May 16, 2023
QUESTION:Sarracenia purchased last spring and summer I planted in an outdoor bog garden, in fall I covered the entire planter with a foot of leaves. I live in Wisconsin. I uncovered a couple weeks
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May 15, 2023
Q/A #89 - Is It My Dad's Fault My Plants Died?
QUESTION:My Venus flytraps and Sarracenia died over winter!! I put them in the garage for dormancy where it's around 40°F (4°C). I live in USDA Zone 5B. My father told me that I did not n
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May 2, 2023
Q/A #81 - Careful Not to Overheat Your Flytraps
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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March 17, 2023
Q/A #53 - Is My Dormant Sundew Alive?
QUESTION:
I have Drosera filiformis. It's dormant now but can hibernacula be black or not? Not sure if it's alive.
(Submitted in March 2019.)
RESPONSE BY JACOB FARIN:
When hardy sundews
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February 27, 2023
Q/A #42 - Upcoming Freeze into Single Digits
QUESTION:
Hello, I wanted u guys to check out the weather we're having at the moment. Should I bring my Sarracenia and Venus flytraps indoors this whole week or only on Sunday and Monday? Below i
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February 23, 2023
Q/A #40 - Flytrap Blooming in Winter(!)
QUESTION:
I received my Venus Flytrap back in November. I’ve been loving growing it, and it’s been fun watching the traps grow and open. I recently noticed that my plant is growing a flower bud.
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February 22, 2023
Q/A #39 - Flytraps Need Special Care for a Colorado Winter
QUESTION:
I have a Dente and Red Dragon Flytrap, and I live in Denver, CO. I hope I'm wrong, but can you please tell me if they are dead? Their rhizomes look brown and mushy. I fear th
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January 13, 2023
Q/A #17 - Sarracenia Seedlings Past the Point of No Return?
QUESTION:
I have some Sarracenia seedlings and I still need to separate them into their own pots, which I'm going to do soon. But the tips of them are turning brown. Are they at the point of no r
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January 7, 2023
Q/A #12 - Flytraps with Smaller Growth in Winter
QUESTION:
I'm growing two Red Dragon Flytraps and a King Henry Flytrap. They are in a cold frame since it's winter, did it last year as well and it was fine. They get artificial light on cloudy d
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January 1, 2023
Q/A #7 - Mold on a Drosera filiformis in South Florida
QUESTION:
I had reached out to you guys several months ago as I noticed the rhizome of my
Drosera filiformis was developing a hair-like wrapping around it. At the time, you guys said that it w
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December 30, 2022
Q/A #5 - Did a Sudden Freeze Kill My Flytrap and Sarracenia?
QUESTION:
I tried to be brave and keep my plants outside, but I'm honestly afraid the cold has killed them. I'm growing two Venus Flytraps and a Sarracenia purpurea. I'm in zone 6 and we haven't
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December 29, 2022
Q/A #4 - Red Dragon Flytrap Dying In a Glass Pot on a Windowsill.
QUESTION:
I have several of your plants and they are all doing well.
But I do have a few questions about my Red Dragon Flytrap.
I do know it's the dormant season, but am unsure of what
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