Growing My N.Northiana

[edwardyeeks]

This is my northiana when I bought it from Fauzi on 4th April 2010 (Sunday)




A great beauty from Fauzi, I thank him a lot! After that, I repotted my northiana in the same pot, this time with perlite, charcoal and some limestone(this limestone i got from the side of the road near my school). Accidently ripped out some roots during the transplant but otherwise, hopefully it will thrive.




The stone that I am using is not confirmed to be limestone. My science teacher told me that limestone is used for building roads and covering ground. I boiled the limestone in water for 10 minutes to get rid of any bacteria or dirt. Right now, I am testing it out. Also added a pellet of fertilizer to the media to assist in the north adapting to the media.

[marvin1997]

My northiana same size as yours but the pitcher very tiny

[funkychips]

Great info on transplanting your northiana Edward!!! So far very few people locally would have used this media mix but no updates on how theirs are doing. This plant looks much more robust than the other one with the fern garden eh? . Will be keeping track on its progress, thanks for sharing!!

Alvin

[allenphoon]

actually, where you all get the perlite from local nurseries? If do, what is the common name of them?? If buy at ace hardware, how much does it cost??

[edwardyeeks]

Alvin, thanks for you comments, .

Allen, I don't think it's easy to get perlite at local nurseries. I have yet to find one that sells perlite. Ace hardware sells a bag of perlite for about RM8-10, I think so.

Over this weekend, I am going to attempt an extremely complex media that I bet not many people have tried yet. I'm trying to imagine how northiana's habitat would be like, and to mimic it.

[NepNut]

Originally Posted by funkychips

So far very few people locally would have used this media mix but no updates on how theirs are doing.
Alvin

It's mainly because N. northiana acclimatise very slowly to changes. For me, it'll take at least 4 months before I can see my northies start to pitcher after I repotted them. That's not counting if the growing condition is not ideal...

[marvin1997]

Now you can even but perlite in some supermarket. Like this one

[allenphoon]

Wow.....too bad my place won't have these thing.....porably, lazy to search, will try luck at Tesco next time, haha

[allenphoon]

nice plant also....haha

[Robert]

Originally Posted by edwardyeeks

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Edward, the perlite are not properly mixed, though it doea no harm.

I have tried using different media:
pure clay pellets, burnt earth, perlite 60% + peat, perlite 60% + sphagnum moss and pure peat - all don't show negative effect. Only need to be careful with pure peat ie water only when it looks dried. Too wet the roots wil rot.