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| Nepenthes | 7/10/2009 |
Q: I bought a nepenthes.But I don't know it's species.Can you tell what it's name? And how to leaf ...
A: This looks like Nepenthes x "Miranda". Its a hybrid of Nepenthes northiana and Nepenthes maxima. ...
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| Month-old Nepenthes Mirabilis severed | 7/10/2009 |
Q: I own a month-old Nepenthes Mirabilis that was growing incredibly fast in a 50/50 sphag. moss and ...
A: I'm not totally sure I understand what kind of damage occurred, but if your root mass is still ...
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| defects | 7/10/2009 |
Q: Is it something other than aphids? Am I doing something wrong? I have been using Neem II for the ...
A: Your plants look perfectly normal and healthy. I see new growth, colors are good, and I can even ...
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| Nepenthes | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I just want to know some general conditions for my new nepenthes maxima I am going to be growing it ...
A: It depends what size pot the plant is in. Nepenthes don't mind being a bit root-bound. If you do ...
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| Darlingtonia | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I have question about cobra lilies;; 1. I want to know is the 4 week-period in fridge good for seeds ...
A: Give them six weeks. Also, when you stratify seeds of temperate plants such as Darlingtonia, they ...
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| Nepenthes | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I just want to know some general conditions for my new nepenthes maxima I am going to be growing it ...
A: You'll be able to have it outside with some partial shade for the summer. I find hanging them under ...
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| Nepenthes | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I'm from Asia and I've got some drosera seeds: D. Indica and D. Burmanii. I've just sowed them but I ...
A: 50% shadecloth should be just fine. You'll just need to give your plants time to make new pitchers. ...
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| Cape Sundew not re-opening | 7/9/2009 |
Q: I have a couple Cape Sundews one is the red version and also the thin leaf. They are in a terraium ...
A: That's very common on Cape sundews. Newer leaves that capture insects will often unfurl after ...
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| self fertilization | 7/8/2009 |
Q: So, I have a venus flytrap that I picked up at a local nursery [sadly before I found out about ...
A: Sometimes another flower on the same plant can work, but usually self-pollinaton doesn't on Venus ...
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| Nepenthes | 7/8/2009 |
Q: I'm from Asia and I've got some drosera seeds: D. Indica and D. Burmanii. I've just sowed them but I ...
A: Feeding would help with new pitcher production. In your environment I would be shocked, however, if ...
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| Questions from Florida | 7/8/2009 |
Q: I have a few questions regarding some plants I have been growing, and hope you can answer them ...
A: Florida Giant dewthreads are fairly green. Then seldom get at red as typical filiformis filiformis. ...
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| Recovering Sarracenia | 7/7/2009 |
Q: Well, it has been a tough spring for my Sarracenia. Aphids, lousy weather and who knows what else ...
A: I know the feeling. We had some significant plant damage this year due to a freak thunderstorm in ...
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| carnivorous plants in alabama | 7/7/2009 |
Q: is it illegal to dig up plants growing wild in alabama ? there are several that grow wild there, and ...
A: For two species it would be a federal crime, Sarracenia oreophila and Sarracenia rubra ssp. ...
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| Drosera seeds | 7/7/2009 |
Q: I'm from Asia and I've got some drosera seeds: D. Indica and D. Burmanii. I've just sowed them but I ...
A: Both of those species are native to parts of Southeast Asia, so they will do best outdoors. Just ...
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| nepenthes alata | 7/7/2009 |
Q: you have proberly been asked this question a 100 times over but after scanning threw a heap of the ...
A: For whatever reason, this isn't mentioned in books or websites much, but Nepenthes often drop their ...
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| Nepenthes 'caesar' | 7/6/2009 |
Q: ..i just got one off of ebay comming straight from leilani's nursery and i remembered you used to ...
A: Fertilizer can be of great help, but if your plants are growing fine, and catching bugs, they don't ...
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| S. flowers and yellow flytraps | 7/6/2009 |
Q: So i had a couple of questions, obviously. :) 1. I have an S. leucophylla and S. alata, and each ...
A: With those flowers, just cut them off. They won't mature. This happens for some reason, and it may ...
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| Ailing Cape Sundew | 7/6/2009 |
Q: I have been having trouble with a cape sundew. It was growing well, but then the new leaves started ...
A: I think all you soil ingredients are fine. I've not had any trouble with the Whitney farms brands. ...
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| Pitcher Life | 7/6/2009 |
Q: I just ordered a beautiful little N. ventricosa from you about two weeks ago. Of the three pitchers ...
A: This is pretty common when Nepenthes go through a transition period, especially with ventricosa. ...
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| vft | 7/3/2009 |
Q: I planted my vft in new dirt. but all the traps aren't closing. even the new one they all look like ...
A: Venus flytraps definitely need full sun and do best outdoors. Be sure to visit our caresheet pages ...
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| Pinguicula Medusina | 7/3/2009 |
Q: I currently bought a pinguicula medusina and I have set it in a west facing window and I water the ...
A: Judith Finn is a cross between Nepenthes veitchii and N. spathulata. It tends to like it a bit warm ...
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| Nepenthes 'caesar' | 7/3/2009 |
Q: ..i just got one off of ebay comming straight from leilani's nursery and i remembered you used to ...
A: Caesar essentially likes it bright and warm. It's parents are both lowlanders. (Nepenthes ...
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| tropical pitcher plant | 7/3/2009 |
Q: have an tropical highland pitcher plant from a greenhouse. the guy told me to put it at the ...
A: You'll just need to look at the windows in your house and see which ones get some direct sun. To do ...
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| Minibog salt buildup | 7/3/2009 |
Q: I started a minibog this summer using a ~4 ft diameter plastic kiddie wading pool. After mixing a ...
A: You probably are getting some mineral build-up. You could also have some decay going on since the ...
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| RODI Water | 7/2/2009 |
Q: I have seen that lots of people use reverse osmosis units to make pure water for their carnivorous ...
A: That water is great. With readings like that you practically have distilled water. Our water ...
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| Bog growing slow | 7/2/2009 |
Q: I started a Carnivorous Plant bog garden early spring, it is approximately 6’ x 4’ and 10”-12“ ...
A: I don't think you need to replace the soil. They are not really showing signs of hard water damage, ...
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| Lighting question | 7/2/2009 |
Q: I will be buying a lighting fixture that will have 3 T5 HO florescent tubes. What distance from the ...
A: I've never personally used these lights. From others I've talked to who have, the consensus is that ...
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| Can | 7/2/2009 |
Q: I have a Qustion about Sphagnum Moss, can dead sphagnum moss turn into live sphagnum moss, if can ...
A: My experience has been that Chilean sphagnum doesn't seem to contain live spores. However, the New ...
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| General Carnivorous Info | 7/1/2009 |
Q: I recently purchased a venus flytrap and a sundew plant. I read that the pot should be in standing ...
A: For bog species such as Venus flytraps and sundews the crucial concept is that the soil should never ...
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| how long does it take to form picther | 7/1/2009 |
Q: i just got a nepenthes deroose alata and i just whanted to know how long will a pitcher form, i ...
A: If temperatures are warm, and you keep your plant well watered, you should see new pitchers in 3-4 ...
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| Flytrap | 7/1/2009 |
Q: I have a mature Dente flytrap bought from your nursery about 2 or 3 years ago which is growing great ...
A: What you're observing is called vegetative apomixis. It happens to Venus flytraps often when their ...
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| Ailing Cape Sundew | 6/30/2009 |
Q: I have been having trouble with a cape sundew. It was growing well, but then the new leaves started ...
A: I remember talking to you about this problem. I've looked at your photo for quite some time and I'm ...
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| use of a terranium | 6/30/2009 |
Q: Does a Venus fly trap have to be keep in a terrarium? I will be keeping it in the house. Thank ...
A: Terrarium growing is one of the leading causes of plant death among first time would-be growers of ...
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| Heliamphora flower | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I have an unusual problem with my Heliamphora. The flower stem has reached the top of the hood that ...
A: See if you can use a fluorescent desk lamp above the flower blossom. (Let it go outside the tank). ...
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| Carnivores plants | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I want to put my vft outside with my Drosera Spathulata and Drosera Pygmy Scorpiodes. where should ...
A: If you can't get the correct peat moss, you can always order premixed soil from a carnivorous plant ...
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| Pinguicula Medusina | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I currently bought a pinguicula medusina and I have set it in a west facing window and I water the ...
A: It does sound like you are watering excessively. When you water, just top water the soil until it ...
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| Drosophyllum | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I was thinking about getting a Dewy Pine and was wondering how I should care for it? I live in ...
A: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unless you have a sunny, hot west window, or a greenhouse, ...
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| sibuyanensis | 6/28/2009 |
Q: I have been trying to raise the N. sibuyanensis I purchased from your nursery last year. All I can ...
A: Because of the growth nature of Nepenthes sibuyanensis, this may be a plant that needs more ...
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| Dried Sarrs | 6/28/2009 |
Q: I notice no insect type damage. They are sitting in plenty of rainwater in proper CP soil media. ...
A: This fungus can spread fast if conditions for it are good. I tend to be very wary when we have ...
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| rain water and pools | 6/28/2009 |
Q: Hey there, I was at your last open house and noticed you use kiddie pools for your plants. I also ...
A: The black plastic on the pools is a sun shield. The plastic the pools are made from isn't UV ...
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| northern dewthread | 6/28/2009 |
Q: My northern dewthread has begun to bloom for the first time and it would appear that I have a few ...
A: The seedpods will turn black and open slightly when ripe. Seeds will need stratification. Just ...
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| dune craft | 6/27/2009 |
Q: like so many other people I baught the carnivorous creations from dune craft I read that the plants ...
A: You didn't state if your greenhouse is heated or not. If it's heated, you can keep your seedlings ...
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| Frequency of watering tray | 6/27/2009 |
Q: hooded pitcher, purple pitcher, and vft in black 1 gallon plastic pots. I took clear plastic 1 ...
A: When the weather warms up, it's not unusual to have to water your plants frequently. In some ...
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| Heliamphora flower | 6/26/2009 |
Q: My heliamphora is getting ready to blossom, and I was wondering if it can produce it's own seeds, or ...
A: It's really difficult to get seeds from Heliamphora flowers. In our years of growing this plant, we ...
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| Aphids | 6/26/2009 |
Q: I live in Rochester MN, and I purchased this D. Prolifera from you guys last summer and it was ...
A: Aphids can wreck havoc over your plants, so it's always a good idea to treat them immediately. This ...
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| Dried Sarrs | 6/26/2009 |
Q: I notice no insect type damage. They are sitting in plenty of rainwater in proper CP soil media. ...
A: That was a great help. When otherwise healthy leaves suddenly die like that, you may have a ...
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| Used Coffee Grounds | 6/25/2009 |
Q: I keep reading that coffee grounds added to the soil for most plants can be beneficial; is this the ...
A: Never tried it. I used them on my garden successfully, and everything I've read says they release a ...
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| Unknown Plant (to me at least) | 6/25/2009 |
Q: I have a cactus plant that produces 2-6 flowers each summer.Each flower last for 1-2 days. On each ...
A: Currently there are no know species of cacti or euphorbia know to be carnivorous. What you're ...
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| sarracenia not growing well | 6/25/2009 |
Q: It is the end of June and my sarracenia are still making weak leafy like pitchers or very small ...
A: That nailed it. Whenever I coach people on growing carnivorous plants, especially Sarracenia, I ...
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| drosera regia in SoCal | 6/24/2009 |
Q: I was planning on re-potting my drosera regia. The pot it's in right now seems kind of small for ...
A: With D. regia, go big. The King likes big pots. Go for a large white plastic pot. Give it about a ...
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| nepenthes maxima x ventricosa and cape sundew light | 6/24/2009 |
Q: My plants are on a west window and 3 hours of direct sun starting at 2 in afternoon. Since the ...
A: This question is a similar to your last question. If your Nepenthes is pitchering well, it sounds ...
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| nepenthes ventricosa x maxima and cape sundew light | 6/24/2009 |
Q: Is it ok if I move my plants that were in a west window to a south east window because the SE window ...
A: This is one of those situations where you need to evaluate your own windows for light, and just use ...
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| sarracenia not growing well | 6/24/2009 |
Q: It is the end of June and my sarracenia are still making weak leafy like pitchers or very ...
A: Your cool spring could definitely part of the problem. From your description it makes me wonder if ...
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| aphids and watering | 6/24/2009 |
Q: damage to this plant I just need to know what pesticide is good for this plants. and i also need to ...
A: I don't have any experience doing this. You would need to find out specifically how they use the ...
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| nepenthus | 6/23/2009 |
Q: What part of the Nepenthus modified into the pot like structure.
A: The leaf is what is modified to form a pitcher. Flowers are quite different, and no plant on Earth ...
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| Nepenthes Lighting | 6/23/2009 |
Q: I was wondering what would be a good wattage for nepenthes lighting, as i am currently planning on ...
A: If you are setting up shelves, use standard "shoplight" fixtures with 48 inch fluorescent tubes. Be ...
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| flytrap seeds | 6/23/2009 |
Q: Hey guys! Just today i noticed some seeds on one of my flytraps. I collected three of the flowers ...
A: A little sulfur fungicide never hurts. It is a good preventative. Also be sure to cover them with ...
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| Mosquitoes | 6/23/2009 |
Q: I have 3 nepenthe alata plants. And I have a few questions. 1-Do mosquitoes lay their eggs in the ...
A: 1. They probably can, but Nepenthes strong digestive enzymes are hardly ideal conditions. ...
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| N. Deroose Alata light | 6/22/2009 |
Q: does a N. Deroose Alata need alot of light or just 2-4 hours of light
A: As long as the window has good bright indirect light the rest of the day, 2-4 hours will be fine. I ...
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| Venus Fly Trap | 6/22/2009 |
Q: My wife and wanted to plant venus fly traps in our backyard. We live in Seattle, WA and we wanted to ...
A: If you are manually feeding the plants, yes. However, if you are letting them catch their own ...
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| definition | 6/22/2009 |
Q: I check out your care sheet for my sarracenia and i dont know what this word mean (vibrant or ...
A: That sentence is referring to how leaves (pitchers) will grow if they are in lower light. Vibrant ...
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| bladderworts | 6/21/2009 |
Q: Can aquatic bladderwort be grown in a freshwater aquarium with fish? What issues could there be for ...
A: Just generally speaking for the average home aquarium, I would say no. The water tends to be higher ...
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| aphids and watering | 6/20/2009 |
Q: damage to this plant I just need to know what pesticide is good for this plants. and i also need to ...
A: Use a Neem or Pyrethrins based product. Just follow the label directions. You may need to repeat ...
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| Venus Fly Trap | 6/20/2009 |
Q: My wife and wanted to plant venus fly traps in our backyard. We live in Seattle, WA and we wanted to ...
A: Venus flytraps will grow very well outdoors in Seattle. You can't actually plant them in the ground ...
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| Dionaea and Darlingtonia | 6/20/2009 |
Q: About a month ago I bought a Darlingtonia from my local garden center. It was growing in about ...
A: I'm afraid your Darlingtonia is on it's way out. When you see new foliage wilting, it's pretty much ...
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| Sarracenia won't stay upright | 6/20/2009 |
Q: I know I committing a sin by keeping a sarracenia indoors. And I know better because I've read your ...
A: See if you can find a fluorescent desk lamp you can use to supplement the light with. The ...
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| Recycling | 6/19/2009 |
Q: Is the popcorn you use to protect your plants in the boxes recycleable?
A: The peanuts are probably not recyclable at curbside, but check to see if any places in your city ...
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| No new plant | 6/19/2009 |
Q: I transplanted these 2 pots in March. The one on the right seems to be growing OK, though I would ...
A: I prefer not to have the water more than 1/4 of the way up the pots long-term. Short periods of ...
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| Pool water | 6/19/2009 |
Q: i already have a large collection of temperate carnivorous plants (thanks to you all and your ...
A: Unless you could make sure no pool water would splash onto your plants, that would be a bad spot. ...
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| light | 6/18/2009 |
Q: whan I have my nepenthes outside in some shade the lid shuts is it getting to much light or is it ...
A: Ki Kyle, They might, but just give your plant time. They take a little while to adjust after ...
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| Nepenthes khasiana light | 6/18/2009 |
Q: i just need to know what kind of light it need i live in california. oh will it be a good house ...
A: You would want it in a west window. The reason I originally didn't give you a specific location is ...
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| problems with pitchers | 6/18/2009 |
Q: I have a judith hindle and an areolata that i ordered from you. The pitchers about half way up are ...
A: What you have happening here is what is called "pitcher plant indigestion". Your plants have caught ...
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| light | 6/18/2009 |
Q: whan I have my nepenthes outside in some shade the lid shuts is it getting to much light or is it ...
A: This always helps. It's a little hard to tell, but I would say your plant is a Nepenthes sanguinea. ...
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| Nepenthes khasiana light | 6/18/2009 |
Q: i just need to know what kind of light it need i live in california. oh will it be a good house ...
A: Yes. It adapts to low humidity well, and does well in windowsills. That's what "makes a great ...
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| Nepenthes khasiana light | 6/17/2009 |
Q: i just need to know what kind of light it need i live in california. oh will it be a good house ...
A: Nepenthes khasiana makes a great houseplant. Give it a moderately sunny window. I had a beautiful ...
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| Water Trays | 6/17/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if there was an ideal "water tray" for carnivorous plants. I have about 9 pots of ...
A: Anything that holds water is fine. I tend to prefer darker trays since algae doesn't build up as ...
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| Larva infestation | 6/17/2009 |
Q: i recently found out that the soil on some of my Sarracenia is infested with fungus gnat larva. What ...
A: A great product for fungus gnats is Neem. Lots of Neem products are on the market currently. Just ...
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| Sarracenia won't stay upright | 6/17/2009 |
Q: I know I committing a sin by keeping a sarracenia indoors. And I know better because I've read your ...
A: That always helps. You said it all in your first sentence. That is the greenest Judith Hindle I've ...
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| No new plant | 6/17/2009 |
Q: I transplanted these 2 pots in March. The one on the right seems to be growing OK, though I would ...
A: That always helps. There's probably a couple of things going on here. The first is that our summer ...
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| rain damage | 6/16/2009 |
Q: yea where i live it had rained really hard today and i keep my plants outside. i have a couple of ...
A: You did pretty much what you can do. They will recover. If strong thunderstorms are predicted, ...
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| insecticide instructions | 6/16/2009 |
Q: Should I spray only the crown of my sarracenia with a water based insecticide, because this is the ...
A: Yes, spray the crown. There's no need to saturate the soil. Also spray any leaf tips affected. I ...
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| Neem II | 6/16/2009 |
Q: Neem II, a product by Green Light. Can I use this product on my outdoor carnivorous plants to ...
A: This is a great product. It works well and is safe on most cp. Just spray the crown of the plant ...
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| care N. ventricosa | 6/16/2009 |
Q: I just bought a N. ventricosa, i read the care sheet that came with it but it seem like is wrong. ...
A: Visit our caresheet pages at http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets. Go to the link on Asian Pitcher ...
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| nepenthes | 6/15/2009 |
Q: is peat moss and sphagnum moss a good mix of soil
A: Not by themselves if you're using them for Nepenthes. You need rock ingredients to give better ...
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| some assorted questions... | 6/15/2009 |
Q: First I'd like to say thank you for your most recent advice, my Sarracenias are both doing well and ...
A: Your Welcome! We want people to be successful with their plants. Also, thanks for sending the ...
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| Pet Problems | 6/15/2009 |
Q: How do you keep your dog from damaging your Sarracenia? Just recently my dog has developed an ...
A: This may seem like a no-brainer, but you need to find a location for your plant that your dog can't ...
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| Butterworts on your site | 6/15/2009 |
Q: On your website care sheets for the Butterworts for some reason i cannot open the link or the link ...
A: These butterworts look like Pinguicula primuliflora, and they are looking good. What your doing now ...
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| Plant Availabilty and growing conditions | 6/15/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if I could ask two questions. I was looking at your website with interest in buying ...
A: We probably won't have any Drosera capillaris available anytime soon. Because of low demand for ...
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| N. Ephippiata and growing conditions | 6/14/2009 |
Q: I'm interested in growing a N. ephippiata, but I'm unsure of whether the conditions in my house are ...
A: Nepenthe ephippiata grows very slowly. I think it took me about a year before my plant produced a ...
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| Darlingtonia | 6/14/2009 |
Q: I have always been fond of Darlingtonia with it's cobra-like pitchers. I always have wanted one ...
A: I appreciate your thoughtfulness as you decide whether or not a Darlingtonia will grow well for you. ...
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| N. tobaica | 6/14/2009 |
Q: 1. Hey guys! Well, i recently bought a N. tobaica from a Nepenthes grower and i was wondering if ...
A: Nepenthes tobaica adapts well to a variety of growing conditions very much like Nepenthes sanguinea. ...
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| Drosera Falconeri | 6/13/2009 |
Q: My D. Falconeri was looking great about three months ago, then turned brown after it bloomed, and ...
A: This species is one of the more difficult species among the woollies to grow in cultivation. While ...
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| nepenthes | 6/13/2009 |
Q: will my nepenthes do well outside under some shade I live on long island NY
A: Yes Nepenthes sanguinea will grow well outdoors in Long Island during the summer months. Provide ...
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| nepenthes | 6/13/2009 |
Q: I just baught a nepenthis and I want to know if it can grow in full sun I think it is a nepenthes ...
A: Since I don't know where you live, I can't offer any opinions as how your Nepenthes will grow. ...
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| sarracenia purpurea grow | 6/12/2009 |
Q: I just want to know how long does it takes for a new sarracenia purpurea leaf to grow into a ...
A: Sundews tend to grow much faster. A new leaf a week is common during the summer. Venus flytraps ...
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| sarracenia purpurea grow | 6/12/2009 |
Q: I just want to know how long does it takes for a new sarracenia purpurea leaf to grow into a ...
A: In good growing conditions it will take about 3 weeks for a new pitcher to emerge from shoot to new ...
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| Coconut | 6/12/2009 |
Q: What is the difference between coconut husk, coir, and fiber? Can all of them be used for Nepenthes? ...
A: Coir and coconut fiber are the same thing. It's ground up coconut husk used as a substitute for ...
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| why my sundew dont have dew? | 6/11/2009 |
Q: I got my plant yesterday and i found out that my sundew capensis dont have dew on it and just ...
A: This is very common after shipping. The plant has been in the dark for several days from shipping. ...
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| sarracenia purpurea dying | 6/11/2009 |
Q: I'm currently growing a sarracenia purpurea in my windosill where it gets 5 hours of nice strong ...
A: It could be a number of things. The two things come to mind from your description. The first is a ...
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| nepenthes | 6/11/2009 |
Q: I just baught a nepenthis and I want to know if it can grow in full sun I think it is a nepenthes ...
A: Nepenthes sanguinea is a good easy grower. If your greenhouse is super bright you should probably ...
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| nepenthes | 6/11/2009 |
Q: I am looking to buy 2-3 new neps, Jeff gave me some that he thought were good. I live in Seattle, ...
A: I can give you information on the ones we've grown. N. ephippiata is a good grower, densiflora is ...
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| red spots on venus flytraps | 6/11/2009 |
Q: I am wondering if you can tell me what these spots are from on the three venus flytraps I bought ...
A: The four hour number is a good ballpark figure. I find it varies some by species. I have four ...
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| Water quality | 6/10/2009 |
Q: I usually use rain water for my carnivorous plants, but it's winter now in South Africa and we don't ...
A: Bad news I'm afraid. That is very hard water. We recommend no more than 50ppm, your spring water ...
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| Cephalotus zone 10 | 6/10/2009 |
Q: Hi Any tips for growing a Cephalotus in zone 10?
A: Since it sounds like you are going to try and grow it outside, here are some things that should ...
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| Drosera Roseana Help!!! | 6/10/2009 |
Q: I have been having a few (meaning many) problems with a pygmy sundew, D. Roseana. I am growing it ...
A: That always helps. What is your water source? This looks like it could be hard water damage. ...
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| Clipping dead pitchers (Nepenthes) | 6/10/2009 |
Q: I have a Nepenthes Unknown, from a local nursery. I have your ebook and "Savage Garden" but I didn't ...
A: Clip away! Our general rule of thumb is to clip them when you can't stand to look at them anymore. ...
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| sundews and sarracenia in z7 texas | 6/7/2009 |
Q: TX. I am fixing to start an outdoor bog. I am going to install a reverse osmosis system for ...
A: Fortunately there are many heat lovers since many cp originate in the southeast US. The only plants ...
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| No Butterwort Flowers? | 6/7/2009 |
Q: I have two mexican butterworts (P. Moranesis and P. x 'Sethos') and they will simply not flower. I ...
A: Try fertilizing. Spray the leaves with an orchid fertilizer mixed at 1/4 strength every two weeks. ...
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| Nepenthes leaves turning red | 6/7/2009 |
Q: I have a question about two of the nepenthes that I ordered from you last month. As you can see in ...
A: Both your plants look great. The red color is very normal for Miranda. They develop a beautiful ...
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| Live spahagnum moss | 6/6/2009 |
Q: I heard that live Sphagnum moss could contain, sporotrichosis, is that true because i need to know ...
A: Yes, this is true. The other name for sporotrichosis is Rosarian's Disease. Rose growers have been ...
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| Lighting for D. Capensis | 6/6/2009 |
Q: I am receiving a Drosera Capensis from you in the mail, and I have a small question. I will be ...
A: Using a compact fluorescent in this way can give excellent results. The combination of natural and ...
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| Light red...rust?? spots on venus fly trpas | 6/6/2009 |
Q: I have several venus fly traps that were red inside the traps when I got them and after replanting ...
A: From what you've described my suspicion is that the water is stagnating below in the container. You ...
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| D. filiformis | 6/6/2009 |
Q: I live in south TN. The summers get to and rema in the upper 90's for a month or two and the ...
A: The following would all do well in an outdoor bog garden in your area: Drosera filiformis ssp. ...
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| red spots on venus flytraps | 6/6/2009 |
Q: I am wondering if you can tell me what these spots are from on the three venus flytraps I bought ...
A: Sorry for taking a bit to get back to you. You can put a little bait around your plant. I've put ...
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| Sarracenia ssp | 6/5/2009 |
Q: I was wondering what type of subspecies of S. rubra I have. What is causing the browning in the ...
A: It looks like a bug it caught causing decay. It also looks like an older leaf. Nothing to be ...
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| bonide insect control | 6/5/2009 |
Q: in your monthly podcast for june you mentioned that u can use bonide insect control to control those ...
A: Turns out what we were recommending was the liquid, which contains acephate. This is the same as ...
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| Sundew and ants | 6/5/2009 |
Q: I have started to put my sundews outside in hopes that they will catch some food. My question is how ...
A: Ants are just fine as prey, but generally sundews don't catch ants that often. They are strong ...
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| red spots on venus flytraps | 6/5/2009 |
Q: I am wondering if you can tell me what these spots are from on the three venus flytraps I bought ...
A: On the left leaf you definitely have a pest taking bites out of it. Slugs or snails would be my ...
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| Light red...rust?? spots on venus fly trpas | 6/4/2009 |
Q: I have several venus fly traps that were red inside the traps when I got them and after replanting ...
A: Tell me more about your growing conditions. What's the soil media? Water source? Temperatures? ...
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| Sarracenia ssp | 6/4/2009 |
Q: I was wondering what type of subspecies of S. rubra I have. What is causing the browning in the ...
A: The sweet pitcher looks like S. rubra ssp. rubra. The narrow pitcher and the veins are what I look ...
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| Shrinking Venus Flytraps | 6/3/2009 |
Q: I have been growing carnivorous plants for a number of years now and I still have a reoccurring ...
A: This probably isn't a big deal, especially if the rhizomes look nice and healthy. You might try a ...
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| Nepenthes Miranda | 6/3/2009 |
Q: What would be the best type of soil for Nepenthes miranda, long fibered sphagnum moss or a mixture ...
A: Most Nepenthes are tolerant of a wide range of soils as long as they retain moisture, but drain ...
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| Nepenthes identification | 6/3/2009 |
Q: I saw this plant at a nursery. I want to verify the identity of this plant. Can you help me from the ...
A: This is Nepenthes x "Miranda". It's a hybrid between Nepenthes maxima and Nepenthes northiana. ...
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| Plants! | 6/2/2009 |
Q: I've seen a few of your vids on you tube, unfortunately my computer wont let me send a meesage on ...
A: Most of your questions will be answered in our caresheet pages. We also have a special page devoted ...
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| yellow lids on sarracenia orephila | 6/2/2009 |
Q: i dont know why the lids of my sarracenia oreophila are a pale yellow? my oreophila grows in 8 hours ...
A: This helps me out. The yellowing you see is actually normal. However, it usually happens a bit ...
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| yellow lids on sarracenia orephila | 6/2/2009 |
Q: i dont know why the lids of my sarracenia oreophila are a pale yellow? my oreophila grows in 8 hours ...
A: This species should have green leaves. Our stock of Sarracenia oreophila grows in direct sunlight ...
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| sundew | 6/1/2009 |
Q: I have a staghorn from you guys that I have already repotted a couple months ago. It's doing great, ...
A: Yes, that happens with this plant. A simple remedy is to use a plant stake. I've done this before, ...
