Die hard VFT Typical...

[sooxiwei]

My die hard vft...even the deadly black spot fail to kill it...

[Harris Azariel]

wah hardy VFT u got there

and the new growth look really nice and healthy.his happy enough with you.

anyway,whats that black shiny pieces in the pots of your VFT and Drosera?

[sooxiwei]

black silica sand, I use sphagnum at the bottom then top with black silica sand, so far so good, pro and con also, vft grow nicer under that from my observation, but then for a small size vft, there is a risk during rainy season, cos rain drop might mess up the sand, might disturb the root, worst ever case, the sand get splash into the growth point of the vft or simply cover bottom part of the plant, which leads to death, for big and matured plant, that won't happen

[allenphoon]

do you provide it dormancy? mind share how you do it?

[plantlover]

It's so hardy haha!

[Harris Azariel]

gosh!silica sand!
Soo,did u wash the silica sand before you use it?or did u just pour it straightly from the bag?

where did u find it ?

[caseyhoo]

Originally Posted by Harris Azariel

gosh!silica sand!
Soo,did u wash the silica sand before you use it?or did u just pour it straightly from the bag?

where did u find it ?

It is better to wash those silica sand/normal sand before use.

You can get silica sand from fish shop

[sooxiwei]

ya, silica sand need to wash

dormancy wise, I never encounter that for about 1 year plus oredi, just split the plant every 3 months to half a year, get new plant yet can avoid dormancy, even if dormancy strike, you might lose one or two plant instead of lossing all

[Harris Azariel]

thanks KC and Sooxiwei :D