Sand

QuestionHello, I have a question regarding soil. When mixing peat with sand for a soil mix, what is the best sand to use? Can I use regular playground sand that you might put in a sandbox? Or should you

Sevin-5

QuestionCan i use Sevin-5(ready-to-use) 5% dust on spider mites?And how do i use it on venus fly trap and where can i buy insecticide for venus fly trap besides Lowes? AnswerIve never used Sevin dust on spider mite

Drosera Multifida

Question Drosera Multifida Hello Mr. Littrell, I am growing a Drosera Multifida in an east facing window using distilled water and perlite + peat moss soil. I have had it for about 2 months now and it has been send

Are Old nepenthes leaves good for drainage?

QuestionI was just wondering, old nepenthes leaves seem to go quite woody when they die off. could I re-use these mixed into carnivorous plant soil to perhaps help with drainage, For nepenthes mostly. Or might it ca

Red Cape

QuestionHi, i live in south Florida where currently it is HOT HOT HOT. Just recently about three weeks ago bought a dosera capensis red leaf in a three inch pot. On the first day the dew was practically

Adding gravel to the top of pots

QuestionHey Guys! I just wanted to thank you guys for all your help on this website and in your e-book! My plants survived their first harsh New England winter outside and are now coming out of dormancy! I took your

Shade Screen

QuestionQUESTION: Hey guys. I have a question about shade cloth. I have your video on growing these plants in the southwest. I have Venus Fly Traps and some sarricena. Im looking at a product called aluminet. They a

Is this Raf sick?

Question Discolored leaves and Hello, I purchased this N. Rafflesiana from a vendor Ive never ordered from before and it has some odd things on it Ive never seen before. Ive attached photos. It has several discolor

pots for Sarracenia

QuestionQUESTION: Im here contraditions on using clay pots for sarracenia. I live in southern Louisiana and just started using clay pots due to they breath that way keeping the peat cool with our very hot summ

Bromeliad Fertilizer

QuestionIm growing a few Drosera Capensis (Typical) at the moment. I want to try the foliar feeding technique described in your e-book, but I dont know what you mean by Bromeliad Fertilizer. I live in South Austral

Venus Flytraps blooming and transplanting

QuestionI have several flytraps which are currently sending up bloom stalks.... Would it hurt to transplant them into larger containers now? or should I wait until after they make seeds? Thanks again guys!!!

Nepenthes Insecticides

QuestionHi there, One of my Nepenthes (a DeRoose Alata) has had spider mites since last autumn. Luckily they seem to have naturally decreased a little whilst the plant has been indoors over winter. There are howeve

scale on Cephalotus

QuestionHello! Last fall I obtained a nice Cephalotus. Didnt notice any issues at the time though I did look the plant over. Currently, my plant seems to have a soft scale infestation. Considering

When To Expect Growth

QuestionHello, this is a question regarding my pitcher plant. My plant is a hybrid between leucophylla and something else, the cultivar name is Dainas Delight. It lives in an outdoor bog garden in USDA z

little red bugs, yuck!

QuestionHi! I recently noticed that I have some tiny little red bugs (red spider mites maybe?) in one of my windowsills and have seen a few on the tropical plants I have on the sill (2 pygmy sundew, a cape sundew an

cephalotus follicularis uk

Questioni got one of these great cp last year and it seems to be about to send up a flower stork is it like Dionaea? that is to say best not to let flower? any help would be great many thanks ps it is in a large pot

the sundew plant

Questionhi i was wondering can the jell substance on the plant can kill or harm people? AnswerCan the dew of a sundew harm or kill human beings? This is an easy question to answer: I have no idea. I doubt that anyo

Saracenia

QuestionMy plant is about 3 yrs now and has come from freezing winter. Back every spring BUT so are some strange grasses. At first they were so tiny it didnt matter but now they are about 4 tall and getting mo

trouble growing Drosera Spatulata

QuestionHi, My D. Spatulata is dying. This is the second one Ive had, and I am failing again. I have it in a peat/perlite mix, tray method for watering, and have it on my east-facing back porch (gets direct sun app

Scarlet Belle

QuestionI planted a Scarlet Belle last summer. It did not increase much in size, but did develope a few pitchers. This spring I cut off old pitchers. I live in zone 8 all of my other sarrencia have new pitchers, mos