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« Thread Started on Oct 7, 2007, 6:55pm » Just wondering whether any of you have tried planting terrestrial ultricularias on your CP pots to control pests. Sometimes the media can be infested by pests or tiny insects.

I just got some terrestrial ultricularias from TS lately. Will try to grow them and spread them around my sundew pots and see what happens. Actually they would look quite nice too. Kinda like a top covering for the media instead of the usual sphagnum moss that everyone is trying to grow on top of their CP media. Small tiny green leaves all clumped together covering the entire media. could be quite cool. At the same time, it catches pests in the media.

If you guys/gals have tried it, would appreciate if you could share your thoughts on it and whether it is succesful. « Last Edit: Oct 8, 2007, 7:59pm by cactustts »Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedMy Wantlist David
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« Reply #1 on Oct 9, 2007, 11:17pm » Hmm, looks like no one in this forum has tried this before. Ok lah, I'll try and report back. But the ultricularia seem to be growing very slowly. hmmm, might take a while.
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« Reply #2 on Oct 10, 2007, 1:38pm » Mebbe if you could provide some pics of the terrestrial ultricularias which you have ?
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« Reply #3 on Oct 10, 2007, 6:42pm »
Quote: Will try to grow them and spread them around my sundew pots and see what happens.

David, the lolons of the Utrics can be very invasive. For Nep pots maybe but for Sundews, I am not too sure. Probably will be able to give you an answer soon, I have this D. burmanii suddenly appear out of nowhere in my Utric pot!
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« Reply #4 on Oct 12, 2007, 11:02pm » Cindy, can post some pictures of your ultris pot? Wan to see how a carpet of ultri look like. Thanks
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