Re: [Aroid-l] Cyrtosperma growing media suggestions...

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2009.10.09 at 11:16:07 Dear All=2C Pete=2C A memory that just popped into my now-sometimes-forgetful ''chemo brain''--- =3B The late Dr. Birdsey used to grow his Aquatics (Typhonodorum=2C Urospathas=2C Lasias=2C etc.) in clay pots in LARGE square concrete ''vats''=2C maybe 5' X 5' X 3' deep. =3B =3B There was no water movement in his set-up. =3B Only the lower petioles of the Urospathas would emerge above the water`s surface=2C and the pseudo-''trunk'' of the Typhonodorums started just above the water-line. =3B =3B This way of growing aqatics persists today at the Fairchild Gardens in Miami=2C last month we observed a local aquatic aroid=2C Peltandra=2C being grown with it`s pot completely submerged in the large ''pond''/fish tank to the R. of the entrance of the =3B main display hall. =3B =3B Their HUGE Cyrtosperma johnstonii AND a Montrichardia arboria (thorny ''trunks''/rhizomes) used to sit in completely submerged pots in the large fish ''pond'' as you entered the rare plant house near the resturant. =3B =3B I do believe there was some sort of pump providing some water movement at the Fairchild Gardens set-ups. What I forgot to mention was that Monroe ''confessed'' to me that he would ''cheat'' by burying one or two (no more!) of the hard=2C solid tree fertilizer tablets about 4"-5" deep in the sand of the pots=2C the warning on the fert. tablets said/warned that they were toxic to fish=2C but Monroe had worked out that just a couple did no harm to his HUGE populations of his beautiful sword-tail and platy fish which he kept and fed in his tanks around his potted plants for the benifit of their waste products as plant food. =3B The fert. tablets gave his plants an additional ''boost'' in their growth. Good Growing=2C Julius. From: phymatarum@googlemail.com To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Date: Thu=2C 8 Oct 2009 14:50:17 +0800 Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Cyrtosperma growing media suggestions... HiJeremy=2C  =3B VITALthat the water remains fresh=2C ideally with constant movement.  =3B Peter  =3B From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com[mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy P Sent: 07 October 2009 07:09 To: Discussion of aroids Subject: [Aroid-l] Cyrtosperma growing media suggestions...  =3B Hiya Aroid-ers=2C Just after some suggestions about Cyrtosperma growing media (for C. johnstoniiin particular). I've got them in a heated glasshouse (16C minimum) with highhumidity (+85%) and am looking to have said aroid of choice standing in a largecement urn full of water - the growing crown will be above the waterline=2C butthe bulk of the media and pot will be submerged. Any suggestions welcome=2C and thanks in advance! Jeremy RBG Melbourne Australia --_6a26487b-0a11-4970-a04f-86366222f644_----===============7387183188915977455==

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