Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss

Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79903

By WackyDelly88 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:34 am
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:34 am #79903

Is this ok for drosera adelae? I just picked some up from lowes today and I wanted to make sure my plants would thrive in it. I'll also be planting d. capensis alba, d. spatulata and some venus flytrap seeds pretty soon...would this also work for them? if not, should I just stick with peat/perlite? thanks in advance

Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79906

By manzano167 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:42 am
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:42 am #79906

I dont grow Drosera adeleas but i found this http://www.growsundews.com/sundews/adelae.html

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Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79907

By WackyDelly88 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:48 am
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:48 am #79907

ahh i see, looks like this moss will be just fine for my adelaes... this article was pretty helpful, thanks

Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79920

By dantt99 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:52 am
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:52 am #79920

Yeah sundewman's site is really good for information about growing Sundews.

Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79931

By WackyDelly88 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:53 am
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:53 am #79931

how do you go about washing/rinsing the long fiber moss? i was thinking something along the lines of just soaking it in some distilled water but i wasnt sure if theres anything else id have to do...

Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79932

By dantt99 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:54 am
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:54 am #79932

WackyDelly88 wrote:how do you go about washing/rinsing the long fiber moss? i was thinking something along the lines of just soaking it in some distilled water but i wasnt sure if theres anything else id have to do...

You've got the idea, soak it a couple of times and it'll be fine

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Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79934

By WackyDelly88 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:03 am
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:03 am #79934

lol sounds good, hopefully my plants will be happy in their new media

Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79950

By Daniel_G -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:49 am
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:49 am #79950

I mix LFS with just about all my potting media,it's good for holding a bit of moisture for if i forget to water 'em.

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Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#79997

By dantt99 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:48 pm
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:48 pm #79997

Meh, I like my good ol peat moss

Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#80000

By Daniel_G -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:50 pm
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:50 pm #80000

LFS is better!

Plus it has antiseptic properties

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Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#80015

By dantt99 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:57 pm
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:57 pm #80015

Yeah that's right, tell that to your geek emoticon

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Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#80019

By Daniel_G -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:59 pm
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:59 pm #80019

actaully it's uber geek

And how can you argue with antiseptic properties?

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Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#80032

By dantt99 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:04 pm
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:04 pm #80032

oh so that's what the u stood for...

Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#80035

By Daniel_G -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:05 pm
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:05 pm #80035

And the fact that if you hold your mouse over it it says uber geek

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Re: Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss#80045

By dantt99 -  Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:10 pm
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- Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:10 pm #80045

squirtoman wrote:And the fact that if you hold your mouse over it it says uber geek

What are you trying to say here?

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