Neighborhood News Roundup: Meat-Eating Plants Edition
No, Really, Not in My Back Yard: If good fences make good neighbors, it follows that shit fences could make for shit neighbors. A member of the Cleveland Park email list writes the following: "I have a next door neighbor who picks up the dog poop in his yard with a plastic bag and then drops the bag over his fence, where it lands on the narrow sidewalk between our houses, about a foot from my house. Often 10 or 20 of these bags and their smell and the insects pile up before he sees fit to put them in the garbage can. I have spoken about this to both husband and wife and they are careful for a few days but then start doing it again." Advice is requested, since this criminal odor is not actually illegal.A Damnable Lot: A post at Frozen Tropics about the Metro station that never happened at Oklahoma Avenue has some sparked commentary on readers' least favorite parking spots. Says one, "Also, couldn't agree more on the RFK parking lot [as an] offense against nature comment. The run-off from those seven acres at parking lots G and H is inexcusable. Where do you think all of the Snowmageddon snow ended up?"
Hungry, Hungry Houseplants: Does a carnivorous seedling grow in Brookland? "Would anyone know where I could buy a grown venus fly-trap, something along that sort, for the flies in our house?" asks a member of the email list. "Apparently I can buy one off of Amazon, but would rather get one in person. Home Depot?"
Everything But The Kitchen Sink: In the ever-vigilant Chevy Chase email list, an unusual theft has been reported. "Someone has taken a gutter/downspout from a house on Northampton near 26th. Another thing to watch out for," warns a new message.
1. How can NOT putting trash IN A TRASH CAN not be illegal? So if they were just tossing bagged, non-offensive-smelling trash on the ground until they felt like putting it in a can that would be okay, too?
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"Would anyone know where I could buy a grown venus fly-trap, something along that sort, for the flies in our house?" asks a member of the email list. "Apparently I can buy one off of Amazon, but would rather get one in person. Home Depot?
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McGhee, who works at Menne's Nursery, and Kenny Coogan, an aquarist at the Aquarium of Niagara, are so enamored with these meat-eating plants that the two have banded together to form the Western New York Carnivorous Plant Club.
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Man eating plants!! Sounds scary, and lucky for us that there are not many plants around that are attacking humans; ‘Day of the Triffids” has long passed us by and all is well between mankind and the plant world for now. Flesh eating carnivorous plants!! Now here is a bit more of a reality. Even though relatively rare compared to the vast plant groupings out there, the flesh eating plant is not only out there, but may find their way into your backyard pond, and they are nothing to be scared of. As a kid I remember purchasing Venus Fly Trap kits from the back of the comic books I read. I’d get the kit and be amazed at how these plants actually eat stuff like flies, etc. Not really knowing how to take care of them it never took long for me to kill my amazing plant friends; but what do you want from a 12 year old boy. Now, many years later, can you imagine my surprise to see that these plants are not only popular again but now other carnivorous plants like pitcher plants can be kept in my water garden..so here we go again. But first a bit about these specialized plants. Carnivorous plants are found around the world, even here in my state of New Jersey, with the majority of them coming from bog or wetland environments. Because the water in those environments typically have low nutrient levels these plants adapted to get additional nutrients by trapping and eating prey like bugs and small animals. But to be truly classified as a carnivorous plant they must exhibit 5 characteristics:
1. The plant must attract prey, usually by offering bright colors and nectar. The venus fly trap and pitcher plants both offer nectar to their prey. 5. The plants must be able to utilize the nutrients from the prey. A carnivorous plant must use the nutrients gained from its prey to help grow and live.
Keeping these plants is fun and easy in your water garden and don’t really require that you feed them, but it is fun to offer a meal here and there to observe these amazing plants close up. Venus fly traps and pitcher plants can be found online or at specialty garden centers that sell aquatic plants. Only a few are cold tolerant and most are considered tropical. They should not be submerged but only kept very wet in shallow water. Fertilizing these plants is a no-no, they get their nutrients from the prey they take in. Most like plenty of sun too. The LOVE YOUR POND blog is written by Mike Gannon of Full Service Aquatics. Mike is a professional pond builder and expert in the broad topics of fishkeeping and water gardening. Mike also produces THE POND HUNTER video series which can be viewed on Youtube. “In The Pursuit Of All Things Aquatic” the Pond Hunter videos provide how-to pond construction videos, pondumentaries, and videos of related interest. Mike resides in Summit, New Jersey with his wife and 2 daughters. To visit his website go to www.loveyourpond.com and visit The Pond Hunter at www.youtube.com/thepondhunter or on www.facebook.com/thepondhunter. All copyrights to this material belong to Mike Gannon.
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