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Since I have VFT in the same room as some of my Hoyas. Do I have to you distilled water for my humidifier too?
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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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Nick
Hi everyone! I’ve recently started a new terrarium project and plant to house a couple different carnivorous plants in it (tropical pitchers, sundews, and pinguiculas). The tank is about 2.5 by 1 foot and 1.5 feet tall, cleaned it up, disinfected it, and rinsed multiple times with distilled water to make sure the plants will not get killed. So far i have about two inches of drainage, and an inch and a half of perlite-sphagnum moss mix (i have more arriving tomorrow, plan to have a thicker layer than that). I also have some growing lights to be added on top for the plants since there is very little direct sunlight in that part of my room. Through the process i’ve tried to find online resources but haven’t been as successful in finding some as i would like (especially concerning ventilation!), so any comment/tip/feedback is appreciated!
Kerby_elayne
Hey, I’m wondering what’s wrong with my VFT I feed it dead flies and they close but they soon open and the flies are still there. Is that normal?
Sara W
Good morning fellow plant people! Just wanted to share my beautiful view and say I hope you all have a beautiful day!
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Hi carnivorous corner! So my VFT haven’t been eating for weeks almost a month! And it is because they are not getting enough light (working on that). But should I bye carnivorous plant food? I am worried it is not getting the right amount of nutrients to thrive. I was thinking about getting this fertilizer. But do you think they need it?
Aang
local plant store restocked on pitchers! meet my new baby! the owner has a stunning pitcher plant that made me fall in love and inspired me to want my own (first picture) the largest pitchers lid has started to brown and shrivel should i be concerned?
JoeAndHisPlants
A happy carnivorous plant makes a happy carnivorous plant parent. 🥰
Macie
should i be worried about this?? one of my pitchers died but the other two look fine and there is even a new small one?
Mushroom
How long does it take for plants to digest their food? my pitcher plant has many little bugs inside the pitcher but none seem to really be decomposing in the digestive acid or whatever the liquid inside it is called. and i’m not really sure how venus fly traps digest their food, do i need to help it in some way? any advice would be appreciated :)
Khadija
My first VFT I’m thinking she’s ready to come out of the bottle FINALLY 🥰🥰 any tips on potting her would b great I’m excited to see how many plants are in this bottle ik I should put her in a planter with a dome to keep the humidity any other tips would be appreciated thanks
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I need help!! My VFT are getting eaten by something. Is it soil mites or spider mites?? Today I was watering them because it has been a few. And in one of their dishes a little white bug was running around. I killed it. Then I noticed this white stuff on the moss!! Mÿ questions are: What are they? Can I use neem on carnivores plants? Do you think it is on my other plants around them? Need an answer asap!! Thanks in advance!
Trevor
Just received my drosera regia. It’s my first drosera any care tips would help. And should I use the tray method?
Nic
My VFT is feeling the love today x
Queen Rd.
My Drosera and is growing and finally out of shock since repotting.
Kk garden
What can’t you feed to a vft
Kk garden
Where on earth do you get an Venus fly trap we have so many flies it could have a feast
Molly 🪴
Why doesn’t my VFT want to eat these gnats? It closed down on them but opened back up a day later
Macie
My sundew drosera has lost its sticky?? also the ones on the soil are molding/dying and there is a sort of webbing. i think i may have over watered it because i always had the sauser filled with water thinking it would like it since it’s a bog plant. i also don’t have it in front of a window it’s probably a meter away from the window and it’s a west facing window. any info would be appreciated!!
Mai
Heres a Lily update🥳
Mushroom
i got my first carnivorous plant yesterday for my birthday. i’ve never had one before so this is really exciting!! i wanted to feed it so i scoured the house and found a dead fly. very fascinating
