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Q/A #111 - Sarracenia with Curvy Pitchers

QUESTION: I have a bad history of killing things (except my husband) and I'm loving keeping the two Sarracenia I got from you alive! The White Sparkler I recently received last month is farther along than the initial Golden-Red Jubilee I received earlier last month too. The White Sparkler arrived

Floppy PItchers

Q/A #106 - Huge Sarracenia Extreme Green is Floppy

QUESTION: Question for you about my Sarracenia Extreme Green. I have had it for several years now and have struggled with the pitchers flopping over for the last 2 years. It is quite large, some pitchers are around 36 inches tall! It currently lives in a bathtub garden so it stays moist and gets full sun all d

Humidity

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 dormancy but it’s the less light. Is that true? I live in Indiana and the winters can get pretty cold single digits. I’m w

Acclimation

Q/A #80 - Red Dragon Flytrap Dried Out

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 change the soil. I have city water and that is what I used to water the plant. I did not use fertilizers or transp

Acclimation

Q/A #79 - Outdoor Plants Not Waking Up.

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 what I'm worried about. I've had them for around a week or so. They're situated in a aluminum foil tray with distil

Flowers

Q/A #78- Should I Cut Off Sarracenia Flowers?

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 the flower to encourage foliage growth. (Submitted in April 2021.) RESPONSE BY JEFF DALLAS: If your

No Dew

Q/A #76 - Pinguicula and Sundew Are Looking Sad.

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 on an elevated surface on the soil. The pot is above a distilled water tray, under T5 grow lights for 12 hrs a day.

Soil Health

Q/A #75 - Ants in Plants!

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 sides of the pots were tapped. These plants are several years old and I plan to upgrade their pots this year.

No Pitchers

Q/A #65 - No New Growth on My Sarracenia

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 video and re-potted it a month ago. But other than a little bit of green here and there and some nice red coloration

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