Anyone have any experience with coleus in their terrarium?
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Coleus anyone?
skronkykong
Dec 16, 2006 11:15 AM
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slaytonp
Dec 17, 2006 02:16 AM
Coleus needs much more light than we can provide in vivariums, and prefers less humidity. They do best in full sunlight or bright window light, as a house plant, or outdoors in full sunlight in warm weather. In a terrarium situation, they will just barely survive while scraggling around, overgrow in a linear fashion, while losing all the interesting leaf color. It is not a good vivarium/terrarium plant for our purposes.
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Patty
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skronkykong
Dec 18, 2006 12:17 PM
Yeah you're probably right. I have good luck growing them under artificial light but they are prone to rotting if they too wet and dying if they get too dry. Probably more trouble than its worth. Thanks!