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| Alata getting brown leaf tips | 6/1/2009 |
Q: I've had a large DeRoose alata for almost a year. Actually, its like 5 plants in one pot I think. ...
A: This helps me out a lot. While it's normal for older leaves to turn brown, when it occurs on newer ...
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| Carnivores plants | 5/31/2009 |
Q: I just got 1 Drosera Capillaris 1 Drosera Spathulata and 1 Pinguicula Primuliflora when i got them ...
A: These questions are answered in our care sheets: http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets D. capillaris ...
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| butterwort from death cube | 5/31/2009 |
Q: I purchased a butterwort from a death cube..and i want it out. Last time i purchased a butterwort ...
A: The process is called hardening off, which is gradually acclimating a plant to lower humidity. It's ...
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| Nepenthes x Judith Finn | 5/31/2009 |
Q: I receved a Nepenthes x Judith Finn and it was doing fine at first "see picture" but suddenly the ...
A: In your second photograph, I can see that your plant is growing in peat moss and perlite. This is ...
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| Carnivores plants | 5/30/2009 |
Q: I just got 1 Drosera Capillaris 1 Drosera Spathulata and 1 Pinguicula Primuliflora when i got them ...
A: Sometimes sundews and butterworts will lose the dew or stickiness during the shipping process. The ...
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| Pinched pitchers | 5/30/2009 |
Q: Some of my pitchers are finally opening and they have a pinched appearance. Earlier in the season I ...
A: Is that a Sarracenia flava or oreophila? I can't tell. In any case, this is weather-related ...
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| Nepenthes x Judith Finn | 5/30/2009 |
Q: I receved a Nepenthes x Judith Finn and it was doing fine at first "see picture" but suddenly the ...
A: You mentioned that the photograph is of the plant as you first acquired it. In this case, it would ...
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| which sarracenia to use for july wedding? | 5/29/2009 |
Q: My fiance and I are planning our wedding for July 25. We would like to have a sarracenia sp. for ...
A: This would depend on your color scheme, the quantity you need and your source for the plants. If ...
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| planting different species of VFT togeather | 5/29/2009 |
Q: Good day Jeff & Jacob. I have recently purchased several different species of VFT from Sarracenia ...
A: Venus flytrap is a monotypic species, which means there is only one species of flytrap. Cultivated ...
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| Pitcher Problems | 5/29/2009 |
Q: I have a Pale Pitcher that I repotted this year (it's in its third year of growth). I left most of ...
A: The spindly growth may be from lack of sufficient sunlight. If you have your plants in shade or ...
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| Bog Rock mulch | 5/29/2009 |
Q: I started a Carnivorous Plant bog garden in Zone 5, it is approximately 6’ x 4’ and 10”-12“ deep. ...
A: Avoid using that type of rock for top dressing. Instead, use pea gravel, which is washed river ...
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| Nutrients in peat moss | 5/29/2009 |
Q: What is the maximum amount/percent of nutrients that peat moss can have (nitrogen, potash, and ...
A: A better question is: Is it necessary to list nitrogen and other micronutrients in peat moss? I ...
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| watering and temps for darlingtonia in bog | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove NC. As you know I've had plans to build a bog and grow darlingtonia. My bog is ...
A: If a drip system isn't possible, then water your plants twice daily, once in the morning and once in ...
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| Nepenthes Identification | 5/28/2009 |
Q: My parents bought me this Nepenthes for my birthday from our local florist, but it came without any ...
A: That's a hybrid of Nepenthes alata, more specifically Nepenthes alata x (alata x ventricosa). It's ...
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| Nepenthes | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I just got back from college a few days ago to find my Nepenthes Raffelsiana in a not-so-good ...
A: Part of the problem is the plant itself. It's a lowland plant, so it likes it consistently warm and ...
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| Harvesting VFT seeds | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I have a typical Venus Flytrap that has been growing exclusively outdoors and is doing tremendously ...
A: You'll need to wait until the seedpods turn black and split open. When the you see small shiny ...
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| how can u tell the difference? | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I have 50 sarracenia purpureas.... how can u tell the differerence between a sarracenia purpurea ...
A: In general, purpurea ssp. purpurea has shinier, smoother pitchers, while purpurea ssp. venosa has ...
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| Sped-up growth | 5/27/2009 |
Q: - Since I live in a zone 9 climate, I was wondering if the summer heat will speed up growth in ...
A: It's not just the daytime temperature, but the nighttime temperature that affects plant growth. In ...
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| Pinguicula on lava rock | 5/27/2009 |
Q: I have a Pinguicula moranensis. I bought it when it was about the diameter of a quarter, I have ...
A: You'll need to go to a specialty nursery that might carry decorative rocks. Since I don't live in ...
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| not what the box says? | 5/27/2009 |
Q: I know buying from death cubes is taboo but they were right in front of me and i couldnt resist. ...
A: The plant is Sarracenia minor. The lid over the pitcher is to keep out rainwater, so avoid putting ...
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| Invasive Green Moss | 5/27/2009 |
Q: I have a problem with some sort of dark-green moss that grows in some of my CP pots. I try to ...
A: The only safe way to get rid of it is to repot your plant in fresh soil. Another option is to ...
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| PROPAGATION OF SARRACENIA BY USING DEAD LEAF PULLINGS | 5/26/2009 |
Q: THE OTHER DAY I WAS PULLING OFF THE DEAD LEAVES THAT HAD FORMED AROUND MY SARRACENIAS WHEN I ...
A: Most likely not. The leaf needs to be alive and have lots of green in it for photosynthesis. If ...
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| Subspecies | 5/26/2009 |
Q: I had ordered a yellow trumpet (medium) from you, and was just wondering it almost looks like a ...
A: That's most likely a copper top. Because there's a lot of gradations of copper top and red vein, we ...
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| can you please identify | 5/26/2009 |
Q: i have one sarracenia purpureas that i bought from ebay. it wasnt labeled except for "sarracenia ...
A: After viewing your second photograph, I've decided that both plants you have are Sarracenia purpurea ...
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| dead venus fly trap | 5/22/2009 |
Q: It was a really good one because it had lots of traps and about to flower. At the time I thought ...
A: The issue is acclimation. This is a process in which a plant adapts to its new environment. ...
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| drosera dichotoma | 5/22/2009 |
Q: let me preface this question by saying thank you! I know you guys get tons of emails about ...
A: First, make sure your water is appropriate for carnivorous plants. These plants require ...
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| cephaltous outdoors | 5/22/2009 |
Q: What recommendations would you have for growing some of my carnivorous plants outdoors for the ...
A: In the wild, Cephalotus will get partial to full sun. (Definition of full sun is 6 or more hours of ...
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| Ping questions | 5/21/2009 |
Q: I have just recently gotten a Pinguicula Planiflora and I would like to put it in one of my outdoor ...
A: Planifolia likes it hot and humid. It's one of those plants that hates it here in Oregon. They ...
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| Poor looking N. Ventricosa | 5/21/2009 |
Q: I bought this young plant in a 3in pot from you guys back in January and it doesn't seem to be doing ...
A: In this case, move your plant to a location where it would get only about 2 hours of direct sunlight ...
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| Lighting question | 5/21/2009 |
Q: I have three sets of double-tubed florescent lights in my living room for the plants. They are also ...
A: This depends on the strength of your lights. In any case, decreasing the daylight hours is best, ...
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| tiny worms on soil | 5/21/2009 |
Q: Not sure if you can help me without a picture, but i figured i'd give it a try anyway. A few night ...
A: Use any product with pyrethrin. I mentioned Safer® only because that's what we use. Fungicides ...
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| sarracenia | 5/21/2009 |
Q: I know by looking at your photos and podcasts that you grow your Sarracenia in full sun. I wondered ...
A: Yes, S. rosea will turn deep red as the season progresses. When leaves first emerge, they're pink. ...
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| Cape Sundew Questions | 5/20/2009 |
Q: I have 3 varieties of cape sundew ( typical, red leaf, white leaf ) and here are my concerns with ...
A: Keep in mind that I don't know how you're growing your plants, so I can't give you my assessment of ...
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| Deformed Daina's Delight | 5/20/2009 |
Q: I have an issue that I'm not quite sure what to make of... Here's what I did in March: -I re ...
A: In this case, I would have needed your location to assess your climate. I'm in zone 8, and our ...
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| Is she healthy? | 5/20/2009 |
Q: I've been on forums a lot recently, and peeps have been saying my plant doesn't look healthy and i ...
A: The flytrap definitely looks like it was grown in very low light conditions. The long lanky leaves ...
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| sarracenia seeds | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I got seeds from rare seed source.com I have stratified the seeds for 4 weeks and nothing I used 50% ...
A: Two things come to mind. First, you might need to give your seeds more time to germinate. After ...
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| My new Sarracenias are withering! | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I purchased a few plants from you less than a week ago, S. flava and S. leucophylla and a VFT, and ...
A: Your plants are doing just fine. The leaf in question regarding your flytrap is likely from the ...
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| Nepenthes Shock? And Butterwort Flower fell off.. | 5/19/2009 |
Q: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonbebout/3546211915/sizes/m/ Hi, This is my Nepenthes I got from ...
A: Both plants look fine. Pitchers last for only a couple months. After that they slowly dry up. ...
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| VFT | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I live in Northern Indiana, I am wondering when my flytraps will sprout back, along with my many ...
A: It's hard to say. Unearth your flytraps and examine the bulb. If they're firm and white, they're ...
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| Nepenthes in the NW | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I am newer to nepenthes, I have all kinds of other carnivorous plants that do well and I keep them ...
A: Many of the Nepenthes that are listed on our website will grow well for you. We try to select ...
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| Add on to the last D. Prolifera question | 5/18/2009 |
Q: Ok, so I live in NY,NY and my Prolifera gets around 3 hours of direct light and then an hour or so ...
A: As long as your plant has lots of dew on it, it's happy where it is. The other plants, D. anglica ...
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| Butterwart identification | 5/18/2009 |
Q: Can you tell me what type of butterwart I have here? Thank you Craig
A: The proper method of identifying butterworts is with leaves and flower. What you have is a gorgeous ...
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| tiny worms on soil | 5/18/2009 |
Q: Not sure if you can help me without a picture, but i figured i'd give it a try anyway. A few night ...
A: Those are most likely fungus gnat larvae. You definitely want to treat for them because they'll eat ...
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| help!!! | 5/18/2009 |
Q: Hey guys, It's been a pretty good spring except for two problems that I seem to have #1. My ...
A: 1) It could be rot, but judging from the photograph, it could also be just a mild leaf imperfection. ...
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| Drosera adelae | 5/14/2009 |
Q: I have included a photo of my Drosera adelae that I received last fall. Throughout the winter, it ...
A: Ah, given that information, I'd say mites would be the culprit! Use permethrin to combat the mites. ...
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| Nepenthes soil mix | 5/14/2009 |
Q: Recently I decided to repot my Nepenthes Truncata after two years. I would have repotted earlier, ...
A: What a gorgeous plant! Yes, your current soil mix will do just fine. All the soil mixes we mention ...
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| Perlite | 5/14/2009 |
Q: This question is just out of curiosity. The nice snow-white color of the perlite on top of 50:50 ...
A: Yes, that's exactly what's going on. As you've discovered, a layer of decorative rock does the ...
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| i | 5/14/2009 |
Q: hey, i heard that it is ok to put fly traps in the fridge. Is this true? also i live in san antonio ...
A: The fridge method is specifically about winter dormancy. We're a long ways from winter, so lets ...
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| the transplanting of sundews and flytraps | 5/14/2009 |
Q: I just wanted to ask you guys a quick question regarding flytraps and sundews. I will very shortly ...
A: The process of replanting flytraps and sundews is the same as for Sarracenia. Keep in mind that we ...
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| Drosera adelae | 5/13/2009 |
Q: I have included a photo of my Drosera adelae that I received last fall. Throughout the winter, it ...
A: A couple factors might be affecting your plant, and I might need a bit more information from you to ...
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| Heliamphora | 5/13/2009 |
Q: I was thinking about getting a Heliamphora for an unused 27 gallon aquarium i got. I just have a ...
A: 1) Cool nights (50°-60°F) are essential if the day temperatures rises above 85°F. Otherwise, if you ...
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| A cheaper mister for Heliamphora | 5/13/2009 |
Q: I've just bought a mister/spray bottle from a local pet store. It is made for terrariums. It ...
A: The idea of a terrarium is to keep the humidity at a consistent level throughout the day. As long ...
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| nep | 5/13/2009 |
Q: SO i bought a nep from lowes and placed it in direct full sun outside..and it started wilting..so ...
A: That's a Nepenthes? I can't tell from the photograph. In any case, Nepenthes don't belong in full ...
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| VFT | 5/13/2009 |
Q: I have ordered a PRIVATE COLLECTION red dragon VFT from you guys. An I was just wondering, every new ...
A: The trap speed is dependent on age and temperature. Traps trigger slowly when they first open up ...
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| i am an idiot..dnt hate me | 5/12/2009 |
Q: So the other morning i was kinda hazy and i went to check on my drosera capensis..and the flower ...
A: The only cons of not having a flower stalk is that you won't have any seeds for future propagation. ...
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| Water Trays | 5/12/2009 |
Q: My collection has outgrown my bogs, so I am resorting to the water tray method. I am using cat ...
A: You know, I don't go by inches. Instead I go by pot height since pots range in sizes. My general ...
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| Nepenthes Sanguinea | 5/12/2009 |
Q: Sometime ago, I bought a Sanguinea, later a fluorescent light that gives off 20,000 lumens of light. ...
A: I actually don't go by percentage of light or lumens because I rarely use artificial lights for my ...
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| sphagnum | 5/12/2009 |
Q: I want to know how to start live sphagnum moss through the dead stuff and the live stuff. Can you ...
A: Once the moss is dried, it won't become live moss. Some growers were lucky enough to acquire ...
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| Nepenthes Rafflesiana | 5/7/2009 |
Q: I ordered a this Nepenthes Rafflesiana about a month ago, and until last week, it was doing pretty ...
A: Oh dear! Your plant is on a downward spiral! What it needs is lots of water. The type of pot ...
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| Nepenthes Rafflesiana | 5/7/2009 |
Q: I ordered a this Nepenthes Rafflesiana about a month ago, and until last week, it was doing pretty ...
A: Something else is going on. The lack of sunlight for one day isn't an issue at all. Consider the ...
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| Water Distiller | 5/7/2009 |
Q: I am growing american pitcher plants, sundews, flytraps and tropical pitcher plants. I live in ...
A: Yes, as your collection of plants grow, buying the amount of distilled water to keep your plants ...
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| nepenthis spp | 5/6/2009 |
Q: I was at lowes and i couldnt help but notice the death cubes of CPS..i got a butterwort..that ...
A: Ideally a sunny south window is best. Otherwise, you can grow it outside until winter arrives. ...
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| butterworts | 5/6/2009 |
Q: Hey i recently bought (in a death cube unfortunately :( :() two CPs..the one i have a question ...
A: Butterworts in general have very short root system. So what you're seeing is actually normal. It's ...
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| Fertilizer for Sarracenia | 5/5/2009 |
Q: Today I bought a box of Miracid fertilizer and was hoping I could fertilize my Nepenthes with it, ...
A: I wouldn't use Miracid. The reason is because it uses aluminum slats to increase soil acidity. ...
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| Larger plastic pots | 5/5/2009 |
Q: Several of my Sarracenia and Flytraps are thriving in 6 inch plastic pots that I bought from you. I ...
A: I don't know of any sources for larger round pots. We get our pots directly from the manufacturer ...
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| Nepenthes Gracilis | 5/5/2009 |
Q: I've bought a small nepenthes Gracilis recently, and I've heard that the plants need high humidity ...
A: Nepenthes gracilis is native Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. So if you live in this part of ...
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| i | 5/5/2009 |
Q: im planning to buy a venus fly trap and i have no idea of growing one. I was wondering if you guys ...
A: The general care for growing flytraps is a bit too extensive to cover in this format. Instead, I'm ...
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| pinguicula medusina and drosera slackii | 4/29/2009 |
Q: Is there any "special" do's and don't's for these two? I can't find any info on the slackii, as in ...
A: The general care information about these plants is too extensive to cover in this format. Instead, ...
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| pygmy sundew | 4/29/2009 |
Q: i know its supposed to be an indoor tropical plant but i have a question. The window im using gets ...
A: Sun glare is not the same as direct sunlight. Pygmy sundews really need a lot of light. In the ...
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| 2nd sundew | 4/28/2009 |
Q: i purchased a 2nd sundew cuz i was bored about 2 weeks ago or somethin. When i bought it it wasnt ...
A: Only time will tell. I can't predict whether your plant will survive or not. A lot of it depends ...
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| sundew | 4/28/2009 |
Q: i have 2 sundews, drosera capensis, that i purchased in "death cubes" one month apart and now both ...
A: It's perfectly fine to pinch off older leaves. We do that to our plants. Essentially, pinch off ...
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| Right setup? | 4/28/2009 |
Q: I bought some carnivorous plants a year ago (not from you) and as soon as I got them I re-planted ...
A: Frogs by themselves don't really pose a problem for these plants. At our nursery we actually ...
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| Robins pulling up newly emerging flytraps from dormancy. | 4/28/2009 |
Q: I have this problem every spring with robins pulling up newly emerging flytraps that are coming out ...
A: A BB gun works well. Have you tried bird netting? You'll need to prop the netting so it's several ...
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| Perlite | 4/28/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if there is a preferable grade/size of perlite to use when creating the potting mix ...
A: We use medium or propagation grade. With sundews and flytraps, the medium grade would work better, ...
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| drosera adelae | 4/27/2009 |
Q: I live in minnestoa.Im worried about my 2 drosera adelae. I looked at some pictures of the drosera ...
A: This particular species shouldn't produce a stalk. When it does, it's a sign that the plant was ...
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| sarracenia purpurea | 4/27/2009 |
Q: I have a sarracenia purpurea in bay area california full sun in peatmoss, lil bit of play sand, and ...
A: It's unlikely your pitcher plant will flower this season. At this size, they need about 3 more ...
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| Terrarium | 4/27/2009 |
Q: I have a terrarium that is pretty plain and simple. It is 30 gallons and is 30 in. across and 12in. ...
A: Heliamphora will actually do well if the temperature is consistently in the 70s during the day. If ...
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| pesticide | 4/26/2009 |
Q: recently I bought a insecticide form portland nursery.Its an insectide that you have to mix in with ...
A: We haven't used this particular product, so I can't say for sure how it works on carnivorous plants. ...
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| drosera capensis, serracenia purperea, dionaea muscipula | 4/26/2009 |
Q: I have one of each of the following: drosera capensis, serracenia purperea, dionaea muscipula. ...
A: Lets not worry about winter dormancy right now. The most important thing I want you to focus on is ...
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| flower(s) | 4/26/2009 |
Q: My Drosera Capensis is already putting up a flower, but i just went to look and admire my ...
A: Your photo didn't load properly, so I don't have one to view. In any case, it's common for a single ...
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| yellow perlite? | 4/26/2009 |
Q: On most of the perlite I bought from you guys turns yellow? Is this maybe fungus? Would neem help ...
A: I checked my perlite, both among my tropical and temperate plants. I don't see any of them turning ...
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| ? | 4/26/2009 |
Q: I just bought a cape sundew and when it came was is dewless.I heard when a sundew is dewless you ...
A: If you just got the sundew through the mail, you may need to give your plant up to two weeks to ...
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| water | 4/25/2009 |
Q: I live in Vancouver WA, and have a few pitcher plants. I didn't keep the name tag on the ones I ...
A: Keep the water level no higher than half way up the pot, regardless of your pot size. Algae can be ...
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| Tropical Carnivorous Plants | 4/25/2009 |
Q: I am considering in the future in acquiring more carnivorous plants and was wondering how well the ...
A: The best candidates for your area are: D. binata dichotoma D. spatulata Any of the pygmy sundews D. ...
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| Daina's Delight and Tarnok | 4/25/2009 |
Q: First I just received sarracenia Daina's delight and it is flowering however have nothing else ...
A: Congratulations on successfully overwintering your plants! Even with the loss of the Tarnok, all of ...
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| Sarracenia Leucophylla | 4/24/2009 |
Q: i bought a Sarracenia Leucophylla a week ago, and it's rather small. Since then i've been growing ...
A: It's likely the plant was grown in a greenhouse prior to your purchase. What you're witnessing, ...
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| pesticide | 4/24/2009 |
Q: recently I bought a insecticide form portland nursery.Its an insectide that you have to mix in with ...
A: If you haven't opened the bottle, return it. I've never used this product or similar products, but ...
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| Sarracenia Alata Help. | 4/24/2009 |
Q: First of all thank you for reading my concern. Well i am having a problem with my sarracenia alata. ...
A: YIKES! You have a classic case of aphids! Sometimes you won't see aphids on the leaves because ...
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| New nepenthes | 4/23/2009 |
Q: Hey, i just had a couple questions reguarding my nepenthes that i will be recieving soon... i just ...
A: This is much easier to read! The actual growing tips for each species is too extensive to cover in ...
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| zinc in roof run off | 4/23/2009 |
Q: Is there a simple way to test for zinc in the rainwater that runs off my roof into my rain barrel? I ...
A: You'll need to use a total dissolved solutes (TDS) meter. They're kind of spendy, and it's not ...
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| mulching | 4/23/2009 |
Q: when you guys say mulch in colder regions i was curious, I have created an outside inground bog ...
A: Mulching is a specific winter technique to insulate your plants from rapid temperature changes. ...
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| sarracenia | 4/23/2009 |
Q: I have a sarracenia hybrid and a couple of days ago I discovered that the 2 pitchers it had became ...
A: Without actually seeing the plant, it's difficult to diagnose the situation. There are a number or ...
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| peat moss enriched w/plant food. | 4/22/2009 |
Q: I noticed that the peat moss and perlite I was using to repot my plants was enriched w/plant food. ...
A: I'm not certain how much fertilizer they put in them, but you should change the soil to be safe. ...
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| smell | 4/22/2009 |
Q: I just had to re-pot my carnivorous plants because the cheep pots cracked, and they were kind of on ...
A: The soil shouldn't have any smell. If it smells like manure, the peat moss may have been harvested ...
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| Mexican Pinguicula's | 4/21/2009 |
Q: I recently received two Mexican Pinguicula's, P. moctezumae and P. moranensis both were ...
A: I tend to avoid using live and dried sphagnum moss with Mexican butterworts. With live sphagnum, ...
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| Sundew troubles... | 4/21/2009 |
Q: I'm having 2 problems with a series of Sundews that I got recently. 1) I received the sundews ...
A: Your plant is most likely Drosera spatulata. If you have Drosera aliciae in your collection, it ...
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| Sarracenia Psittacina | 4/21/2009 |
Q: I have a parrot pitcher plant that i got about a month ago. it has many pitchers, but they are small ...
A: More and more I'm leaning away from tissue cultured plants, particularly Sarracenia. It works well ...
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| peat moss enriched w/plant food. | 4/21/2009 |
Q: I noticed that the peat moss and perlite I was using to repot my plants was enriched w/plant food. ...
A: Unfortunately the enriched peat moss and perlite are not appropriate for carnivorous plants. The ...
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| soil mix questions | 4/18/2009 |
Q: i've recently transplanted my sarracenia's into much larger and taller pots, i've upped the soil ...
A: In general, it's best to err on the side of too much perlite than too much peat moss. We use large ...
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| flower | 4/18/2009 |
Q: I have 2 drosera capensis that are putting up a flower, one is a little bit more along in the ...
A: It's always better if you can get two plants from different populations to pollinate because you ...
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| baby pitchers | 4/18/2009 |
Q: "I have a pitcher plant and it has like 4 big pitchers with openings big enough for bugs, and then ...
A: Those baby pitchers are from last season, so it's perfectly fine to trim them off to make way for ...
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| wetness | 4/17/2009 |
Q: I made my 2nd batch of potting mix which is sphagnum peatmoss, play sand, and now some pumice. (the ...
A: As long as the soil is moistened throughout, it'll be fine to use. The pot will be sitting in water ...
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| VFT Flowering | 4/17/2009 |
Q: I have three pots of venus flytraps, two of which has flower buds. One pot though has almost 15 ...
A: You really don't need to do anything. Flytraps self-pollinate very readily. In all my years of ...
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| Darlingtonia | 4/17/2009 |
Q: I have a small Cobra plant that I bought from you over the summer. I love this little plant and I ...
A: Older leaves from last season normally dry up by springtime, so what you're witnessing is a normal ...
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| Mystery Monster Plant | 4/16/2009 |
Q: While I just placed my first order with you guys, I simply couldn't resist when I stumbled across ...
A: If you use peat moss, make sure the mix is 1 part peat moss and 2-3 parts perlite. Peat moss ...
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| Lime Sulfur and Nepenthes... | 4/16/2009 |
Q: After asking you a question about mold growing my nepenthes you informed me I needed sulfur ...
A: I didn't know that lime sulfur existed! I've never seen this product, and given that it's made in ...
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| Soil | 4/16/2009 |
Q: I recently bought a N. Rafflesiana (bare root) and the only soil I could get a hold of was that ...
A: With Nepenthes, you can get away with a touch of fertilizer in the soil. In fact, some growers have ...
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| Nepenthes Bicalcarata | 4/16/2009 |
Q: Does this plant grow bigger than a terrarium? I would like a small, lowland species that can grow ...
A: This species is a bit inappropriate for a terrarium because it will get huge very fast. When it ...
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| Nepenthes Types to grow | 4/16/2009 |
Q: I need your help in which types of Nepenthes would be most suitable for my region. I live in San ...
A: I really don't have much experience with terrariums. I'm actually a strong advocate of growing ...
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| My new set up | 4/15/2009 |
Q: Before i had my plants, pitcher, sundew, and venus outside in full sun all day, but now im back in ...
A: Light intensity is the most important thing, so make sure your fluorescent tubes are 40-watts. ...
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| Mystery Monster Plant | 4/15/2009 |
Q: While I just placed my first order with you guys, I simply couldn't resist when I stumbled across ...
A: The plant you have is likely Nepenthes Miranda. It's a common hybrid that can get fairly large. ...
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| Venus Flytrap | 4/14/2009 |
Q: My Flytraps appear to be dying.They are turning blacker and blacker with less green .I live in St. ...
A: OK, so you got your plant outdoors where it gets 6-8 hours of direct sunlight, you're using ...
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| Sarracenia | 4/14/2009 |
Q: I ordered 50 S. oreophila seeds that were collected in autumn and kept in 36 degree temps. Will they ...
A: In your case, grow the seedling in your greenhouse during the winter. That way they'll be sheltered ...
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| sarracenia flower | 4/14/2009 |
Q: my S.flava has flowered, but my other sarracenia arent' flowering. So can I take the pollen from ...
A: Yes! You can use the pollen from the same plant to self-pollinate the flowers. Within a couple of ...
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| cobra plant | 4/14/2009 |
Q: how do you tell the difference between the mountain veriety and the coastal veriety of the cobra ...
A: The morphological differences are extremely general, so it's not always easy to tell them apart. ...
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| Advice on terrarium plants | 4/14/2009 |
Q: I am asking your opinion on what kind of plants I should get for my particular type of terrarium. ...
A: The ultra highland plants, such as N. rajah, N. villosa, N. inermis. N. dubia, and N. hamata. N. ...
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| VFT in "Death Cube"! | 4/13/2009 |
Q: OK, so I just got a teeny little Venus flytrap from Lowe's and it was growing in what I have heard ...
A: Congratulations on rescuing the flytrap from the stifling terrarium. The actual process is a bit ...
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| purchasing from you | 4/13/2009 |
Q: I am interested from buying plants from you guys..i am in california..zone 9...and most of the ...
A: Yes, any of the North American carnivorous plants will grow well in zone 9. The zones only refer to ...
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| propagation | 4/13/2009 |
Q: I have a sundew capensis, and i took one of the older leaves off and put in a new soil pot with sand ...
A: Yes, that's the general idea. You're on the right track. Just keep in mind that the leaf should be ...
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| Ventricosa Lower stem | 4/13/2009 |
Q: I have a Ventricosa and the plant is alittle over 2 years old and I have recently transplanted it. ...
A: It's likely that your plant is sending up a shoot from the lower portion of the stem, so it's a good ...
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| Breeding mosquitos in watering trays | 4/13/2009 |
Q: I have several sarracenia and flytrap plants growing side by side in the same big watering tray. My ...
A: Use mosquito dunks. It's a product that contains a bacteria that kills mosquito larvae. The ...
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| Advice on terrarium plants | 4/12/2009 |
Q: I am asking your opinion on what kind of plants I should get for my particular type of terrarium. ...
A: Actually you should focus on the highland plants because they can tolerate cooler temperatures: N. ...
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| VFT Winter dormancy in Phoenix | 4/12/2009 |
Q: About a two and a half weeks ago, I purchased a Venus Flytrap from Lowe's and so far it's doing ...
A: Based on growers' reports, flytraps tend to wither away when the temperature goes above 100°F for ...
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| soil | 4/12/2009 |
Q: SO i made my own potting mix for my Carnivorous plants (sundew, pitcher, and venus...and two extra ...
A: That's a fine mix. I'd add a bit more sand, but other than that, you're on the right track. When ...
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| Sarracenia | 4/12/2009 |
Q: I ordered 50 S. oreophila seeds that were collected in autumn and kept in 36 degree temps. Will they ...
