Here in Canberra, Australia I grow cobras in a plastic baskets 30 x20x 15
cm lined with shade cloth. I only use live spag. moss. Basket is set in a
plastic washing up bowl which usually has a cm of two of water in it.
Canberra's public water supply is very soft and pure and can be used on all
CP's direct. Plants are kept in a shade house on the lower bench.
Temperatures here can reach 40oC in summer and frosts of -5oC in winters.
Summer nights are allmost never over 20oC. Humidity is generally low, I
expect I get a lot of evaporative cooling from the moss in summer which
helps give these plants the cool root run they need.
David Rees
CSIRO Division of Entomology
GPO Box 1700
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: (06) 246 4198, Int:. +61 6 246 4198
Fax: (06) 246 4202, Int. Fax: +61 6 246 4202
Email: davidr@ento.csiro.au