Re: An Aroid greenhouse question

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1998.06.09 at 01:16:57(2247) Sounds good to me..... Have fun... and lots of it... Dewey +More >>This is good... just remember the longer the stove pipe... the more heat >you will obtain. It will not vent to the outside as fast... Lots of >luck...< > >I'm going to go with the non vented heater because there's just no way to >put a pipe through the ceiling of this greenhouse. I can leave the front >doors slid open to help with air circulation and vapor escape. I have one >fan going in there all the time, but I'll probably need to add another. Gas >heat produces moisture, doesn't it? I know when we use our wood stove in >the house, the mildew doesn't grow as well, but with our forced air gas >heater, mildew seems to hang around on the walls in the dark areas of the >house. > >Here's an update on my newly aquired plants. The Philo. sp. is planted in a >pot with a sphagnum totem behind it. Planted in the totem, is Anthurium >trinerve, P. tuxla (sprinkled here and there), A. bakerei, a tiny A. >clarinervium (that will probably tip the totem over in time), and a bright >verigated spider plant in the very top. Philo. sp's. leaves are reaching >out horizontally and the new leaf has fully emerged. It's a wonderful >plant, and is doing great right here in the center of my house.......on top >of the wood stove actually...of course we're not using it. > >I haven't planted A. lucens with a totom yet, but it has been transplanted, >has new leaves developing and is doing great. Some of the little 'Pin >Cushion' Philo's. leaves melted away, but the top couple are strong. The >soil was pretty wet when it arrived, so I let at least the surface of the >soil dry out completely before I watered it again, and then I tried to water >the top surface only. I think it will be fine. > >Thanks for the help, >Sue Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE Your Source for Tropical Araceae

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