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I have some experience with pitcher plants (meaning I’ve kept one alive but dormant for 4 years😂) but I just got my first trumpet pitcher plant. Any advice would be great! Also, are the trumpets supposed to be curly? Or should I cut those off?
I never purposely fed my fly trap live food. The left and middle were two separate plants that had both grew long flowering stems. The right most stem is one of the cuttings Ive made from those stems. I only recently cleaned up the competing moss around the plants and read I shouldnt have let the plants flower to the point it had. Is that why Im getting a lot of leaves but stunted traps?
My sundew is blooming a flower stem! 😍
wanted to share the cute new little pitcher that’s growing in 🥺
why could the new growth be browning? i lost its bubbles because i moved it to far away from the window i’m pretty sure so i don’t think it’s burnt?
I bought this Venus fly trap 4 days ago and looked up on google how to take care of it but I don’t think I’m doing too well… this is Marsha she’s in the pea moss she came in and in the dish was water but the app told me she’s over watered. What are the steps of making her healthy again.
Asking for sundew help again! I’ve been experimenting with propagating leaf and root trimmings in water and just noticed some cute little plantlets forming on this drosera binata root. Does anybody with more experience have any advice for next steps? I’ve read it can either be placed just in top of som CP soil or buried just below the surface? Thanks for all the advice 😊
Sorry I have been posting a lot but I need to know I just got this Venus Flytrap at the store should I take it out of this plastic case? One more thing should I feed it? I don’t have many flies in the house that it could chow down on and if I am supposed to feed it what should I feed? Ants, bugs?
Hi! I just got my first pitcher plant! He’s also my first carnivorous plant. And I have a few questions, 1 How soon should I feed him? Does he need a certain amount of time to adjust to his new home before I should try feeding him? 2 Kinda working off the first question but what is the best thing to feed them? Live crickets? Freeze dried crickets? Flies? And where best to buy them? And lastly, I’ve seen some controversy on weather or not to put a little bit of water in the pitchers. And if I should what type of water would be best (rain vs distilled vs filtered)? Thank in advance!
I've heard a ton about what water is safe but l've also head people are using tap water in certain cities so I thought I'd throw out all my questions about the easiest watering options I have available to me to see which ones are safe and what I should be investing my time in. Would fish tank water work with or without fish like can I use fish to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in a rain water container or use old fish tank water that would likely have fish poop in it) I am also already treating tons of city water to get rid of chlorine, chloramine and hard minerals but I think it still leaves some minerals in if it is not safe should I be worried about how I am storing rainwater (like if the container has metal components or is running off my roof that could pick up nutrients from decommissioning leaves) and for my last question would water from air conditioner dehumidifiers work or do I need to be concerned about what it may have come into contact in the attic (insulation, rusting metal, etc.)
Have my first flower stalk appearing on this Sundew! I was wondering if people always remove these or ever let them flower? I’m not propagating this plant right now but am a bit interested in seeing the flowers if it doesn’t draw too much energy
Hey everyone, does my vft look like it’s dying? The leaves/traps all seem stiff and lifeless. I tried feeding it a live insect tonight but none of the traps would trigger. My plants are under grow lights for 10-12 hours a day, I mist them at least once a day and also have them sitting in a pool of distilled water. I’ve grown VFT successfully in the past but this time around I feel like I’m doing something wrong. Any advise or input would be appreciated. 🪴
Got this Venus Flytrap a couple days ago from a kit and I’m really worried I might’ve killed it already. I didn’t know that tap and bottled water was harmful for them (watered it with both) and now I don’t know what to do. It also might be in a dormant state atm but I’m not sure. Is there any way I can save this?
Help! First-time Venus Fly Trap parent and it is not eating flies. Some of the leaves are browning and it seems a bit droopy. Can it be saved?
Monthly Lily update 😫 I think its about that time to put her in a bigger pot. Everyday I find more traps sprouting
over the moon about my venus fly trap blooming! i added in the photos the fertilizer i use for *all* of my carnivorous plants. if anyone is struggling with a dormant carn plant, try it out!! my plants have never been happier
I wanted to create a bog bowl for a while and finally finished my little swamp corner. Peet moss mixed with Sphagnum moss with some Nepenthes, Drosera, and Venus Flytrap in a bowl. Wondering if the “bog” is too deep or is too saturated. Any advice or feedback is welcomed
I got a dormant pitcher plant from a cheap kit, and it’s grown a ton since I got it but I still have no idea what kind it is. It’s probably too early to tell, but I have a couple questions: 1. Are the tips of the leaves growing into pitchers? 2. Do pitcher plants go dormant, and if so how do I prevent or aid that? 3. What type might it be? Thanks in advance!!
Hi all I’m new to carnivorous plants and just recently picked up a sundew (drosera capensis) but have had trouble keeping it healthy, I have it planted in sphagna moss and sitting in a west facing window with lots of afternoon light, all my new sprouts seem to start tuning black immediately, any help is greatly appreciated
Hi guys - I was repotting my Venus fly trap into carnivorous soil. Unfortunately I spilled the soil right on top of the fly trap - and it got ALL of it in every trap. I know I can just buy another one- but, can it be saved? I’m not sure what to do. Every trap has soil in its mouth. I always water with distilled water but in a panic tried to rinse it with our Brita filtered water. It didn’t work - these traps are tight lol
