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Carnivorous Corner
Welcome to the Carnivorous Corner, where we cultivate our leafy predators with passion and share tips for a thriving meat-eating flora!
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Emilyjune97
So I got a Venus fly trap like 3 weeks ago. I’m about to give up on this one and go get another one unless there’s something I can do to help it. I bought it because I’ve never had one and I always wanted it figured it was like almost every other plant so I brought it home. Started doing research on it and turns out it’s a very advanced plant. I took it out of that terrible pot. It comes in trimmed off all the dead ones inspected it repotted it in a Pete Moss soil. I’ve been keeping it consistently moist and then I found out it’s a bog plant. Meaning have it sitting in a little tray of water so I’ve been doing that using distilled water no fertilizer and it’s still dying so then I found out it has to have direct sunlight which I don’t have anywhere to put it for direct sunlight so I have it under a grow light. Do I have to feed it bugs? I’m honestly very confused of this plant because everything I’m reading is mixed. Is there anything I can do or should I just go buy a new one and restart, knowing the things that I know now and is there anything else I need to know? Also is this “food” good for them where I live in Michigan in winter time is next to impossible to either order live food or pick it up from the store(shipping delays due to cold) Or can I use dried mealworms? Adding a picture of what it looks like now and a description of what type of grow light I have
PattiPlantiPants
🥳🤩🚨New baby pitcher alert 🚨🤩🥳 Somehow Jugs is not only surviving but thriving in our bathroom (w/south facing window) this winter. Considering we have been in the single digits recently here in NC, I consider this a huge win 🤓🪴
Nashville Smashville
Is this moss in my ping bad? I don’t know where it came from. Thank you!!!
ForensicFlora
Got my carnivorous soil and moss mix. From reviews I saw that the soil ppm sometimes is higher than the 50ppm so I washed it with distilled water. Just thought of buying a meter to get better readings while doing this. I removed my VFT (Audrey II) from its store container to find a little baby. So now that makes me a plant grandma 👵🏼 Lets see how well I can grow this little guy Any tips and corrections are welcome as I want to be the best I can.
Panini
I am in Los Angeles right now, I was wondering if anyone knew of any places where you could see carnivorous plants 😀
ForensicFlora
First time owner of this cute carnivorous plant. Meet Audrey II. My husband got to experience the little guys first meal while I was at work. Sadden but excited at the same time. Will be re-potting him later today as I had to order the particular soil and collect rain water for the guy
Mr_Blonde
Been slowly nursing this Drosera binata var. multifida extrema back to health after some rough shipping and wild weather. Fed the first leaf its first dead fly today!
Pik
Normal browning on my nepenthes or do I need to change something?
Paulina | Semi-Hydro
Pinguicula Cyclosecta got her colour back after going all green because she didn’t get enough light. 🥹
Shyanne
My son was gifted a Venus Fly Trap for Christmas. Within that time frame we’ve come to really love this little guy. We are both first time owners and are going at this with as much google research as possible. A couple of questions. It is in a grow pod and the light is on for atleast 12 hours a day. It has distilled water, the proper soil (I believe) and had its first round of insects around Christmas time. The traps closed immediately on the insects but have since opened and have clearly not fully absorbed them. 1) Why haven’t the traps fully absorbed the insects and do I just leave it like that? 2) Some traps, not all, are turning brown and rotting. I’ve already pruned one trap off that seemingly browned and rotted overnight a week ago. A new browning/rotting trap appeared within the last few days. Why is this happening? New traps are sprouting so I can’t imagine the entire plant is sick and some traps are fully okay.
MBS
She makes me happy! 🥰
Tre
Had this one for a couple months now. Been working on getting this guy nice a d big, and lately been seeing great growth. Will take any tips ✌🏾✌🏾
Danny Darko
My St. Gaya chillin on the porch
Nashville Smashville
Little flower on the way!
Timmyk
Needing more carnivorous plants where do you guys be getting them????
Panini
Haha, I’ve been growing these sundews for a few months now, and they’ve gotten so big! I call it my “sundew garden.” And now my nepenthes vetchii is getting a HUGE leaf!
Panini
Just got a brand new butterwort! -pinguicula Leilani
Pik
Anything I can do for this sundew I got? Or should I just leave them as is?
PattiPlantiPants
Check out my beauty! 😍
