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Winter Care

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 need to water them during dormancy. I used Sphagnum peat moss without fertilizer. So did my plants die bec

Soil Health

Q/A #84 - Can I Use Perlite Infused with Fertilizer?

QUESTION:My wife came home with perlite infused with Miracle-Gro. Is it safe to use for my Venus fly traps?(Submitted in May 2019.) RESPONSE BY JEFF DALLAS:No. What you can do, however, is take that perlite and rinse it several times in a bucket. The fertilizer is water soluble and will dissolve out. Pi

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

Birds

Q/A #69 - How Do I Keep Birds out of My Bog Garden?

QUESTION: What can I do to keep starlings and other birds out of my bog gardens? They pull the sphagnum out and dig holes in the soil with lighting speed. I am concerned that they are going to do damage to my plants. As of right now I have fashioned some 30% sun block material over the gardens using some sma

Venus Flytrap

Q/A #55 - Venus Flytrap Is Looking Strange

QUESTION: I saw a tutorial of yours on YouTube about carnivorous plants and I wondered if you can help me with my Venus Flytrap and how to grow it. When I first had it, the traps were very small, then it grew and look normally, but now they are really strange looking. I hope you have a solution for my proble

Sarracenia

Q/A #51 - Moving Plants to Outside

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 temperatures anywhere from 60° to 90° (16°-32°C) and occasionally 100° (38°C). (Submitted in March 2019.) RESPONSE

Sarracenia

Growing Sarracenia and Venus Flytraps in the Desert Southwest

Jason Herritz started growing carnivorous plants in 2009 while living in Phoenix. Through trial and error, he found ways to successfully grow Sarracenia, Venus flytraps, and hardy sundews, despite the extreme heat, intense sunlight, and low humidity. After over a decade living in the desert Southwest, Jason

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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 is a screenshot of the week. I went ahead and brought them all in as they were frozen but I'm not sure if I should h

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