- Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:40 am
#51731
so i added a capensis red and a spathulata to my mini bog trough, when i got them saturday they were covered in dew and really healthy.
but repotting them knocked a fair bit of dew off unfortunately. well by today it was about 25% covered in dew again.
a little while ago it rained, just a nice light but constant rain.
my plants were due for a watering so i figured i'd give them their first shower. i was expecting most of the dew to get washed off by doing so, but a small price to pay for giving it a nice drink.
the rain was light enough for me to stand outside in it for 30min, catching water from down pipes into various containers. i ended up with enough to fill a 20L (5gal) water cooler bottle.
so anyway rain stops, i take plants inside back under their light and it looks like every leaf is almost covered in dew again, even little puddles of dew on the stem itself!
i thought it might be water, but lightly touching it with my finger showed it was as sticky as honey, and was stringing from my finger back to the plant almost like pizza cheese.
i test one of the leaf puddles (just looks like a wet leaf but you can see its real thick liquid) and it also is very sticky.
the the added benefit of the light (twin 36w t8 6500k, 2450lm ea bulb, 15hr day) is a second later a bug thats hanging around the light crash landed on the plant into a leaf puddle, and it could not escape. haha
it was like the plant turned the very light rain drops into dew, or just oozed it in utter delight of the rain
but repotting them knocked a fair bit of dew off unfortunately. well by today it was about 25% covered in dew again.
a little while ago it rained, just a nice light but constant rain.
my plants were due for a watering so i figured i'd give them their first shower. i was expecting most of the dew to get washed off by doing so, but a small price to pay for giving it a nice drink.
the rain was light enough for me to stand outside in it for 30min, catching water from down pipes into various containers. i ended up with enough to fill a 20L (5gal) water cooler bottle.
so anyway rain stops, i take plants inside back under their light and it looks like every leaf is almost covered in dew again, even little puddles of dew on the stem itself!
i thought it might be water, but lightly touching it with my finger showed it was as sticky as honey, and was stringing from my finger back to the plant almost like pizza cheese.
i test one of the leaf puddles (just looks like a wet leaf but you can see its real thick liquid) and it also is very sticky.
the the added benefit of the light (twin 36w t8 6500k, 2450lm ea bulb, 15hr day) is a second later a bug thats hanging around the light crash landed on the plant into a leaf puddle, and it could not escape. haha
it was like the plant turned the very light rain drops into dew, or just oozed it in utter delight of the rain