"Dave" wrote in message
"Bertie Doe" wrote in message
Hi Dave, I have a few flytraps (Dionae) and mine are surrounded by
Butterworts and Sundews, that will scoff aphids with glee. But this
doesn't help your problem, unfortunately for a trap to close, it needs
two trigger hairs to be moved. Apart from being too small, the aphid is
also too lightweight. The trigger hairs mustn't be to sensitive, or
breezes will cause the plant to trigger and die of exhaustion.
I strongly recommend joining CPUK, a great crowd of guys and gals from
around the world. You don't need to join, you can lurk. I went to
'forums' Spring Traps, Dionaea and typed aphids into the search engine
and got :-
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ce88t5 If this doesn't work, I'll be quite
happy to ask the question.
Bertie
Cheers, I tried the submerging method yesterday but the water was quite
cold & the vft floated. Have left the water inside overnight & will look
for something to weigh it down. If that fails, I'll get some of that
provado. I've just had a look at getting some Butterwort & Sundew plants
but they're quite scarce at the moment.
Yes the plunging method is quite popular and Provado is a last resort.
I got 4 sundew seedlings from Dieter (CPUK) for 5 Euros inc postage. You can
get seedlings and seeds from other members, by going to the 'Sales and
Wants' section. They are easy to propagate, Pings (Butterwort), by removing
leaves and Sundew from seeds. Go for the more unusual varieties - then when
a member has a get together in your area, you can take along some of your
surplus for 'swaps'.
Mixed results from my first attempts at propagating Pings -
http://preview.tinyurl.com/atfd8y I took an interest in CPs when someone on
ukrg mentioned the CP stands at Chelsea, about 3 years ago. It's not a
hobby, I just keep them in the porch and greenhouse, to keep the insect
population down. Pings are good against aphids and greenfly and Sundews will
tackle the blue bottles - here's some pics
http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=d78422a0.pbw
http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=d18131fd.pbw
Online sources
http://preview.tinyurl.com/blsjfe
http://preview.tinyurl.com/creg34
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7nqma
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2pb5q7
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bxl6jj
Bertie