Re: Helicodiceros muscivorus

From: "Carlo A. Balistrieri" <cabalist at facstaff.wisc.edu> on 1997.10.03 at 03:17:35(1375) At 08:42 AM 10/2/97 -0500, you wrote: >Carlo, >What did you use for potting medium? How dry do you let the plants get >before watering? Tell us anything about the culture. >MJ Hatfield First, I'm no expert with these and haven't grown them long. I've got them on the basement floor with HPS fixtures at the ceiling. They are potted in a mix of fine bark, peat and grit (to keep the medium from packing together). While dormant, I kept them just moist--actually only misting heavily rather than watering. When awake I water more heavily and keep the medium moist. Since the mix was fresh, I did not feritlize but will add some osmocote or soluble fertilizer this next growing season. Aphids seem to love these (and other aroids) from when they are just nibs beginning to grow all the way through their cycle. The only rest from attack that they get is when they are dormant (Hmmm.) Carlo +More Carlo A. Balistrieri, J.D. Email: CABalist@facstaff.wisc.edu P.O. Box 327 Ashippun, WI 53003-0327 U.S.A. Voice: 414.569.1902 Telefax: same number, please call ahead.

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