New VFT from Lowe's & New Light

New VFT from Lowe's & New Light#17175

By Nickrober -  Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:24 am
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- Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:24 am #17175

I went to Lowe's and found some new VFT's. It looks pretty healthy. They had some larger ones but I wanted one of the smaller ones to watch it grow. This was the healthiest one I could find, all the others had a little bit of black on them and a few were all black with no green.

I'm sure you've all seen those big clear "terrariums" that they come in. I decided to cut it so I can put it under the cup the fly trap is planted in so I can water from the bottom.

It looks like it is planted in pure long fiber sphagnum moss. I'm afraid to repot right now because it is probably in shock from being shipped and on store shelves for who knows how long. Think it would be ok to repot in peat/perlite/sand now or should I wait?

I also bought a light from Walmart which simulates the full spectrum of sunlight. I don't know anything about grow lights, but this things looks like it will stimulate some growth. On the light it says it is "Color Temp 6500K", whatever that means, think it will work well with the VFT?

Re: New VFT from Lowe's & New Light#17181

By Carolyn -  Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:51 am
Location:  California
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- Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:51 am #17181

Woowwwww!! Looks great! But don't get down if it goes though shock trying to adapt to its new home.

I'm sure it'll do great! It looks fantastic too!

Carolyn

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Re: New VFT from Lowe's & New Light#17204

By Jutty_Boy -  Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:37 pm
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- Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:37 pm #17204

Well, the deal from lowes is that is is planted in grounded sphagnum peat moss covered by long fibered sphagnum peat moss. The plant you have is definately alright, but was not recieveing enough light and thats why the leaves seem very skinny. That's alright though because they will grow better since you got that light.

Re: New VFT from Lowe's & New Light#17291

By Nickrober -  Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:56 am
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- Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:56 am #17291

Carolyn wrote:Woowwwww!! Looks great! But don't get down if it goes though shock trying to adapt to its new home. I'm sure it'll do great! It looks fantastic too!

Carolyn

Thanks. Hopefully it won't get too much shock!

Re: New VFT from Lowe's & New Light#17306

By hackerberry -  Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:39 am
Location:  Calgary, AB. Canada
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- Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:39 am #17306

Nice VFT! Just let it stay on the pot and try flooding the pot to clean the medium just in case someone fertilized it. With regards with your light, 6500K [Daylight Color Temp.] is the sun spectrum at noon. This is the recommended spectrum for grow lights!

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Re: New VFT from Lowe's & New Light#17321

By Adam -  Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:07 am
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- Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:07 am #17321

Make sure to let the tray dry out between full flushings.

Re: New VFT from Lowe's & New Light#17383

By Nickrober -  Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:03 pm
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- Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:03 pm #17383

Thanks for the tip.

Re: New VFT from Lowe's & New Light#17496

By Caleboy 123 -  Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:47 pm
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- Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:47 pm #17496

Nice, it's pretty hard to find a healthy CP at Lowes.

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