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I just got a Venus flytrap today, my partner had a question. Are we supposed to feed our flytrap bugs manually, or just let him eat bugs on his own?
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Sarah
Baby Pitcher on my Nepenthes
SleepiYuki
Hey question my pitcher plant has one pitcher that is completely brown after feeding it. Is this something to be concerned about?
Alex
Evan
Venus flytraps from Feb still alive. Caring for more by changing water pan and leaving lid off terrarium and feeding dying beetles from parking lot on top of flies.
Cowro
Question about dormancy. So I saw that you should skip dormancy if the plant is weak or a baby. My plant was almost dead from the place I got it and has just started to grow new leafs and traps and I don’t want to wreck that. Should I skip dormancy and just let it have a light dormancy, should I have a late dormancy, or should I just put it in dormancy regardless? Thanks
exholy
shouldn't have bought this from trader joe's, but she's so pretty and the price was sooo right. hopefully she's not doomed 🙏🏻
Bella
Howdy! I just got a Venus fly trap, and I’m very excited about it! Although I’m a bit nervous because my last one didn’t go so well… but I’m optimistic about this one! It does have some black traps/closed ones. Do I cut those off or am I supposed to leave them? Am I supposed to repot it/does anyone have soil recommendations?
DanishGramma
Ok, here’s the info I found. You need to soak the worms for about 10 minutes and then use tweezers to place them on the leaves. As soon as it gets cold outside the flies vanish! So I am hoping this will keep them fed until next spring.
ellis🪻
fridge time for petey, prayers for a good dormancy🙏🏼 and shoutout to my planta helper!!
New to Nepenthes
Do Nepenthes x ventrata go dormant indoors on a grow light? Mine seems to be growing a ton of new pitchers. I water lightly every day and it gets probably 4-6 hours of full sun. It seems to like this and doesn’t seem to be going dormant like people say they do.
DanishGramma
Does anyone know how to prep dry bloodworms for a Pinguicula? Update: don’t use blood worms! They burn the leaves and she’s fine without them 😊
Katelyne
I got a Pinguicula Martinezii a little over a month ago. It seems to be healthy and growing well, but the thing is, the leaves are not producing ANY mucilage to trap bugs. Which is the reason I got it…. :( it doesn’t appear to be in a dormancy because the leaves are large and flat like the carnivorous leaves should be. I’ve read on a few sites that it could be a sign of low humidity, so I’ve begun keeping it in a tray of water to improve humidity. But still dry leaves! Any other advice to get produce mucilage and catch some bugs?? I’ve attached a pic. Any bugs you see on the leaves, I have placed there myself in hopes that maybe it would kickstart the process???
Rex
Got some new Nepenthes from Carnivero 😁 N. vetchii Red baron (carnivero exclusive) mimi’s kiss (another exclusive) N. jamban let’s hope they do fine as they acclimate
Planta member
When’s dormancy start???????
mel
do venus fly traps also trap mosquitoes? asking for a friend.
Tiffany
I have quite the little army of Sundews now, and they are doing great with fungus gnats, but in the unlikely event there are not enough fungus gnats to feed them, how would I go about making sure they are well fed? TIA!
FriendofVeg
Advice please! First winter with pings in the upper Midwest. They’ve been living happily outside on my east-facing porch since I got them, but we’re slated to drop below 40 F later this week, so I think it’s time to bring them in. I think they are Mexican Butterwort varieties. I’m not sure how to balance their winter temp needs (outside will soon be far too cold, inside will be too warm) and light and humidity needs (do they need the same light/humidity during their dormant period?). How do y’all with pings successfully overwinter them? Thank you!
JacksUrbanGarden
Sundew coming into bloom! So happy with this lil guy
ellis🪻
Is it over for him? I've been using distilled water and hes got plenty of sun. Is this just dormancy? Some went full black and i took them off, but the big one is like stuck shut and is just spotted and partly yellow :(