A: It might be too late to stratify your seeds outdoors, so you'll need to do this in your ...
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| Black Mold and Identification of Nepenthes. | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I am from Australia and let me say... Gee I wish we had Carnivorous Retailers like yourselves in ...
A: We plan to film the second and third volumes this summer. Hopefully they'll be released in fall. ...
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| Wooly Sundews | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I have been considering growing wooly sundews for a couple of weeks now and I've decided I would buy ...
A: Yes, woolly sundews are challenging because they have a narrow range of growing conditions. They ...
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| superthrive | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I know that you do not wish for us to use fertilizers because most of the carnivorous plants cannot ...
A: SuperThrive is safe to use with carnivorous plants. Some growers swear by it, while others think ...
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| soil | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I am using organic sphagnum peatmoss, and i am trying to find plain perelite, but so far all i can ...
A: Play sand is already washed so you could use it straight from the bag. If the current soil your ...
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| soil | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I am using organic sphagnum peatmoss, and i am trying to find plain perelite, but so far all i can ...
A: Appropriate substitutes for perlite are pumice, washed sand, silica sand or play sand. Avoid using ...
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| New pitcher leaves | 4/10/2009 |
Q: 1. Im guessing Sarracenia Purpurea? 2. Full outside sun, distilled, sphagnum peatmoss (cant find ...
A: Your question gave me a chuckle, in a good way. You see, purpurea means purple. The common name ...
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| Advice on terrarium plants | 4/10/2009 |
Q: I am asking your opinion on what kind of plants I should get for my particular type of terrarium. ...
A: Oh, Oh! You triggered my soapbox speech. Yes, I'm not at all a fan of terrariums because it ...
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| nep maxima | 4/10/2009 |
Q: Recently my nep maxima hit "maxima" growth and was producing feet of growth a month. After 3 trims, ...
A: As long as you're not seeing signs of the plant declining in health, your plant is doing fine. In ...
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| Pitcher Plant | 4/9/2009 |
Q: I purchased the pitcher plant you see in the photo while in the Netherlands last May. I do not know ...
A: It's impossible to identify the plant without seeing a fully developed pitcher. The leaves alone ...
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| Flytraps and seedlings. | 4/9/2009 |
Q: Hey guys, got a couple of questions for you. Most of my flytraps are producing a flower stalk. I've ...
A: The flower stalk is a common mutation that occurs mostly when flytraps have a short winter dormancy. ...
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| Drosera capensis-windowsill light | 4/8/2009 |
Q: I have a Cape sundew that has been growing very well in my terrarium until about a month ago. It had ...
A: It might be easier to let the plant grow in lower humidity from the beginning. This will eliminate ...
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| Pruning Nepenthes. | 4/8/2009 |
Q: My Nepenthes Spathulata is growing out of control. It is crowding my terrarium and I need to do ...
A: This is a difficult plant to grow in a terrarium because it's actually one of the larger species of ...
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| Sundew | 4/8/2009 |
Q: 1.Drosera Capensis 2. Outside full sun, distilled water, organic sphagnum peatmoss (i coldnt find ...
A: Unfortunately, plants grown in those cubes aren't the healthiest, hence the nickname. Cape sundews ...
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| Flytraps and seedlings. | 4/7/2009 |
Q: Hey guys, got a couple of questions for you. Most of my flytraps are producing a flower stalk. I've ...
A: In order to answer your question properly, we first have to address the current growing condition. ...
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| Ventricosa | 4/7/2009 |
Q: I have a concern about me Nepenthes Ventricosa. On the 9th of April it will be 1 month since I ...
A: Well, it depends on what type of soil mix you used, how you're watering your plant and what type of ...
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| Drosera capensis-windowsill light | 4/7/2009 |
Q: I have a Cape sundew that has been growing very well in my terrarium until about a month ago. It had ...
A: First, lets make sure you have the right type of fungicide. Use only sulfur-based fungicide or Neem ...
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| Nepenthes Maxima not doing well | 4/7/2009 |
Q: I got a N. Maxima – won it actually – a couple of days ago, but I don't think it’s doing so well. ...
A: It's really unusual for Nepenthes maxima to decline so rapidly. It's a fairly tough species. It ...
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| australian pitcher plant | 4/6/2009 |
Q: I have been wondering if I should get a australian pitcher plant. I would grow it outside, unless ...
A: First read the general care for Cephalotus: http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets For our area, grow ...
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| repotting a nepenthes | 4/6/2009 |
Q: Hey Jeff and Jacob! so, my question is regarding repotting some of my younger nepenthes... namely ...
A: These particular Nepenthes wouldn't grow as well in African violet pots. They tend to like the soil ...
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| Nepenthes Maxima not doing well | 4/6/2009 |
Q: I got a N. Maxima – won it actually – a couple of days ago, but I don't think it’s doing so well. ...
A: The best thing to do is contact the nursery from which you got the plant. They grew the plant and ...
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| transplanting sarracenia bare root after dormancy | 4/6/2009 |
Q: I have a quick question regarding sarracenia. It looks like by late spring or early summer I will be ...
A: Have you ordered from Meadowview before? I sometimes get plants from them, but I only get them in ...
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| N. Miranda: Dark Leaves & Repotting | 4/5/2009 |
Q: I placed my plant in a sunny south facing window that gets about 4 hours of direct sunlight. When i ...
A: As this particular Nepenthes hybrid receives more light, the leaves will develop a bronze tinge and ...
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| Pollen | 4/4/2009 |
Q: As you know its flower season, and my sarracenias are flowering. How do you preserve the pollen?
A: To preserve Sarracenia pollen, gently shake the flower in glass jar. Make sure the flower is dry ...
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| Is this a smart investment? | 4/3/2009 |
Q: Previously, I asked about my N. Miranda and N. Saguinea and if they are getting too much sunlight. I ...
A: The settings seem appropriate, but only time will tell. The plants are always the final judge about ...
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| Help with Sphagnum moss | 4/3/2009 |
Q: I'm going to start trying to grow some live Sphagnum moss like you said on the website, and I have a ...
A: I haven't experimented with growing live sphagnum as you've described. I've only grown it outdoors. ...
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| Is this a smart investment? | 4/3/2009 |
Q: Previously, I asked about my N. Miranda and N. Saguinea and if they are getting too much sunlight. I ...
A: A fan isn't necessary in your situation. If the day temperature directly under the lights is ...
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| sarracenia spring treatment | 4/2/2009 |
Q: Should I prune off all of the Sarracenia pitchers this spring? Some look quite viable.
A: This is best answered with our video podcast, Ask the Carnivorous Plant Guys - Episode 5. ...
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| Too much light? | 4/2/2009 |
Q: On my Nepenthes Miranda and Nepenthes Sanguinea the pitchers keep dying one after the other. There ...
A: I don't know how long you've been growing your plants in this manner, so I can't really say if ...
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| Flrorescent Light vs Natural Light | 4/2/2009 |
Q: How are you? You probably don't remember me, so please refer to one of my posts. Here's a link to ...
A: 1) Fourteen hours of fluorescent lighting is sufficient. 2) Place your plants outdoors after the ...
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| sudden butterwort death | 3/31/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to figure out why my Pinguicula primuliflora suddenly died after being seemingly so ...
A: Actually, the terrarium is the likely issue. This species is very prone to fungal infections, and ...
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| early planting from a differnt zone | 3/31/2009 |
Q: I enjoy your site and your videos & postings. I’m soon receiving some younger & Mature Serracenia ...
A: You have to judge this based on the type of growth you see on your rhizomes. If the plants are ...
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| Judith Hindle-repotting | 3/28/2009 |
Q: I got my Judith Hindle and dvd in the mail and I must say my plant looks very pretty and healthy for ...
A: The amount of water you leave in the saucer depends on the over wintering technique you're using. ...
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| Sundew flowers and Sarracenia propagation Questions. | 3/28/2009 |
Q: I have a Drosera Spatulata from you guys, and it's flowering! Well, the other day I noticed that its ...
A: Like the leaves, the flower stalk produces beads of nectar, but is not considered to be carnivorous. ...
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| aphids attack | 3/28/2009 |
Q: flava. So I bought insect killing soap with seaweed extract, from the Safer Brand. It contains ...
A: We generally recommend avoiding soap-based insecticides. The fatty acid compounds will sometimes ...
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| healthy drosera aliciae? | 3/28/2009 |
Q: I recently received a pot with two alice sundews. One is slightly more red (to the left) and the ...
A: The most important things right now are time and patience. You just received your plant, and ...
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| Judith Hindle-repotting | 3/27/2009 |
Q: I got my Judith Hindle and dvd in the mail and I must say my plant looks very pretty and healthy for ...
A: and thank you for your kind comments. Before sending out the plants, I inspected the soil, and it ...
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| Nepenthes Pitchers | 3/27/2009 |
Q: The lids on my Nepenthes ventricosa are closing and curling. It is in a South window and I water it ...
A: Each pitcher lasts for about 2 months. After that it will dry up. What you're witnessing is normal ...
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| Pots | 3/26/2009 |
Q: I have every species of sarracenia except S. oreophila. I also have two venus flytraps. They are in ...
A: Avoid plugging the holes in your pots. Your plants need the drainage. Without it, bacteria will ...
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| Growing Nepenthes Outdoors | 3/26/2009 |
Q: I just bought a very large Nepenthes x Miranda hybrid and I live in Alabama (zone 7). I was ...
A: While this Nepenthes will tolerate cool nights, make sure that the nights are above 55°F. Spring ...
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| Nepenthes Fertilization | 3/26/2009 |
Q: I have been growing carnivorous plants for quite some time now. I am growing several species of ...
A: Fertilizing your plant does help your plant produce more pitchers provided that its also getting ...
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| soil mix | 3/26/2009 |
Q: Will the northern species of carnivorous plants grow in a mixture of solely sphagnum peat (the ...
A: The green fuzzy kind? Sphagnum peat moss is brown. What you've described sounds like fungus! ...
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| Red leaf Dewthread | 3/25/2009 |
Q: I just received my "Red Leaf Dewthread" the other day and I noticed the leaves are browning and ...
A: If you just received it in the mail, the plant is likely going through a transitional period. It ...
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| Mysterious Tiny insects! | 3/25/2009 |
Q: I found these tiny bugs on my White top pitcher plant. They are so tiny i have trouble seeing them ...
A: Yes, that's a strange one! I don't think I've heard of this pest, but it could be a species of ...
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| Oyamo Pots | 3/25/2009 |
Q: I am preparing to re-pot several of my carnivorous plants--drosera, butterworts, pitcher plants, & ...
A: I haven't used those particular pots, so I can't comment directly about their effects with ...
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| Dead "Dente" Flytraps! | 3/24/2009 |
Q: I bought 2 dente flytraps from you guys back in January and they looked very healthy. I placed them ...
A: Despite the fact that all of your plants received the same growing conditions, a couple things ...
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| bog garden | 3/23/2009 |
Q: I am interested in starting a bog garden. but i am having trouble locating supplies. i.e. peat moss, ...
A: We don't have sphagnum available yet, but it may be later this spring. You can purchase it from ...
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| Judith Hindle/growth habits and flowers | 3/23/2009 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove, NC zone 7. My questions concerns the Judith Hindle cultivar you carry. As you ...
A: It's also great to see you on Facebook. Judith Hindle has S. purpurea in it, so it will retain some ...
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| drosera | 3/21/2009 |
Q: I have a Drosera adelae(?) that I picked up from the local store. There is a smell of sulphur coming ...
A: Don't worry about the flowers. Worry about the plant as a whole. When it comes to soil health and ...
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| fugus+flytraps | 3/21/2009 |
Q: hey guys my name is brandon and i live on the west coast in southern california. i had a couple of ...
A: Good for you for growing your flytrap outdoors! That's definitely one of the essential requirements ...
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| Vacation in Maui, Hawaii | 3/20/2009 |
Q: Next week my family is going to Maui for spring break. Do you know if there are any carnivorous ...
A: I'm not aware of any carnivorous plant nurseries on Maui, but I know of two on the Big Island. If ...
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| Heliamphora | 3/20/2009 |
Q: This is a follow-up question to one I asked a couple weeks ago. I bought a large size H. hereto x ...
A: Yes, there are many opinions about how to grow Heliamphora and carnivorous plants in general. With ...
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| drosera | 3/20/2009 |
Q: I have a Drosera adelae(?) that I picked up from the local store. There is a smell of sulphur coming ...
A: You should change the soil of the unknown sundew as soon as possible. It's likely carrying some ...
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| Pitcher Plant | 3/20/2009 |
Q: I have a small pond that I want to place a pitcher plant into. I leave near Greensboro, NC. Would ...
A: All of the North American pitcher plants will survive in your climate with minimal winter ...
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| Help with a Ping Prim. | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I just got a Pinguicula Primuliflora at Lowes a month ago, and it is putting up a flower stalk. I ...
A: You'll need two plants to pollinate your butterwort. It's actually a difficult process, which is ...
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| Aphids, green pitcher question | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I have a couple of questions for you guys. I'll try and keep them short and down to the point. I ...
A: You can use Neem oil to kill the aphids, but aphids are very elusive. Neem oil will only work if ...
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| I have a couple of questions | 3/19/2009 |
Q: I grow my plants outside with 6+ hours of sunlight. I live in Portland, Oregon. 1. In your e-book ...
A: Yes, the rock method will work with the plants you've listed. These particular plants will enjoy ...
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| light | 3/19/2009 |
Q: yeah, it's I again, I hope I'm not getting on your nerves guys. Well this doubt that I have is about ...
A: Jacob here. Jeff's away from the nursery. Our lighting recommendations are general guidelines. As ...
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| pots | 3/18/2009 |
Q: I live in zone 7 in Walnut Cove, NC. As you know I've had plans to construct a bog. Unfortunately, ...
A: Are you referring specifically to Sarracenia and flytraps? My recommendation would be different for ...
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| judith hindle | 3/18/2009 |
Q: I just ordered a judith hindle in a medium size pot from you guys. when will it need to be ...
A: The current batch of plants are from last season, so they could use some fresh soil. Spring is the ...
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| My Flytrap is starting to flower | 3/18/2009 |
Q: I have a Long Red Finger Flytrap and I believe it is starting to flower. I have heard that this may ...
A: This is a loaded question because it has two assumptions. The first is the more obvious - flowers ...
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| potting | 3/18/2009 |
Q: Would an African violet pot (self watering pot) be safe to use for plants such as lanceleaf sundews ...
A: African violet pots are best suited for Mexican butterworts. These plants like slightly damp soil. ...
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| Repoting Nepenthes | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I need help on potting Nepenthes Truncata! I tried but the plant began to wilt. Can you help me? ...
A: From your description and the sudden wilting, it certainly appears to be root damage. The technique ...
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| Repoting Nepenthes | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I need help on potting Nepenthes Truncata! I tried but the plant began to wilt. Can you help me?
A: Repotting a Nepenthes is very straight forward. Most species can handle a bit of root disturbrance ...
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| light | 3/17/2009 |
Q: yeah, it's I again, I hope I'm not getting on your nerves guys. Well this doubt that I have is about ...
A: Filtered sun has to do with decrease in intensity. It has nothing to do with the number of hours. ...
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| Nepenthes | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I bought a sibuyanensis from you guys last November. I understand that some pitcher plants will go ...
A: Part of the issue is simply the plant itself. This species is fussy. Even in our stock plants, not ...
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| Venus Flytraps | 3/16/2009 |
Q: Okay, so I have ordered 3 Venus flytrap off of Carnivorous Plant Nursery as it was recomended to me ...
A: I'm not a big fan of growing flytraps indoors unless you live in an extreme climate. Otherwise, ...
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| Dormancy | 3/16/2009 |
Q: My name is Louis and I am from Canada, Toronto. My venus flytrap has been in dormancy for more like ...
A: Just for clarification, did you mean to say you kept your flytrap in the terrarium all winter? If ...
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| Acclimating Plant From Plastic Cube | 3/16/2009 |
Q: I just bought a butterwort from Lowes on Saturday. I think it's a temperate butterwort. ...
A: It's very normal for leaves to curl and shrivel up as you acclimate a plant from a terrarium to the ...
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| Nepenthes Miranda | 3/16/2009 |
Q: I aught a Nepenthes Miranda from you guys last fall and it said on the summary of the plant that it ...
A: If you have Nepenthes truncata and Nepenthes copelandii growing well, then we can safely assume that ...
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| repotting stress-Drosera adelae? | 3/11/2009 |
Q: OK, repotted the sundew, managed to keep the plant mostly clean after reading hints on website and ...
A: Congratulations on repotting your D. adelae without getting soil of over it! Yes, as you've ...
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| Beginner In Growing As a Hobby, Pt. 2 | 3/11/2009 |
Q: (I have P. agnata, S. alata, and Darlingtonia californica. I am using an indoor grow light as the ...
A: First, change the soil. The standard soil mix 1 part peat moss and 1 part perlite. Avoid using ...
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| Mysterious Sarracenia Death! | 3/11/2009 |
Q: I have been growing Sarracenias of all types since 1990. However, the only plant Ive had super long ...
A: This is a bit mysterious, but here's what I think it might be. Often during hot weather soil can ...
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| starting off with temp. carnies in a pot/darlingtonia in pot as opposed to bog | 3/11/2009 |
Q: I live in zone 7 in Walnut Cove, NC. As you know I've had plans to construct a bog. Unfortunately, ...
A: Nearly all of the temperate carnivorous plants will grow well as container plants, even when you set ...
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| Water purity and D. Binata question | 3/10/2009 |
Q: I recently received a TDS meter, and found out I've been giving my plants water that's 43ppm. I've ...
A: At 99 ppm, your tap water has too much minerals, which would be harmful to your carnivorous plants ...
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| double poted | 3/10/2009 |
Q: i have a double poted N.rafflesiana that i buy about a year ago, how can i divided? gracias
A: You'll need to take it out of the pots and see if the plants have their own root systems. If they ...
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| Substrate | 3/10/2009 |
Q: well, I was finaly able to get volcanic rock to increase the aeration of my substrate in my pots. ...
A: Nearly all volcanic rock is inert, meaning that they don't impart any minerals into the soil. So ...
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| scorpido sundew repotting | 3/10/2009 |
Q: as i understand it, d scorpido only live 2+ years, i've got one that's going strong on a little over ...
A: The brown hardened stalk is a natural development of this species. I have some going on their third ...
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| Algae On Seedlings | 3/9/2009 |
Q: I am growing cape sundew seedlings. They had algae growing in their soil. I pulled it out when I ...
A: If you cover the pots to block out light prior to germination, that will help some. Try also ...
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| Nepenthes | 3/9/2009 |
Q: I am interested in getting a nepenthes. I saw that most of them have to be in a place with a high ...
A: The elevation information you're reading about refers to the elevation the plants grow at in nature. ...
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| Darlingtonia Californica/Nepenthes Alata | 3/9/2009 |
Q: I keep these plants at a steady temperature of 85 degrees. After a week of the time I bought the ...
A: Those plants are radically different in their care requirements. Visit our caresheet pages at ...
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| Mysterious Sarracenia Death! | 3/8/2009 |
Q: I have been growing Sarracenias of all types since 1990. However, the only plant Ive had super long ...
A: This may have something to do with soil overheating and breaking down during the hottest parts of ...
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| Sarracenias coming out of domancy | 3/8/2009 |
Q: well this is my first winter season where i own carnivorous plants and springs is around the corner. ...
A: If either the pitcher or phyllodia looks good, you can keep it until they start browning up later in ...
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| POnd setup | 3/8/2009 |
Q: I am currently in the process of setting up a pond for U. Intermedia. It consists of a bowl with ...
A: Since they are technically a tropical plants, you would need to keep them in an aquarium indoors ...
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| Plants in pots/tubs | 3/7/2009 |
Q: I live in No.Virginia and had a carnivorous plant garden several years ago that looked great the ...
A: Yes, it's perfectly OK to create container bog gardens. We actually keep all of our Sarracenia in ...
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| nepenthes picture | 3/6/2009 |
Q: Under the "Tropical Plants" page of your website, what is the Nepenthes that serves as the image ...
A: That hybrid is Nepenthes ventricosa x ampullaria. We're currently sold out on it, which is why it's ...
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| sarrs/mex pings | 3/6/2009 |
Q: i just had a couple questions reguarding these, plants. For the sarrs, i live in zone 6, and was ...
A: Congratulations on growing Sarracenia! Pretty soon you'll have so many divisions you'll have to ...
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| repotting | 3/6/2009 |
Q: 1)venus fly trap 2)In a window, currently in the peat moss it has came planted in 3)Florida and its ...
A: First, let me address the issue of soil. Peat moss, also known as sphagnum peat moss, is partially ...
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| Sarracenias coming out of domancy | 3/6/2009 |
Q: well this is my first winter season where i own carnivorous plants and springs is around the corner. ...
A: Yes, it's perfectly OK to trim off all the dead leaves from last season. This is important because ...
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| Algae On Seedlings | 3/6/2009 |
Q: I am growing cape sundew seedlings. They had algae growing in their soil. I pulled it out when I ...
A: I don't recommend the vinegar; I killed some plants that way. The peroxide has promise, but the ...
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| Question about Dormancy for Sarracenia and Darlingtonia | 3/5/2009 |
Q: I live in Ky, which is Zone 6. I really want to grow Darlingtonia Californica and some Sarracenia ...
A: You definitely have given this a lot of thought! Many growers are not attuned to such nuances of ...
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| What to do with old pitchers? | 3/5/2009 |
Q: I purchased a Nepenthes Deroose Alata from your site. I am very happy with it & all is doing well. ...
A: With old Nepenthes pitchers, cut them off when you can't stand to look at them anymore. It won't ...
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| MY CARNIVOROUS PLANTS | 3/5/2009 |
Q: I have two nepenthes growing under artificial light. I have a N. Miranda and a N. Sanguinea, they ...
A: Get your plants closer to the light. Brighter light helps them to make pitchers. What your ...
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| Perlite | 3/5/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if there is a good substiture for perlite when making a soil mixture for carniverous ...
A: See if you can find pumice or washed sand. Both of those will serve the same purpose. Small ...
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| learning to grow new carnivorous plants | 3/4/2009 |
Q: Im planing to grow aldrovanda,drosophyllum and byblis but I dont know how to grow them. And when ...
A: Since this format is primarily for troubleshooting, I won't be able to help you with the care ...
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| H. heterodoxa x minor | 3/4/2009 |
Q: I ordered one of the 4" H. hetero x minor recently. When I received it the plant was beautiful and ...
A: The red spots are usually of no concern since they always begin to appear on older leaves. You ...
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| N. Villosa with possible rust spots | 3/4/2009 |
Q: hey i just got my N. Villosa from you guys and it looks fantastic for being a very tiny Nep, anyways ...
A: Actually, they carry several different products that contain Neem. Shultz houseplant insecticide is ...
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| POnd setup | 3/4/2009 |
Q: I am currently in the process of setting up a pond for U. Intermedia. It consists of a bowl with ...
A: Water Hyacinth dying? That is truly bizzare. They are often used to pull toxins our of water, and ...
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| Splitting Nepenthes | 3/3/2009 |
Q: I have an Asian Pitcher plant and im curious about how you split it? Because I would like more than ...
A: Nepenthes don't really develop independent crowns the way Sarracenia do. If you see multiple ...
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| Cephalotus conditions | 3/3/2009 |
Q: I am very excited to have just purchased a cephalotus. I was wondering if the conditions I am ...
A: Your conditions sound good. A couple things to refine it a bit. Don't keep the light on 24/7. ...
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| N. Villosa with possible rust spots | 3/3/2009 |
Q: hey i just got my N. Villosa from you guys and it looks fantastic for being a very tiny Nep, anyways ...
A: Those are probably fungus gnats. Usually they are of no concern, but if you start seeing lots of ...
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| POnd setup | 3/3/2009 |
Q: I am currently in the process of setting up a pond for U. Intermedia. It consists of a bowl with ...
A: Yes and Yes. How big is this pond? It will also help if you have some type of aeration such as a ...
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| Drosera Capensis Seeds | 3/3/2009 |
Q: How much light should I give to Drosera capensis seeds once they start to germinate? And will a CFL ...
A: The compact fluorescent will work just fine. Just monitor temperature at the soil surface some ...
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| Nepenthes | 3/2/2009 |
Q: Hey guys! Other than the snow storms. How was your winter? Okay, so i recently came across a N. ...
A: Winter's been fine. We are starting to get slightly warmer weather, and many hardy plants are ...
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| N. Villosa with possible rust spots | 3/2/2009 |
Q: hey i just got my N. Villosa from you guys and it looks fantastic for being a very tiny Nep, anyways ...
A: Pictures would be great. The rust spots, especially if they are on older leaves, are usually of no ...
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| Nep. Sibuyanensis | 3/2/2009 |
Q: I have a nepenthes sibuyanensis I was looking to repot it due to the soil starting do sink and it ...
A: If you repot, you can definitely put the stem lower into the soil. I don't recommend taking any ...
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| nursing vft & ping back to health. | 3/2/2009 |
Q: I bought a venusflytrap and a butterwort this afternoon. Both the vtf and the butterwort were ...
A: They both should be fine. It sounds like they were in pretty good condition. Once the weather ...
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| stratification? | 3/1/2009 |
Q: my name is Brandon and I live on the west coast near a city called Palm Springs. I just baught a ...
A: That is what you need to do. Sarracenia pitcher plants and American sundews are perennial and the ...
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| My tropical carnivorous plant update | 3/1/2009 |
Q: I decided to give a carnivorous plant update before I move to Key West in may, Just to see if ...
A: Nepenthes tend to be much tougher than people think. Just pot it back up and cut off any damaged ...
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| Red Leaf on Nepenthes | 3/1/2009 |
Q: I Been enjoying your plants for years. One of my Nepenthes is starting to turn red.I mean, one of ...
A: Nepenthes developing red leaves is simply a sign of it getting plenty of sun. Many species, ...
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| broad leaf cape sundew | 3/1/2009 |
Q: I repotted my broadleaf capesundew 3 weeks ago, and ever since, it hasn't been showing any dew on ...
A: That's the process exactly. We often do it in horticultural trays that have those transparent lids ...
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| growth | 2/28/2009 |
Q: 1. Nepenthes khasiana or something similar...i just bought it and its still small and havent needed ...
A: Nepenthes khasiana is an intermediate plant that will tolerate both highland and lowland conditions. ...
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| Beginner In Growing As a Hobby | 2/28/2009 |
Q: I have started a collection of carnivorous plants: Butterwort, Green Pitcher, Sundew, and a Cobra ...
A: I'm not sure how much I can help you because I don't know exactly what type of plants you have. You ...
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| Mosquito Problem | 2/28/2009 |
Q: I am currently growing U. Inflata in a small tub. However, the water in the tub provides a nice ...
A: Yes, that's an appropriate substitute. We also have them in our Sarracenia pools. We're hoping to ...
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| Nepenthes Pots | 2/27/2009 |
Q: In my never ending search to provide the perfect growing environment for my Nepenthes, I have come ...
A: These would probably be fine for Nepenthes. It may be a bit experimental. I've not personally used ...
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| Drosera in Mich.winter | 2/27/2009 |
Q: I live in Mich. and I am presently growing Drosera Capensis,Adelae and a Cephalotus Follicularis, in ...
A: As long as it's a sunny window, it should be great. What you may need to do is monitor temperatures ...
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| Mosquito Problem | 2/27/2009 |
Q: I am currently growing U. Inflata in a small tub. However, the water in the tub provides a nice ...
A: Dragonfly nymphs are strict carnivores, so they don't eat plants at all. I suppose they can bite, ...
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| Mosquito Problem | 2/27/2009 |
Q: I am currently growing U. Inflata in a small tub. However, the water in the tub provides a nice ...
A: I've always found the dunks incredibly effective, and we use them on a large scale. Different ...
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| Algae On Seedlings | 2/26/2009 |
Q: I am growing cape sundew seedlings. They had algae growing in their soil. I pulled it out when I ...
A: Depending on how big the seedlings are, you may be able to just scrape away the algae. Algae is ...
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| broad leaf cape sundew | 2/26/2009 |
Q: I repotted my broadleaf capesundew 3 weeks ago, and ever since, it hasn't been showing any dew on ...
A: Chances are no dew will develop on any of the older leaves. New leaves coming out bent is ...
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| Sarracenias | 2/26/2009 |
Q: My name is Justin. I am from San Diego California, and I had a couple of questions I would like to ...
A: Spraying the new leaves and rhizome surface works great. It'll give you several weeks of protection ...
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| Pinguicula primuliflora | 2/26/2009 |
Q: I bought my Pinguicula primuliflora almost a month ago. It was in the little death cube. I ...
A: That always helps. Your plant actually looks pretty good all things considered. P. primulifora and ...
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| weird winter leaves | 2/26/2009 |
Q: Is it normal for the phyllodia of S.flava and, Hibernaculum of D.filiformis'Florida Giant' to turn ...
A: Very much so. As the weather begins to warm they get more sun, and that's where the red comes from. ...
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| Nepenthes seedlings!!! | 2/25/2009 |
Q: i now belive i know what a nepenthes seedling looks like!!!, i have n. albomarginata, n. viking, and ...
A: If the live sphagnum is overtaking the plants you should probably transplant soon. You can use a ...
