food

QuestionQUESTION: hi is it ok if i feed my drosera capensis freeze dried bloodworms i heard it could burn the leaves is that true and is it ok to feed them that period thanks. ANSWER: Yes, it would be OK to use dri

Insecticides for Carnivorous Plants

QuestionAfter watching your video clip about insecticides for carnivorous plants, I checked the labels of some products that I had around the house. One was a neem spray. However, I noticed that in add

TC vs natural propagation

QuestionWhat carnivorous plant is healthier : propagated from seed or TC? Thank you for your enlightening and encouraging answers. AnswerWeve seen seed-grown plants to be healthier and more robust than plants grow

Nepenthes vs sarracenia

QuestionCan you tell me the difference between these two carnivorous plants, please? AnswerHello Honey Barnekoff, Actually, there are five different genera of what are known as Pitcher Plants. Nepenthes are trop

Hardy CPs in an outdoor bog - better in submerged pots or directly in the soil?

QuestionGentlemen, I had written to you earlier this year regarding the dilemma of my bog being too mineral-rich (the natural spring feeding it). My then blackening VFTs were what you called the canaries in the c

Winter care for bog - leave water running through or not?

QuestionGentlemen, now to my next question: Is it better to let the water run through the bog during winter dormancy, or shut if off and let it (partially) dry out? I pump the spring water up to the bog and can ea

are these healthy

Question Some Sarracenias Hi Chris i just wanted to make sure these were healthy and if i was growing them right i have bought a dunecraft carnivorous creations kit which you probably already know about and they wer

Cephalotus Eden Black Seeds

QuestionI won some Cephalotus Eden Black seeds overseas in the UK. The icps seedbank recommends stratifying them for 8 weeks. Also it says that they did an experiment, some seeds with and some seeds without stratifi

Drosophyllum Pruning

QuestionI generally am fastidious about pruning dead leaves off my carnivorous plants. For some species, I know that this is important to prevent fungus growth. However, whenever Ive seen a mature Dros

Optimum Depth of Water Tray

QuestionLast winter I lost several venus flytraps--I believe that I kept the water level too high and the bulbs drowned. In your video, you state to keep the water level no higher than one-half the height of

my fly trap is dying

QuestionI got a Venus fly trap last week.On the day I got I fed it an ant yesterday I looked at the trap and it was and fine.Today I looked at and and where the abdomen was there was a burn. today I fed it a fly and

reapplying fungicide to sundews

QuestionI recently applied neem extract fungicide to my Alice Sundew because it had a fungal infecting about a week ago. The plant is looking much healthier and seems to be recovering, so is it a good idea to reappl

N. reinwardtiana red dots on leaves

QuestionHello I bought a N. reinwardtiana and I live in New York City Right now i have the plant along with 5 other Nepenthes plants under four 23 watt compact flourecent bubs with a small fan on the side cu

Leaning Nepenthes

Question Nepenthes Sang. Hello I have a Nepenthes Sang. and I think its a Nepenthes. Gal. not sure how you spell the whole thing but it was purchased from Cobraplants. The question I

Watering a Ping.Tehuacan

Question Ping.Tehuacan Hello Recently I purchased a Ping. Techuacan, I was wondering hows the best way to water it? I know you water Pings when they get dry and have a little but of w

Nepenthes Sanguinea tendrils not forming

Question 1 Ive included some images of my Sanguinea. My soil is 1 part LFS, 1 part orchid bark. My water is collected rain water that I use for all my other carnivorous plants as well. Lighting was

Fungus on the peristome?

Question Ventircosa black peris Greetings! I have a red type Nepenthes Ventricosa, and first I noticed tiny black spots on the peristome of one of its pitchers some weeks ago. Now the entire peristome got black, as

VFT from Seeds.

QuestionQUESTION: I am from the Philippines and its October. I bought seeds from ebay and will arrive first week pf November. Assuming that the seeds are still ok, how should I grow it given that I am in a tropic

dewless sundews and butterworts

QuestionI have two sundews (Drosera aliciae and Drosera spatulata) and a butterwort (Pinguicula moranensis) that I have recently taken out a terrarium and put them in pots. The sundews a having difficulty producing

Sun Burn?

QuestionHello. I am only eleven and new at growing carnivorous plants. I have a Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis that I purchased at my local botantical garden. I do not know the type of soil mixture, but I am keepin