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wow. i have noticed that cephs are slow growers(duh).. but! if it is grown healthy and well, it will still grow very slowly but it will produce A LOT of new pitchers

i love it, when i can get one (all sold out) they are popular plants! i have saved this page but iknow most of it from other cp apart from - damp not waterlogged! can't wait!!!

in england it rarely gets over 21 degrees celcius during summer! so what should i do about winter rest? if my room is like 20-30 in the winter can i put it by a fan or somthing? anyone from england grow this? and give me tips where you grow it and can share your experience?

Why cant you use miracle grow peat moss because i just got some.

Malvin wrote:Why cant you use miracle grow peat moss because i just got some.

All miracle grow products are enriched. Enriched soil is a "no no" for most carnivorous plants. They need nutrient poor soil.

yeah, miricle grow add loads of nutrients beneficial to alot of plants, but in peat bogs carnviorous plants have adapted to low nutrient by eating bugs so it kills them and defeats the object of eating bugs , Liam

Malvin wrote:Why cant you use miracle grow peat moss because i just got some.

carnivorous1123 wrote:yeah, miricle grow add loads of nutrients beneficial to alot of plants, but in peat bogs carnviorous plants have adapted to low nutrient by eating bugs so it kills them and defeats the object of eating bugs , Liam

Ahem.
http://terraforums.com/forums/showthrea ... racle+grow

Anything is possible.

petmantis wrote:Ahem.
http://terraforums.com/forums/showthrea ... racle+grow

Anything is possible.

I wouldn't go quite that far But yes, Cephalotus is one of the exceptions of the no fertilizing rule. They seem to like the occasional fertilizing. I didn't know that they'd grow in enriched (Miracle-Gro) potting soil though. That's pretty amazing!

woah that link was really interesting ihave changed my mind miricle grow may work with cephs!! i may never try it though..

thanks for the info, i just got my first ceph'y today courtesy of snapperhead, and found it pretty interesting.

Oooh That sounds interesting
I have three cephs right now which I repotted about a month ago as they were all cramped in a pot and since they're not growing any new traps or leaves, I might 'cut' the soil around it to a shape nearly the same as another smaller pot as I have to make sure I cause the smallest root disturbance and I might occasionally (about once in a week) add some fertiliser to them.

Really nice and informative!
Thanks!