pyrethrin

QuestionHey Guys, I have a Flava and some fly traps that are just starting to come out of dormancy. There in full sun in peat perlite sitting in water. My question is I have a bottle of pyrethrin the product is call

Drosera Prolifera

Question Drosera Prolifera I bought this plant about a month ago from you guys in Portland at the Garden Show. I live in Hillsboro. It is in a North/West window with no direct sun but bright light, and distilled wat

One of my Nepenthes Mirandas picther fell over.

Question The Fallen Picther Hi, overnight one of my Nepenthes Miranda picher fell over (look at the picture)so Im wondering why. I right now live in Ohau, and for the past days we had very windy weather. I usally le

Is the sundew done for

QuestionDewthread QUESTION: Allexperts, I have a dew thread that I just put outside for the spring time and its all black and covered with white stuff. Is there any I can do to help it out of the

Rust/thrips

QuestionQUESTION: I had gotten this plant from you guys about idk 6 months back and i noticed something like rust on it so i sprayed with a sulfur based fungicide. Upon further inspection and posts from friends on a

My nepenthes and pinguinicula

QuestionMy pinguinicula is producing Sticky substance in the flower stem why is it and Is it normal. And I put water in my nepenthes tuncata paisan highbird can that kill the pitcher that I put water in. AnswerHell

Tentacles bending back

Question Trap with tentaceles b Hi i have a greenhouse outside with no plastic on it so it wont get hot in their during the day and i noticed the other day may sundews most of them D. capensis and others like the ca

Companion plants

QuestionI am wondering if there are any plants I can grow in the same soil as my CPs I was wondering about cranberries, I believe they like acidic bog soil. Have you guys ever tried growing cranberries with sarracen

Fungus gnat larvae

QuestionI lost a lot of my temperate collection to fungus gnat larvae and root rot this last winter. One plant I lost was a Oreophila with 26 pitchers. Ive never experienced such decimation before, and I dont want t

P. laueana

QuestionHi there, I am growing Pinguicula laueana which Ive had almost a year now. Unfortunately, I dont have a picture. I bought it from you and it is still in its original soil. I live in Provo, Utah, but it has b

safe insecticides

QuestionChris, My question as you can see in the subject screen concerns using safe insecticides for CPs. Over the years I have used the Bayer Rose and Flower with some success. Bayer has since changed the formula t

Did this cobra Lily make?

Question cobra lily Allexperts, I have a question on whether or not this cobra lily made it. Is there a way to tell without looking at the plants roots. I have attached a photo as well. if there anythin

Dead plant

QuestionI had my north American plant outside, when a unexpected snowstorm hit. I wasnt home, but I brought the plant back inside as soon as I could. Now, all the new growth is dead, and there is no sign of life. Am

Rafflesiana growing and growing tall...

QuestionI have my Nepenthes rafflesiana for almost four years now and its growing amazing, Its located on a small greenhouse, watered multiple times on the day to keep humidity... but I have a little concern, its gr

Help! Wrong soil used

QuestionHi Jeff. I am putting in a big bog garden. It is 16 to 18 inches deep on the side I have a problem with. It is filled with 50/50 peat/perlite for most of it and the last 5 or 6 inches using 50/50 peat/sand.

Sarracenia on the decline

QuestionHello - My specific question relates to Sarracenia Adrian Slack but also in general to outdoor growing in large minibogs via giant pots. I received a division of this plant and it sent up a flower which I c

tortoise safe

QuestionCould I plant sarracenia purpurea in an enclosure for redfoot tortoises safely? The tortoises may nibble on it! AnswerHello Helen, You are quite correct. Tortoises, as well as a number of pests and herbivo

Flava Deformed Growth

Question Tweaked Flava 3-23-11. 1) The species: S. Flava Typical, S Flava Cupera 2) A concise description of a single issue: Pitchers grow upright, then start to bend at top, but continues to gr

Dewy Pine

QuestionDewy Pine seedling QUESTION: Sorry, I thought I had attached the picture. My original post was: Hello Jeff. Can you tell me what this is in the center of my Dewy Pine? I looks like a flower bud to me

Nepenthese sanguinea soil.

QuestionQUESTION: im new to nepenthes with the nepenthes sanguinea going to be my first purchase. i am wanting to order it soon. but am not sure about the soil mixture. so far i have perlite, sphagnum moss, and coco