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title: "Hey there! First time poster, long time listener. I’ve just brought…"
description: "Hey there! First time poster, long time listener. I’ve just brought in a few nepenthes and drosera with the short term goal of putting them to work on my…"
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# Hey there! First time poster, long time listener. I’ve just brought…

_Posted by RootHappy on 2025-05-01_

Hey there! First time poster, long time listener. I’ve just brought in a few nepenthes and drosera with the short term goal of putting them to work on my fungus gnat infestation and long term goal of adding a terrarium just for the carnivorous crew when they get a little bigger. Any tips or tricks or tid bits to help them get to thriving

## 12 comments

### Jamie 🫶🏻 commented on 2025-05-01

Sphagnum and orchid mix for soil, lots of water, lots of sun, and the occasional steam bath by the shower

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-05-01

Drosera will want a water tray. I actually have a few of my nepenthes in trays too. Or I water them till their drip tray is mostly full, then wait a day or so after it dries up to refill. Depending on if the nepenthes is low or high-land too much light can scorch them, so slowly acclimate them. I use a peat/perlite/sand mix for drosera and just spaphagum for most nepenthes. Water needs to be rain, R/O or distilled ideally. If you're not feeding or not a lot of food for them you can use maxsea fertilizer diluted way down.

#### RootHappy replied on 2025-05-01

I have a few nepenthes, but don’t realize they are high or low land, I’ll have to do a bit more research I see.

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-05-01

There are quite a few crosses and hybrids now too. So it can get confusing

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-05-01

Here are a mix of some of mine in nursery trays, prior to adding water 1/2 up the pots

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/LABcXOiTFudmBUCsau2S0dZnnxDdeMAvwSHhNs7sG2k/kiFhbp8kTBOqDoa9-MFjLQ.webp?size=large)

#### RootHappy replied on 2025-05-02

You have a yummy array!

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-05-02

Lol thank you. I think I'm up to like 45 now. And I finally got a Dewy pine as well

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### Honestorchid commented on 2025-05-01

Water the traps (w distilled)

#### RootHappy replied on 2025-05-01

Too easy! Thanks!

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-05-01

You should ONLY water traps if they are dry. And generally it means you aren't watering the plant itself enough. If you do find a dry trap, just fill it 1/4 way

### Honestorchid commented on 2025-06-02

Spray them for humidity once a day

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