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| Systemic insecticide and sphagnum | 2/25/2009 |
Q: I have a nepenthes with red spots on the leaves. It is growing in a lot of sphagnum and the moss has ...
A: That's a beautiful hamata. The red spots are pretty normal on older leaves. The plant is so ...
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| sealing clay pots | 2/24/2009 |
Q: Would clay pots sealed with a water sealer or masonry sealer be suitable for carnivorous plants? I ...
A: I'm not sure what they use in that sealer. You have to check what the ingredients are, and if they ...
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| Nepenthes/sarracenia/flytrap | 2/24/2009 |
Q: My local florist said that if humidity is too low, Nepenthes' tendrils and developing pitcher will ...
A: This can be true if the air is exceptionally dry, or if the plant is too close to forced air heat ...
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| many | 2/24/2009 |
Q: well, I have a lot of questions, I hope you don't mind, but if you think they're just too stupid or ...
A: You're welcome! The fungicide you have is copper sulfate and is sometimes called Bordeaux mix. It ...
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| many | 2/24/2009 |
Q: well, I have a lot of questions, I hope you don't mind, but if you think they're just too stupid or ...
A: It is quite a few questions, but very good ones. The sundews you mentioned definitely like full ...
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| Cephalotus | 2/18/2009 |
Q: Can I grow Cephalotus in a raguler window that gets 8 to 6 hours of direct sun light. And does it ...
A: They can do very well in a sunny window. If your nights don't drop below 70 degrees F., Cephalotus ...
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| Nepenthes Alata | 2/18/2009 |
Q: I have two beautiful plants which look very healthy, but one has still got most of it's original ...
A: More sun, period. Nepenthes alata and it's hybrids are infamous for doing this where they grow lots ...
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| Mexican Butterwort "Wet & Dry" Seasons | 2/18/2009 |
Q: my question has to do with the dormancy of mexican butterworts. I read that, in general, when these ...
A: Overnight lows of 50 are pretty low, and can trigger dormancy. The short days of winter initiate it ...
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| pests | 2/18/2009 |
Q: Hey guys sorry for the bother, but you know how it is one problem after the other. So the point is ...
A: Do send a picture. Be sure to include in the photo your growing area. I'm not entirely sure from ...
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| nepenthes | 2/17/2009 |
Q: I have 2 questions. And thanks for your rapid reply earlier. 1. I have a biclarcata that is ...
A: Low light is a very strong possibility for lack of pitcher production. It's also very common for ...
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| temporary greenhouse | 2/16/2009 |
Q: Spring is only a little more than a month away here in the great northeast, but that would be the ...
A: Your coldframe will work. We have our smaller Venus flytraps in a simple unheated coldframe, and ...
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| cephalotus | 2/16/2009 |
Q: Do you have any current photos or any representative of the cephalotus you have for sale? Sorry if ...
A: I just double checked the website, and the photos there are the plants we have for sale. The ...
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| any flaws | 2/16/2009 |
Q: i am a 12 year old boy growing 2 venus flytraps.They are dormant now and have few leaves.But this is ...
A: Sarracenia, If you haven't already, be sure to read the care directions on Venus flytraps on our ...
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| Water Trays | 2/16/2009 |
Q: I am a long time grower of Sarracenia and recently relocated to southern California. I ...
A: Check hydroponic stores in your area. We have some trays about the size you are mentioned, and ...
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| Soil/Lance Leaf Sundew | 2/16/2009 |
Q: I have two questions, 1) What is the difference between repotting a plant and changing the soil? ...
A: 1. Repotting would usually mean using new soil and a new pot. Changing the soil would imply using ...
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| Venus Fly Trap | 2/15/2009 |
Q: I bought a Venus fly trap yesterday. When i go to bed i leave it under light and when i wake up i ...
A: It will help you to have a basic understanding of how Venus flytraps grow, and what their basic ...
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| Flytraps breaking dormancy too Early | 2/15/2009 |
Q: In winter my plants are in a sheltered area of my yard with mulch because here in Northwest TN we ...
A: Leaving them outside is the better option. It's not unusual for Flytraps to begin showing signs of ...
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| Frozen Heliamphora | 2/15/2009 |
Q: I ordered a Heliamphora a while ago from cobraplant.com, and shipping was delayed due to the cold. ...
A: In this case the only thing you can do is just wait and see what happens. Heliamphora die from the ...
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| rot | 2/15/2009 |
Q: I've had my 3 Nepenthes for almost two years. They are all in the same pot. My plants have always ...
A: You didn't mention which species you have. That can be a factor sometimes. I'd like you to send me ...
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| new person to flytraps | 2/14/2009 |
Q: i just got my fly trap plant today in the mail and the people my brother order it did not leave any ...
A: Go to our caresheet pages at http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets/ for information on growing Venus ...
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| dormancy | 2/14/2009 |
Q: i give my Venus flytraps distilled water,i give them peat and perlite soil,i give them 8 hours of ...
A: Those growing conditions sound good. You should have your plant outside during the summer, but if ...
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| Ferns as companion plants | 2/14/2009 |
Q: I have seen photos of ferns grown in container bog gardens with sarracenia and vft. I keep my plants ...
A: Cinnamon ferns are good companion ferns since they are bog ferns anyway. Beyond those we haven't ...
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| cobra plant size and cites | 2/14/2009 |
Q: I am in zone 7 in Walnut Cove, NC. My first question is about the three CITES protected sarracenia ...
A: You'll love this answer. Just buy them bare root and plant them. This time of year is ideal, and ...
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| S. flava | 2/12/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if the Sarracenia species has true roots that take in nutrients or roots that just ...
A: Sarracenia do have true roots, and take in a certain amount of nutrients through their roots. They ...
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| Heliamphora | 2/12/2009 |
Q: A couple of the pitchers on my heliamphora minor are brown at the top. They were like that when I ...
A: Leave the pitcher until the whole thing is brown. You can do rhizome division on Heliamphora. ...
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| Cephalotus and nepenthes in Keywest | 2/12/2009 |
Q: Can I grow Cephalotus all year long and my Intermediat nepenthes in keywest the temperatures ther ...
A: Both of those should grow very well in your climate. The Nepenthes will make beautiful outdoor ...
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| cobra plant size and cites | 2/11/2009 |
Q: I am in zone 7 in Walnut Cove, NC. My first question is about the three CITES protected sarracenia ...
A: It's really hard to say with the Darlingtonia. If they have the drainage, and a drip system, they ...
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| Mold. | 2/11/2009 |
Q: I live in New York City. I keep all of my plants in an unheated garage for the winter. They get some ...
A: You did the right thing. Removing dead areas keeps mold from starting. Sulfur fungicides tend to ...
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| Helianphora | 2/11/2009 |
Q: A couple of the pitchers on my heliamphora minor are brown at the top. They were like that when I ...
A: When pitchers turn brown go ahead and cut them off. My best recommendation is to set up a misting ...
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| Worms, Soil, Roots! | 2/10/2009 |
Q: Recently i purchased 2 Sarracenia from an online carnivorous plant nursery ( not Sarracenia ...
A: Those roots being dark isn't a good sign. Keep an eye on the plants as the weather gets warmer and ...
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| Darlingtonia question | 2/10/2009 |
Q: I am getting ready to repot my Darlingtonia in the spring, and I have a 14" x 10" x 4" deep catbox ...
A: In a pan that size you can easily fit 2-3 medium sized plants. Once they begin to grow they will ...
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| My Judith Hindle Update | 2/6/2009 |
Q: I have had great success with my carnivorous plants, I live near Pittsburgh, PA and have a bog ...
A: Go ahead and put her back in the bog garden. Do also cut the leaves off. That helps cut down water ...
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| Byblis | 2/6/2009 |
Q: As you know I live in NY and have two outside bogs. I was thinking about sowing some Byblis seeds in ...
A: This is unexplored territory for us. I can tell you that Byblis liniflora likes it hot and humid, ...
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| cut n. talangensis vine | 2/5/2009 |
Q: talangensis in my collection that I accidently cut the growing tip off of about 2 months ago. The ...
A: Just make sure it has bright light, and you are doing the normal care. Try and make sure ...
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| Repotting | 2/5/2009 |
Q: We just received a mass of D.Spatulata and and two D.Binata Var. Multifidas from you. We put them ...
A: 1. You don't need to be in any hurry to transplant D. spatulata since the are a small plant anyway. ...
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| long fiber sphag. for cobras and dormancy | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove, NC in zone 7 and plan on having a bog garden soon. I want to include cobras. ...
A: It's a bit of a judgement call. If plants are covered in snow, I would say no they'll be fine. But ...
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| nepenthes | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I have several nepenthes,sanguinea, reinwardtiana and the one with really big pitchers. I bought ...
A: Just go ahead and leave the lights on. For a couple of weeks while you're gone it's not going to be ...
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| Terrarium Setup | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I recently received a 20 gallon (tall) aquarium and was planning on turning it into a mixed ...
A: Appropriate plants for a terrarium that size would be smaller growing Nepenthes (Asian pitcher ...
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| long fiber sphag. for cobras and dormancy | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove, NC in zone 7 and plan on having a bog garden soon. I want to include cobras. ...
A: Live sphagnum on top of the bog is great. If you are just trying to have some erosion control, ...
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| humidity | 2/3/2009 |
Q: i live in newzealand and am growing carnivorous plants in a polycarbon type geenhouse,the house is ...
A: Both Sarracenia and Venus flytraps are full sun plants. They don't like shade. Chances are the ...
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| seeds | 2/3/2009 |
Q: What are your recommendations for germinating Cephalotus seeds? TN zone 6 I believe. I was told the ...
A: Storing seeds, and stratification, which is part of what you're asking about, are two different ...
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| nepenthes | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I have several nepenthes,sanguinea, reinwardtiana and the one with really big pitchers. I bought ...
A: Just get an inexpensive timer to put on the lights. We have several of these on all of our lights. ...
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| Life time | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I have an S. rubra, S. purpurea, D. muscipula, D. filliformis, N. deroose ventrata, and P. ...
A: For the Sarracenia and Nepenthes, their lifespan is indefinite. I have S. rubra ssp. rubra plants ...
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| blackening sundew tips | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I have a cape sundew in my window sill and I'm trying to slowly lower the humidity since that's ...
A: Slowly increasing air flow like you're doing is great. You are going to see a little leaf burn, and ...
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| lowland | 1/28/2009 |
Q: Hey guys hope you are having a good winter, I recently have thought about trying my hand at a ...
A: Oh wow. For some reason I was under the impression you might have been somewhere like south ...
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| Sarracenia Flava | 1/28/2009 |
Q: I have a Sarracenia Flava and they never seem to open up at the top. It just starts growing as a ...
A: Better give you a little background here first, since it will help you understand my answer better. ...
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| Possible scale infestation? | 1/28/2009 |
Q: i was looking through my plants and noticed my one of my orchids appeared to have scale. aside to ...
A: The bumps may be the start of them. Just watch them carefully. When I've had scale on Nepenthes, ...
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| terrarium subjects | 1/28/2009 |
Q: I am looking to buy a terrarium and put several plants in it. I would like to grow cephalotus, ...
A: These are all really good terrarium subjects. I recommend the greenhouse tank style terrarium where ...
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| Cape Sundews Not Growing Well | 1/28/2009 |
Q: I have a few Cape Sundews under 2 - 40 watt florescent tubes. They are 6 inches away fron the ...
A: Purple Pitcher: Sarracenia purpurea tends to be slower growing. Keep in mind that under normal ...
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| venus flytrap soil | 1/27/2009 |
Q: i am planning to transplant my flytrap to a terrarium, home made. i have some forest moss. is ok to ...
A: Never use forest moss. For Venus flytraps a 50/50 mix of peat moss to sand or perlite is best. ...
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| Ornge leaves on Nepenthes Tuncata | 1/27/2009 |
Q: Since I attained it it has grown 2 new leaves and one new pitcher. One of the original leaves is ...
A: From what you're describing it simply sounds like you are having old leaves die off as part of the ...
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| Carnivorous plant growing idea | 1/27/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if it is possible to grow a Sarracenia rubia in a hydroponics system. I thought it ...
A: It works. I've grown several Sarracenia in rockwool in the past experimentally. There just isn't ...
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| lowland | 1/27/2009 |
Q: Hey guys hope you are having a good winter, I recently have thought about trying my hand at a ...
A: Your conditions sound very good. Using some shadecloth or dappled light from trees will be ...
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| Pitcher Plant No Pitchers | 1/26/2009 |
Q: Hey! I have an incredible pitcher plant (not sure what type exactly) that is about to flower. The ...
A: Go ahead and fertilize. Seaweed fertilizers tend to be very good for them. Do it just once a ...
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| Drosera spatulata | 1/26/2009 |
Q: I'll admit, I'm new to Drosera. 3 weeks ago I received a Drosera Spatulata from your nursery. It ...
A: If you want seeds, then go ahead and let them bloom. The flowers tend to self-pollinate and set ...
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| venus flytraps and cobras | 1/25/2009 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove, NC zone 7 and I just had a couple questions. I plan to have a bog which will ...
A: Venus flytraps will grow in Darlingtonia mix. I have a few that I put in amongst ours, and they've ...
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| Pitcher Plant No Pitchers | 1/25/2009 |
Q: Hey! I have an incredible pitcher plant (not sure what type exactly) that is about to flower. The ...
A: First let me say, that you have a beautiful specimen of Nepenthes truncata. Thank-you for sending ...
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| what is the appropriate amount of sun ? | 1/23/2009 |
Q: miranda and my d.capensis.I have a window that recieves about 8 hours of direct sunlight can I grow ...
A: That's a really bright window, which is good. The sundew and the N. x miranda will do great there. ...
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| Is it too late to save this plant? | 1/22/2009 |
Q: I bought a hooded pitcher plant (S. minor) at Whole Foods. It was in a metal container, which ...
A: That helps so much. Brace yourself now. There's nothing seriously wrong with your plant. The ...
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| Little green parasite/bugs on my plant. | 1/22/2009 |
Q: Have a Venus Fly Trap for over 2 years now and have noticed that during the "dormant" phase, ...
A: Those insects sound like aphids. Usually you can tell by any new foliage coming out twisted and ...
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| D. regia, N. rafflesiana, N. Judith Finn | 1/21/2009 |
Q: Me again. Haven't asked anything in a few weeks, thought maybe i was over due, lol, kidding. I live ...
A: I'm not sure if the regia was a Big Easy or not. Some of them have gotten mixed in with the regular ...
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| Cape Sundews Not Growing Well | 1/21/2009 |
Q: I have a few Cape Sundews under 2 - 40 watt florescent tubes. They are 6 inches away fron the ...
A: As I suspected, I would be able to see things that I wouldn't catch from a written description. ...
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| Browning Nepenthes Leaves - HELP! | 1/20/2009 |
Q: I ordered a N. ventricosa and a N. Miranda which both arrived with shiny green leaves. It has been ...
A: If warm, dry air is coming right up where the plants are from the heater, that's not doing them any ...
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| cephs | 1/20/2009 |
Q: I have been reading info from all over the web lately and came across some interesting comments in ...
A: I would expect us to have the typicals back online if a couple of months or sooner. Hummer's Giant ...
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| Dormancy | 1/20/2009 |
Q: I live in California in Santa Clarita and have been experiencing unussualy warm weather this time of ...
A: You're going to love this answer. Don't worry about them. Between nights in the 40's and short ...
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| cephs | 1/19/2009 |
Q: I have been reading info from all over the web lately and came across some interesting comments in ...
A: This is a common debate that goes on all the time with plants selected as cultivars. Keep in mind ...
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| N. Ventricosa | 1/19/2009 |
Q: i live in memphis TN and have a mature N. ventricosa that i have been growing in a makeshift ...
A: This should be fine. Do the transition slowly as to not give the plant a sudden humidity change. ...
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| Sarracenia need dormancy in tropical weather? | 1/19/2009 |
Q: I found this website very useful in information. but one more thing i want to know aabout ...
A: We have friends that live on Hawaii's Big Island that have grown many of the North American ...
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| ventricosa won't pitcher | 1/19/2009 |
Q: My ventricosa, which I got back in early summer, has been sitting in the window sill next to my ...
A: We just did February's podcast. It'll be out soon. Try keeping it just a bit wetter if the soil ...
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| mexican butterwort | 1/19/2009 |
Q: I have a very small Mexican butterwort that I have growing in 50% plain potting soil and 50% ...
A: It looks like you have a couple different things going on here. The first is the soil. It's ...
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| Venus Fly Traps | 1/18/2009 |
Q: To Jeff, You requested pics of my plants. I assume that these specimens are healthy. Do you agree?
A: Your flytraps look great. This is exactly how they should look in the winter. Just clip away the ...
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| Cape Sundews Not Growing Well | 1/18/2009 |
Q: I have a few Cape Sundews under 2 - 40 watt florescent tubes. They are 6 inches away fron the ...
A: I'd like you to do a follow-up here. Send me a photo of your plants and your set-up. If you don't ...
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| Nepenthes Alata | 1/17/2009 |
Q: My nepenthes Alata is not getting any pitchers. It had them when I bought it.I water with distilled ...
A: It's very common for Nepenthes to not produce much in the way of pitchers in the winter. Even with ...
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| Emargency!!! | 1/16/2009 |
Q: sorry about all the questions recently but i have a big problem! i was pulling the dead leaves off ...
A: It will probably recover. Just push it back down in the soil. The leaves you took off may very ...
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| bladderwort | 1/16/2009 |
Q: I just got my U. Bisquamata last Friday 1/9. it put out its first bloom and it was way tinyer than ...
A: We usually have a couple for sale in the summer. Currently they are dormant in their turion form. ...
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| bladderwort | 1/16/2009 |
Q: I just got my U. Bisquamata last Friday 1/9. it put out its first bloom and it was way tinyer than ...
A: U. bisquamata is a very tiny plant, but very prolific. Watch them as more flowers emerge. You may ...
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| darlingtonia survey and sarracenia hardiness | 1/15/2009 |
Q: Some time ago when I asked you guys a question about cobras last year, you said that you would be ...
A: As of yet we haven't conducted the survey of Darlingtonia purchasers from last year. We'll probably ...
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| P. Moctezumae questions | 1/14/2009 |
Q: I have some specific questions regarding P. moctezumae. For a bit of background, I bought some from ...
A: P. moctezumae do have winter rosettes, but they seem to behave much like P. moranensis where they ...
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| pygmy sundew | 1/13/2009 |
Q: I am in Syracuse,NY and I keep my little sundew plant in the same pot you sent. It's in the kitchen ...
A: I'm really confused. Initially you said the plant was in the original pot we shipped it in. In ...
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| anthocyanin UV and sundews | 1/13/2009 |
Q: I have been growing droseras for a few years now and I am very interested in the way CP's get ...
A: Your question is a fascinating one. It's a bit out of our expertise since our focus is more on ...
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| pitcher plants | 1/13/2009 |
Q: I have had several kinds of pitcher plants for over a year. I live in the temperate area close to ...
A: I just now noticed your question in the question pool, and I think I can help you with this. You ...
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| pygmy sundew | 1/12/2009 |
Q: I am in Syracuse,NY and I keep my little sundew plant in the same pot you sent. It's in the kitchen ...
A: Any chance you could send a photo of the plant? Also, I need to know a bit more about how you've ...
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| N. American pitchers | 1/12/2009 |
Q: Last year i upgraded my n american pitcher plants to BIG pots, 10-16 inch pots. I'm wondering, what ...
A: From what I've seen over the years, Cape sundews have no true dormancy. They are capable of ...
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| Cultivating Venus Flytraps | 1/12/2009 |
Q: I have your book and I learned more from it than all others. My flytraps are slowly rotting. I am ...
A: This makes more sense now. Venus flytraps, being perennials, cycle through different kinds of ...
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| darlingtonia sunlight | 1/12/2009 |
Q: I live in zone 7 in Walnut Cove, NC. I have two brief questions for you. As you know I intend to ...
A: Darlingtonia is definitely more shade tolerant than Sarracenia. Partial afternoon shade can be a ...
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| Cultivating Venus Flytraps | 1/11/2009 |
Q: I have your book and I learned more from it than all others. My flytraps are slowly rotting. I am ...
A: We tried hard to make it very user friendly. I need a little clarification on your growing. You ...
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| seeds | 1/11/2009 |
Q: I just purchased Sar. minor, flava, and leucophylla seeds. How do I germinate them and when should I ...
A: Go to our caresheet pages at http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets Go to the bottom of the page and ...
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| ventricosa x inermis and heliamphora | 1/10/2009 |
Q: I just got a rather tall 1 foot ventricosa x inermis and was wondering if I should treat as a ...
A: If your N. ventricosa is doing well in the window the N. ventricosa x inermis should be fine there ...
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| Trumpet pitcher from Hirt's Nursery | 1/10/2009 |
Q: Are you familiar with this hybrid? It's called a "Judith Hindle" Pitcher-Saracenia. On a separate ...
A: We're familiar with Judith Hindle. We have roughly 500 or so of them in the nursery. :) Let's ...
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| mini bog | 1/10/2009 |
Q: Up until now i have grown all my carnivorous plants in individual plastic pots and they have all ...
A: Your containers sound great. Definitely put holes in the bottom for drainage. A big container may ...
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| Nepenthes | 1/10/2009 |
Q: How long does it take for a Nepenthes Rafflesiana and Nepenthes Ventricosa to mature to full size? ...
A: If your daytime temperatures are in the 80's you should see mature plants from small ones in about 2 ...
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| Damaged N.Burkei | 1/9/2009 |
Q: Today i noticed that my N.Burkei's growth point was broken off so now all thats left is the plant ...
A: This will behave just like you cut the stem. New growth will commence from the nearest dormant node ...
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| Nepenthes help | 1/9/2009 |
Q: My Nepenthes x Miranda is growing fine, but some of the pitchers have no fluid. I placed it in a ...
A: Sounds like your plant is just fine. It's not unusual for older pitchers to not have much fluid in ...
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| sandstone in outdoor bog - water quality effects? | 1/9/2009 |
Q: 10' x 3' x 24" deep in full sun just south of Pittsburgh, PA. Soil mix is approx 2/3 peat:1/3 ...
A: From what I've seen, sandstone shouldn't be much of a problem. Limestone would be a different ...
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| N. American pitchers | 1/8/2009 |
Q: Last year i upgraded my n american pitcher plants to BIG pots, 10-16 inch pots. I'm wondering, what ...
A: It depends on the species some. If those plants are S. flava, S. oreophila, S. leucophylla, S. ...
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| Fetilizing Nepenthes | 1/8/2009 |
Q: First of all--your guys are great, your site is great and your products are outstanding. Now my ...
A: Part of the reason you see different opinions is that different methods and different fertilizers ...
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| pitcher plants/dancing ladies | 1/8/2009 |
Q: This past 2008 summer developed slow and so did the plants. Winter seemed to start late, and the ...
A: We've been trimming the plants for decades, and I can say they always look better when they are ...
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| Bog gardens | 1/7/2009 |
Q: I have a bog garden (5 years now) which is doing well. I used a sand and peat mix (30 sand 70 peat) ...
A: The soil media sounds fine. I would lean towards going 50/50 sand to peat just for better aeration. ...
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| larger plants | 1/7/2009 |
Q: i want to expand on my outdoor bog. i have had success now for 3 years w/ venus fly-traps, pitcher ...
A: Later on in the spring we'll have our larger Sarracenia online for purchase. If you are looking for ...
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| Advice for gnats and Spider Mites | 1/7/2009 |
Q: I live in the Bronx of NYC, and I have a N. Sanguinea, N. Truncata, N. Miranda, and N. Ventricosa. ...
A: That spray should be fine. Nepenthes are just as tough as most plants, and tougher than many. It ...
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| pitcher plants/dancing ladies | 1/7/2009 |
Q: This past 2008 summer developed slow and so did the plants. Winter seemed to start late, and the ...
A: Your plants look just like they should this time of year. Not all of them die back completely. ...
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| red dragon enviroment | 1/6/2009 |
Q: i just received a couple red dragon venus flytraps and was wondering if my grow room would be a ...
A: For indoor growing set-ups for Venus flytraps, this much better than most. With this you will have ...
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| spoonleaf sundew | 1/6/2009 |
Q: I've got a 4x15 inch pot that is FULL of dark red, dewy spoonleaf sunnies, (i separated them from ...
A: Tissue culture is an involved cloning process for producing thousands of new plants from seeds or ...
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| Couple questions | 1/6/2009 |
Q: 1. My Nepenthes came and its pitcher is dry inside. I've already put it in a windowsill. Will it ...
A: 1. It probably will. All the fluid gets dumped out during shipping. You can put just a little ...
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| fungicides | 1/6/2009 |
Q: Hey guys, Just a quick question on fungicides. What do you recommend for use, you suggested I treat ...
A: Glad you liked the calendar, and thank-you for the compliment. It's good to be getting back to ...
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| spoonleaf sundew | 1/5/2009 |
Q: I've got a 4x15 inch pot that is FULL of dark red, dewy spoonleaf sunnies, (i separated them from ...
A: What you have going on here is the original way the plants were propagated. The original clump was ...
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| RO units and Venus' Flytrap feeding | 1/5/2009 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove, NC in zone 7. My question is do most RO units have a connection where you can ...
A: This is pretty typical RO unit. It has 1/4" lines. You should be able to find whatever adapters ...
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| nepenthes seedlings?basals? | 1/5/2009 |
Q: i just had a few more questions. Ok, i have a couple of seed starting areas, and one especially for ...
A: When Nepenthes germinate, the first leaves will be cotyledons, tiny regular seed leaves. The next ...
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| RO units and Venus' Flytrap feeding | 1/5/2009 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove, NC in zone 7. My question is do most RO units have a connection where you can ...
A: Usually R.O. units will have just 1/2" or 1/4" rigid plastic tubing coming off them. What you need ...
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| Cobra plant | 1/4/2009 |
Q: I am growing a Cobra plant and it is living inside. It has a florescent bulb which stays on for 11 ...
A: That always helps. Now the bad news. You may want to say a few last words for your Cobra plant. ...
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| ID Please | 1/4/2009 |
Q: Got this plant a few years back, pitchers looked like ventrata. Managed to split into 3 plants but ...
A: I just picked up your question out of the question pool. This sort of lidless appearance of ...
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| heliamphora | 1/4/2009 |
Q: hey, I know that heliamphora are plants difficult to grow that need fresh days and cool nights. I ...
A: Hola! Alonso, Heliamphora should be very easy to grow if you get plenty of rain, and your night ...
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| VFT's / Pitcher (X Scarlet Belle) | 1/4/2009 |
Q: First question is I'm wondering which Safer brand Fungicide to use on my plants. I'm located in ...
A: Use the one that says just fungicide without any insecticide in it. Also look at the ingredients, ...
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| Cephalotus African Violet Pot | 1/2/2009 |
Q: My cephalotus is currently growing in an African Violet (for ease of care and also the best way for ...
A: The soil will absorb water just fine. Part of the advantage of the African violet pot is that it ...
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| Sphagnum moss | 1/2/2009 |
Q: Okay, so I recently purchased a TDS meter. I use distilled and RO water. The meter shows zero when i ...
A: The reading you're getting is dissolved organics such as tannic acid coming from the moss. That's ...
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| is my Utricularia longifolia dead? | 1/1/2009 |
Q: A couple of months ago, I noticed that my pot of U. longifolia was losing a lot of leaves. They ...
A: We've found that U. longifolia isn't very picky about the soil media. It does equally well in ...
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| Nepenthes | 12/31/2008 |
Q: I bought a Nepenthes last summer so I have a question for you. My Nepenthes was bought at Lowe's and ...
A: I was just looking at the question pool and picked up your question. Chances are, just because of ...
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| drosera intermedia | 12/31/2008 |
Q: Do the seeds of the intermedia need stratification in order to grow . I've had some seeds on my ...
A: Yes. They need about 2 months of cold, wet conditions in order to germinate. If you only have a ...
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| Un-potted plants | 12/31/2008 |
Q: Hey there. My two dogs un-potted a few of my plants which consist of a Darlingtonia californica, ...
A: I think you'll find that most of these plants are amazingly resilient from this kind of disturbance, ...
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| Nepenthes Eymae Pot | 12/31/2008 |
Q: When my Nepenthes Eymae gets large enough for a 6 inch pot, should I get the regular of the hanging ...
A: N. eymae would definitely look good in a hanging pot. Whether to put it in a hanging pot or regular ...
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| cephalotus | 12/31/2008 |
Q: At what rate do the old pitchers die and regrow my plant seems to be doing fine. seems to have ...
A: Growth rate is totally a factor of your growing conditions. Even under the best conditions, ...
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| Pitcher plants | 12/30/2008 |
Q: I have two questions. 1) Does a tropical pitcher plant go dormant? 2) What tropical pitcher plant ...
A: I'm assuming that by tropical pitcher plant you mean Nepenthes, Southeast Asian pitcher plants. ...
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| is my Utricularia longifolia dead? | 12/30/2008 |
Q: A couple of months ago, I noticed that my pot of U. longifolia was losing a lot of leaves. They ...
A: If you still have white root material below it should recover. It does sound like, however, that ...
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| Red color in Venus Fly Traps and Cape Sundew | 12/30/2008 |
Q: I have a small collection of carnivorous plants, but there's an issue with my Cape Sundew and Venus ...
