{"id":141,"date":"2007-03-30T16:57:43","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T20:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/?p=141"},"modified":"2008-09-06T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T21:00:21","slug":"march-2007-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2007\/03\/march-2007-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2007 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 20 folks packed into Sean Murphy&#8217;s house for GWAPA&#8217;s March                2007 meeting. We had a few new members show up for their first meeting,                which is always great to see. Welcome to those folks!<!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"350\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean&#39;s Nanocube<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sean has a dizzying array of tanks lining his basement walls, all                packed to the brim with cryptocoryne, of more species than even                Sean can differentiate. That&#8217;s one of the reasons Sean has recently                started growing his crypts emerged from the water, in pots, using                a combination of hydroponics and greenhouse techniques. Sean shared                the current successes and failures of his evolving techinique, as                well as some methods that are being used around the world. Much                of his technique is derived from <a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/ecs\/index.html\">his                experience at the ECS<\/a> last year in Europe, where he gained much                insight from Jan Bastmeijer, and other European cryptocoryne mavens.<\/p>\n<p>An overview of growing crypts emerged is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use a hydroponics\/greenhouse style tray with dome for preserving                  moderate humidity around the plants.<\/li>\n<li>Use net pots to plant each species of plant individually. Sean                  didn&#8217;t have much success with clay pots.<\/li>\n<li>Fill each pot with a combination of beech leaves, and peat moss.                  Do not compact the soil. (Sean is currently encouraging folks                  to try different kinds of leaves to determine their effects on                  growth. Jim noted that plain peat moss has not worked well for                  him. Aaron&#8217;s has had good luck with maple leaves.)<\/li>\n<li>Plant an accessory plant such as live sphagnum moss at the base                  of the plant to help ward off fungi and disease.<\/li>\n<li>Fill the tray with water to the brim of the pots. Fertilize                  as needed, although Sean hasn&#8217;t had to do much fertilizing.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the tray covered at all times, with a light overtop. Window-sill                  boxes may be able to use the sun, so long as it does not overheat                  the contained environment. Sean&#8217;s boxes stay at room temperature,                  approx. 72F.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sean is also a lead member of the up-and-coming <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.aquatic-gardeners.org\/viewforum.php?f=30\">North                American Cryptocoryne Society<\/a>, where further discussion of crypt-keeping                can be found.<\/p>\n<p>Also, at the meeting Ghazanfar announced that GWAPA 2.5G aquascaping                contest will commence at the April or May meetings, pending how                long it takes to order the necessary supplies. Planning of our Florida                collecting field trip is also underway. Please watch the forum for                more information on both of these topics.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the meeting ended with another huge &#8220;mini&#8221; auction.<\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>One of Sean&#8217;s tanks.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Another of Sean&#8217;s tanks.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Another of Sean&#8217;s tanks.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Another of Sean&#8217;s tanks.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Sean&#8217;s nanocube: front-view<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Sean&#8217;s nanocube: side-view<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Everyone&#8217;s paying attention to Ghazanfar&#8217;s opening speech. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Sean&#8217;s talking about his immerged growing techniques.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Aaron thinking&#8230; &#8220;What&#8217;s in that bucket?&#8221;<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Aaron shared some of his techniques for growing plants terrestrially.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>One flat of Sean&#8217;s plants. Of course, most are crypts that he                brought back from the European Crypt Conference. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>A crypt. wendtii growing without needing to be potted.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Everyone paying attention.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Another flat of, what else? Crypts!<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Sean and Ghazanfar prepare for our ever-increasing &#8220;mini&#8221;                auction. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2007\/images\/March2007-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Aaron&#8217;s the auctioneer this time. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 20 folks packed into Sean Murphy&#8217;s house for GWAPA&#8217;s March 2007 meeting. We had a few new members show up for their first meeting, which is always great to see. 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