experimental heavy fertilizing of my heliamphora

[John Yates]

Hi Guys Ihave been experimenting with a new way of getting the nutrients to the plants to get them to grow faster and larger ,this is very much a work in progress ok so not putting out what im doing till i know its 100% safe ,so far the results have been well spectacular , not herd or seen any one doing this trpe of fertilizing that i am aware off , could be wrong , so this photos im putting up here is with approx 4 months i think less ,using this mothod , will put up in nepenthes section some photos of a few plants that are having the same experimantal feeding . the growth or tallnes of the pitchers is quite vissable ,photod realy done show the ture amount of eye visiable growth

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Day of the Triffids!

 

[John Yates]

still getting bigger ,what will be the next size in my spring in a few months , ,take some photos of others that have got larger to tomorrow ,not seen a foliculata this big ,that any one has posted , has any one else , let me know

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I had to buy a larger terrarium to fit mine in and I fertilize less than once a month.

 

[John Yates]

I had to buy a larger terrarium to fit mine in and I fertilize less than once a month.

if you dont mind Lloyd
photo of the new growth , how old is the plant , hight of new pitcher from the last older one , any chnage in climate controls like light, temp,airflow , what youfeed it with , will help with my experiment , any one else who has any thing to contribute plz do,with same info as above thank you
Any one not wanting to post there info or plants up here, just message me with that info plz

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Here are my guys. Mostly nothing special. LED 12/12. Lights on 25°C, off 20°C. Either LFS or peat/perlite. 2 small fans on with lights. Spray daily. Had them for years, slow but steady growth. Feed pitchers with 100 ppm MaxSea maybe every 1-2 months. I have limited space so healthy slow growth is fine.

 

[John Yates]

ok thanks Lloyd ,what im getting at is the growth rate lenth of the pitchers ,from what i would call normal growth or growth rates, from my experiments in feeding as per photos below is what im getting at . the pitchers apear to be larger taller and over bigger than what i see as normal growth ,if that makes senses.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Amazing plants.
I'm not sure how fast mine grow. So far they're growing reliably and seem healthy.

 

[John Yates]

ok this growth above is in approximately 4 to 5 months of experimantal feeding ,the plants shown have put on the pitchers length and size twice now each time, out growing the pervious length of the pervious pitchers in that time approx .