A: I just picked up your question from the question pool. This problem seems a little mysterious. ...
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| Sundew refrigerator dormancy? | 12/23/2008 |
Q: I also live in the northwest (Portland, OR). As I'm sure you're well aware, we live in a region that ...
A: The best temperate sundew candidate for what your doing is probably Drosera intermedia. It grows ...
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| Nepenthes Questions | 12/23/2008 |
Q: I have some questions about several individual species of Nepenthes... I am a grower in the Nirth ...
A: Most of the plants you're looking at are not too challening. Here in our nursery we've had some ...
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| Cephalotus follicularis | 12/23/2008 |
Q: me again. Just recently purchased a Cephalotus from you guys (at Sarracenia Northwest) and had a ...
A: Were doing fine, but thanks for asking. We have 14 inches of snow on the ground, no power, can't ...
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| Gemmae question | 12/23/2008 |
Q: Pygmy Scorpido Sundew, Gemmae are apparent at the top of one of my pygmys, when is a good time to ...
A: It's a good idea to fill in the hole. The mother plants will have roots below, so by filling in ...
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| Gemmae question | 12/22/2008 |
Q: Pygmy Scorpido Sundew, Gemmae are apparent at the top of one of my pygmys, when is a good time to ...
A: We try hard to help people be successful. Just take a pencil and gently poke at them. If they fall ...
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| light and winterizing | 12/22/2008 |
Q: i have asked you guys several questions and have always gotten a clear kind answer so thank you! I ...
A: Ahh, this makes a bit more sense now. The reason it was confusing to me is that several ...
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| Cephalotus follicularis | 12/22/2008 |
Q: me again. Just recently purchased a Cephalotus from you guys (at Sarracenia Northwest) and had a ...
A: The wide containers your growing the Cobra plants in would be my first choice. These will provide ...
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| light and winterizing | 12/21/2008 |
Q: i have asked you guys several questions and have always gotten a clear kind answer so thank you! I ...
A: I'm not sure about the light. Do you have a web link to it or a similar unit? Is it fluorescent? ...
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| Just ordered a Nepenthes Eymae from you | 12/21/2008 |
Q: I have just two questions: 1: Does the Nepenthes soil sold on your site (coconut husk and peat ...
A: We've experimented with many soil mixes, and we've found our current mix of coconut husk and dried ...
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| Nepenthes Eymae questions | 12/20/2008 |
Q: 1. Can N. eyemae adapt to windowsill growing (I was actually planning to grow it in a terrarium)? 2. ...
A: Yes, N. eymae adapts well to windowsill growing, so it's not necessary to use a terrarium. Care for ...
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| Long term watering for Heliamphora | 12/20/2008 |
Q: I was wondering how to water my Heliamphora minor x heterodoxa while I am gone for 2 week vacations. ...
A: http://www.comforthouse.com/plantsitter10.html Here's one example I found with one web search. You ...
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| Fly Traps | 12/19/2008 |
Q: I have had nothing but trouble with flytraps this year, and that trouble hasn't gone away yet. it ...
A: I'm not certain if the plants in question are the same ones that you watered with from a carbon ...
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| Fly Traps | 12/19/2008 |
Q: I have had nothing but trouble with flytraps this year, and that trouble hasn't gone away yet. it ...
A: As I recall, you started off using an RO filter and then switched to a carbon filter in summer. Are ...
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| Frozen plants | 12/19/2008 |
Q: I received a few plants recently and they had been frozen in the mail. The Mexican pinguiculas ...
A: The first thing you should do is contact the nursery from whom you received the plants. I know we ...
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| SD wintering of n american pitchers | 12/18/2008 |
Q: The general guidelines of "wintering" sarracenias is weather below 20'F for more than a week, ...
A: What you're doing sounds good. Keeping the plants under mulch or similar covering to cut that ...
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| nepenthes Q's | 12/18/2008 |
Q: Hey, i had another question about my nep cuttings, and one about there potting mix. Ok, i had ...
A: That swelling at the cutting is a very good sign. Roots form from the stem's cambium and shoot out ...
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| look like grass | 12/18/2008 |
Q: I have thing growing out of the soil in my Nepenthes Ventricosa and my Miranda that look like ...
A: Yep, that's grass. Somehow lots of grass seed got into your planting media. Just pull it out. If ...
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| Darlingtonia pot choice | 12/17/2008 |
Q: For pots for Darlingtonia, I know they should be short and wide. Would a drip system that waters ...
A: I usually take about a 1/4" drill and bore 4 holes in the bottom. The water just needs to drain ...
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| Carnivorous Plants Not Doing Well | 12/17/2008 |
Q: Attention Mr. Jacob Farin: Hi. You probably don't remember me, but I was the person who ...
A: There are several factors going on with your plants. However, before addressing them, I'd like to ...
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| plant pulled out of the soil. | 12/16/2008 |
Q: I ordered a cephalotus from you and it arrived today. While I was unpacking the plant I was trying ...
A: As long as it hasn't dried out, or the roots pulled off, it should be fine. Give it a little extra ...
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| D. filiformis | 12/16/2008 |
Q: I just received a D. filiformis var. tracyi from www.hirts.com. I think it was raised in a green ...
A: Drosera filiformis ssp. trayci is a temperate plant. You may even have this species wild in ...
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| Nepenthes cuttings | 12/15/2008 |
Q: I've been growing carnivorous plants for a few years now, but this is the first time I've tried ...
A: Just leave them alone for now. If the plant is growing new leaves, roots usually are getting ready ...
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| Darlingtonia pot choice | 12/15/2008 |
Q: For pots for Darlingtonia, I know they should be short and wide. Would a drip system that waters ...
A: The drip system works very well. Here's the key. Poke holes in the bottom of the litter pans. ...
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| Fungus | 12/14/2008 |
Q: I received a red leaf dewthread from you guys a few weeks back and it was growing very well and ...
A: It will probably recover. Another thing that could be happening is the plant is going dormant. Red ...
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| Long term watering for Heliamphora | 12/14/2008 |
Q: I was wondering how to water my Heliamphora minor x heterodoxa while I am gone for 2 week vacations. ...
A: You'll probably need to rig up a mister on a timer or a dripper. Lots of different models of these ...
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| Ampullaria not looking good... | 12/10/2008 |
Q: well my N. Ampullaria is not looking ok and I don't know what to do, maybe I'm just freaking out and ...
A: We've found that some Nepenthes just tend to get this, and some don't. Nepenthes rafflesiana always ...
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| Mexican Ping dish garden | 12/10/2008 |
Q: I bought a 3 inch deep dish gaqrden bowl to plant some Mexican pings in it. It does not have any ...
A: Since the bowl has no drainage, be sure to used distilled water or rainwater. That way minerals ...
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| over wintering venus fly traps | 12/9/2008 |
Q: I have a Venus fly trap I purchased from a department store in one of those plastic terrariums. I ...
A: With Venus flytraps if you catch them just as their beginning to wilt and water them they will ...
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| Re: Questions about Nepenthes Alata | 12/9/2008 |
Q: I stumbled across this website and found it very informative and useful. I recently acquired my ...
A: Overall Nepenthes hybrids such as your plant (I suspect this is actually Nepenthes x ventrata, an ...
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| Ampullaria not looking good... | 12/9/2008 |
Q: well my N. Ampullaria is not looking ok and I don't know what to do, maybe I'm just freaking out and ...
A: Absolutely. Because both the N. bicalcurata and ampullaria are having problems, it's certainly the ...
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| what plant is best | 12/8/2008 |
Q: We live in Pittsburgh Pa. My 8 year old daughter wants a venus fly trap. Is this good choice? What ...
A: Ahh, this is always the first desire of a young new carnivorous plant grower, but not a great first ...
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| Heliamphora | 12/8/2008 |
Q: I have a Heliamphora (unknown species) growing in an unheated terrarium at a consistently 65 degree ...
A: Even though you may see us warning against fertilizing, this is an exception. Regular, weak foliar ...
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| Drosera Scorpioides and Sarracenia | 12/8/2008 |
Q: I have a couple of inquiries regarding some of my carnivorous plants. I have a Drosera Scorpioides ...
A: This time of year you would need to supplement the plant with artificial light to help it out. We ...
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| Using Diluted Spray-on Fertilizer on Plants 0-12 mos. | 12/7/2008 |
Q: I've always bought my carnivorous plants live, but I received a kit, as a gift, in which you grow ...
A: This is actually valid, but go easy! If one has to choose to fertilize or not fertilize, to not is ...
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| Nepenthes cuttings | 12/7/2008 |
Q: i recieved a few cuttings a while ago through some forum trades and was wondering how to tell if the ...
A: Nepenthes cuttings are always a bit hit and miss. Some plants root much easier than others, plus ...
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| Dewless Aliciae | 12/6/2008 |
Q: Perhaps a month ago, I bought a Drosera Aliciae from Sarracenia Northwest. It's still in the pot ...
A: As Jeff mentioned, lack of lighting is usually the number one culprit for a dewless sundew. Given ...
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| N. alata | 12/6/2008 |
Q: I have a N. alata that I got from a nursery last saturday. I repoted it into a pot twice as big as ...
A: Your plant is actually an alata hybrid, Nepenthes alata x (alata x ventricosa). It's often ...
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| bugs | 12/6/2008 |
Q: My Nepenthes are doing pretty good but have developed these spots. Can you please tell me what they ...
A: These look like some species of thrip. Use a systemic insect killer such as Ortho systemic insect ...
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| Dewless Aliciae | 12/5/2008 |
Q: Perhaps a month ago, I bought a Drosera Aliciae from Sarracenia Northwest. It's still in the pot ...
A: Go ahead and remove the plastic bag and give the pot an actual tray. Could be that it isn't wet ...
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| repotting | 12/5/2008 |
Q: I've heard so much about repotting,and have done so many times.One year I was not able to do so.At ...
A: The issue of repotting depends a lot on several factors: 1) species 2) soil composition 3) pot size ...
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| nep maxima cutting | 12/4/2008 |
Q: This summer i made a cutting of my nep maxima plant. i made one rather large one, instead of a few ...
A: Since the cutting is growing, it sounds healthy. I wouldn't cut it off. Once you transplant it, it ...
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| sarracenia purpurea burki | 12/4/2008 |
Q: I'm looking for a sarracenia purpurea s.venosa var.burki to purchase. From what I've been reading ...
A: This is very real subspecies. The confusion has come about because botanists have be wrangling over ...
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| Overwintering of P. Primuflora and Flytraps | 12/3/2008 |
Q: I have a small flytrap and a P. Primuflora that I've rescued from Lowes. I bought both plants around ...
A: The conditions you're describing sound perfect. It's good to spray them with a sulfur based ...
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| adult pitchers | 12/3/2008 |
Q: in reading about nepenthes i see the term adult pitchers and am not sure what this means. do the ...
A: What an adult pitcher means is one that has finished growing. What that looks like is the lid is ...
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| Questions about the Cape Sundew | 12/2/2008 |
Q: I have a few questions to ask you about the Cape Sundew. I got my Cape Sundew in ...
A: You have quite a bit going on in this question, so I'll speak generally about Cape Sundew care, ...
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| nep maxima cutting | 12/1/2008 |
Q: This summer i made a cutting of my nep maxima plant. i made one rather large one, instead of a few ...
A: Opening the plant up to normal humidity like you're doing is just the right thing. After your plant ...
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| nep maxima cutting | 12/1/2008 |
Q: This summer i made a cutting of my nep maxima plant. i made one rather large one, instead of a few ...
A: Darren, This will be the time to transfer it. If you have it in high humidity, you'll need to ...
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| Identification | 12/1/2008 |
Q: Ok well my seeds started to germinate but then the dome flipped over and I had to put the soil back ...
A: Unfortunately, all of our photos are very general concerning seedlings. I find that I can't tell ...
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| Sarracenia | 11/25/2008 |
Q: How do you tell the difference between S. rubra and alabamensis? How do you tell the difference ...
A: It's really hard in just descriptions to show you the difference between these subspecies, ...
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| Nepenthes ventrata lack of pitchers | 11/24/2008 |
Q: I have a very healthy Nepenthes with leaves up to 8 inches long and growing by leaps and bounds (see ...
A: Ahh yes. I used to have a couple ventrata's (Nepenthes deRoose's alata) in my previous house that ...
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| What type of soil should they be in | 11/24/2008 |
Q: I bought 2 types of sundew cape and spoonleaf sundews from Hirt's graden and they have potting soil ...
A: Transplant them to a mix of 1/2 peat moss to 1/2 perlite. Never use any type of regular potting ...
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| Which plant would be best? | 11/24/2008 |
Q: Good morning. I live in Ontario California in a housing development that was built on dairy land. ...
A: We have a service on our website to help you with the selection. Go to http://www.cobraplant.com ...
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| Winterizing young plants | 11/24/2008 |
Q: I have a follow up question, referring to an e-mail reply from Jacob. I have many young flytraps ...
A: Go for the cold basement window. In this environment they will be cold enough to go fully dormant, ...
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| My Sanguinea Nepenthes | 11/23/2008 |
Q: I have recently discovered a passion for carniverous plants and due to your great website I have ...
A: Tell me more about how you are watering. This appearance looks like the plant has been sitting in ...
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| D. filiformis | 11/23/2008 |
Q: I have just received an order for you guys and one of the plants was D. filiformis. I know it ...
A: The Drosera filiformis you have is the sub-tropical red form that comes from central Florida. All ...
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| D. Nitdula x Ericksoniae | 11/22/2008 |
Q: I am from San Diego Ca. I Just had a few questions regarding my Pygmy Sundews. First is I noticed on ...
A: I don't think their are any digestive glands on the flower stalks. It is probably just defensive. ...
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| there an't no dew on my cape and spoonleaf sundew | 11/22/2008 |
Q: I just bought 2 cape sundews and 2 spoonleaf sundew and there ain't no dew on it. i don't know why ...
A: It helps immensely. First stop I'd like you to make is at our carepages at ...
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| identification ( nepenthes) | 11/22/2008 |
Q: I recently purchased a nepenthes from a local nursery. It looked a little wimpy but after only a ...
A: It's a little hard to tell since the plant has no color, but it looks like Nepenthes ventricosa. As ...
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| Nepenthes and snails | 11/21/2008 |
Q: 1) Nepenthes maximus 2) Partial Shade, partial Sun 3) Puerto Rico 4) Not available. I already know ...
A: You can't really put slug or snail bait down in the soil, so you'll need to transplant to see if you ...
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| Cephalotus | 11/21/2008 |
Q: I have been growing a Cephalotus for about a year and smaller plants grew from its roots. I was ...
A: If the plants are well developed, and look like they will separate easily, then you could separate ...
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| Overwintering, | 11/20/2008 |
Q: I have a question for you guys. I currently have four sarracenia, one venus flytrap, and one hardy ...
A: Depending on how cold it gets, the garage is a good option. Be sure to clip off any dead leaves, ...
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| Cephalotus Follicularis growth rate | 11/20/2008 |
Q: How much time does it uusually take for a pitcher to form on this plant (not during dormancy)? I ...
A: Under good summer growing conditions (warm days, cool nights) a new pitcher will develop in about 3 ...
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| Sarracenia | 11/19/2008 |
Q: Could you tell me what type of subspecies of S. rubra you think this is? Go to. ...
A: If the plant in the picture is actually what is sold, it is S. rubra ssp. rubra. However, just ...
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| winterizing carnivorous houseplants | 11/18/2008 |
Q: I'm a novice at growing carnivorous plants (or any plants, really), so I started this spring with a ...
A: Fortunately, both of your plants are true tropical plants. The decrease in vigor is due to short ...
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| Sickly Sundews | 11/17/2008 |
Q: Per our conversation at the market today Jeff here is a picture of the sundews. We don't know if we ...
A: It's starting to look like it might be a combination of both things. It's very common for small ...
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| Nepenthes - Asian Pitcher Plants/flowers | 11/17/2008 |
Q: My Nepenthes - Asian Pitcher Plant is amazingly huge, but the little tips on the ends of the leaves ...
A: When Nepenthes get older they often bloom. This doesn't mean they are dieing. Flower spikes ...
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| Cephalotus Growth | 11/17/2008 |
Q: I'm growing my plant in perlite/sand/peat mix in an African Violet Pot. It is growing on a south ...
A: Since your plant is just receiving just natural light, it probably is going dormant. Southwest ...
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| My sarracenia during winter | 11/17/2008 |
Q: I live in Chicago,Ill and it is really cold right now. I have a pitcher plant that has all the right ...
A: If you have just one plant, bring it indoors, but place it in a cold North window. In other words, ...
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| Hibernating sarracenia | 11/16/2008 |
Q: I've had a sarracenia for 2 years now. I live in Yucatan so have to put her in the fridge in winter. ...
A: You can go ahead and cut the stems. They will respond just fine. Here when they have a normal ...
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| Sickly Sundews | 11/16/2008 |
Q: Per our conversation at the market today Jeff here is a picture of the sundews. We don't know if we ...
A: I strongly suspect something is wrong with the soil. This looks very much like what happens when ...
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| dormancy | 11/14/2008 |
Q: this year i was going to try a different method for dormancy, instead of mulching i was going to ...
A: This is an excellent method for overwintering your plants. Keep the temperatures between 32°F and ...
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| overwintering flytraps | 11/13/2008 |
Q: I have a bog garden which I have flytraps and pitcher plants. I live outside of Roanoke, VA up a ...
A: The rule of thumb we use is if the temperature is not going to rise above freezing during the day. ...
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| Dormancy and Mulching | 11/13/2008 |
Q: I am planning on putting my temperate plants (zone 5 to zone 8) to bed for the winter and I have a ...
A: The leaves should be no problem at all. We get lots of leaves in our pools during the fall and ...
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| does flyspray kill carnivorous plants? | 11/12/2008 |
Q: i was just wondering, if i spray flyspray around my house will it kill my carnivorous plants? (VTF, ...
A: Most insecticides won't harm carnivorous plants. However, general spray insecticides for your home ...
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| sarracenia winter haircuts | 11/11/2008 |
Q: well, its that time of year here in SD, cold, snow, and winter weather. night time temps dipping ...
A: The only other plants that need some of their leaves left on are S. psittacina, and psittacina ...
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| Nepenthes Caesar - no new pitchers | 11/11/2008 |
Q: Hanging in SE facing garden window along with several orchids. Fairfax, VA. Water every other day. ...
A: I sat looking at your picture for quite some time. A couple things are puzzling. Your window looks ...
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| Venus Flytrap dormancy | 11/10/2008 |
Q: I have a few venus flytraps that I have been keeping in a terrarium that is 3-4 inches full of ...
A: It's going to be too late to try anything outside in your climate. This may be something to try ...
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| Nepenthes | 11/10/2008 |
Q: i have a few nepenthes, (truncata, myranda, sanguinea, and ventricosa) all sitting in the window ...
A: Yes, if you only have a north window, supplement the ambient light with fluorescent lights. Always ...
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| winterization | 11/9/2008 |
Q: I have a small collection of pitcher plants and flytraps that I've kept outside in bowls all ...
A: It's possible to over winter your plants outdoors as long as you're willing to mulch your pot very ...
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| Wintering Carnivorous Plants | 11/8/2008 |
Q: I had my plants in a screened in porch (south sun) all summer and fall until a few days ago. I ...
A: Yes, mold is a big issue when growing carnivorous plants indoors. This of course depends on the age ...
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| my plants | 11/8/2008 |
Q: My venus flytrap sent up a flower stalk 2 months ago and I cut it off. Do I need to let it go ...
A: Based on your description, I'm going to assume that you're growing your flytrap and Sarracenia ...
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| Nepenthes | 11/8/2008 |
Q: i have a few nepenthes, (truncata, myranda, sanguinea, and ventricosa) all sitting in the window ...
A: There are numerous reasons why developing pitchers turn brown. The most common problem is lack of ...
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| Light timer | 11/7/2008 |
Q: A couple years ago I bought several Nepenthes plants from you guys and, I am very happy with them. ...
A: Nepenthes are equatorial plants, so they don't need a drastic change in light hours as temperate ...
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| how hard is it to grow hamata? | 11/7/2008 |
Q: I've been eyeing the n. hamata for a few months, such an awesome looking plant! Is it possible to ...
A: A mature plant will adapt more readily to your conditions. There is a grower in the New England ...
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| winterization | 11/7/2008 |
Q: i have alot of garden plants in pots, how do i winterize them in my garage and when do i put them in ...
A: You can store your plants after you've experienced a series of overnight frost and your daytime ...
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| neem oil | 11/7/2008 |
Q: Do you know what kind of surfactant i could add to neem oil to make it dissolve into water? I want ...
A: The only thing I can tell you is to follow the directions provided by the manufacturer. I'm not ...
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| flytrap | 11/6/2008 |
Q: get your e-mails didn't know if I read right. I'm in zone 8 in Dec. do I need to put mulch in pot? ...
A: Yes, if want to mulch your plants, you place the mulch on top and on the sides of the pot. ...
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| how to mulch my pitcher plants | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I don't want to appear dumb, but just how do I mulch my pitcher plants? What do I use to mulch them ...
A: You're in zone 8, which is the same zone as we are. You don't need to provide any winter protection ...
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| Indoor judith hindle | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I just realized a friend has a Judith Hindle she bought at some store. She didn't know it was ...
A: I've seen those plants in the stores, and unfortunately many of them looked very week and unhealthy. ...
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| neem oil | 11/6/2008 |
Q: Do you know what kind of surfactant i could add to neem oil to make it dissolve into water? I want ...
A: You don't need to add a surfactant to Neem oil. All prepared solutions of this compound are ...
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| Dionea Help | 11/5/2008 |
Q: i buyed a dionea muscipula from a local shop where was o very bad conditions ,i give her very much ...
A: You will need to adjust your soil mix for your flytrap. The ideal mix is 1 part peat moss and 1 ...
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| plants to grow in northern Rhode Island | 11/4/2008 |
Q: I am looking to expand my outdoor carnivorous garden, which currently contains Sarracenia purpurea, ...
A: Maybe the more accurate thing to say is that you can grow nearly all North American carnivorous ...
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| Please help identify my pitcher plant | 11/4/2008 |
Q: hope you can help me. The two plants in the picture came from the same packet of seeds I bought. The ...
A: Both plants are very young, so I can't properly identify them just yet. I agree that the plant on ...
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| Dionea Help | 11/3/2008 |
Q: i buyed a dionea muscipula from a local shop where was o very bad conditions ,i give her very much ...
A: It sounds like this is your very first flytrap. Unfortunately, purchasing a plant in poor health is ...
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| plants to grow in northern Rhode Island | 11/3/2008 |
Q: I am looking to expand my outdoor carnivorous garden, which currently contains Sarracenia purpurea, ...
A: Congratulations on your growing success! Overwintering carnivorous plants is a challenge for many ...
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| P. medusina | 11/3/2008 |
Q: I just ordered a P. medusina from you and I noticed that it looks remarkably like a P. gypsicola. I ...
A: P. medusina is a distinct species that's unrelated to P. gypsicola. P. medusina is native to Oxaca, ...
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| Plants for south room with no heat or ac | 11/3/2008 |
Q: I live in Portland, OR. I have a room with bright southern and eastern light that has no direct ...
A: Be very careful about taking the cool nights concept too far. While mountainous plants will ...
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| nepenthes | 11/3/2008 |
Q: I live in Billings Montana and i am having a hard time growing nepenthes inside.I have a greenhouse ...
A: Are the lights 75 watts in actual output or equivalent output. If you're using compact fluorescent ...
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| darlingtonia and ping. | 11/2/2008 |
Q: I just picked up a Darlingtonia and a Pinguicula from the local "Home Improvement Warehouse". Is ...
A: You can read up on the differences on our care sheet: http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets In ...
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| terrarium lighting | 11/2/2008 |
Q: I am looking to build a 4 foot terrarium that is about 20 inches tall. I am thinking of lighting it ...
A: I haven't used T8 or T5 tubes, so I can't really can't comment on whether or not your plants will ...
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| nepenthes | 11/2/2008 |
Q: I live in Billings Montana and i am having a hard time growing nepenthes inside.I have a greenhouse ...
A: Based on your description, I can come up with two possibilities: 1) low lighting and 2) excessively ...
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| Drosera Intermedia | 11/1/2008 |
Q: I bought and sprouted a few Droseras which I was told were spatulata. I now know for sure that these ...
A: With any of the temperate sundews, I recommend overwintering them outdoors. We used to overwinter ...
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| Vermiculite | 11/1/2008 |
Q: In your "Secrets 1.2" book, you recommend vermiculite in your Premium Mix for Asian Pitcher Plants. ...
A: Asian pitcher plants will tolerate a wide range of soil conditions, from acidic to basic. We've ...
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| darlingtonia and ping. | 11/1/2008 |
Q: I just picked up a Darlingtonia and a Pinguicula from the local "Home Improvement Warehouse". Is ...
A: It's a bit difficult to tell the difference between the mountain variety and the coastal variety, ...
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| disapointed | 11/1/2008 |
Q: I've had and interest in carnivorous plants for a long time and have really enjoyed growing them. I ...
A: I'm a bit confused because I didn't mention about growing this species outdoors. Drosera regia is a ...
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| n. ventricosa and ampullaria | 11/1/2008 |
Q: I have two n. ventricosa and one n. ampullaria that I have been grow in my garage under fluorescents ...
A: Whenever pitchers turn black, I always check the lighting. So your might not be adequate for N. ...
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| winter in Augusta GA | 10/31/2008 |
Q: Last year (2007) I purchased one Venus flytrap, one white top pitcher, two of the Daina delights, ...
A: The weather pattern you've described is a problem for a lot of gardeners and farmers. Warm days and ...
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| Rhizome Rot? | 10/31/2008 |
Q: I have two venus fly traps that have died down to no traps. I took them out of their pots ...
A: However, there are a few details missing, such as the method in which you were using to grow your ...
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| Wintering Carnivorous Plants | 10/31/2008 |
Q: I had my plants in a screened in porch (south sun) all summer and fall until a few days ago. I ...
A: Yes, definitely use the shop lights from the hardware store. Use a couple 40-watt tubes, and keep ...
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| Sunlight and Carnivorous PLants | 10/31/2008 |
Q: I have a butterwort and a cape sundew. I am not sure what type of butterwort it is. It came in a ...
A: It could be from the lower light levels. The Cape sundew likes it fairly bright, yet cool. But ...
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| disapointed | 10/31/2008 |
Q: I've had and interest in carnivorous plants for a long time and have really enjoyed growing them. I ...
A: I'm sorry to disappoint you! The king sundew (Droser regia) is a mountainous plant from South ...
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| dormancy: flytraps | 10/30/2008 |
Q: My Venus flytraps have just opened their flowers and I am wondering if show start inducing dormancy. ...
A: You might like what I have to say, but we're actually staunch advocates of growing flytraps outdoors ...
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| Michigan Venus Flytraps | 10/30/2008 |
Q: Last winter 2007-08 my husband bought me a couple of venus flytraps from a local hardware store ...
A: We actually have customers in your area and in similar USDA zone climates who have successfully ...
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| Nep reproduction | 10/30/2008 |
Q: I have N. x efflugent koto. over 3' tall. I'd like to propagate it. May I whack it off, dip in ...
A: The process of stem cuttings is fairly straight forward. I'll give you a quick outline. Keep in ...
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| Lighting for N. Sanguina | 10/30/2008 |
Q: You guys just answered my question about keeping the Orange pitcher plant inside, and it was ...
A: The best type of lighting is natural sunlight. Nepenthes sanguinea will grow well in a very sunny ...
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| Purchasing a Fly Trap | 10/29/2008 |
Q: Our daughter is searching for a Venus Fly Trap and local nurseries don't seem to carry them. We have ...
A: I commend you for researching for appropriate nurseries before purchasing your plants. While there ...
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| N. Sanguinea | 10/29/2008 |
Q: I decided to purchase one of these N. Sanguinea (Orange Pitcher) for the sole reason of my boredom. ...
A: Your set up is fine as long as you follow our recommendations for lighting. Lighting seems to be ...
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| carnivorous plant frost | 10/29/2008 |
Q: Do sarracenia rubra and purpurea need frost or frost protection. What are the winter requirements ...
A: Sarracenia and flytraps are native to North America, so they can certainly tolerate frost. However, ...
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| hi | 10/28/2008 |
Q: its almost halloween and i have alot of sarracenia and i normally grow them outside but it`s really ...
A: Sarracenia are native to North America, so they're temperate plants. These types of plants need to ...
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| Replanting | 10/28/2008 |
Q: I received a pot of fly traps from a lady my husband knows, He actually went to fix her air and heat ...
A: This information is very useful. You can grow all flytraps in the same pot. However, since your ...
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| Summer dormant D. Muscipula | 10/28/2008 |
Q: In August I received a D. Muscipula from California Carnivores and there was a note in the package ...
A: You may need to contact California Carnivores directly regarding your flytrap. August is peak ...
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| Replanting | 10/27/2008 |
Q: I received a pot of fly traps from a lady my husband knows, He actually went to fix her air and heat ...
A: You bring up several issues here, and I'm not sure if actually addressing them would be ...
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| Sundews | 10/27/2008 |
Q: I have taken a few photos of sundews at Silvermine, Cape Town RSA. I would like to know the ...
A: I'm not familiar with the details of this species, so I can't offer a specific identification. The ...
