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Can you grow Venus Flytraps in an AeroGarden?(Post)
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Jacob here with Sarracenia Northwest. During the past year, I’ve seen a few growers try their hand with hydroponic devices. This particular device is by AeroGarden, and I pick ...
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 ...
Q/A #70 - Options for Distilled Water?(Post)QUESTION: I am having a hard time finding distilled water for my sundews. Was wondering if there is something else I can do for water that will be safe for my plants. (Submitted in April ...
LED Lights for Tropical Plants(Post)Hi, I’m Sean Springfield, one of the growers at Sarracenia Northwest. I’ve been growing Nepenthes for over a decade, and now I manage the tropical greenhouse here at the nursery where we ...
Q/A #31 - Moldy Seeds Won't Germinate.(Post)QUESTION: Hi, I'm trying to germinate various plants from seed. Pinguicula poldinii, Drosera filiformis, Utricularia volubilis, & Sarracenia purpurea. I believe these all need cold stratif ...
Q/A #20 - Spider Mite Web?(Post)QUESTION:I have a Pinguicula Pirouette. Great light from 0600 to 2300 LED, and keep in water tray. All water is distilled through a dehumidifier. Light mist 1 time a day but recently noticed webbi ...
Q/A 124 - Sudden Die Off of Sarracenia(Post)QUESTION: I've had an issue recently with a sudden collapse of Sarracenia pitchers and the crown dying. I'm growing Sarracenia flava, S. rubra jonesii, and S. rubra alabamensis, and I live in Eas ...
Q/A #80 - Red Dragon Flytrap Dried Out(Post)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’ ...
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 ...
Is Perlite Safe for Carnivorous Plants?(Post)Is perlite safe to use with carnivorous plants? A customer asked us that question a while back because he read on another carnivorous plant website that perlite is alkaline, and that you shouldn&rsq ...
Rescuing a Nepenthes with Yellow Leaves(Post)VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Jacob here with Sarracenia Northwest. Over the years, we’ve answered thousands of questions from carnivorous plant growers and have seen plants grown in many different situati ...
The Humidity Myth, Part 2: Your Nepenthes Doesn't Need a Humidity Dome(Post)Jacob here with Sarracenia Northwest. This is part 2 of the Humidity Myth and Nepenthes. In part 1, I explained how Nepenthes adapt to fluctuating humidity and don’t need a rainforest to grow ...
