Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 00:03:01 +0200 From: Olivier Marthaler <o.marthaler@eurospan.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2120$foo@default> Subject: Re: heating a terrarium
> Dear Fellow CPers,
>
> Just got my greedy little hands on two Nepenthes, a bicalcarata, and a
> x"Holland Hybrid". These are both lowlanders needing heat and lots of
> it. I bought a heating pad which goes under the tank but so far it seems
> to do absolutely NOTHING! The thermometer hasn't budged even though the
> heating pad seems somewhat warm. It has not, however, raised the
> temperature to, "85F to 90F" with 2 inches of medium in the tank (95F to
> 100F with 1 inch of medium) as promised on the label. The temperature
> stays at a dismal 70F and nothing more. I need to find something that
> actually works--and fast! Any suggestions would be helpful. If you can't
> tell, I'm new at this :)
>
> Thanks!
> Jason Ashley
Hi Jason,
Why don't you try a "water heater"? you put your plants on a plastic
"grating" (is it the correct word in English?) which is put on any
support, which in turn is put onto a tray containing enough water for a
water-heater to be dipped in horizontally. Therefore the pots of the
neps will never be in contact with the water. It works reeeally well for
bicals. and only needs 6-8 cm of water on the bottom tray. You can also
switch a timer on, so that the water will only be heated during x hours
a day, thus recreating the daily difference between night and day.
Wish you the best of luck with Bicals, once they are tamed, they grow
like mad!
Olivier
>
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