Carnivorous Plants/how to grow

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Expert: - 10/2/2010


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Hi can you tell me how to grow a forked-leaved sundew and how to grow one from seed thanks. i hope you can answer unlike sarracenia north west. :(  

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Hello Ean,

You can grow and propagate Fork-Leaved sundews identically to the way you grow your Cape Sundews.

You might want to wait until you can ask more complex questions as there are many other people that may need to ask questions as well. One person asking a large number of questions in a short time simply floods the question pool of each expert and then nobody else can ask a question.

You can read up on how to grow carnivorous plants in books like Savage Garden by D'Amato and Insect-Eating Plants by Adrian Slack. That is how I got started with my knowledge base.

Christopher

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Christopher Littrell

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I am capable of answering questions about the most common carnivorous plants found in cultivation. I have no personal experience with Byblis, Drosophyllum, Aldrovanda, and Heliamphora. I have not cultivated gemmae forming pygmy sundews nor tuberous sundews. For information regarding those aforementioned species, I would suggest contacting other experts. I can answer questions regarding most species of Nepenthes, tropical and temperate Drosera, Mexican Pinguicula, Sarracenias, and Dionaea. I have some limited experience with growing Utricularia, Cephalotus, and Darlingtonia.

Experience

I have grown carnivorous plants off and on for about 27 years. I have made the same mistakes and suffered the same mishaps that many growers make as they attempt to separate the myths from the realities of growing these plants. Currently, I am successfully growing a variety of tropical sundews, a Nepenthes, several Venus Flytraps of varying ages, and Sarracenias. I have been successful in stratifying Sarracenia seeds and providing artificial dormancy requirements for my temperate plants when needed.

Education/Credentials
I hold a Master's degree in Educational Psychology. Over my lifetime, I have constantly read books involving the growing conditions of carnivorous plants. I hope to incorporate the educational aspects involved in psychology with teaching other people how to cultivate carnivorous plants.

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