DanishGramma
I know I said that I would not be buying more plants this year, but the price was so good and I was weak… Nepenthes Gaya has been a wishlist plant for too long!
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I know I said that I would not be buying more plants this year, but… | Carnivorous Corner | Planta-fællesskab
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The_tropicsExcellent choice. Super cute.
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nepenthomancerGreat choice gayas are such easy growers! You’re gonna love this plant, my gaya has nearly 30 pitchers on it right now 😂 I know you’re not a beginner but gaya/ st gaya are the best beginner nepenthes by far.
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- DanishGramma
Beautiful! I love the pot too 😍 I’m still looking for pots so I’m just using clear plastic for now. I’m curious to know what you fertilize with. I’m undecided on what to use.
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Okay so you know fertilizing is a very delicate thing with carnivores so be careful and LESS IS MORE! If you have an old pitcher and it’s drying up/on it’s way out that’s a great time to over feed them with whatever bugs you find. I will occasionally get small (already dead) dubia roaches from petco meant for lizards. (These bugs are high calcium which is good for neps) this is the only time I feed bugs because often you can accidentally over feed and end up rotting a pitcher which is no fun. Aside from that what you want to do is water once monthly with MAXSEA ACID PLANT FOOD. Mix to about 200ppm, in water that’s as close to zero ppm as possible (which is what you should be watering with already). Or 1/4 the suggested amount on the container. You can pour this all over the nepenthes and even a little bit in the pitchers. This is what Pearl River exotics does they’re an incredible nursery and where I get a lot of my cool neps from. A little bit cheaper than Carnivero which I know you’ve bought from before, but they’re a great little greenhouse run by a couple and their toddler son so it’s nice to support them.
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MAXSEA seems to be the gold standard of professional growers and the ICPS but it’s expensive so I have been trying Orchid spray from Miracle Grow. I use it for my air plant so it’s what I had on-hand and the npk is only .02-.02-.02. My pings like it but sundews do not. I have just done the leaves and not any pitchers. In the past I’ve put dry bloodworms in the pitchers but the last time I did that the pitcher died and I thought I did something wrong. Now I know better but I’m still hesitant. I bought some Osmocote pellets but haven’t tried it yet. I’m going to try MAXSEA next and stop letting the price get in the way. Thanks so much for sharing your experience and advice. 🙏 I have been on Pearl River’s website and I like their inventory. I only chose Carnivero because they’re in Texas and I live on the southeast coast of Virginia so shipping is a lot faster. I bought some pings from Mypingtopia in San Francisco and they took 10 days to get here because of the weather. Darryl was kind enough to send me a 2nd order without charge but it was so sad to see the first order of pings all melted and it took a month in total to get them. New Mexico is a little faster than California so I might try Pearl next. 😊
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Omg I know maxsea is crazy expensive it’s so frustrating I wish we lived closer and I could just give you some scoops of mine since I can only get the acid formula in huge amounts. If you have a sensitive plant do not put osmocote in the pitcher as I have heard of it burning pitchers before. If the pitcher is already on its way out don’t be afraid to over feed it. I have a friend-who uses osmocote in the substrate he just only does it every three months not often at all, and he hasn’t had any issues. I don’t keep a lot of my neps on this app because it only identifies the pretty generic ones but if you have any questions about specific cultivars and highland vs. lowland nepenthes care I am always down to help in any way I can. Are your cuttings looking any better?
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- DanishGramma
The largest one is still producing deformed leaves but the newest one seems to be ok so far. That was the top of the plant before. The other two are putting out normal growth and looking good. I gave them each a spray of orchid food last week. I remember seeing a kit from a grower that has a small amount of MAXSEA in it and I think a dropper. I’m going to see if I can find it again. I only use the app to keep track of what I do. And the groups are great too. It would be nice to be closer to each other. But this is the next best option and I’m so grateful to you for your help. It’s been nice having a friend who loves carnivorous plants as much as I do and knows so much! 😁
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- nepenthomancer
They look really good for surviving thrips honestly that’s impressive! They probably don’t want any food right now though that might be contributing to the deformity. You could bag them for added humidity (big ziplocks) if they’re not in a cabinet (I feel like I remember you having a cabinet set up which is great for humidity and makes sense why you want to fertilize well since they can’t catch as much) and thank you for the kind words! I’m always learning too and I love to help people learn that carnivorous plants are easier to keep than they think! 🩵
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Yeah I had them in the terrarium for a while but the light was for my pings so I didn’t want to burn them and it was getting too crowded for good air circulation. The window I have them in gets really good sunlight and a humidifier. I try to keep it around 70% and I know they will be happy when it warms up and the high humidity returns. 😁
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Found something interesting and a good price, go onto Etsy and search “theGardenGames” that would be the seller and the product is called “organic carnivorous plant food” there are other things like this on Etsy but this is the only seller I’ve seen who is a confirmed carnivorous plant grower and has a good standing in the community and some decent evidence of it working. I’m definitely going to try it for only 10$, just thought maybe you’d be interested in it too on your fertilizer journey!
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- DanishGramma
Wow, thank you 🙏 I can definitely afford that 😊 I just received some new pots for the babies and they are the net ones but clear so I can watch the roots grow. Right now they’re in just sphagnum moss in regular pots so I worry about rot plus they’re only 2.7” inches. The new pots are almost 5” inches so I can add the chunky perlite and chips for better drainage.
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- DanishGramma
I’m so happy to report that we have a perfect leaf now! 😁
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