In my experience the parts that are frequently underwater tend to die. I pour water out of my Sphagnum pot frequently during the rainy season to keep it healthy.

after seeing this post i decided to put some foil on over the tray to keep the humidity high. the humidity it almost 100% now and they have grown more in 3 days then they did in 3 months

nimbulan wrote:This is a species of Sphagnum that grows here in Oregon (mostly up in the mountains) so I'm sure it can handle a couple days frozen in ice.

On a more serious note, I would avoid keeping Sphagnum submerged. In my experience the parts that are frequently underwater tend to die. I pour water out of my Sphagnum pot frequently during the rainy season to keep it healthy.

I noticed this. I now keep it humid with less than a cm of water in the bin.