my neps pics for july

[hongrui]

thanks cpnut and ken.

ken, i'll take more pictures and also measurements of the plant when i get back this weekend.

BA, ICU = bagging them up and leaving them in a shady place. for the fussy group of norths and camps, i purposely move them away from the sprinklers so that they get just enough water but not enough to have the media wet like the others. i find that norths and camps (veitchii and albos also) are more fussy about media that is too wet, running water through their roots once in a while seems to be more better for health than having them in a media that is constantly wet. of course when i move them away from the sprinklers, they still get a through drenching when it rains.

it is a fine balance to strike between giving camps and norths just enough water while keeping their media just dry/moist enough. i cheat by using chunks of burnt earth, but i believe that charcoal/wood/fern bark chips should be able to do the trick too. when all else fails in my attempts to grow a particular nep, i would reduce watering and keep the nep drier, just to see if it helps. more often than not, keeping the nep drier usually works.