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Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:39 am
by dantt99
Has the experiment begun?

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 3:36 pm
by Matt
dantt99 wrote:Has the experiment begun?
Yes, sorry I haven't posted an update yet. Will do so soon.

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:25 am
by 95slvrZ28
Matt wrote:
dantt99 wrote:Has the experiment begun?
Yes, sorry I haven't posted an update yet. Will do so soon.
Same deal on my end. I have data and pictures. I've just had a very rough week thus far and haven't got around to getting up all the data.

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:57 pm
by dantt99
Thanks guys, can't wait to see some results (even though it will likely be a while!) :D

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 8:00 pm
by Tony C
Here is my B52, barely hanging onto life in NZ LFS. ;)

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Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 2:39 pm
by dantt99
Nice! :D

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:10 pm
by Novemberose
I could not, for the life of me, find perlite or silica sand locally, so I ended up transplanting my 2 VFTs into a container with sphagnum moss. I have bought VFT in the past that were only in sphagnum moss and they did quite well. Here is hoping that the sphagnum moss will be ok for them.

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:21 pm
by Matt
Novemberose wrote:Here is hoping that the sphagnum moss will be ok for them.
They'll do fine in the sphagnum :)

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:25 pm
by Tony C
Here is an update on my LFS plants. Considering the crazy weather we have had they are doing very well.

B52
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Justina Davis. This plant was beat up by a windstorm a few months ago and died back to the rhizome.
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Typicals
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Burbank's Best
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Pink Venus
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Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:12 pm
by jamez
Looks Great! Matt/Blake?

Have any of you gotten photos of the results and roots?

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:33 pm
by Tony C
I'll take some root pics next month when I pack my plants for the move to SC.

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:49 pm
by jamez
Tony C wrote:I'll take some root pics next month when I pack my plants for the move to SC.
Okay, what part of SC?

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:07 am
by Tony C
jamez wrote:
Tony C wrote:I'll take some root pics next month when I pack my plants for the move to SC.
Okay, what part of SC?

Columbia

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:37 am
by Matt
jamez wrote:Looks Great! Matt/Blake?

Have any of you gotten photos of the results and roots?
No results yet. It's only been a few weeks since the experiment was started. The plants have settled in and are growing well in both the LFS and the peat-based mix. I've not been keeping either of them sitting in water and I haven't had any problems keeping the LFS from drying out. Blake, I believe, has had some issues with keeping the LFS moist though.

Will post some results later in the season. I still need to make my initial post with photos and data that I recorded.

Re: Long-fibered-sphagnum versus peat-based soil mixes

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:34 am
by jamez
Matt wrote:
jamez wrote:Looks Great! Matt/Blake?

Have any of you gotten photos of the results and roots?
No results yet. It's only been a few weeks since the experiment was started. The plants have settled in and are growing well in both the LFS and the peat-based mix. I've not been keeping either of them sitting in water and I haven't had any problems keeping the LFS from drying out. Blake, I believe, has had some issues with keeping the LFS moist though.

Will post some results later in the season. I still need to make my initial post with photos and data that I recorded.

You're growing in the Greenhouse right?

Drying out should be slower than it would outside.

What size/type pots are you using for them?