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Cross wrote:That's debatable, my plants still look like crap. I live in nepa. I mean, they're starting to flower and divide. They just don't look as vigorous as I thought they would.

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Once you start staying in the 70's they'll explode with growth. It typically takes about a week of constant 70's to get them fired up though. Also if you repotted that's going to set you back a week or two.

It takes a dedicated person to grow these up here, because all you see is your southern friends posting fully colored wide awake plants and you're still looking at rhizomes and dead plant material from last year. Hold strong though because come January when theirs look like dog poo, you'll still be posting pictures of nice looking pitchers. That's when we get to rub the salt into the southerners wounds

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Cross wrote:That's debatable, my plants still look like crap. I live in nepa. I mean, they're starting to flower and divide. They just don't look as vigorous as I thought they would.

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Once you start staying in the 70's they'll explode with growth. It typically takes about a week of constant 70's to get them fired up though. Also if you repotted that's going to set you back a week or two.

It takes a dedicated person to grow these up here, because all you see is your southern friends posting fully colored wide awake plants and you're still looking at rhizomes and dead plant material from last year. Hold strong though because come January when theirs look like dog poo, you'll still be posting pictures of nice looking pitchers. That's when we get to rub the salt into the southerners wounds

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you're funny. Take a look at mine if you don't mind. I think they look terrible, but maybe I'm over critical? I only took some pictures because I didn't want to murder this post lol.

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I see flower pods emerging as well as new pitchers. A couple weeks and you'll be running full spring mode.

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boarderlib wrote:I see flower pods emerging as well as new pitchers. A couple weeks and you'll be running full spring mode.

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Aw thanks. I can't wait. I've never been into gardening. It was never my thing. I now own a collective 60 individual plants I think give or take, since last... October or November.

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I had never seen an aphid in my house until yesterday, when they somehow invaded all of my plants. I wonder if I just failed to notice them until the numbers got large. I'm not even sure how those little green devils even got in.

So I spent quite a lot of time mass murdering aphids... mostly crushing and drowning. That sounds a bit gruesome but I'd say those were the lucky ones. The ones that ended up on my pings had a much worse predicament .

Anyways, I laid down a bunch of upside down tape (AKA synthetic pings) to try to catch the ones I may have missed. I'm thinking of ordering neem oil just in case this doesn't work.

RAINWATER COLLECTION!

Oh, and building up the reflective panels on my largest level 3 shelving and lighting where my adults will reside as I collect them over the next few months..

I got a great Father's Day gift for my teenage sized ones, two seed starting enclosed kits, 64 additional 4 inch sized pots. I love Burpee BTW..

Today I discovered two Western Toads hiding in sarr pools. So far, they have not smashed any pitchers, but they'll be in trouble if they start to harm the sarrs. Also, scorpioides, truncata, and a gigantea flower looked good today.

Those toads want to become your pets

I think you should get a better looking truncata clone...

Collected seed from two Pinguicula crosses: gracilis x moranensis ‘Mexicana,



...and laueana x a moranensis Vera Paz hybrid with a large purple flower.



Also gazed at my latest Cephalotus pulling to suddenly pump out its first mature leaf. I love when they do that!




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I watched my plants get watered by Mother Nature. Growing flytraps sure is easy when she does most of the work. Lol

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I agree, it's really just a "set and forget it" kind of thing.

All I do is make sure the pots don't completely dry out. That's it.

Haven't watered in 5 weeks though.

Fieldofscreams wrote:I agree, it's really just a "set and forget it" kind of thing.

All I do is make sure the pots don't completely dry out. That's it.

Haven't watered in 5 weeks though.

It's been raining nonstop here. Filled up my pots that have drainage holes. I wish the rain would ease up.

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Same here, plus cold.

Some seasons are better than others.

I pollinated more B.guehoi flowers.

I've only watered my outside plants once this year, and I pulled the drain plugs on my tables a few weeks ago. The rain has been insane here as well.

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Oh and beautiful flowers Bob!

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