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plantgal
I’m wondering if anyone knows how to encourage their pitcher plant to produce pitchers!
I bought mine last summer and she had full grown pitchers that then died off during the fall. I trimmed off the original pitchers and some of her leaves, and shes consistently been growing new leaves as well as a baby plantlet, now a second plantlet is growing through right behind the first one as well.
Light is bright indirect, and I water using only distilled water regularly. Misted at least once a week if not 2-3 times a week. She’s still putting out new leaves regularly!
Throughout the first plantlet growing, there hasn’t been any development in pitchers themselves. This is my first carnivorous plant, and im not sure how to encourage pitcher growth! Any advice on how to fertilize when there arent pitchers would also be greatly appreciated :)
Juicyfruit
Hello everyone, I wanted to start getting carnivorous plants. I really would like a Venus fly trap however I’m nervous about killing it. I understand that it needs to eat bugs as well as being high humidity. Does anyone have any suggestions? It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
clairabotanica
Yesterday, an ant infestation began in my home office/plant room. I noticed several of them crawling on my Hoyas and Nepenthes, which all produce a ton of EFN, even watched a few ants fall right into the Nepenthes pitchers! I set out some ant bait, but so far the ants are ignoring the bait and following each other into pitchers like lemmings off a cliff. Couldn't get any decently focused pics of my Ventrata pitchers but today they are BRIMMING with drowned ants and Lady Luck has caught her first one!
Panini
Hey, does anyone know whats happening to my nepenthes? It was growing really healthy and then its new growth starten turning brown.
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Katie
I have a Venus flytrap and in past summers, planta has prompted me to
Mist it. This year, it doesn’t seem like it has a mist schedule. Did care guidelines change? Thanks!
laura 🩷🪴
Sharing my nepenthes ‘miranda’ :)
golden knights fan
I got New wicked pots
Plum
I recently got a Venus Flycatcher from Lowe’s and I got it out of the plastic box it was in, this is my first time caring for one so I definitely need tips on how to care for this lil guy. Also on one of the traps it has a black dot should I and how should I trim it off?
golden knights fan
I’m now using the tray method for my nepenthes
Britt
Recently gotten the little guy from Lowe’s and repotted them since they were in a jar with next to 0 air flow. Now it’s living in a ceramic bowl with a bunch of moss.
I’m new to carnivorous plants, how quickly do they grow? Is it doing good?
Jay
Hey everyone! I’ve had this ping with sundew hitchhikers for a while now and it’s doing great, ( using the tray method ) but I’m looking for some opinions about what to do about them when winter comes. Obviously, pings go dormant and sundews don’t, and pings need to dry out a bit when they are dormant.
Would the sundews be ok with this? Or would the best course of action be to separate them when ping starts entering dormancy? Do I seperate them now, or when ping shows signs of dormancy?
Ideally, I don’t want to mess with them/their roots, since they have been doing so well together so far. But I’m not sure how that would change if ping goes dormant and has to be watered less.
I’m also concerned about the sundews encroaching on the ping. The sundews are growing surprisingly quickly.
TLDR; Do I actually need to let the ping dry out more during dormancy? Will the sundews survive drying out a bit with the ping? And if they need to be separated, when is the best time, and how would I go about it without bothering the roots too much?
golden knights fan
Hi, I bought a Venus flytrap today and it’s pretty cool. I trimmed most of the leaves because They were black. It was the only one alive, but now I have it set up to thrive.😊
Dose Anyone have pro tips?
golden knights fan
New grow light for my carnivorous baby’s
plantgeek
I decided to repot my vft and NA trumpet. as expected, both were stuck in root traps, and they weren't even the paper ones that break down 😒 vft had the beginnings of root rot, which i trimmed and dipped in a hydrogen peroxide wash. traps on my vft kept rotting because they were touching the peat they were in previously, should i still watch out for that? how do i prevent it?
Ang
Yall my butterwort’s leaves are curling after transferring them from just sphagnum moss to a sandy chunky mix. Same light and water conditions. Any suggestions?
Bret
LOOK LOOK LOOOOOK!
Panini
Pygmy sundews getting their fist traps
Timmyk
My sundew was doing perfectly fine. It started a flower. I chopped it and now it looks like this is it done for or what can I do?
Bret
She's really expanding upwardly. Should I give her something to grow on or?
Citruslemmon
Little birthday present I got :] [(Rokko x boschiana) x veitchii] x Veitchii ‘Cobra’
