Growing Venus Flytraps from seeds

QuestionAbout 3 weeks ago I planted about 40 venus fly trap seeds in Massachusetts. I have been growing them outside where they recieve early morning direct sun until about 10am then indirect after. I have the seeds

Tips Turning Brown

QuestionI have a question.I keep my Adelae Sundew on my window sill under two 40 watt 4ft shop lights that are on for about 13to14 hours a day.I replanted them in 50% peat moss %26 50% perlite because the tips were

Pinguicula grandiflora

QuestionHello! Im not actually growing P. grandiflora, but Im wondering if it is a perennial. I was planning to put it in a bog garden alongside American pitcher plants, sundews, and flytraps, and I dont want to hav

watering cobra lily

QuestionAllexperts, I have a question concerning watering a Cobra Lily. Can you leave it standing water, and water it by pouring water over the plant. It said in the dvd to dont leave the plant in

Miracle grow soil for pitcher plants

QuestionIs miracle gro sphagnum peat moss and perlite safe soil for me to grow my Sarracenia pitcher plants. I just bought my plants and went to Walmart to get the soil requirements...I noticed that the miracl

Thin S. flava v. cuprea pitchers

QuestionQUESTION: Greetings. I have two large clusters of S. flava coppertop, each 12-14 crowns in 14 plastic pots that Ive had for over 7 years. The clusters originated from a 3 crown plant I purchased

what type of a sundew is this?

Question weird sundew Allexperts, Hey can you help me identify this sundew that I have recently picked up. Also could tell me if I can grow the plant outside. I live in Delaware which is a zone 7 climat

nepenthes rafflesiana

Questionhi i was wondering if nepenthes rafflesiana can be grown outside. i live in pennsylvania,zone 6. its been a pretty warm summer so far staying in the 70`s to 80`s. at night i bring my miranda inside so

Fertilizing Nepethes

QuestionI have read, in numerous places, not to fertilize the tropical nepenthe, but about a year ago I tried an experiment and started using Eleanors VF-11 seems like magic on all your plants (0.15 0.85 0.55) and I

Nepenthes x miranda fertilizer

Questionhello, I recently purchased a huge Nepenthes x miranda and the place I got it from gave me a gallon bottle of liquid fertilizer mixed with rain water. The instructions they gave me say to use 1/

drosera adelae lack of dew

QuestionHi. I have a drosera adelae and I had it growing under one 10 watt fluorescent light bulb for 13 hours a day and it was under a little dome. It had been looking great but it was getting too big for it and I

N. Ventricosa

QuestionI bought 2 of the N. Ventricosa, when I received them somewhere in April 2010 they LOOKED GREAT, I put them in direct sunlight and I lost all the pitchers it had so I moved it under a tree to get filtered su

vft flower taking forever

Question vf So both of my vfts (one of which is from you) are sending up flower stalks...on the one that is not from you guys..it has been doin the same thing for quite some time now.the flower stalk is several inch

black young traps

QuestionHi guys, me again. Ive been having some problems with the second Venus flytrap i have. the most puzzling of all would be that all the new young traps are coming in black and dead while the rest of the

Help! Highlander Trouble!

Question Nepenthes Jamban Hey you guys! I have had a problem with two of my highland plants, N. jamban and C. follicularis. It seems just recently they both started to decline rapidly, and since it happened to both

D. scorpiodes

Question D. scorpiodes - Pygmy Hi! I got a D.scorpiodes late summer last year. It never really seemed like it came out of travel shock but it wasnt dead so i took care of it and let it be. it grew a lit

Substitute peat

QuestionDear Sir/Madam, I am currently growing Sarracenia flava and am in need of some new compost. I do not want to purchase peat and wandered if you knew of any good alternatives. I have been told that coir can ki

Green stuff growing in the pots

Question green stuff Allexperts, I have a question about what this green stuff that is growing in these pots. Is it a kind of mold or fungi or algae. I have attached a picture of the green

stem cutting,lighting

Questionnepenthes QUESTION: This a follow up.I have had these cuttings under artificial light for a week now and there all dying can you tell me what I might be doing wrong.I included a pic.The bulbs are plan

Pitcher plants vs. Cats

QuestionI have 4 different varieties of pitcher plants I also have 2 cats. Both of my cats are Extremely attracted to all of the pitcher plants but not to any of my other house plants. Is there something