- Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:01 am
#341571
As hard as I may try, I can't seem to stop buying carnivorous plants even though space is running low. The most recent order has been a cobra lily! I have no experience with them and know they're supposed to be tricky, but the challenge should be fun.
Plan so far is to plant it in LFS with a handful of perlite, likely with a top dressing of live sphagnum. I'm leaning towards growing it outside as I'm in norcal and get a decent temperature drop at night. The caveat is that my outdoor growing space only gets 3 or 4 hours of direct sun (the rest of the day is bright indirect light). Is that sufficient? The alternative is to place it indoors with the rest of my plants (temperatures are from 70 to 80 F during the day and 65-70 at night) under a growlight with a 12+ hour photoperiod (which can't be adjusted because of the other plants).
I ordered a small plant so I expect the pitchers to be a few inches tall. Any recommendation on what container size to use?
Last question: I think I can build a set up in which a solar powered pump recirculates water stored in a small box to the cobra lily's container (based on some youtube guides I recently stumbled upon). Is it worth the extra effort?
Plan so far is to plant it in LFS with a handful of perlite, likely with a top dressing of live sphagnum. I'm leaning towards growing it outside as I'm in norcal and get a decent temperature drop at night. The caveat is that my outdoor growing space only gets 3 or 4 hours of direct sun (the rest of the day is bright indirect light). Is that sufficient? The alternative is to place it indoors with the rest of my plants (temperatures are from 70 to 80 F during the day and 65-70 at night) under a growlight with a 12+ hour photoperiod (which can't be adjusted because of the other plants).
I ordered a small plant so I expect the pitchers to be a few inches tall. Any recommendation on what container size to use?
Last question: I think I can build a set up in which a solar powered pump recirculates water stored in a small box to the cobra lily's container (based on some youtube guides I recently stumbled upon). Is it worth the extra effort?