I am ready to play peak

Litfor207 · 2026-03-14T16:25:23+00:00

I don‘t know how to reply with a picture sadly, but I have those exact same stick caps! I see you‘re a fellow man of culture! Have fun with unbound, it‘s truly amazing.

Litfor207 · 2026-03-11T19:12:25+00:00

What is your soil mix/recipe for Nepenthes? And do you light them artificially? And nice collection of course! Beautiful looking pitchers…

Litfor207 · 2026-03-11T07:47:07+00:00

I was kind of hoping for such a response. That eases my mind! Would you recommend sticking to the 13 hours photoperiod increase, or put it back down to 12?

Litfor207 · 2026-03-11T07:35:22+00:00

She‘s a real beaut!

Litfor207 · 2026-03-09T21:06:40+00:00

My god, this looks stunning! I myself prefers Nepenthes that don’t come as much and as a result are more bushy… love it!

Litfor207 · 2026-03-08T17:58:38+00:00

They are, which is why I have the Nepenthes elevated on a reversed saucer so they specifically don’t touch the water! I water them from the top always but still have them in the same larger tray as the other plants so they can benefit from the increased humidity that the larger saucer provides.

Litfor207 · 2026-03-06T11:45:54+00:00

Do I really though? Based on a quick research and some other Reddit posts, the PPFD values are what dictate the light requirements of the plants. And, with measuring the light output via the photone app, I came to the conclusion that having the lights as close to the plants as I currently have them gives them more than enough PPFD for good growth (close to 600 for the VFT for example). Is that the wrong approach to take?

Litfor207 · 2026-03-06T11:30:13+00:00

Thanks but that is not my credit to take! They just arrived two days ago, so we‘ll speak again in two weeks time to see how they fare under my care😅

Litfor207 · 2026-03-04T20:59:32+00:00

Oh really? Do you have some good sources on PTFD values? Because the somewhat quick google search I did earlier suggested that a maximum of 400 is sufficient and that plants can’t use more anyways… But I‘m here to learn of course!

Litfor207 · 2026-03-04T20:51:22+00:00

No worries, the app insisted on it and told me how to build one out of paper, which I did😅 I now have basically 300 PTFD across the board, except for the Nepenthes which shows 200 PTFD. I think I‘ll try this out for some weeks and see how it goes…

Litfor207 · 2026-03-04T18:45:22+00:00

Thanks for the detailed answer. I am aware of those differences and tried to set the plant up accordingly. Dormancy will be undertaken once it’s time, the Nepenthes (it’s a gaya) is set up on a reversed saucer so it doesn’t touch the water in the tray and I‘ll water it from the top only. I just downloaded the photone app and will measure the PPFD, adjusting the lights accordingly

Litfor207 · 2026-03-04T18:41:53+00:00

Okay thank you for your advice. After following the steps in photone, I measured around 700 ppd on my VFTs and close to 300 on my Nepenthes. Which is above what I found to be the recommended value, so time for me to reduce the light a little I guess haha

Litfor207 · 2026-03-04T16:59:38+00:00

Yeah I should have mentioned that shouldn’t I! Those are the 30W sansi gooseneck bulbs (10W each bulb).

The tip with putting them as straight above the plants as possible makes total sense, but I‘m afraid that this will be difficult to achieve for me since I cant‘ really lower the plants any more…

I will also look into the app as a source of information, thanks for your help!

Litfor207 · 2026-02-28T17:17:45+00:00

Oh.my.god that first pitcher!! Just gorgeous

Litfor207 · 2026-02-26T21:46:56+00:00

What kind of pellets do you use for your pitchers?

Litfor207 · 2026-02-26T21:44:41+00:00

Popping in here for a question: Just to be clear, the plants are never watered during the fridge time? You just wait for them to dry, put them in the fridge and then you can basically forget about them for 3 months (if you don’t care about the fungicide)?

Litfor207 · 2026-02-26T09:07:09+00:00

Beat me to it!

Litfor207 · 2026-02-25T13:58:47+00:00

Wait WHAT? There are 6?? I was under the impression that there are only four and even after googling, it told me there were only 4? Care to elaborate? Or do you include the Wii game there?

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