Sarracenia Alata Help.

Question Sarracenia Alata First of all thank you for reading my concern. Well i am having a problem with my sarracenia alata. Ive been having this plant since about August 2008. Well the problem that this plant is n

Dainas Delight and Tarnok

QuestionFirst I just received sarracenia Dainas delight and it is flowering however have nothing else flowering. I was wondering if it can be self pollinated or is it sterile like the judith hindle. Also I over wi

Tropical Carnivorous Plants

QuestionI am considering in the future in acquiring more carnivorous plants and was wondering how well the tropical varieties would fair where I live near Orlando, FL . Id hope to grow the plants outside if possible

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QuestionHi,I just bought a cape sundew and when it came was is dewless.I heard when a sundew is dewless you give it lots of sunlight.I did that through a southwest window but sill no dew?I live in zone 9 and it is g

yellow perlite?

QuestionOn most of the perlite I bought from you guys turns yellow? Is this maybe fungus? Would neem help solve this problem. It seems that only the top perlite is yellow. Also I was wondering how you make hybrids w

flower(s)

QuestionMy Drosera Capensis is already putting up a flower, but i just went to look and admire my carnivorous plants and i noticed a few new growths, one of which looks like a flower. Is it possible for a sundew

drosera capensis, serracenia purperea, dionaea muscipula

QuestionI have one of each of the following: drosera capensis, serracenia purperea, dionaea muscipula. obviously this is not relevant for right now as this is spring time. But in the late fall to winter time i he

Robins pulling up newly emerging flytraps from dormancy.

QuestionHi Jeff & Jacob, I have this problem every spring with robins pulling up newly emerging flytraps that are coming out of dormancy. Robins are notorious for probing the soil looking for earthworms duri

Right setup?

Question carnivorous plants I bought some carnivorous plants a year ago (not from you) and as soon as I got them I re-planted them in bigger pots and put them all in a tray with 1 of water. They were doing fine unti

2nd sundew

Questioni purchased a 2nd sundew cuz i was bored about 2 weeks ago or somethin. When i bought it it wasnt doing so well, but i felt bad and thought i could save it. ive replanted it using all the requirements..pr

pinguicula medusina and drosera slackii

Question What type of Ping? Is there any special dos and donts for these two? I cant find any info on the slackii, as in how much light, humidity, and water they require? The ping I recently bought from Lowes and th

3 plants

QuestionHow long (under optimal conditions and health) would it take for a leaf, from then the leaf first emerges from the soil, to become fully grown and functional? I have a dionaea muscipula, serracenia purper

hybridizing venus flytraps

QuestionSo if i wanted to make a cross with a cup flytrap and a red dragon, would I just rub the flowers together? I get how you mean that all the venus flytraps are the same.. like dogs. So would the cross result i

Tropical Pitcher Plant HELP!!

Question pitcher plant Last week I put my tropical pitcher plants outside since the temps went up and the sun is shining. One day a huge gust of wind came and knocked some of them over. I re-potted the ones that nee

Reducing PPM

QuestionHey Chris it is me again. I am having a hard time reducing the PPM in the soil. I took fresh long fiber sphagnum right out of the bag and placed it in a pot. Then I poured the filtered water through it. The

new soil

QuestionThis is not the mix that i am currently using, BUT i was wondering if nutrapeat would be ok to use with the pumice sand or perelite. The only reason i ask is because its twice the size of the bag of peatm

how they grow

QuestionI have 2 serrecenia purpereas now and i work in a store that sells them in death cubes lol. And i have seen them in all shapes and sizes. And now i am curious how they grow (im new to this and ive only ow

Nepenthes Gracilis

QuestionHi! Ive bought a small nepenthes Gracilis recently, and Ive heard that the plants need high humidity to pitcher. Is it true? I live in Asia, and I grow all my nepenthes outdoors. So will my Nepenthes Grac

Larger plastic pots

QuestionSeveral of my Sarracenia and Flytraps are thriving in 6 inch plastic pots that I bought from you. I like the durable round green pots that I buy from you online, but I would like to be able to transpla

Fertilizer for Sarracenia

QuestionHi guys! Today I bought a box of Miracid fertilizer and was hoping I could fertilize my Nepenthes with it, but after reading something in The Savage Garden that said Miracid stunts Nepenthes, I thought I w