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| green moss | 10/27/2008 |
Q: there is a green moss growing on my carnivorous plant`s soil and is spreading fast.is this bade ...
A: It could likely be club moss, which commonly occurs on carnivorous plant soil. You didn't mention ...
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| 2 questions | 10/25/2008 |
Q: I have recently acquired a water testing kit to test my tap water. It tests for pH, total ...
A: The main thing to look at is total hardness. That's the only one that matters for now. It should ...
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| nepenthes ventricosa | 10/25/2008 |
Q: I have a Nepenthes ventricosa that I want to grow in a large terrrarium. I've heard that they can ...
A: N. ventricosa is a good terrarium candidate since it doesn't get super large. You can grow them ...
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| drosophyllum seeds | 10/25/2008 |
Q: i am sowing drosophyllum seeds in little peat pots filled with mostly sand/pumice/vermiculite and i ...
A: Don't leave the pots sitting in water for a couple of reasons. First is that your peat pots will ...
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| Sunlight and Carnivorous PLants | 10/24/2008 |
Q: I have a butterwort and a cape sundew. I am not sure what type of butterwort it is. It came ...
A: You can peruse our Mexican butterwort care sheet to make sure your butterwort is indeed a Mexican ...
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| Wintering Carnivorous Plants | 10/24/2008 |
Q: I had my plants in a screened in porch (south sun) all summer and fall until a few days ago. I ...
A: I commend you in taking this venture seriously. Many first-time growers have made the same mistakes ...
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| Nepenthes fertilization | 10/24/2008 |
Q: I have been growing the seedling villosa on the right for about 1 year indoors under lights and have ...
A: This might seem a bit blunt, but is your sphagnum moss dead yet? After a year of following your ...
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| Venus Fly Traps | 10/24/2008 |
Q: I had a previous question on my venus fly trap and answer I received was > very helpful. My venus ...
A: As long as your sundew is a North American sundew, all plants in your collection will require winter ...
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| Carnivorous Plant Roots | 10/23/2008 |
Q: Yesterday, I replanted my purple pitcher plant and venus into bigger pots. The pitcher plant in ...
A: Healthy roots should be white and supple. Unhealthy roots will be brown and brittle. If the roots ...
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| to mulch or not to mulch | 10/23/2008 |
Q: Even though daytime temps are still reaching into the low sixties (with exceptions), frost has come ...
A: Mulch your plants when you've experienced a series of over night frost and the day temperatures are ...
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| nepenthes | 10/23/2008 |
Q: This is just an update about my Nep. Miranda that fell off the shelf around the first of the month. ...
A: Yes, Nepenthes are very resilient and bounce back quickly from this sort of set back. As for ...
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| N. Gentle | 10/23/2008 |
Q: Bought this plant without a name. Was told it is Gentle. Upper pitchers all have dimples. Please ...
A: Unfortunately, I don't have access to your previous photograph. Once you upload a new photograph, ...
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| N. Gentle | 10/22/2008 |
Q: Bought this plant without a name. Was told it is Gentle. Upper pitchers all have dimples. Please ...
A: The plant you have is actually Miranda and not Gentle. Gentle (also known as Velvet or Velvet ...
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| Nepenthes Rajah Conditions | 10/22/2008 |
Q: I'm planning to eventually get a Rajah. I am using a 5 gallon terrarium with two 23 watt compact ...
A: Use an African violet pot. It has a large water reservoir and releases only enough water to keep ...
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| Venus Fly Traps | 10/22/2008 |
Q: I have one question on venus fly traps. I was wondering if your could use fertilizers like miracle ...
A: No, don't use any fertilizer with your flytraps. Keep in mind that carnivorous plants get their ...
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| dividing my temparate plants | 10/22/2008 |
Q: Since dormancy is coming fast and i am about to divide many of my sarracenia and dionaea, i was ...
A: Hold off on dividing your plants. This is the wrong time of the year to do so. You should do your ...
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| cold hardiness | 10/21/2008 |
Q: I'm wondering before buying: if ANY of your carnivorous plants offered would be hardy in zone 4a ...
A: Almost any of the North American plants will over winter in zone 4 provided that they are properly ...
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| setting up a lg bog | 10/21/2008 |
Q: i have a large underground pond that i would like to turn into a bog so i could plant north American ...
A: As long as your bog receives full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight) during the summer months, ...
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| S. rubra flowering wrong season | 10/21/2008 |
Q: Greetings Sarracenia Northwest, I have been raising the S. rubra you sent me as a gift plant over a ...
A: What you're witnessing is something common to windowsill growing. On a south window, plants will ...
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| Sundews | 10/20/2008 |
Q: I have taken a few photos of sundews at Silvermine, Cape Town RSA. I would like to know the ...
A: To clarify your question, are you wanting identification for your photos? Also, are you wanting to ...
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| the tips of my sarracenia puperea(I know this is spelt wrong) traps are turning brown | 10/20/2008 |
Q: The tips of my sarracenia puperea traps are turning brown. Also my plant is in full sun so what is ...
A: In this case, it would have been helpful to know if you're growing your plant indoors or outdoors, ...
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| Small nepenthes for apartment. | 10/19/2008 |
Q: I have a bright southern window in a bathroom that I'd like to hang a small Nepentes in. Small ...
A: Since you live in Oregon, I'd advice against growing plants in an east window, especially during the ...
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| Wintering Carnivorous Plants, Diseases, and Info on Doodle Bug | 10/19/2008 |
Q: I have several questions to ask you. I thought it would be best to type them all in here, rather ...
A: You may not want to hear this, but this is a situation in which you may be over babying your plants. ...
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| Re Potting | 10/19/2008 |
Q: I have grown carnivorous plants, pitcher, Venus fly trap and sundew for the past three years and ...
A: We generally recommend to repot your plants in early spring. However, you can do so at anytime of ...
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| Overwintering and fungicides | 10/18/2008 |
Q: I have two questions. First, after much searching i have finally found a supply of pine needles for ...
A: Given your location, use about 6-10 inches of mulch. That layer needs to be from the soil line and ...
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| Small nepenthes for apartment. | 10/18/2008 |
Q: I have a bright southern window in a bathroom that I'd like to hang a small Nepentes in. Small ...
A: Keep in mind that Nepenthes are technically vines. So most will grow into large plants. Even a ...
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| Wintering Carnivorous Plants, Diseases, and Info on Doodle Bug | 10/18/2008 |
Q: I have several questions to ask you. I thought it would be best to type them all in here, rather ...
A: I still recommend putting the plants outside of the porch area. Again the general rule of thumb is ...
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| Wintering Carnivorous Plants, Diseases, and Info on Doodle Bug | 10/15/2008 |
Q: I have several questions to ask you. I thought it would be best to type them all in here, rather ...
A: 1) All North American carnivorous plants can tolerate temperatures as low as 20°F if growing them in ...
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| Sprouting seeds | 10/15/2008 |
Q: I have received some seeds from a Hirt's Garden and I was wondering how to sprout each different ...
A: It's a bit difficult to say why there was a sudden drop in leaves. It could be coincidental with ...
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| sundew not doing so well | 10/15/2008 |
Q: I got this stag horn sundew on friday. There was some brown coloration on the tips when it arrived, ...
A: While it may be distressing to see a plant do this, keep in mind that it may also be going dormant ...
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| nepenthes soil.... | 10/15/2008 |
Q: I have been growing nepenthes for about a year now. My question here is regarding the soil mixture ...
A: I want to commend you for thinking this through. As you've noticed, your watering schedule depends ...
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| Nepnthes & Sarracenia - repoting | 10/14/2008 |
Q: Recently received a Nepenthes (alata x ventrata) in 4" pot. Am a little confused as to when I should ...
A: You can repot your Nepenthes any time of the year and at any stage of growth. In general, repot the ...
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| Sprouting seeds | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I have received some seeds from a Hirt's Garden and I was wondering how to sprout each different ...
A: First, I'm going to refer you to our care sheet section on our main website. You'll find our ...
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| sundew not doing so well | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I got this stag horn sundew on friday. There was some brown coloration on the tips when it arrived, ...
A: It could either be a transition issue or a dormancy issue. While this plant doesn't require winter ...
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| spots on miranda leaf | 10/13/2008 |
Q: I'm a little concerned about these spots on one of my miranda's leaves. ...
A: Humidifiers are OK, but they generally don't increase the humidity to any significant degree unless ...
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| Fly Traps and Pitchers | 10/13/2008 |
Q: Jacob, i guess i had responded too many times. anyway, here are the answers to your questions: 1. ...
A: Marc! Now I have a clear picture of what's going on. Your flytraps are actually declining not ...
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| Fly Traps and Pitchers | 10/13/2008 |
Q: i noticed that my flytraps are loosing there leaves now that temperatures are cooling down. my ...
A: Forgive me, but I'm a bit confused as to the specifics of your original question. Are you seeing a ...
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| RE: Heliamphoras | 10/13/2008 |
Q: Question I was wondering if i could grow a Heliamphora (or cephalotus) on my window sill. I get ...
A: If you're new to growing carnivorous plants, I wouldn't recommend this plant at all. It doesn't ...
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| Fly Traps and Pitchers | 10/12/2008 |
Q: i noticed that my flytraps are loosing there leaves now that temperatures are cooling down. my ...
A: Provided that you've been growing your in the recommended sunlight, soil and water, yes it's normal ...
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| Light | 10/12/2008 |
Q: I use a compact fluorescent light(20 watts=100 watts incandescent)lumen 1000 warm light spiral form ...
A: If you have only one compact fluorescent bulb, you'll need to get another, possibly a total of ...
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| spots on miranda leaf | 10/11/2008 |
Q: I'm a little concerned about these spots on one of my miranda's leaves. ...
A: That's very normal. When we received our current batch of plants, we could tell that the plants ...
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| Nepenthes Question | 10/11/2008 |
Q: About a month ago I noticed that some of my Nepenthes were producing so much sticky stuff that it ...
A: That sticky stuff is nectar secretion, and it's very normal. Some species, such as Nepenthes ...
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| SARRACENIA PURPUREA | 10/11/2008 |
Q: I bought a small Sarracenia purpurea from a local store this past summer and planted it with my ...
A: Yes, you can certainly leave your plants outdoors in your area. You live in what we technically ...
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| Heliamphora | 10/11/2008 |
Q: I was wondering if i could grow a Heliamphora (or cephalotus) on my window sill. I get about 2 hours ...
A: Well, this entirely depends on where you live. If you happen to live in an area that has a similar ...
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| Fly Traps and Pitchers | 10/11/2008 |
Q: i noticed that my flytraps are loosing there leaves now that temperatures are cooling down. my ...
A: It's not necessary to place your plants in the refrigerator. Los Angeles is technically rated USDA ...
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| Venus fly traps, sundew, and pitcher plants in texas | 10/10/2008 |
Q: can I keep any of these in winter outdoors? ...
A: Yes, you can certainly keep any of the North American carnivorous plants outdoors in Texas. Of ...
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| b1 superthrive | 10/10/2008 |
Q: I have a few drosophyllum seeds and i have heard that if you soak them in b1 superthrive, it will ...
A: I haven't heard about soaking seeds in SuperThrive®. It's not something I've experimented with, so ...
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| "Carnivorous Creations" set by DuneCraft | 10/10/2008 |
Q: I live in Rockford, IL. Last November a friend gave me the Carnivorous Creations kit by DuneCraft as ...
A: Congratulations on your research on how to care for these plants! Yes, terrariums are not ...
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| sundew dormancy | 10/10/2008 |
Q: And will I need to protect it during dormancy. And how wet should I keep the soil.
A: Your plant will most likely go dormant by mid November after a series of frost. If you live in ...
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| cape sundew question | 10/9/2008 |
Q: so my cape sundews have flowered for the second time this summer, all seemed normal, but one of the ...
A: With Cape sundews and temperature, if you're comfortable, your plants are comfortable. Even at our ...
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| help idenfy my napenthes | 10/8/2008 |
Q: I have had the little guy for about 1 year. I saved it form a lowes' store. it was half dead, and ...
A: Based on your photograph , I'd say your plant is N. rafflesiana. I know that wasn't part of your ...
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| cape sundew question | 10/8/2008 |
Q: so my cape sundews have flowered for the second time this summer, all seemed normal, but one of the ...
A: I haven't seen this on a Cape sundew, but I've seen something very similar on Venus flytrap flowers. ...
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| Sarracenia culture for winter | 10/8/2008 |
Q: Recently bought 3 sarracenia, Scarlet Belle, Dana's Delight Hybrid & Yellow Trumpet at Portland ...
A: Based on what you've mentioned about your low temperatures, I assume you're not in the Portland ...
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| i think my plants have died | 10/7/2008 |
Q: i am supposed to be looking after some plants for a friend, all i could tell you is that one is a ...
A: The plants might survive depending whether the dehydration was severe or not. For now, set the ...
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| Caesar Update | 10/7/2008 |
Q: Jeff Dallas or Jacob Farin, Just wanted to let you know how pleased I’m with the plants you sell. ...
A: Your plant appears to like your set up and is producing very nice leaves and pitchers. In all ...
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| Vemus Flytraps - black traps | 10/6/2008 |
Q: Like many who get started in this hobby I've gotten a couple of Venus flytraps. In this case from a ...
A: Yes, trim off any leaves that have blackened, and trim off the flower stalk. For now, grow your ...
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| Help! | 10/6/2008 |
Q: Help, my plants have fungus or mold on them can I use any fungicide, is there a natural way to kill ...
A: To treat fungus, use either a sulfur-based fungicide or Neem oil. Safer® makes prepared solutions ...
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| Dying Sundew | 10/6/2008 |
Q: I have a pigmy sundew as a science project in Massachusetts. It is potted in cactus soil I believe ...
A: First off, the plant you have is a spoon leaf sundew, Drosera spatualata, and not pygmy sundew. ...
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| Question about Sphagnum | 10/5/2008 |
Q: I ordered your Live Sphagnum capillifolium and I'm wondering will there be care instructions for ...
A: No need to mulch them. They are extremely frost hardy and will withstand extremely cold ...
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| D. filliformus ssp filliformus~tropical or temperate | 10/5/2008 |
Q: im going to get some D. filliformus ssp filliformus seeds and from what the person said there ...
A: These seeds require stratification. Once the plants are fully grown, you should also grow them like ...
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| Safe fungicide for ceph's? | 10/5/2008 |
Q: I am receiving ceph seeds and I'd like to know if Spectracide Immunox would be safe to use. I've ...
A: I don't have any experience with Immunox on carnivorous plants, so I can't give you a recommendation ...
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| N. burkei and ramispina as lowlanders. | 10/4/2008 |
Q: I noted that you list N. bukei and ramispina as not requiring cool nights. In particular, do you ...
A: The terms highland and lowland are really arbitrary and do not account for individual growth habits. ...
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| Dew threads | 10/4/2008 |
Q: How can you tell the difference between the Giant Dewthread and the common dewthread? I've read ...
A: If you have both known varieties, but lost the tags, then it'll be easier to help you tell them ...
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| Nepenthes | 10/4/2008 |
Q: I just had a question as to whether there was such a thing as "Dwarf" Nepenthes. I have seen a ...
A: Dwarf Nepenthes is quite relative. In the orchid world, there are dwarf or miniature orchids, but ...
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| alata stem getting big and splitting | 10/4/2008 |
Q: Someone gave me a giant n.alata ( I think its one of the deroose ones you've mentioned). There are ...
A: Yes, it's likely that what you have is the Deroose Alata. This particular hybrid is extremely easy ...
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| broken miranda pitcher bud | 10/4/2008 |
Q: My miranda was starting to grow its second pitcher, and someone in my house shut the window on the ...
A: Sorry to say this, but once a damage occurs, it's permanent. Fortunately, this particular hybrid ...
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| Question about Sphagnum | 10/3/2008 |
Q: I ordered your Live Sphagnum capillifolium and I'm wondering will there be care instructions for ...
A: Caring for sphagnum moss is very straight forward. As long as you keep it damp at all times, it'll ...
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| gibberelic acid | 10/3/2008 |
Q: I ordered some D madagascariensis and d paradoxa seeds, these seeds have probably been stored for a ...
A: With your seeds, you won't need to use GA3 (gibberilic acid) at all. It's useful with temperate ...
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| sulfur fungicide for sarracenia and dormancy | 10/3/2008 |
Q: I am getting prepared to put my plants in dormancy by using the cooler method and packaging peanuts. ...
A: I'm not familiar with this particular brand, but the percentage isn't much of an issue. Just make ...
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| Darlingtonia | 10/3/2008 |
Q: I rescued this spring a Darlingtonia from certain death. After a few weeks new growth began to come ...
A: One unusual feature about Darlingtonia is that it's first pitcher of the growing season will often ...
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| two Sarracenia questions | 10/2/2008 |
Q: Well, maybe more than two! First, I have three sarracenia growing together in a porcelain pan, which ...
A: Yes, wait until early spring to separate and repot your Sarracenia. If you break up the rhizome ...
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| identification problems | 10/2/2008 |
Q: Hey, I recently bought three Nepenthes a while ago and I don't know what are species they are. One ...
A: Based on your photograph, I'd say that this plant is Nepenthes alata x (alata x ventricosa). You ...
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| Dormacy. | 10/2/2008 |
Q: I live in Canada, and I have a Venus Flytrap. The weather here is becoming colder and colder, and ...
A: In this case I'll need to know where in Canada you live. You see the weather in Vancouver is much ...
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| Sick Sarracenia | 10/1/2008 |
Q: It is fall and for the most part, my Sarracenia are putting up their best pitchers, except for my S. ...
A: It looks like your plants got a serious case of aphids or thrips. They usually attack young, supple ...
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| identification problems | 9/30/2008 |
Q: Hey, I recently bought three Nepenthes a while ago and I don't know what are species they are. One ...
A: Based on both photos, I'd say that you have N. x 'Velvet,' also known as N. maxima x fusca. This is ...
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| Sarracenias in fall? | 9/30/2008 |
Q: I was recently considering purchasing a Sarracenia plant from you at Sarracenia NW, but I was ...
A: We grow our Sarracenia strictly outdoors, so they are already acclimated to outdoor growing, ...
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| N. ampullaria lighting | 9/30/2008 |
Q: special grow light. I was also wondering if I could grow Heliamphoras with N. ampullarias
A: Yes, you can use fluorescent lights with your Nepenthes. For this information, I'm going to refer ...
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| identification problems | 9/29/2008 |
Q: Hey, I recently bought three Nepenthes a while ago and I don't know what are species they are. One ...
A: It's difficult to positively identify the plant based on the photograph. However, it does resemble ...
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| Seed help. | 9/29/2008 |
Q: My sarracenia alata had produced some seedlings and i started to statify them about 2 weeks ago and ...
A: The green substance might be algae or slime mold. This would be consistent with the fact that they ...
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| Drosera flowers | 9/26/2008 |
Q: Jeff Dallas or Jacob Farin, All my Drosera spatulata, paradoxa, nidiformia, venusta, capillaries ...
A: Your set up seems very reasonable. From your description, I assume you're using four tubes of ...
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| Nepenthes Hamata on a windowsill? | 9/26/2008 |
Q: you have always been a great help in the past, and started me on carnivorous plants, so I take your ...
A: Nepenthes hamata has a reputation of being a finicky grower mostly because it grows very slowly ...
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| N. ampullaria | 9/26/2008 |
Q: I have a N. ampullaria that I want to put in a terrarium. I was wondering if there are any other ...
A: Yes, there are many other types of carnivorous plants that will grow well alongside N. ampullaria. ...
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| Nepenthes Hamata | 9/25/2008 |
Q: I was wondering about a nepenthes Hamata I got about a month ago and it looks like it is suffuring ...
A: In this case, it would be helpful to know what type of soil you used with your plant. Some soil ...
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| Question about lighting and my plants | 9/25/2008 |
Q: I have flytrap, cobra, pitcher, trumpet and temperate sundew seeds that I bought in June. I ...
A: Since you're just starting to germinate your seeds, you'll need to protect your seedlings from any ...
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| Native Plants | 9/25/2008 |
Q: We are installing an artificial bog into our back yard in order to grow some carnivorous plants, ...
A: Carnivorous plants native to Oregon include: * Daringtonia california * Pinguicula macroceras * ...
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| American Pitcher plants | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I have a large be of american pitcher plants that grew will this last summer. Now I have the ...
A: This entirely depends on where you live and how you're growing your plants. My recommendations ...
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| plant drooping | 9/24/2008 |
Q: Last year when i lived in Long Island and had my plants in the sun they were growing real nice my ...
A: You actually answered your own question. Sarracenia pitcher plants require full sun. When the ...
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| Aqua Globes | 9/23/2008 |
Q: It seems like a good idea because it would keep the soil moist but I just wanted to make sure that ...
A: I haven't experimented with those devices, self-watering reservoirs. My only concern is that it may ...
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| sarracenia seeds | 9/23/2008 |
Q: I have seen some sarracenia seeds for sale online and i know that fresh seeds aren't quite ready ...
A: If you're purchasing rare species or hybrids, then it would be worthwhile to purchase them as you ...
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| CP in cold northern area | 9/21/2008 |
Q: I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in an extreme northern climate. We get almost a full 6 ...
A: First, always make sure that you're growing your Sarracenia and flytraps in optimal growing ...
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| Miracle GRO Sphagnum Peat Moss and Perlite | 9/21/2008 |
Q: Ok well I have a D. adelae that has about 5 other little ones growing in the pot. I have Miracle Gro ...
A: Avoid using any sort of peat moss and perlite that is enriched with fertilizer. Fertilizer in the ...
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| Sarracenia & Dionaea | 9/21/2008 |
Q: I live in San Diego, CA. Beginning about half way through this grow season I started noticing a ...
A: Yes, what you're seeing is sooty mold. Some forms of Sarracenia are prone to it, particularly the ...
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| Nepenthes ventricosa traps dying back | 9/20/2008 |
Q: I bought a N. ventricosa from you two years ago along with a N. sanguinea. I put both in a SW ...
A: Your plant actually seems to be growing just fine. The pitchers don't last as long as N. sanguinea, ...
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| Sundew | 9/20/2008 |
Q: I rescued a sun dew from a local nursery, poor plant was doing poorly. I transplanted the plant ...
A: This is a case in which I need more information to properly diagnose the situation. Since you've ...
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| Burbidgea Not Growing | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I got a Burbidgea this June that was 8" in diameter. When I received it, it had small red dots on ...
A: With this particular species, you'll need to have patience, and lots of it. It grows painfully ...
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| D. Filiformis | 9/19/2008 |
Q: I have propagated some D. filiformis through leaf cutting recently. Currently they are basically ...
A: If the plants are over 1 inch tall, you can probably let them go dormant. Since they are so small, ...
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| Nepenthes Ampullaria | 9/18/2008 |
Q: I am a 12 year old carnivorous plant collector and I have a S. puporia, VFT, N. ventricosa, S. ...
A: Nepenthes ampullaria is one of the Nepenthes that fits the stereotypes. It likes it warm and humid. ...
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| Winterization | 9/18/2008 |
Q: I have a N. sanguinea and a N. Miranda. I live in a Hardy Zone 4. I currently have them growing in ...
A: You really don't need to do anything significant. Just open up exposure more if possible to ...
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| Nepenthes | 9/17/2008 |
Q: should I put artificial light trough midnight time?Wich nepenthes is biggest and most beautiful ...
A: I don't really understand your first question. Basically, if you are using artificial light, the ...
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| Transplanting a ceph | 9/17/2008 |
Q: I was wondering which technique is best for transplanting a ceph into my African Violet pot without ...
A: If you're going to transplant, then you want to use fresh soil. To minimize shock, try to keep a ...
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| n.ventricosa leaves and water question | 9/17/2008 |
Q: I currently own a pair of n.ventricosa who are currently about three months old and growing lots of ...
A: The appearance of your N. ventricosa is very normal. The older leaves will die like that leaving a ...
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| Highland Nepenthes | 9/16/2008 |
Q: I bought an unidentified nepenthes probably about seven months ago and I have been giving it ...
A: I think you'll be fine to leave your Nepenthes outside. You just need to bring it in if there is ...
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| sand for bogs | 9/16/2008 |
Q: As you know, I have plans to build a bog. Does it really matter what type of sand I use. I was ...
A: The safest sand to use is children's play sand found at most hardware and big box stores. This is ...
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| Overwintering cp's | 9/15/2008 |
Q: I'm very interested in growing some of these fantastic pitcher plants. My problem is I live in ...
A: Go to our videos page at http://www.cobraplant.com/videos Watch the video slideshow Seasons. There ...
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| best plants for terrarium | 9/15/2008 |
Q: I am putting together a terrarium in a 175 gallon aquarium. I would like to have all, or as many ...
A: Because the vast majority of carnivorous plants are full-partial sun plants, I'm afraid the list for ...
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| N. ventricosa Vine | 9/15/2008 |
Q: I have had my N. ventricosa for about 2 years and i am wondering if the vine is supposed to turn ...
A: That is very common and normal with N. ventricosa. Many Nepenthes as they age will form long, ...
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| Overwintering cp's | 9/14/2008 |
Q: I'm very interested in growing some of these fantastic pitcher plants. My problem is I live in ...
A: You can definitely overwinter them in your area. We have a good customer near Syracuse that has a ...
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| pitcher plant winter | 9/14/2008 |
Q: and i would just like to know how to take care of it during the winter as there won't be so much, ...
A: Nepenthes can be fertilized if they are not catching bugs for long periods of time. Just use 1/4 ...
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| VFT | 9/13/2008 |
Q: Would 15 hours in the hold of an airliner (very cold) kill a none-dormant, small venus fly trap? If ...
A: Since we ship plants all them time, and they arrive in good shape, they will survive an airline ride ...
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| Light, Nepentes | 9/13/2008 |
Q: which light is better for Drosera aliciae artificial or natural ?.Should i put water into Nepenthes ...
A: Natural light is always better. Sometimes, however, there just isn't enough from what you have in ...
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| butterwort lighting | 9/13/2008 |
Q: And will they grow well in peat moss? Also should I grow them in a water tray,and can you also ...
A: These are most likely Pinguicula primuliflora. They grow just fine in standard peat/perlite mix. ...
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| Nepenthes male,female | 9/13/2008 |
Q: how can i now which nepenthes is female and which is male for flowers :D .I have a Nepenthes ...
A: Before you can determine the gender of the Nepenthes you need to have a flower on the plant. My ...
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| Flytraps' Dormancy? | 9/13/2008 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help shed some light on a quick question I have. I've read tons of ...
A: To shed some light on this subject it helps to understand what it is carnivorous plants are doing ...
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| fly trap | 9/12/2008 |
Q: I have a bufo bufo toad and will be keeping it in a terrarium enviroment. I am looking into natural ...
A: Sundews are not toxic; unlike the toad. :) Since toads are carnivores anyway, it probably would be ...
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| nepenthes ID | 9/12/2008 |
Q: I live in Portland, OR. I have a lot Sarracenia NW plants, but I have one nepenthes that I purchased ...
A: You are correct. This is Nepenthes x ventrata, but more specifically, it is known as deRoose's ...
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| Light | 9/11/2008 |
Q: Is it possibble to grow carnivorous plants with artifficial light but with no terrarium?
A: Absolutely. If you set up a shelf with a twin-tube shoplight fixture with 40 watt cool white tubes, ...
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| Dormancy for newly propogated VTF's | 9/11/2008 |
Q: I think I am going take your advice and leave them outside for the winter. However, I have a new ...
A: This is the point in the year where temperate plants begin preparing themselves for dormancy by ...
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| Sarracenia Help | 9/10/2008 |
Q: I just purchased some sarracenia's couple of weeks ago. They look great! However, I know winter is ...
A: Dormancy is brought on by two things. The first is a decrease in photoperiod or day length. You ...
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| Nepenthes indentification | 9/9/2008 |
Q: i buyed a nepenthes plant for a nursery but i cant identify her(specie,lowlander highlander ...
A: This plant is Nepenthes x "deRooses alata". Its parentage is Nepenthes (alata x ventricosa)x alata. ...
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| N. 'Miranda' | 9/9/2008 |
Q: I purchased an N. 'Miranda' from you guys which is doing quite nicely. I am wondering, how long can ...
A: You can leave it in the original pot for a few more months still. They actually don't mind being a ...
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| lighting | 9/8/2008 |
Q: I want to grow Drosophyllum indoors, but I don't have the space for a metal halide, so what wattage ...
A: Drosophyllum really needs intense light levels. Most normal fluorescent lights, like might be used ...
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| N. Glabrata leaves getting smaller | 9/8/2008 |
Q: Glabrata for about 7 weeks now and since then its made about 5 leaves but no pitchers yet. The ...
A: It's likely that the shorter leaves are in response to the increase in light intensity. If you look ...
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| Dionaea | 9/8/2008 |
Q: I had a few questions concerning dionaea and sarracenia regarding winter dormancy. I know you prefer ...
A: Yes, you're certainly right that there are many different opinions about growing carnivorous plants. ...
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| nepenthes ventrata | 9/8/2008 |
Q: I have a nepenthe Ventrara plant that is growing indoors.It got it about 8 months ago. It is getting ...
A: The ventrata hybrid is one of the easiest Nepenthes to grow. If it's not producing pitchers, then ...
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| winterizing bog gardens and avoiding transplant shock | 9/7/2008 |
Q: I have two questions for you regarding darlingtonia and the sarracenia family in general. I live in ...
