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[catjac1975]

Miss Ava and I are now into growing carnivorous plants, lots of them. We tried previously, but we did not realize that tap water is deadly to carnivorous plants. This time we started out using distilled water, but buying it and lugging it home is a chore. We decided to collect rain water, which is ideal of this type of plant. As the greenhouse was recently pressure washed we decided to use it to collect rainwater. Rain is not going to be a problem where we live, it rained every day last week. Also, I cut and placed pressure treated wood around the base of the greenhouse to protect the panels when I weed whack.
jackb

You are a very cool guy, Jack.

 

[lesa]

Another fascinating project! Ava will certainly grow up to be a famous scientist!

 

[Carol Dee]

Cool @jackb I would love to see a time lapse of your plant feeding!

 

[baymule]

Jack, someday this beautiful grown woman will reflect on her childhood and say, "I am a --------- because my Grandpa sparked my interest in it and he taught me all about it."

You are truly an inspiration to parents and grandparents everywhere. There is no more precious gift for a child than the time spent with that child.

 

[catjac1975]

My daughter had our 18 month old grandson and the doctor's office yesterday. He went to the window and was screaming and pointing. She went to look and they had daylilies outside the window. She asked if they had flowers just like grandma and he said yes in his baby talk language. He continually brings me DL catalogs and opens the pages to show me which ones he likes. A bit of brainwashing ya think?

 

[jackb]

Carol,
This is my first attempt so don't expect too much. The plants are still very small, but I thought I would give it a try. This is drosera capensis eating a small moth and it took about eight hours to get this. I am really going to get into time lapse and have small USP microscope that can do time lapse up really close. Plant motion is a fascinating thing to watch; using time lapse you can see them moving just about constantly, but too slow for humans to notice. Also, watch the trap on the right, as it is moving also.
jackb

click the photo to watch the video.

 

[jackb]

cat,
Sounds like your are off to a good start with your grandson!

 

[Carol Dee]

Carol,
This is my first attempt so don't expect too much. The plants are still very small, but I thought I would give it a try. This is drosera capensis eating a small moth and it took about eight hours to get this. I am really going to get into time lapse and have small USP microscope that can do time lapse up really close. Plant motion is a fascinating thing to watch; using time lapse you can see them moving just about constantly, but too slow for humans to notice. Also, watch the trap on the right, as it is moving also.
jackb

click the photo to watch the video.

uh-o All I get is a box with a spinning wheel. (But I can look at you slide show photos!) Could be my computer, I have had this issue with other things.

 

[jackb]

Carol,

I put the video on my site for you to see and will leave it up for a few days. I know it is working OK there. I also placed a video of Miss Ava's class on Moving Up day just before the end of the school year. They look so cute in their paper caps and they really put their hearts and souls into the song.

Here is a link:

http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/

 

[ninnymary]

Cute video Jackb. I tried to find Ava but I wasn't sure where she was. Was she in the front row 3 in from the left in a pink dress?

Mary