Nice video. General consensus suggests to keep the TDS below 100. Fluctuations anywhere in between 0 and 100 would be nothing to be overly concerned about. Happy growing.
Your rotundifolias are fine, they are in winter bud mode ( hibernaculum ) it will wake up again next spring. It probably went into hibernaculum early because of the TDS stress. You can buy a cheap pool sand in 40 - 50 pound bags from Ace hardware or other supply houses that sell pool supplies. As long as it is 100% sand its safe for your CPs. As for your Drosophyllum, they are impossible to kill unless you try transplanting them, They do not mind cooler temps and I leave mine outdoors till the temps start dipping below 50 degrees for long durations. Then I move them inside. Thing to remember about Drosophyllum, is that you tray water them till they flower. Once they flower ONLY top water them. By doing this they will continue to live on long after flowering. Flowering is usually a death sentence for Drosophyllum. Your Spidermans look okay, its just a real slow grower similar to any of the Kim Jong flytraps. They can take a few seasons to fully mature size wise.
I have a 22’x36’ tropical greenhouse. I grow bromeliads. My temperature ranges from 100f in summers (near Nashville) to 50f at night in winter. I would like to grow carnivorous plants but may have trouble with dormancy for some. I also play guitar and have a 70’s Fender Super Reverb
I think you would be surprised as a lot of temperate plants will go dormant from the shorter photoperiod @ 50 degrees. Last winter the greenhouse (heated at night) sat between 40 to 50 degrees through the winter. One thing I never got into was refurbishing Fenders. I did a few but so time consuming. My previous business was the restoration of tube testers like Hickok, Jackson, and the Military TV-7's.
Nice video. General consensus suggests to keep the TDS below 100. Fluctuations anywhere in between 0 and 100 would be nothing to be overly concerned about. Happy growing.
Thank you for the input!
Great video as always!!!
Thank you for the support! I hope all is well for you.
You are very smart.
Thank you, it is jus years of trial and error fighting nature.
Your rotundifolias are fine, they are in winter bud mode ( hibernaculum ) it will wake up again next spring. It probably went into hibernaculum early because of the TDS stress. You can buy a cheap pool sand in 40 - 50 pound bags from Ace hardware or other supply houses that sell pool supplies. As long as it is 100% sand its safe for your CPs. As for your Drosophyllum, they are impossible to kill unless you try transplanting them, They do not mind cooler temps and I leave mine outdoors till the temps start dipping below 50 degrees for long durations. Then I move them inside. Thing to remember about Drosophyllum, is that you tray water them till they flower. Once they flower ONLY top water them. By doing this they will continue to live on long after flowering. Flowering is usually a death sentence for Drosophyllum. Your Spidermans look okay, its just a real slow grower similar to any of the Kim Jong flytraps. They can take a few seasons to fully mature size wise.
Thank you! This is the information I needed. I hope all is well.
I have a 22’x36’ tropical greenhouse. I grow bromeliads. My temperature ranges from 100f in summers (near Nashville) to 50f at night in winter. I would like to grow carnivorous plants but may have trouble with dormancy for some. I also play guitar and have a 70’s Fender Super Reverb
I think you would be surprised as a lot of temperate plants will go dormant from the shorter photoperiod @ 50 degrees. Last winter the greenhouse (heated at night) sat between 40 to 50 degrees through the winter. One thing I never got into was refurbishing Fenders. I did a few but so time consuming. My previous business was the restoration of tube testers like Hickok, Jackson, and the Military TV-7's.