Baking Soda with VFT

From: Paul Burkhardt (burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun Jul 27 1997 - 06:56:33 PDT

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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 08:56:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul Burkhardt <burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Baking Soda with VFT

Hi Randy,

> When my Venus Fly traps start turning yellow I soak the roots with a
> little baking soda water. For Summer growth dulldrumes there looking
> pretty snappy.
>
> Randy Palmer

I'm rather surprised that your venus fly traps like this. Baking soda
in water produces a basic solution, quite contrary to the acidic bogs
that VFT's usually thrive in.

Paul Burkhardt

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