Re: artificial light/indoors growing Vs. nartural light/outdoor gronwing
Hi Panenep,
For indoor growing u might have more control of the surrounding for the whole time but there's a lot of maintenence to run if u build a terrarium or something.And also if u grow them indoors in a grow chamber or terrarium u can't leave them there for long sooner or later it will have to grow outdoors because of nepenthes sheer size which is can achieve after several months or years.If you're using artificial lights which produce some heat when the plant reaches anywhere near the lights or even touching it,the plant might also get slightly burned.
For outdoor growing,the sun to me is the best light for everything so the plants like it to.Growing outdoors does not really mean it will be affected by pest it'll just have a higher chances of being attacked by bugs and stuff but all this happens to nepenthes in the wild and they don't seem to really care if its just a little scratch.For most people growing their plants outdoors they provide more or less a little shade maybe 10% so neps won't be burned by the sun.Nepenthes in the wild do experience days which are dark rainy and no sun so it won't affect much.
To me, outdoor growing is the best because i already live in a place where neps can easily thrive and live because of my natural conditions but as for people which don't live in hot humid places like mine its definitly better to grow their plants indoor so that their plants won't get to cold or too hot outside and the best for them is indoors where they can control the temp,humdity etc etc.
Ken
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