The green house flower child revived...

[deranged chipmunk]

Excellent answer. most people completely bypass the dormancy requirement. And I would have agreed with that up until last winter when I had a long discussion with the curator at my local botanical garden's fern room, where they house the carnivores. She explained to me that they used to pull them and place them in their cold room, but since she took over, they stopped and the VFT's started thriving. I can verify that thrive since I saw them with my own eyes, but haven't tested the concept yet. So I still recommend they get a dormancy, until I test it out, which will probably never happen since I find VFT to be a very droll plants compared to other carnivores I keep.


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[Lady]

We had one or two flytraps when I was kid, but we never gave them a dormancy. I just figured that was why they all died, but it could have been the wrong soil, or maybe my sister tried to feed them processed meat when I was not looking.

[Lady]

My shipment from Josh's Frogs arraived today and here is the Fairy Garden Terrarium as it now is. There are a few tweaks I want to make, and admittedly the glass is pretty foggy but now you have a clue of my vision. It really adds to the positive energy in my home. Living things just do that.

My daughter saw it and I told her it was a Fairy Garden so she said, "Now all you need are some Fairies to put in it." Then I explained it's only called that because it is small, which only made her smile.

I love my girl. She is a good student in school and is on the student council. The first thing she asked when she found out we got a blue frog was "Is it poisonous?" You have to pay attention to know to ask that question when you are 11.

[Lady]

ok so I have made a couple of tweaks the major one being that the first light bulb was a 120 watt greenhouse buld. This actually started to scorch the plants within the first day. So I switched to a full spectrum compact florecent that gives of 90 watts of light for 26 watts of power. The glass coil is inside a diffuser so it's still very bright but not as harshly bright and far less hot. We put a thermometer sticker on the outside of the tank. With the old bulb it got so hot it would not register. Now it stays within registrable range, though it still stays above 80F when the light is on. the plants are really looking better after a day with the new bulb. I will have to take a picture tomorrow after the timer kicks the light back on.

[Lady]

Here is the new shot of the terrarium that I promised.

[Hidr]

Very nice. I have been thinking about doing a fairy garden. But going with a much smaller one. 2.5 gallons. Not for frogs just for me. lol

[Lady]

Very nice. I have been thinking about doing a fairy garden. But going with a much smaller one. 2.5 gallons. Not for frogs just for me. lol

This Fairy garden is intended is mostly for looks at the moment but there are possibilities of the plants being used in vivariums later or this being a grow out tank at some point. I do hope that you have fun making your little fairy garden.