A: Sorry for taking a bit to get back to you. You'll have no trouble whatsoever. Considering ...
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| Nepenthes | 9/7/2008 |
Q: Have two tropical Nepenthes no longer producing pitchers, but have new growth. Had been inside. 1 ...
A: It takes time for Nepenthes to acclimate to their new surroundings. Unfortunately, it will need to ...
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| Sarracenia Minor Dormancy | 9/7/2008 |
Q: I got a Sarracenia Minor as a gift a few years back, which had been purchased from your company. I ...
A: What you're witnessing is simply the nature of the species. Sarracenia minor grows fairly slowly, ...
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| N. Glabrata leaves getting smaller | 9/6/2008 |
Q: Glabrata for about 7 weeks now and since then its made about 5 leaves but no pitchers yet. The ...
A: With highland Nepenthes in general, you'll need a certain degree of patience. Nepenthes glabrata ...
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| squirrel damage | 9/6/2008 |
Q: I am having a tough time with squirrels eating my flytraps and pitcher plants. I don't like caging ...
A: Yes, squirrels can certainly wreck havoc on your outdoor plant collection. There's no surefire ...
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| Nepenthes identity | 9/6/2008 |
Q: Can you help me to identify this species of nepenthes? Is this a variety of N. ventricosa or ...
A: It's a young plant, and it's usually a lot easier to identify a Nepenthes from its adult pitchers. ...
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| tropicals under the sun | 9/6/2008 |
Q: I have just purchased a D. capensis, D. scorpiodes, and N. sanguinea from you and rescued a D. ...
A: Grow these plants in your southwest window. This window will provide ample lighting to keep your ...
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| Sarracenia leucophylla | 9/5/2008 |
Q: so I just bought a pretty nice Sarracenia leucophylla, (well I think its nice at least lol) from a ...
A: That always helps. Just cut off any dead pitchers. Most of these are older leaves, and cutting ...
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| venus fly traps | 9/4/2008 |
Q: i recently puchased four venus fly traps to set up in a terrarium setting. since they will not be ...
A: Before I answer your question I want you to look at a couple of things. First, go to our website ...
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| hurricane | 9/4/2008 |
Q: I don’t know if you heard but there is a tropical storm heading for NC that might become a hurricane ...
A: If you only have a few plants just bring them into a garage or similar shelter until the bulk of the ...
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| leaves | 9/4/2008 |
Q: A few of the leaves on my Nepenthes and my Marina are starting to curl up.does that mean I am not ...
A: I'm assuming you meant Nepenthes "Miranda". I don't have a good idea of what is really happening ...
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| winterizing bog gardens and avoiding transplant shock | 9/4/2008 |
Q: I have two questions for you regarding darlingtonia and the sarracenia family in general. I live in ...
A: Ordering the plants potted is a good idea. Sarracenia don't go through much shock when being ...
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| Purple Pitcher Flower | 9/3/2008 |
Q: I have noticed my purple pitcher starting to send up a flower stalk. As far as i know this is the ...
A: Many Sarracenia send up an occasional late season flower. Since these almost never have a chance to ...
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| Butterwort conditions | 9/3/2008 |
Q: Just ordered a P. Titan from you. Does a windowsill that has those shades work? It turns and ...
A: That really helps me. If the blinds are closed, it's not enough light. If you keep them partially ...
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| Lumen Output Query | 9/3/2008 |
Q: Maybe you help me out, because I've been to SO many other sources and have gotten nowhere fast. ...
A: Usually the lumen output is on the sleeve on the tube. It sounds like your tubes are for reptile ...
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| plant triaining | 9/3/2008 |
Q: ok so my friend bought me a carnivorous plant dome and it includes (got this list off their website) ...
A: It's fine to leave them in the window for the winter when they are small. Keep them moist, in a ...
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| My Judith Hindle Update | 9/2/2008 |
Q: I wanted to update you on my JH it's really going along very well! So I thought I'd ask can I divide ...
A: That's great to hear. You only want to preform division on a Sarracenia in the early spring, ...
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| Pitcher Plants > Tarnok, Judith Hindle | 8/28/2008 |
Q: Jacob, What do I feed these guys? How often? Less or none when they're dormant in winter? (Your ...
A: Contrary to popular belief about carnivorous plants, feeding them is the least important part of ...
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| N. Ampullaria... | 8/28/2008 |
Q: how are you doing? I hope everything is going great there, I have just a small question about my ...
A: This is very common. If you look at pictures of N. ampullaria in the wild, they form clumps. They ...
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| Sarracenia | 8/28/2008 |
Q: Hey, Sorry about the last pic. Hopefully this one will work. If not maybe you have an e-mail ...
A: This plant also looks just fine. I see lots of healthy new growth. In the photo the browning ...
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| Carnivorous Miranda | 8/27/2008 |
Q: I purchased the Miranda in Fl.I came home an had it transplanted at a local nursery ..I don't think ...
A: You can visit our website or most other carnivorous plant specialty nursery for Nepenthes mix. In ...
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| darlingtonia | 8/27/2008 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove, NC zone 7. I have two questions. First of all how come no crossbreeds between ...
A: Darlingtonia and Sarracenia are relatives, but have developed down very different paths. They ...
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| sand | 8/27/2008 |
Q: I don't know if you have any experience in Drosophyllum, but i have heard it needs sand in its soil ...
A: I've successfully grown several Drosophyllum over the last two years. Washed play sand is fine. ...
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| Nepenthes Ventricosa | 8/27/2008 |
Q: on one of the pitchers it started to turn black around the lip an speading downward,the plant is on ...
A: That simply sounds like a pitcher that is at the end of it's life. Remember that a pitcher on a ...
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| Sarracenia | 8/26/2008 |
Q: Hey, Sorry about the last pic. Hopefully this one will work. If not maybe you have an e-mail ...
A: That plant looks fantastic. Many folks would be jealous to have an S. rubra alabamensis that looks ...
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| sundews and aphids | 8/26/2008 |
Q: my spoon leaf sundews have looked great all summer. i noticed one showing a bit of apparent ...
A: Definitely spread the seeds out. I usually roll the seedpod between my fingers over a piece of ...
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| sundews and aphids | 8/26/2008 |
Q: my spoon leaf sundews have looked great all summer. i noticed one showing a bit of apparent ...
A: That's a pretty good treatment. You may just need to do a repeat spraying a week later depending ...
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| Propagating Sundews | 8/26/2008 |
Q: I'm propagating some tropical sundews from leaf cuttings. Could you tell me, what watering method I ...
A: You can either use the tray method, or a full enclosure that won't require much water. Just keep ...
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| Replanting bogs | 8/25/2008 |
Q: I have come to the conclusion that the drainage holes in my outdoor bogs are too low and that unless ...
A: When to redo your bog may just depend on your weather. I would lean towards the spring replanting ...
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| Butterwort died while everything else is thriving... | 8/25/2008 |
Q: I am in Utah and have had all of my plants for a year or so now (primrose butterwort, 2 flytraps, ...
A: I don't think you did anything wrong. Pinguicula primuliflora is notorious for just up and dying ...
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| Judith Hindle and cockroach | 8/24/2008 |
Q: To months ago I bought a Judith Hindle from home depot and they have been growing well for the last ...
A: This happens from time to time when a plant catches a really big bug or lots of bugs. Just cut off ...
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| Sarracenia | 8/24/2008 |
Q: Its Justin from san diego once again. This time I have a concern regarding my sarracenia. Last ...
A: Since all of your plants are showing similar symptoms, and the water is good, it's probably just ...
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| cape sundew | 8/24/2008 |
Q: i recently received a typical cape sundew and after about a week the new leaves that appeared were ...
A: Depending upon what the curling looks like it could be a couple different causes. If the curling is ...
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| Sarracenia Flava | 8/22/2008 |
Q: My Sarracenia Flava has just now flowered. I live in Florida and the hurricane is comming so I have ...
A: Sarracenia flava normally flowers in early spring. It will sometimes send up a flower in late ...
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| new lights, and purple pitcher | 8/22/2008 |
Q: Just a few hours ago I purchased some new fluorescent lights under which to grow my carnivorous ...
A: I hate to give you bad news. The mix you used is inappropriate for carnivorous plants. The ...
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| butterwort & sundew | 8/22/2008 |
Q: i live in south carolina where venus flytraps are native. i have had a few of the same & pitcher ...
A: They most certainly would since we grow all of our North American plants outdoors. The are fully ...
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| N. Truncata Hybrid growth | 8/22/2008 |
Q: I have been keeping my Nepenthes outside during the summer months. Unfortunately, during a strong ...
A: You need to wait until they have formed enough of a stem that you can make a cut between leaf nodes. ...
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| cape sundew | 8/22/2008 |
Q: I have had 2 cape sundews for at least 4 years. The both live in the house situated in a sunny ...
A: Cape sundews definitely can be outdoors during the summer, but they are a tropical plant. Having ...
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| N. spectabilis | 8/21/2008 |
Q: Does Nepenthes spectabilis grow well in western Oregon? Will you have any for sale sometime?
A: They can grow ok, but are definitely a bit more challenging than many other Nepenthes species. They ...
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| Pyrethrum | 8/21/2008 |
Q: I just got a bottle of a product called "Don't Bug Me" which contains Pyrethrum. Will my plants be ...
A: Don't kill those little worms inside the N. ventricosa pitchers unless they seem to be harming the ...
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| Kind of cps are they? | 8/21/2008 |
Q: about 4 days ago I bought 2 cps. Can't know what kind they are. One is a drosera...very small and ...
A: The first plants look like seedlings of Darlingtonia californica, the Cobra plant. I hate to be the ...
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| Sarracenia | 8/20/2008 |
Q: Its Justin from san diego once again. This time I have a concern regarding my sarracenia. Last ...
A: Excessively dry conditions combined with wind can do this. Also, I found that hard water will do ...
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| Sarracenia | 8/20/2008 |
Q: Its Justin from san diego once again. This time I have a concern regarding my sarracenia. Last ...
A: This happens periodically and is normal. I understand it happens in the wild also. We often see a ...
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| brown spots on pitchers | 8/20/2008 |
Q: I read your care sheets on Sarracenia. And this is the first time I ever Successfully grown a ...
A: As pitchers age this isn't unusual. The most common cause of this is the plant catching lots of ...
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| kind of carniv. plant is it? | 8/19/2008 |
Q: about 3 days ago I bought 2 cps. Can't know what kind they are. One is a drosera ??? but the ...
A: For some reason the picture didn't come through. Try resubmitting the question and photo. Make ...
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| Pyrethrum | 8/19/2008 |
Q: I just got a bottle of a product called "Don't Bug Me" which contains Pyrethrum. Will my plants be ...
A: This insecticide should be just fine. Pyrethrins breaks down on exposure to UV light. It has a ...
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| new lights, and purple pitcher | 8/19/2008 |
Q: Just a few hours ago I purchased some new fluorescent lights under which to grow my carnivorous ...
A: This is one of the reasons, high price being the other, that we don't recommend the plant spectrum ...
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| lance leaf rescue from lowes | 8/18/2008 |
Q: this weekend i found a large lance leaf suffering in lowes, i rescued it. it was taller than normal, ...
A: If the Spoon-leaf sundew looks really good, it could be that the sun in that window is exceptionally ...
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| lance leaf rescue from lowes | 8/18/2008 |
Q: this weekend i found a large lance leaf suffering in lowes, i rescued it. it was taller than normal, ...
A: Definitely cut the plant all the way back to the soil. They are often so weak after coming out of ...
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| Well Water & Green House in Winter | 8/18/2008 |
Q: Newbie here, bought your e-book & a whole lotta plants, I'm shocked at the video with plants outside ...
A: That type of greenhouse would be a simple cold frame. It is fine for Sarracenia and flytraps when ...
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| P. primuliflora in full sun or not | 8/18/2008 |
Q: primuliflora in full direct sunlight for 4 to 6 hours with out shade. Will this harm or affect the ...
A: Pinguicula primuliflora does best with partial shade. I like to place some other plants around them ...
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| Sarracenia Question | 8/17/2008 |
Q: One of my Sarracenias is doing so well, that its pitcher is turning brown on the sides from having ...
A: This is a very common occurrence. Just cut off the top of the pitcher, but leave the lower portion ...
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| change water?/open house date? | 8/16/2008 |
Q: I have had your "Tropical mix" for about 2 months now, and all the sundews are doing great. But how ...
A: There's no hard fast rule for this. It's really more of an aesthetic thing than problem for the ...
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| red dragon | 8/16/2008 |
Q: I just got my red dragon fly trap and it is kind of wilted. All its traps and leaves are resting on ...
A: Just find a sunny spot for your flytrap outside and make sure you're keeping it wet. Use rainwater ...
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| Dionaea- inside or outside? | 8/15/2008 |
Q: Hey, just a quick question concerning VFT care. I recently received a South West Giant cultivar. ...
A: Your summers are fairly cool, but overall I would recommend having your plant outside. Photoperiod ...
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| N. Ventrata | 8/15/2008 |
Q: My name is Justin. I live in San Diego CA, and I have a couple questions. My first is about a week ...
A: The varieties you have should do just fine outside in your area. You just need to transition them ...
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| Nepenthes pot partner? | 8/14/2008 |
Q: First of all, I would like to thank you (and all the guys at AllExperts/Sarracenia NW) for your ...
A: We always enjoy hearing that our efforts are found useful. Ahh, I know that plant well. It is le ...
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| red dragon | 8/14/2008 |
Q: I just got my red dragon fly trap and it is kind of wilted. All its traps and leaves are resting on ...
A: Plants always go through a transition when they are shipped to a new environment. Your Red Dragon ...
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| lava rock for use with cobra plants | 8/14/2008 |
Q: I'm planning on eventually growing Darlingtonia in an outdoor bog garden. I live in Walnut Cove, NC ...
A: Use lava rock (scoria) that is 1 inch minus. It is often sold for landscaping. Just look for the ...
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| cape sundew seedlings | 8/13/2008 |
Q: about 2 weeks ago i spread my fresh cape sundew seeds in some 3 inch pots, and put them under 40 ...
A: Wait until your capensis seedlings are at least an inch tall. They need to be big enough to handle ...
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| Nepenthes Hamata | 8/13/2008 |
Q: Hey Jeff & Jacob :) I had some questions regarding the Nepenthes Hamata I recently purchased from ...
A: N. hamata is fairly slow growing. That really nice specimen you may have seen is at least 5 years ...
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| Fly Traps Won't Eat | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I have had these fly traps for about 3 months now. I have one of each type of fly traps; Dante, ...
A: That makes more sense now. The reason the traps reopen so soon is because the flies are dead. ...
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| dormancy | 8/13/2008 |
Q: this is my secound year with temperates and just had another question about there dormancy. Ok this ...
A: The greenhouse will make it easier. You can probably monitor that way, and if the temperature is ...
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| My Pitcher Plant | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I bought a pitcher plant recently and I live in the Portland area. Anyway my plant has begun to turn ...
A: This sounds very much like part of the seasonal cycle. Depending upon the species, the plant may be ...
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| Drosera prolifera | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I purchased one of these plants from you a few months back but just can't seem to get it looking in ...
A: Try increasing the humidity some. You can do this with a clear plastic cup. The don't need to be ...
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| repot | 8/13/2008 |
Q: hey guys I my sanguinea is getting a bit big for the three inch pot so I was wondering if I could ...
A: So far we haven't. I've seen other plants do strange things. We've had Venus flytraps develop ...
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| Fly Traps Won't Eat | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I have had these fly traps for about 3 months now. I have one of each type of fly traps; Dante, ...
A: Any chance you could send me pictures of your plants? I'm trying to access the overall health of ...
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| Artifical Lights | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I am growing Nepethes Miranda and your Alta hybrid and wanted to confirm exactly how long I should ...
A: A 14 hour day is fine. Basically you're wanting to simulate a typical day for the photoperiod. ...
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| Venus Fly Trap | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I recently bought a Venus Fly Trap and am looking to repot it. I bought one bag (Miracle Grow ...
A: Best save those ingredients for some potting mix to be used on regular plants. That brand contains ...
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| D. Prolifera propagation | 8/11/2008 |
Q: I have a Queensland Sundew (D. Prolifera) that is doing great and has several flower stalks. 3 of ...
A: In your situation the easiest thing to do would be to make it so the flowers could come in contact ...
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| Nepenthes Mikei suddenly dying. | 8/11/2008 |
Q: I have had my N Mikei for six or seven months now and in the last two weeks all of the leaves have ...
A: It sounds like the plant may be too wet. The symptoms sound very much like the roots are rotting ...
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| repot | 8/11/2008 |
Q: hey guys I my sanguinea is getting a bit big for the three inch pot so I was wondering if I could ...
A: This can work if you set it up correctly. You need to use a mix that holds more moisture than just ...
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| Medical Attention | 8/11/2008 |
Q: Recently my aunt gave me a white top pitcher for my birthday, you can definetly tell it has been ...
A: Yes, repot it. Hard to say what the soil mix is. Use a 50/50 mix of peat moss to perlite. Repot ...
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| N. Miranda | 8/10/2008 |
Q: Miranda under artificial lights. And are 40watt cool white plus lights from Philips ok they have a ...
A: Those are the exact same tubes we use in our lights here at the nursery. They are great. N. ...
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| Pitcher Plant Identification Please | 8/9/2008 |
Q: I bought this pitcher plant ( see picture ) from "Target" and it was misidentified as a cobra lily. ...
A: Your plant is a Dana's Delight hybrid. It's a common Sarracenia hybrid and a good plant for ...
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| cobra plant | 8/9/2008 |
Q: And I have dicided to get one. I even read your care sheet on how to grow one. But the care sheet ...
A: I don't have much experience growing Darlingtonia in your type of climate. In general, I recommend ...
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| Can I make up for distance with more lights? | 8/9/2008 |
Q: Hey Guys, Until just a few moments ago, I was using two 150W CFLs along with a 15W and 20W tube for ...
A: First, if you've managed to find a 150W compact fluorescent bulb, you could possibly use that ...
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| cross pollination | 8/2/2008 |
Q: For example venus flytrap and sarracenias, and can you crossbreed to totally different species. How ...
A: Because of genetic barriers that exist, you can only cross pollinate plants that are in the same ...
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| brown s.flava | 8/2/2008 |
Q: flava and sundew. I have orderd a medium s.flava for my birthday a month ago and when I first got it ...
A: Sarracenia flava is one of the Sarracenia that is an early season grower. It's a normal part of ...
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| Nepenthes Madagascar | 8/2/2008 |
Q: I have purchased a fairly new plant...just arrived. Should I take it to a local flower shop to have ...
A: A plant store may or may not know the proper soil media for Nepenthes. The good news is that they ...
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| Nepenthes | 8/1/2008 |
Q: Hey, Its Justin again. I just had another question regarding nepenthes. I have a friend that is the ...
A: Many of the highlanders would be good candidates. As long as they never experience frost many are ...
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| Seed help | 8/1/2008 |
Q: Species: common purple pitcher plant. lighting: Full Sun 8+ hours Location Knoxville tennessee. ...
A: Seed production is a pollination issue. When the plant(s) are in bloom you can increase seed ...
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| Sarracenia/sphagnum moss and dormancy | 7/31/2008 |
Q: i just had a few questions about these. First, my S. Alata "texas form" hasn't produced any tall ...
A: Depending upon how old your S. alata is, cutting off the small pitchers may or may not help. I find ...
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| science experiment | 7/31/2008 |
Q: The science experiment is about if a plant can survive in milk or soda for example or other liquids ...
A: I wouldn't use carnivorous plants for an experiment like this since they are fairly atypical in ...
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| asian pitcher plant | 7/31/2008 |
Q: How many hours of window sunlight is necessary for my Asian Pitcher plant? And I think my plant is ...
A: Depending upon the plant, I like to choose window that gets at least 3 hours sun. In general, ...
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| Cape Sundew turning brown | 7/31/2008 |
Q: Hey: The cape sundew is sending up a lot of new shoots, but before they get to any size, they turn ...
A: Top watering always helps, and it helps to oxygenate the soil too. Also, it's quite possible that ...
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| Mini-bog | 7/31/2008 |
Q: I had a cat litter pan that I kept a bunch of small 3" pots with VFT's and Sarracenias sitting in ...
A: Your container sounds like it will make a nice mini-bog. Poke holes about 1/2" from the bottom of ...
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| Venus Flytrap ques. | 7/31/2008 |
Q: I'm Tae, from Thailand. I recently ordered a red piranha fly trap from a local nursery(the plant was ...
A: Did the plants have roots when you planted them? What your are doing is fine short term. As they ...
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| Nepenthes | 7/30/2008 |
Q: I live in San Diego and I had a question regarding my soil mix for my nepenthes. I would like to use ...
A: This moss is just fine. It is probably either Chiliean sphagnum or New Zealand sphagnum moss, both ...
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| Cape Sundew turning brown | 7/30/2008 |
Q: Hey: The cape sundew is sending up a lot of new shoots, but before they get to any size, they turn ...
A: Two issues here. First is water. What kind of filtration do you have? If your house has a water ...
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| Miranda Carnivorous | 7/30/2008 |
Q: I recently purchased the Miranda in Fl. Right now it has many shoots on it but the ends seem to be ...
A: Once a tendril has dried it's done. That leaf won't produce a pitcher. Pitchers will develop on ...
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| Ventricosa, Cape Sundew | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I have a couple questions on my two plants. First my Ventricosa is growing like a weed! It just ...
A: Sorry about that. I was so focused on your set-up I missed the end. The slight decrease in ...
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| My nepenthes pitchers are only a centimeter in length | 7/29/2008 |
Q: this is matt again, back in november, I bought a nepenthes pitcher plant. I keep it by a window, ...
A: Low light is definitely the problem. It looks like your plant is a Nepenthes sanguinea, but it hard ...
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| Cape Sundew turning brown | 7/29/2008 |
Q: Hey: The cape sundew is sending up a lot of new shoots, but before they get to any size, they turn ...
A: As Cape Sundews age they often get long stems on them and the top of the plant will start to ...
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| Water | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I have a reverse osmosis filter. Should we use that water exclusively? Your brochure said to ...
A: Yes. I recently checked with your water bureau and all of Vancouver's water comes from wells. It ...
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| Venus flytrap probloms | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I orderd a large flytrap from you guys but several days after some of its traps started to die and ...
A: Is the plant blooming? That can definitely cause a decrease in trap production. Also, your water ...
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| Lowland Nepenthes questions | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I got the N.Bicalcarata and N.Ampularia that I ordered from you a couple days ago things are going ...
A: N. bicalcurata is definitely more bog-like than most Nepenthes, so this mix is fine. I've used ...
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| watering my adelae and asian pitcher | 7/28/2008 |
Q: I have many adelae plants and 2 medium size asian pitcher plants. I've have them for a while and ...
A: One way you can cut down on purified water use is to water your Nepenthes with tapwater ...
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| dewless sundew | 7/28/2008 |
Q: about 3 or 4 months ago, i split my brothers lance leaf sundew into many plants, i took a clump of 3 ...
A: Vermiculite can be a little alkaline, but I doubt that is what is going on. It's very common for D. ...
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| Lowland Nepenthes questions | 7/28/2008 |
Q: I got the N.Bicalcarata and N.Ampularia that I ordered from you a couple days ago things are going ...
A: Everything sounds good. You may need to just do an internet search if you don't have any garden ...
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| butterwort | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I live in Lexington, KY and have recently purchased a primrose Butterwort. I read that it is in a ...
A: Pinguicula primuliflora can be a bit prone to rot in the winter, but can tolerate much more cold ...
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| Sarracenia pitcher lids browning | 7/27/2008 |
Q: A few of my Sarracenia's are starting to brown around the lids of the pitchers, and in some cases, ...
A: Inconsistent watering could easily cause this. If a pot gets a bit too dry the first sign will be ...
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| Growing Drosera outdoors | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I live in Zone 7 Tulsa, Ok. With high temps typically in the mid 80's to mid-high 90's ...
A: You could move your plants outdoors, but your sundews might be better off indoors. While sundews ...
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| Nepenthes Alata/?seeds? | 7/26/2008 |
Q: My Nepenthes put out 2 long (each about 12 inches long)'sprouts', the end of which resemble a stalk ...
A: From your description, I'm not certain if they are actually seed pods. In order to get seeds, you ...
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| Nepenthes Glabrata | 7/26/2008 |
Q: Also about 6 leaves on the bottom have started to turn black. The ones on top are still green and ...
A: Yes, what you're witnessing is part of the acclimation process. While your conditions seem to be ...
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| nepenthes care ideas | 7/26/2008 |
Q: NC and I have several questions to ask. I dont have a window to grow an nepenthes and I was thinking ...
A: I certainly commend you in wanting to think this through a bit more before acquiring your plant, ...
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| Nepenthes | 7/26/2008 |
Q: I live in San Diego and I had a question regarding my soil mix for my nepenthes. I would like to use ...
A: While it is possible to use 100% dried sphagnum moss for Nepenthes, we generally recommend adding ...
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| Question | 7/26/2008 |
Q: I want to know what tropical plants I could get if I grow them in a south facing window well.
A: I'm assuming that you live in the northern hemisphere. If you live in the southern hemisphere, ...
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| Planting season | 7/25/2008 |
Q: What is the latest in the growing season for my Zone 8, NC to plant new CP's to let them get ...
A: You can get your Sarracenia and flytraps anytime of the year as long as you get them from a grower ...
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| Lowland Nepenthes and Darlington questions | 7/25/2008 |
Q: I just recieved a lowland bicalcarata and I was wondering if you had any species specific tips for ...
A: Your humidity is probably going to be fine. You're much more humid than we are here in western ...
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| Lowland Nepenthes and Darlington questions | 7/25/2008 |
Q: I just recieved a lowland bicalcarata and I was wondering if you had any species specific tips for ...
A: Nepenthes bicalcurata likes it hot and humid. Full sun will be too intense since this plant is a ...
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| water hardness | 7/24/2008 |
Q: I live in Los Angeles, california. After finding results to the water hardness in the place where I ...
A: Short term it would be ok, but I would supplement with distilled, R.O. or rainwater. We recommend ...
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| Watering Asian Pitcher Plant | 7/23/2008 |
Q: I read the question and answer regarding using purified, distilled or RO water. We have a Culligan ...
A: Yes! Water softened in a softener such as Culligan is actually worse than watering with hard water. ...
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| no dew | 7/23/2008 |
Q: Greetings from Roseburg. I purchased a drosera adelae from you several months ago and it did ...
A: Any chance you could send a picture? Sometimes when Lance-leaf sundews get older they get such as ...
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| Venus Flytrap help | 7/23/2008 |
Q: My name is David and I am jointly affiliated with the Biology and Ecology/ Evolution department at ...
A: We're flattered to hear that many of your faculty use our website. That's quite a compliment. Now, ...
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| Venus Fly Traps reopening after a meal | 7/23/2008 |
Q: How do VFT's "know" when to reopen after catching and digesting an insect? The traps stay closed ...
A: Everything that happens in plants is biochemical. Even though I've never read any specific research ...
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| Nepenthes | 7/22/2008 |
Q: i just had a few questions reguarding my nepenthes. First off thanks for the healthy plants, and ...
A: If a leaf is dead you can cut it off. Usually it's just good hygiene. The repotting is fine. The ...
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| tipped the pitchers | 7/22/2008 |
Q: I have a highland nepenthes plant that I recently moved into a new pot with new soil. The problem ...
A: Liquid spilling out of the pitchers is very common when transplanting. Go ahead and put a little ...
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| couple of ?'s | 7/21/2008 |
Q: I recently harvested about 25-30 spoonleaf sundews from my main plant and transplanted them into a ...
A: Sometimes it is, especially if the air has been very dry. Adding a little water is fine. We find ...
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| couple of ?'s | 7/21/2008 |
Q: I recently harvested about 25-30 spoonleaf sundews from my main plant and transplanted them into a ...
A: Some fungicides can be harsher than others. A sulfur based fungicide shouldn't hurt your sundews. ...
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| how much for sale Venus Fly Traps | 7/21/2008 |
Q: I dont see picture nor sale price for Venus fly trap. Please e mail what they cost and size they ...
A: Go to this link: http://www.cobraplant.com Go to the links on the side and hit "Garden Plants". ...
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| Stuffed Pitchers et al | 7/21/2008 |
Q: I have a couple of questions, the first is more out of curiosity than anything else The other ...
A: It's very possible that water is evaporating more quickly. Moving the holes up would help. For now ...
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| lights | 7/21/2008 |
Q: currently, i am using 4 instead of 2 lights, so i am wondering if i should still put my nepenthes ...
A: Not at all. N. sanguinea likes it bright. I've gotten my prettiest plants in windows when they ...
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| N. bellii | 7/10/2008 |
Q: Hey guys, I am currently growing 6 Nepenthes in a 20 gallon long tank under 3 compact florescent ...
A: Generally when a pitcher dies I just cut off the tendril at the end of the leaf. If the plant is ...
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| N. bellii | 7/10/2008 |
Q: Hey guys, I am currently growing 6 Nepenthes in a 20 gallon long tank under 3 compact florescent ...
A: Everything you're describing sounds like the root system wasn't developed enough for the plant to be ...
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| CARE OF DROSERA SCORPIODES | 7/10/2008 |
Q: I have two scorpiodes which I have had for two months now and for the first month and a half they ...
