Call it blasphemy!! -OR- an even BETTER use for SH culture

[DirtyCoconuts]

slightly adapted in that the holes are way up on the glass containers but bog plants are PERFECT for SH...their roots are almost exclusively for water and mechanical support, they get food other ways

Poinsienas and myr. by J Solo, on Flickr

i have the depression glass and two votive jars, the bottom is a 14" pot i drilled a hole into the bottom of with the gravel to act as a both ballast and drainage...this is in an area where rain can fall on it but it is mostly blocked by the palm leaves way above so only gentle rain.

they are in this container about 2 weeks and loving it...the saracenea are slower to bounce back from the replanting than the drosera

[SouthPark]

hahaha. Nice one DC! Could be a world's first! I hadn't seen drosera or sarracenia in leca before. Good idea.

[WaterWitchin]

Does anyone realize how jealous I am of tropical climate at the moment? Nope. No sympathy. But stinkin' awesome.

[Ray]

Why is that blasphemy?

I have grown sarracenia in S/H pots. I have a Nepenthes X ventrata that may be about to be converted to Nepenthes guineapigius.

[DirtyCoconuts]

I’m glad it’s not lol

I am just so impressed with the applications of this culture.

Can I see a pic of your setup? I was just experimenting and could not believe how well they took to it!?

I may up dig my whole bog!!!

[Ray]

What setup? Plastic container, 2 holes in side, fill with LECA + plant

[DirtyCoconuts]

Haha i meant, how big is it and where do you have it positioned?

[Ray]

How big is what? The nepenthes is 2, 12"-16" vines currently in a plastic hanging basket of sphagnum.

[Leafmite]

What a good idea!

[DirtyCoconuts]

thinking about setting up my Pings in a similar system