Type of Sand for a Bog Garden

QuestionHi there, What type of sand would you recommend using in a bog garden or does it really matter? Thank you, Jennifer AnswerHi Jennifer, The most practical sand to use is washed play sand. Its made

prunning

QuestionMy Setup QUESTION: I live near the beach in san diego, we do not see freezing temps. When should I cut off the dead pitchers and leafs ANSWER: Hi Jeff, When leaves start to brown cut them off. &nbs

white mold starting

Question plantlets I am growing venus flytraps from seed, they are about 2 months old now, i live in southern cali. and since all the rain we have had this past week the sun hasnt been out much which usaully keeps t

Leave all brown from cold weather

Question Nepenthes burned from I have some small Judith Finn Nepenthes. I live in Florida and due to the harsh winter days we just had all of my nepenthes plants/leaves turned totally brown. They appear to be

Sundews have no flowers

QuestionHi, I have several sundews, bladderworts, and mexican butterworts. They have all been growing under artificial lighting for as long as I have had them (around a year) and are growing extremely fast. However,

Heat tolerance

QuestionI am thinking about trying some Sarracenia in Phoenix, AZ. In your experiance, has anyone tried them (outdoors) here, and what max temp can they take? Thanks so much, Mary Answer Desert Plants Hi Ma

D. Aliciae

QuestionHello! I was going to purchase one of your D. Aliciae, when I notice you had in the descreiption... The Alice sundew prefers cool temperatures, especially at night (45?- 65癋).  

Sun screen

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I went to Home Depot the other day and found on retail sun screens by easygardener. I was looking for something similar because I wanted to take some plants such as D adelae out side... It says

vft dormency

Question My VFT and North American Pitcher plants went into dormancy after a good frost on 11/04/09. I live in Rhode Island and the plants stayed in the garage until 12/22/09, due to very cold weather I

nepenthes scale

Question n.miranda Do most nepenthes( miranda, and ventricosa ) secrete sap naturally or is it deposited from scale? I have 3 large nepenthes growing in a south window planted in sphagnum and coarse sand. They

Nepenthes truncata recovery

QuestionHello, well i bought a truncata from you probably 3-4 years ago, and it was growing great the whole time. producing a new leaf and pitcher every month even in the windowsill during winter months. thoug

When to cut flowers off

QuestionHi! I recently bought some Sarracenia rhizomes (I dont know what species yet) and a couple of them have small round growths forming at the base. I figure these are the flowers. Since these rhizomes were just

Just got seeds

QuestionI just got my seeds in the mail and I was wondering when you put them in cold stratification would it be alright to use your hands to ring out the paper towel? and is it safe to use your hands at all? This i

Craniverous Plant Experiment

Question plant Hi, my name is Bradley and I am doing a science fair project that involves 52 drosira capensis, (cape sundews), I am testing them in different conditions to see which ones will survive the best. But m

propagating a sarracenia-readii-medium

Questionhow do i propagate a sarracenia-readii-medium.would i be able to use one flower to get seeds? AnswerHello Kaepora, All Sarracenias require two separate flowers to obtain seeds. They do not self-pollinate a

dyiny nempethes

QuestionI have two nempethes, one is having its leaves curled up. it changed from its shiny state to a dull one.When I first saw it, the media was dry. and its pitchers are not stiff anymore I watered and misted it,

Drosera falconeri

Question D.falconeri Hi guys. Thank you for your time! Amongst my collection of carnivorous plants I have D.falconeri. I just can not find the specific growing instructions for it. I live in Johannesburg South Afric

Sundew tenticles not sticky anymore

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I have had my sundew on the windowsill in my kitchen since i planted it from seeds. When i thought it was getting to big i shifted it to a 5 pot and it flourished. its now quite big. whe

Spring leaves

Question Venus flytrap My Venus flytrap has skipped dormancy(It didnt show any signs of it)But how do i make it grow spring leaves,the tall thin ones ? My flytrap is my first one. I got it during Christmas.(actually

venus flytrap dormant

QuestionQUESTION: my venus flytrap is dormant (im not 100 percent sure though) anyways is it okay if the flytraps trap closes during dormancy is this bad or what? ANSWER: Hello Miguel, If the Flytrap is not growin