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Q/A #116 - Novelty Planters(Post)
QUESTION: I’m looking to grow a Venus fly trap. I have bought two different planters. I’m curious if I can use distilled water and grow traps in either of these. Would you recommend using one of ...
Q/A #47 - Is 2 Hours of Direct Sunlight Enough for a Sundew?(Post)QUESTION: For the sundews, you note "several hours" of direct sunlight. Our apartment faces ENE (in Washington DC) and gets about 2-2.5 hours of morning sun. Is that enough to keep these plants ...
Q/A #2 - Should I Refrigerate My Sarracenia in Central Florida?(Post)QUESTION: Hi I’m a amateur carnivorous plant collector in central Florida, zone 9. I’ve have a variety of plants and the three I have that require dormancy are a Venus flytrap, a Sarra ...
Q/A #37 - Nepenthes Needs Time to Acclimate(Post)QUESTION: I have a nepenthes that was shipped from CA to Denver, CO where I'm located. When I received it, the plant had numerous, healthy and beautiful pitchers but also many brown spots on the ...
Q/A #139 - No Sarracenia Pitchers for 3 Years(Post)QUESTION:I've grown this for about 3 years. It went into dormancy this winter. It is in 50/50 soil mix of peat and perlite. Been outside for over a month with distilled water in a 3-inch saucer but w ...
How Much Perlite to Add to Peat Moss?(Post)How much perlite should we add to our carnivorous plant mix? While peat moss is the primary soil ingredient for carnivorous plants, namely Sarracenia, Venus flytraps, and sundews, we add perlite to ...
Q/A #130 - Can I Grow Darlingtonia Indoors?(Post)QUESTION: I was looking at the Darlingtonia to grow in Southern California, but I'm concerned with lack of cold dormancy. Temperatures sometimes get to 45°F (7°C) at night but not for very many w ...
Q/A #10 - Can Drosera capensis Handle an Overnight Frost?(Post)QUESTION: I recently ordered a Red Leaf Drosera Capensis Sundew from you, which arrived a few days ago. It was in very healthy condition upon arrival and bearing trace amounts of nectar already.
Q/A #106 - Huge Sarracenia Extreme Green is Floppy(Post)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 ...
New 2026 Darlingtonia Guidelines(Post)Quick Glance: Successfully growing Darlingtonia californica does not require ice cubes, refrigerated water, or elaborate root-cooling systems. Start with a climate where summer nights regularly coo ...
Q/A #9 - Pitcherless Nepenthes(Post)QUESTION: I have a Nepenthes, but I don't know anything more about it. It still has very small pitchers, and is one of two in the pot. But sorry to say recently one pitcher died. I have it in ...
Q/A #131 - Nepenthes Seems to Be Dying(Post)QUESTION: I’ve had this Nepenthes Gaya for just a few months. I repotted it into a mix of peat moss and perlite, equal parts. It was doing really well until about a week ago. It seems to be dyin ...
