CP talk

Don (dngess01)
Tue, 14 Jan 92 22:17:12 -0500

}>>I found a source for saucers in 12", 14", and 16" sizes. Catalogs are
}>>free from the Light Mfg. Co. at 1-800-669-5483.
} Are these hard to find? Out here I can get the transparent
} plant saucers in any of a half dozen sizes, and a couple of
} depths, at local grocery stores.

Around here, groceries sell very little plant equipment. Maybe some
bags of top soil or grass seed during the warm time of the year, but
that's about it. Even so-called garden centers don't have a very
extensive selection. These usually have <20% actually useful stuff, and
the rest is usually stuff like arts and craft items or plasic flamingos
or some such. But, I have just found a good local source for plant
saucers/trays. These are 11" square plastic trays, with planting
inserts, and a clear plastic dome for $1 each. Looks like 10" will be
the pot size of preference this year. They also have 19 gallon heavy
plastic storage containers for $5. These make great sarracenia growing
containers.

} You might try using replaceable poly, with plastic tape. I build
} a PVC greenhouse (the infamous $29.00 greenhouse) covered with this
} stuff and it did real good.

I'll probably get an outdoor greenhouse one of these days. I doubt if I
can economically heat an outdoor greenhouse covered in plastic sheeting. My
plants don't mind the crud on the old plastic covering and it's not in a
place where a lot of people would see it, so I don't have a real need
for replacing it at this time.

> I might be interested in splitting an order of falconeri, but
> I'm wondering what lanata is like.

There is a line-drawing by Allen Lowrie of D. lanata in a 1990 CPN. Leaves
are about the same length as D. petiolaris, but has thin petioles. Look like
maybe a giant D. pygmaea, or a D. anglica that somebody stomped flat.