QUESTION: I’m very impressed with a Venus Flytrap I got from you, so I ordered a second one. I'm really confused about dormancy. I heard it’s not the temperature that makes them go in the dormanc …

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QUESTION: I have had the plant about 1 month I put it outside on the deck. This gets full sun. Shade the last couple hours of the day. I kept it in the same container it was shipped in and didn’t …

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QUESTION:I recently purchased a Drosera intermedia, D. tracyi, and Sarracenia purpurea x minor. My tracyi has been growing extremely well and fast, but the other two (especially the intermedia) is …

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QUESTION: My Sarracenia is putting up a flower. It’s just coming out of hibernation and has no leaves yet. Should I let it bloom or cut it off? I know for some plants it’s important to cut off th …

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QUESTION: We have a Pinguicula Alfred Lau that we purchased a while back. It was in great condition but we're doing something to it that isn't working. It looks really sad. The plant is sitting o …

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QUESTION:I was trimming off last year's dead pitchers on my Sarracenia and noticed small black ants on the plants. They appear to be living IN the plant pots. Several came out of the peat when the …

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QUESTION: I got a Sarracenia alata from you a year ago, and it grew beautifully and caught lots of bugs. So, this past winter I clipped the old pitchers off as suggested in your monthly care vi …

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QUESTION: I received my dormant Drosera filiformis on March 8. I bought the soil for sarracenia and sundew from you. I followed the directions. I put my plant into a 5" plastic pot with holes in …

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QUESTION: I ordered a Sarracenia alata x minor from you about a month ago. Attached is a photo taken a couple weeks ago but as of today nothing much has really changed. The other photo is one tak …

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QUESTION: I've been growing Sarracenia for five years. This time of the year when my plants come out of dormancy, they produce flower stalks, and I just cut them as they come out. I was just wond …

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QUESTION: I purchased a Sarracenia leucophylla from you before the winter. In the image I attached, the structure above the soil, should I keep that above the soil or beneath the soil if I deci …

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QUESTION: When should i introduce my plants to the outdoors? I live in northern Indiana, and I have a Drosera capensis, Sarracenia flava, and a Venus Flytrap. In the summer we get temperatur …

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