>
> I will be moving to Laguna Beach in about a month and had some questions
> for the local growers.
> 1) How is the tap water quality in Orange County. Do you filter your
> CP water or is tap good enough. If filtering is no good, what do
> you do for pure water (since there is almost no rain to collect)?
>
> 2) The place I will be moving to is VERY close to the ocean (50 feet
> up a cliff). Would this proximity to the salt water cause any
> unusual problems? I know there was some talk lately about this but
> I never really saw a consencus opinion.
I'm not close enough to have had any experience, but I can tell you from
visiting the beach often enough that you can definately get some ocean mist
at 50 feet.
>
> 3) What is the best way to get my plants acoss country. Carl Gustafson
> was concerned that some kind of permit might be required. I have
> gotten different answers on this from the airlines, department of
> agriculture, etc. I think I will just try to put them in luggage
> for the airline. I would hate to have nepenthes hybrids confiscated
> because I can't document that they were not collected illegally. Am
> I being overly paranoid?
California has some definite laws about bringing plants in, but these are
usually concerned with vegetables and fruits. Years ago, I checked with
the State about bringing in some cacti from Texas, and they had no problem
with that. If you like, I could find out the number for the State Ag Board
so you could call and ask yourself.
>
> 4) I was going to ship the plants bare-root so will need supplies quickly
> when I arrive. Does anybody have a favorite nursery that they can
> recommend as a source for inexpensive Sphagnum, peat, sand, etc.
Most nursuries in the area carry dry sphagnum and peat and horticultural
sand or fine gravel as well as vermiculite and so on. I usually patronize
the Armstrong Nursuries in the area.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott Brown
> (hsbrown@arnold.princeton.edu)
>
> P.S. Are there any local CP societies in the area?
>
Well, of course there is Cal State Univ. Fullerton where Leo Song is :-).
Fullerton is about 25 miles from Laguna. Over the years, I have tried to
have meetings in my home and have actually had one or two for local CP'ers,
but I am not aware of anything official. When you finally make it to
Laguna, please give me a call at my office at Univ. of Calif., Irvine at
714-856-7309. Maybe we can set something up between the two of us?
-- Steve Clancy
Biomedical Library
University of California, Irvine, U.S.A.
SLCLANCY@UCI.EDU