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My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp57

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:22 pm
by Alex2893
I bought some amazingly healthy Holland Red Venus fly traps from Member Bigpurp57. I got a perfect 10 inch pot for it today. its like a rubbery plastic. its very dense and almost a half inch think. it was black when i bought it so i spray painted it a gloss white. Its drying now so ill plant them tomorrow. I just have to drill some holes in it and it will be good to go. i already mixed up some medium. i did like 30% perlite 20% silica sand and the rest was peat moss. I washed it out as best i could. all i have to do now is pot it.

Let me know if i should add more sand

Image20150708_160030 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
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Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:39 pm
by Jellybean1
Everything looks good!Just make sure you have enough dirt to fill it to the top.

Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:16 pm
by Alex2893
I know. I can just mix up some more

The heavy rain is currently helping filter my mix :)

Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:34 am
by IHaveNoIdea
I would add 30% silica sand and 20% perlite, everything looks good though. Make sure you keep the towels wet until you plant those plants.

Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:48 pm
by Alex2893
OK i planted the traps today. I think it turned out well.
I put all my mix in a old pillow case and because my rain barrel water reads 7 ppm on my meter i pored about 6 gallons into a large 15 gallon bucket and dunked the pillow case into it. i make sure to really get the water into the medium. when i was done i rang out some of the water into a cup and the tds read 5 ppm. i figured that was good enough
Image20150709_103102 by Alex Littig, on Flickr
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Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:49 pm
by Matt
Looks good!

Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:53 pm
by Alex2893
Matt wrote:Looks good!
Thanks Matt. I really love the colors on these plants. i really hope they grow good for me. Iv been told they are more sensitive to being to wet

Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 3:11 pm
by IHaveNoIdea
They look planted too deep. Good looking VFTs anyway.

Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 3:57 pm
by Alex2893
IHaveNoIdea wrote:They look planted too deep. Good looking VFTs anyway.
Any higher and the rhizome would be showing. I was more worried they were to shallow

Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 4:42 pm
by IHaveNoIdea
I always let the rhizome half out and then cover it with soil. They grow well, don't rot, just no issues at all. And it looks better.

Re: My plan for a bunch of Holland Red i bought from Bigpurp

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:31 am
by Handrail Pete
Awesome looking pot. I also have a large communitt pot that I put all my different reds in