A: Your plant is just fine. As D. scorpiodes ages they always look like this. We have found however, ...
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| My nepenthes pitchers are only a centimeter in length | 7/10/2008 |
Q: this is matt again, back in november, I bought a nepenthes pitcher plant. I keep it by a window, ...
A: The first thing I would mentioned is more of a general piece of advice. Nepenthes are not plants ...
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| Should i take them outside? | 7/9/2008 |
Q: i just had another question about my nepenthes sorry i didn't combined them, wasn't thinking. All ...
A: They should do great in your greenhouse. The new plants will enjoy those temperatures also. ...
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| Down In the Desert | 7/9/2008 |
Q: We are thinking about putting some of our plants in a pot outside but we live in the Desert. I keep ...
A: Your Lance-leaf sundew is a tropical, so it will be happy in the terrarium. The dew loss if from ...
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| What to do with my Water Sundew | 7/9/2008 |
Q: I recently bought one of the water sundews from Sarracenia Northwest earlier this year. I live in ...
A: You can definitely cut the bad leaves off. Check closely to see if your plant has aphids. If you ...
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| Stuffed Pitchers et al | 7/9/2008 |
Q: I have a couple of questions, the first is more out of curiosity than anything else The other ...
A: It sounds like your Sarracenia had and Eryx moth trying to set up a cocoon in the pitcher. This is ...
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| vft growth | 7/9/2008 |
Q: i have a vft that i was almost certain was dead during the last few months. i had to skip its ...
A: This is a very common occurrence. What has happened is that growing tip has rotted out and the ...
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| Getting plants out of plastic boxes | 7/9/2008 |
Q: I bought a very small Ping at Lowes. It is encased in a plastic box. I am attempting to aclimate ...
A: Very likely this plant is Pinguicula primuliflora. Because of the weakening effect the cube has on ...
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| cephalotus | 7/9/2008 |
Q: I recently transplanted a cephalotus into an african violet pot and now its losing all its pitchers. ...
A: Cephalotus can be a bit touchy after transplanting. Give it some time. Try putting a partial cover ...
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| My nepenthes pitchers are only a centimeter in length | 7/9/2008 |
Q: this is matt again, back in november, I bought a nepenthes pitcher plant. I keep it by a window, ...
A: Most Nepenthes need some direct sun in order to produce pitchers. That isn't easy to do in a ...
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| Down In the Desert | 7/8/2008 |
Q: We are thinking about putting some of our plants in a pot outside but we live in the Desert. I keep ...
A: In the desert southwest we usually recommend folks "switch the seasons". Grow your U.S. native ...
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| red dragon flytrap doesn't look healthy | 7/8/2008 |
Q: I have a small red dragon flytrap that I bought last year in a 3" pot. It's outdoors in a location ...
A: Your symptoms sound very much like hard water damage. Red Dragons will show problems long before ...
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| Flytraps | 7/8/2008 |
Q: I live in Arcata, CA. I have had the worst luck of growing flytraps indoors (windowsill) and ...
A: I'll start with the obvious problems then work to the more subtle. Your climate is not only good, ...
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| Nepenthes | 7/8/2008 |
Q: i just had a quick question reguarding nepenthes. Do all nepenthes produce basal shoots? Thanks.
A: All that I've seen do. Essentially a basal shoot is just a dormant node at soil level. When a ...
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| flytrap? | 7/8/2008 |
Q: S. ARMY I want to get back into the flytraps but there is almost 0 humidity here! Would it be ...
A: It's definitely possible. The overall humidity will be less of an issue than the daytime high ...
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| Cephalotus | 7/8/2008 |
Q: well, after about 2 weeks and half my ceph is barely growing. also, about a week ago some pitchers ...
A: When talking about Cephalotus and growth we need to talk in terms of months and not weeks. They are ...
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| nepenthes tendrils | 7/7/2008 |
Q: Please refresh my memory-what is lacking when a nepenthes forms nice leaves, but the tendril only ...
A: Often no pitcher production is a product of low light, or low humidity with lowland Nepenthes. But ...
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| mixture for dewy pine | 7/7/2008 |
Q: I have some dewy pine seeds in my fridge that I forgot to start this year and now I cannot remember ...
A: The soil mix is equal parts sand, perlite and vermiculite. Use a large terracotta pot. Whether you ...
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| Pichter Plant has bugs | 7/3/2008 |
Q: Non edible I believe. I'm new to carnivorouse plants, but it dosnt seem like bug spray would be ...
A: The bugs could be a pest of sorts, but it's difficult to identify them based on your description. ...
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| Lighting | 7/3/2008 |
Q: I recently bought a Exo-Terra Terrarium and also purchased a Neodymium ...
A: Unfortunately, the bulb you have is not at all sufficient for growing plants, despite the ...
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| Starting from scratch. | 7/2/2008 |
Q: I've decided to start again with my Venus fly trap seeds. If possible, could you tell me what soil, ...
A: You can read the full instructions on germinating flytrap seeds at: ...
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| Pitcher plants | 7/2/2008 |
Q: I bought two Pitcher plants at Lowes. They were marked Red pitcher and Purple pitcher. They appear ...
A: If they were labeled accurately the Red pitcher is probably Sarracenia rubra, a Sweet pitcher ...
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| yellow leaves on my new pitcher plant | 7/2/2008 |
Q: I just received my ventricosa on friday and i've had it placed in the window getting filtered sun ( ...
A: Those are definitely just old leaves. Just cut those off. As your plant ages it will get a longer ...
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| Cooling the terrarium | 7/2/2008 |
Q: For species such as cephalotus and heliamphora I can't possibly cool the terrarium because my room ...
A: Use one of these: http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/compact_top.php When I recommended not ...
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| Venus Flytrap turning black | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I have a Dente Venus Flytrap and have been following your recommendations for growing; outdoors, ...
A: Is the location of your plant in a hot dry breezy area? If it's in an exceptionally dry area it ...
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| when to plant? | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I just discovered these awesome plants on your site and will be ordering some upon completion of a ...
A: March is the most ideal time to plant, but you could easily do it this time of year. Just leave a ...
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| new sundew—help! | 7/1/2008 |
Q: my name is jasen. I just bought a Sundew at Lowes today, and im pretty sure it's going to die if i ...
A: If you are going to transplant soon you wouldn't need to do the holes. Be sure to use just ...
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| yellow leaves on my new pitcher plant | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I just received my ventricosa on friday and i've had it placed in the window getting filtered sun ( ...
A: What you're describing just sounds like the older leaves that are on their way out. Just like all ...
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| new sundew—help! | 6/30/2008 |
Q: my name is jasen. I just bought a Sundew at Lowes today, and im pretty sure it's going to die if i ...
A: Still cut off the leaves. See if the cube has holes in the bottom. If it doesn't, drill a couple. ...
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| new sundew—help! | 6/30/2008 |
Q: my name is jasen. I just bought a Sundew at Lowes today, and im pretty sure it's going to die if i ...
A: This sundew is Drosera adelae var. "Deathcubensis". They are commonly found growing in the most ...
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| sundew repro | 6/29/2008 |
Q: my spoonleaf sundew is close to the size of a baseball, with LOTS of little little plantlets, i'm ...
A: In transplanting the D. spatulata, just be careful as you try to separate them. The mass they form ...
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| Strange neighbor with my new Nepenthes | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I've just purchased a Nepenthes from my local nursery (the 2nd one i've purchased from them)and I ...
A: The neighbor plant looks a bit like Fireweed. It's not a serious plant pest, but remove it if it ...
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| Darlingtonia set up | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I was considering buying a darlingtonia ( not from you guys another source thats cheaper because my ...
A: Keep in mind that while the mountain variety is more tolerant of warm temperatures during the day, ...
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| Where to keep venus fly trap | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I'm attempting the task of growing Venus Fly traps from seeds. They are in their silica sand and ...
A: As in my previous answer, since your seeds are a year old and wasn't refrigerated, only time will ...
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| Osteospermum ecklonis Nepenthus coccinea | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I have put the name above but we live in france so i dont know if the name above is French or ...
A: Official botanical names are in Latin, so the names you listed are universal. Of the two, only ...
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| Germinating venus fly trap seeds | 6/28/2008 |
Q: Now I've decided to start growing them. They came with silica sand and compost. Will it be too late ...
A: Since you've already sown the seeds, only time will tell whether they will germinate or not. ...
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| Darlingtonia set up | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I was considering buying a darlingtonia ( not from you guys another source thats cheaper because my ...
A: Your climate would be the biggest factor in your success in growing Darlingtonia, as well as whether ...
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| Some Questions | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I have a few more questions. First of all, I have two easy Nepenthes (Ventrata and Alata) who I ...
A: With your Nepenthes, both improper lighting and fertilizer are certainly contributing factors for ...
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| Starting up | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I learned of you guys through a friend of mine. He says you are always very nice and I should ...
A: If you want to be successful in growing carnivorous plants, the trick is to select those plants that ...
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| Cephalotus Unpacked; question | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I was unpacking a ceph that I have recieved from you. I've gently removed the dome, but it also ...
A: Your plant will be just fine, even with a mild root disturbance such as what it experienced. You ...
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| rainy conditions | 6/27/2008 |
Q: It has been raining here in the midwest(michigan) on and off for the last two weeks. I ordered venus ...
A: Flytraps are native to North Carolina, so keep in mind that region can sometimes experience lots of ...
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| Seeds and Seedlings | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I have a few questions about seeds and seedlings I have a D. filiformis x intermedia and I seem to ...
A: Yes, filiformis x intermedia is sterile and doesn't produce any seeds. This seems to be true with ...
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| cephalotus | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I'm going to go on a trip soon and was wondering how to keep my cephalotus watered without rotting ...
A: Because of its construction, African violet pots doesn't lose moisture except through the soil. The ...
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| Sarracenia Dormancy | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I just received a Sarracenia, white top pitcher plant. I read that they need a period of dormancy. ...
A: Yes, that's fine, especially if it's growing well after its dormancy. Otherwise you can just leave ...
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| Whats wrong? | 6/27/2008 |
Q: i had a few questions reguarding my cape sundew seedlings. About a month ago i put them outside and ...
A: It's pretty normal for leaves on a Cape sundew to darken when put outside. They always go through a ...
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| Flytraps tall or shallow pots? | 6/27/2008 |
Q: Hey experts, A while back I emailed to ask about what to do with my flytraps growing pretty badly ...
A: I really had to think about this one a bit. In the nursery our flytraps are in standard nursery ...
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| Can you help me identify this Nepenthes? | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I bought this Nepenthes from a local nursery 2 days ago. I have left it on a table by a shaded ...
A: Based on the waxy appearance, and the slight red trying to develop I would say this is Nepenthes ...
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| cephalotus | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I'm going to go on a trip soon and was wondering how to keep my cephalotus watered without rotting ...
A: The easiest way to solve this problem is to plant your Cephalotus in a self-watering African violet ...
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| Nepenthes and Darlingtonia question | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I noticed that the Nepenthes have two rows of hairs with a smooth spot between them. Is that a path ...
A: Since Nepenthes seem to catch mostly crawling insects, that has been the speculation among ...
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| pitcher plant | 6/26/2008 |
Q: i recently purchased a judith hindle hybrid and I guess my cat loves eating plants. well she got a ...
A: This may actually be a blessing in disguise. If the plant was in one of those big box store "death ...
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| Sarracenia Dormancy | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I just received a Sarracenia, white top pitcher plant. I read that they need a period of dormancy. ...
A: Sounds like you live in South Florida. Sarracenia leucophylla will do just fine with the short ...
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| Watering a venus flytrap | 6/26/2008 |
Q: Greetings, I've recently begun the difficult task of attempting to grow Venus flytraps from seeds. ...
A: Just to keep the water fresh, empty it about once a week. Definitely top water the pots. This ...
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| Venus Flytrap's Leaves | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I have a question concerning my Venus Flytrap. When I first bought it, it was looking pretty ...
A: On the whole your plant looks pretty good. One of the things I look for is trap formation and new ...
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| Venus Flytrap's Leaves | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I have a question concerning my Venus Flytrap. When I first bought it, it was looking pretty ...
A: Much of what you are describing just sounds like the flytrap is producing summer leaves. Midsummer ...
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| Too much light? | 6/24/2008 |
Q: I have a nepenthe alata and I live in Canada, Toronto. My plant was doing fine until yesterday, I ...
A: Venus flytraps go through various stages during the growing season. Since you don't know what the ...
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| Too much light? | 6/24/2008 |
Q: I have a nepenthe alata and I live in Canada, Toronto. My plant was doing fine until yesterday, I ...
A: If a Nepenthes has been in the house, then is put out into full sun, they often burn. If you want to ...
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| so-called "distilled" water | 6/24/2008 |
Q: Greetings Again! I'm trying to decide which bottled water to buy for CPs. Drinking water, distilled ...
A: Go for either distilled, or the water purified by reverse osmosis. Stuff labeled as drinking water ...
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| No pitchers | 6/24/2008 |
Q: Spectabilis from you 2 years ago. It had a couple 2" pitchers on it when i got it then it quickly ...
A: Nepenthes spectablis is very much a fussy customer. As a true highland species they tend to like it ...
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| Mites!! | 6/24/2008 |
Q: I'm from Wellington, New Zealand and am currently into my 5th year growing my Sarracenia Purpurea ...
A: Spider mites are a very tough customer. You will need to spray. Here in the U.S. Confidor is ...
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| Pesky Moss | 6/24/2008 |
Q: I have pesky, thick, gelatinous algae in my water pots. It stinks and is impossible to get rid of. ...
A: As Jacob mentioned, the Consan 20 is good for controlling the algae on the soil surface. I don't ...
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| Looking to start an indoor garden... | 6/23/2008 |
Q: I'd like to get a mix of at least 3 types of plant (preferably a sundew variety, a pitcher variety ...
A: Three plants I could recommend right off would be, Nepenthes sanguinea (Asian pitcher plant), ...
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| keeping cephalotus alive on a trip | 6/23/2008 |
Q: I was wondering how I could keep a cephalotus moist enough while I'm gone on week to 2 week long ...
A: The easiest way to solve this problem is to plant your Cephalotus in a self-watering African violet ...
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| Australian pitcher plant | 6/22/2008 |
Q: I want to propogate a cepphalotus by seed supplied fron you this year. I live in England and want to ...
A: Just sow the seeds on small pots with a peat/perlite mix. Barely cover the seeds with a little peat ...
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| Live Sphagnum Moss | 6/22/2008 |
Q: What's the ideal condition to make these thing grow? its been like 2 months since i got a cup of ...
A: Yeah, I know what you mean. This is the sort of things we also have to deal with at our nursery too. ...
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| Stunted growth | 6/22/2008 |
Q: I have a flytrap I purchased two years ago. It went into dormancy and came out, but it has never ...
A: It sounds like the growing tip may have rotted out during dormancy, but the rhizome is still alive. ...
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| my sarracenia plantlets are dying | 6/22/2008 |
Q: my sarracenia plantlets (from your seeds purpura and hybrid mix) are about an inch tall in their ...
A: If you have any way to take a digital picture and post it here on Allexperts that would help me to ...
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| butterwort buds don't survive | 6/21/2008 |
Q: I have a Pinguicula, allegedly moranensis, that I bought from another company a few years ago. It's ...
A: There are three common reasons why buds fail to open. The first is low light. It takes energy for ...
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| Lighted Plant Stand | 6/21/2008 |
Q: I have just received a lighted two-tier plant stand. I can only put in two 20 watt fluorescent ...
A: With both of these species, you'll need to replicate full sun conditions. Full sun is 10,000 lumens ...
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| Mac version of e-book? | 6/21/2008 |
Q: Is the Mac version of "Secrets to Growing Beautiful Carnivorous Plants for Your Home and Garden™ " ...
A: We were planning to release the Mac version when we release the second edition. But writing the ...
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| N. spectabilis | 6/21/2008 |
Q: I've come to trust your words because your advice yields excellent results. However, I recently ...
A: Oh, your plant is HAPPY! That species just didn't like our growing conditions in the greenhouse. I ...
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| mosquitoes | 6/21/2008 |
Q: Following your instructions I have been able to grow some very nice Sarracenia species in my back ...
A: Use mosquito dunks. They contain a type of bacteria that attacks mosquito larva. The bacteria is ...
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| N.Ventrata | 6/21/2008 |
Q: I live in San Diego CA, and I had a question regarding my N.Ventrata. I just recently bought my ...
A: What you're witnessing is primarily an acclimation issue. I know that San Diego has been ...
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| Live Sphagnum Moss | 6/21/2008 |
Q: What's the ideal condition to make these thing grow? its been like 2 months since i got a cup of ...
A: Sphagnum moss grows best in cool temperatures. Sphagnum moss grows in bogs that is continuously fed ...
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| Nepenthes soil mix | 6/20/2008 |
Q: Jacob, I have a ventricosa and I don't think the current soil it's been in has the coconut mixed in. ...
A: Yes, we use the coconut mix with all of our Nepenthes. So far, it's provided the best results for ...
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| Pesky Moss | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I have pesky, thick, gelatinous algae in my water pots. It stinks and is impossible to get rid of. ...
A: Yes, that gelatinous algae that grows on the soil can be a nuisance. To control it, use a ...
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| Problems with Nepenthes & Drosera | 6/20/2008 |
Q: First of all I'd like to congratulate you for your website. It has been a great help for me. I live ...
A: With your Nepenthes, low humidity could definitely be a factor. While it is possible to grow it as ...
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| Can you tell me what Nepenthes this is? | 6/20/2008 |
Q: Is this a N. Vetricosa?
A: Did we forget to label your plant?! Based on the leaf shape and size, my guess is that it's indeed ...
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| algae and moss | 6/20/2008 |
Q: My outdoor bog is in its third year and it is really starting to take on that natural look. The ...
A: Seems like you got a case of slime mold. Of course, it's not really mold, but a type of algae. ...
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| New Mexico | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I was talking with a friend of mine in New Mexico, and she doesn't believe that any grow there. Do ...
A: I'm a bit confused about the nature of your question. Are you wanting to know what types of ...
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| singalana | 6/20/2008 |
Q: Jacob this is the responce you gave me and I thought I had a sanguinea but it's a singalana. Could ...
A: Nepenthes singalana occurs a bit higher up in the mountains than N. sanguinea, so it may require a ...
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| n. gymnamphora care | 6/19/2008 |
Q: What are the best the best light levels, humidity, and temp. for a nepenthes gymnamphora. Thanks, ...
A: It'll actually be easier if you describe your set up and current growing conditions. From there I ...
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| What is this Butterwort? | 6/19/2008 |
Q: I cannot remember what type of butterwort my plant is and I have been on several forums and asked ...
A: To properly identify a butterwort, I need to see both the non-dormant leaves and the flower. Your ...
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| new pitcher plant | 6/19/2008 |
Q: Just unpacked my new N. alata x alata x vetricosa. I have it hanging on my front porch NW corner. It ...
A: Yes, that type of lighting should do the job just fine. With the warmth and humidity your area is ...
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| vft | 6/19/2008 |
Q: He their i was just wondering if i pott my venus fly trap in just peat moss , without no prolight or ...
A: Avoid doing this. We've found that flytraps growing in only peat moss didn't grow as large as those ...
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| repotting after recieving | 6/19/2008 |
Q: After I recieve my order from you(two potted sundews) is it ok to repot them right away into a ...
A: Yes you can repot them right away. Just avoid disturbing their root system too much. You can do ...
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| Heliamphora | 6/18/2008 |
Q: Jacob, I wanted to ask you about the Heliamphora. To remind you of my growing conditions, the ...
A: The three bulbs would do the job and keep your plants growing well. Only two Nepenthes come to ...
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| About YOur Cobra Plants | 6/18/2008 |
Q: How Old Are YOur Small Cobra Plants In General? By The Way, You Guys Are Awsome. All The Plants I ...
A: We divided our cobra plants from the mother plants earlier this spring, so this is the first year of ...
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| what do feed my venus fly trap ? | 6/17/2008 |
Q: hey their i fed my venus fly trap a neguler fly and after a few days the middle of the trap turn ...
A: Oh, you might not like my answer! You see, you don't need to feed your flytrap. Insects don't ...
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| Heliamphora question | 6/17/2008 |
Q: I have a young Heliamphora heterodoxa which I've had over the past year. It has the small upright ...
A: Welcome to the wonderful and enigmatic world of Heliamphora! These plants grow incredibly slowly ...
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| garden plants | 6/17/2008 |
Q: I live in Bingen Washington, across the river from Hood River Oregon. We are right on the Cascade ...
A: As long as you have can grow plants in full sun, you can grow any of the North American species. ...
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| Red, dead leaves on Ventrata | 6/17/2008 |
Q: Last month I took my Asian Picture plant (Ventrata) outside. The leaves turn red toward the center ...
A: Since it's happening to the older leaves, I suspect that it's an acclimation issue. Usually the ...
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| Nepenthes x Miranda | 6/17/2008 |
Q: Which Nepenthes were crossed to create the hybrid N. x Miranda. Thanks. Andrew
A: It's N. maxima x (maxima x northiana). The hybrid was developed by a Belgium grower, the same ...
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| only a thank you note | 6/16/2008 |
Q: I bought 4 last year and they survive the winter season, snow and everything I plant them in a bog ...
A: Yes, growing carnivorous plants is a great adventure and very addictive! I'm glad to see our ...
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| venus fly trap | 6/16/2008 |
Q: I'm not sure how old my flytrap is. it is starting to grow new leaves. do you know how old it is? ...
A: There isn't a way to determine how old a flytrap is. We can only speculate its minimum age by the ...
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| Pygmy Sundews | 6/16/2008 |
Q: I ordered some plants from Sarracenia Northwest. I received two free pygmy sundews with the order. ...
A: Pygmy sundews self-propagate via gemmae, which are vegetative bodies located near the center of the ...
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| Sarracenia and Nepenthes question | 6/16/2008 |
Q: I live in San Diego Ca, and Have two questions for you. First is regarding my N. Ventrata I have ...
A: It wouldn't harm the plant if leaves were touching the window. You might notice localized leaf burn ...
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| vft | 6/16/2008 |
Q: i have a venus flytrap that i bought from lowes. I have been watering it plenty and had it in the ...
A: I don't quite have enough information to properly assist you because there are numerous factors that ...
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| Heliamphora | 6/16/2008 |
Q: Jacob, I wanted to ask you about the Heliamphora. To remind you of my growing conditions, the ...
A: The lights might not be strong enough unless you're using two of them together. You want about ...
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| Misting | 6/16/2008 |
Q: Would it be okay to mist a greenhouse containing orchids, nepenthes, and other water sensitive ...
A: Misting works really well to cool a greenhouse. However, misting generally works in areas with low ...
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| help with identification of butterwort | 6/15/2008 |
Q: Sarracenia Northwest I've been growing this butterwort plant for quiet awhile, perhaps more than ...
A: Your butterwort is indeed Pinguicula moranensis (based on leaf shape and flower). It grows very ...
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| Heliamphora | 6/15/2008 |
Q: Jacob, I wanted to ask you about the Heliamphora. To remind you of my growing conditions, the ...
A: I love details! Yes, the plant will survive in those conditions. The daytime temperature isn't ...
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| Nepenthes Ventricosa | 6/15/2008 |
Q: I have a question about my Nepenthes (vine) type growth. I have the plant in a terrarium and the ...
A: You'll find lots of useful information in there. Repot your plant in a 4-inch pot. The Nepenthes ...
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| About Fly Trap Cultivars | 6/15/2008 |
Q: I have a Flytrap "Dente" and it has a flower, if i let it pollinate will the seedlings have the ...
A: This would entirely depend whether the genes that influence the Dente teeth are recessive or ...
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| Bugs | 6/15/2008 |
Q: i just had a few questions reguarding the bugs that i might feed my plants. OK, about 3-4 days ago, ...
A: Your plants will still be OK. Remember, we sometimes recommend spraying plants with an appropriate ...
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| Albino Darlingtonia | 6/15/2008 |
Q: Ok. This is going to sound really weird, and will probably be impossible to answer, but I really ...
A: You might not like my answer on this one. In this case, since all the other seeds are normal, you ...
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| Nepenthes Ventricosa | 6/15/2008 |
Q: I have a question about my Nepenthes (vine) type growth. I have the plant in a terrarium and the ...
A: No, the stem won't snap from bending like that. We see that all the time with plants in our ...
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| sundews | 6/14/2008 |
Q: SNW one of my brothers rubbed the tentacles on my cape sundew and folded the little hairs on it none ...
A: The little tentacles are not necessarily doomed. They might stop working, but that's OK. The plant ...
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| ailing plants | 6/14/2008 |
Q: I have an s.leucophylla and flava that are both producing unusual shaped phyllodia and few pitchers ...
A: Since you live in Houston, my first impression is that your S. flava and S. leucophylla are ...
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| Nepenthes Ventricosa | 6/14/2008 |
Q: I have a question about my Nepenthes (vine) type growth. I have the plant in a terrarium and the ...
A: There are two ways to deal with this. But first, it won't harm the plant in any way. Sometimes ...
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| Albino Darlingtonia | 6/14/2008 |
Q: Ok. This is going to sound really weird, and will probably be impossible to answer, but I really ...
A: The term albino has a different meaning among horticulturists than among geneticists. When talking ...
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| mold on my drosera capensis | 6/14/2008 |
Q: I noticed some grey fuzz growing on the layer of moss covering my drosera pot in my terrarium a few ...
A: This helps me out tremendously. First, avoid using Physan 20 or any other quantaray ammonium ...
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| germinating seeds | 6/14/2008 |
Q: I received a Sarracenie Hybrids, Random Mix packet of seeds as a gift which give instructions to go ...
A: You can find the full instructions at: http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets Scroll down to the ...
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| ailing plants | 6/13/2008 |
Q: I have an s.leucophylla and flava that are both producing unusual shaped phyllodia and few pitchers ...
A: In your case, I'll need more information from you. I'll need to know where in the country you live. ...
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| worried | 6/13/2008 |
Q: due to a relatively cool and rainy SD spring, my north american pitchers have had a slow start. but ...
A: The peat moss you have should be fine. As long as it's a compressed bale, you can be assured it was ...
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| Weird fly-like bug that keeps coming back to my plants | 6/13/2008 |
Q: I keep seeing this same odd fly around my Sarracenias. It just sits on the soil or on the rhizome ...
A: That bug looks like a scorpion fly or something along that line. It could also be a predatory wasp ...
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| worried | 6/13/2008 |
Q: due to a relatively cool and rainy SD spring, my north american pitchers have had a slow start. but ...
A: Don't worry about the slow start. We've also had a relatively cold, wet spring. Our plants are ...
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| Utricularia purpurea | 6/13/2008 |
Q: I now that you can grow this species (until they were unexpectedly eaten!). I've recently ordered ...
A: Yes! That would work. We have (had) our U. purpurea growing in large kiddie pools with peat on the ...
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| Utricularia purpurea | 6/12/2008 |
Q: I now that you can grow this species (until they were unexpectedly eaten!). I've recently ordered ...
A: There are many factors that influence your success in growing an aquatic bladderwort. So I'm going ...
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| nepenthes diatas | 6/12/2008 |
Q: I have a N diatas that I ordered from you in November. I immediately put it at the window and let ...
A: This species is definitely an ultra highlander, right up there with N. rajah, N. talangensis and N. ...
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| Mold. | 6/11/2008 |
Q: How do i avoid mold for my carnivorous plants. Im not getting mold on the plants just around the rim ...
A: Mold doesn't grow on the rims of plastic pots, so what you're seeing around the rim of the plastic ...
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| caterpillars | 6/11/2008 |
Q: Hey guys, I have a bit of a problem that i'd like advice on. I have quite a few Nepenthes that are ...
A: Since the caterpillar population is rather high, use Systemic Insect Killer by Ortho®. It comes ...
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| darlingtonia (mountain variety) in outdoor bogs | 6/10/2008 |
Q: I'm planning on starting a bog in a year or so and I plan on including your variety of darlingtonia. ...
A: The interesting thing about the mountains in southern Oregon is that the humidity is lower there ...
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| Cephalotus Questions | 6/10/2008 |
Q: That window get 4-5 hours of bright morning sun then get shady light up until 7pm. Also how many ...
A: Yes and no. It depends on how high you leave the water. I'm also assuming that you got the plant ...
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| Sarracenia readii pitcher going ... limp | 6/10/2008 |
Q: So NYC is undergoing a heatwave over the past couple days(90's-100's) and I noticed that one of the ...
A: Yes, I've heard about your heatwave. I also heard that the crowd at the baseball game jeered at the ...
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| Orchid mix | 6/10/2008 |
Q: I have seen your articles talk about using orchid bark, but when I look in a store it has orchid ...
A: It depends on what type of mix you're making. But as long as the orchid mix you have doesn't add ...
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| Cool shady Nepenthes | 6/10/2008 |
Q: We have a pretty cool, fairly shady house here in western Oregon. Tropical houseplants grow well, ...
A: Unfortunately, even the highland Nepenthes requires a bit more sunlight than what your home can ...
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| Cephalotus Questions | 6/10/2008 |
Q: That window get 4-5 hours of bright morning sun then get shady light up until 7pm. Also how many ...
A: The window you've describe would be great for your Cephalotus. It would also appreciate having the ...
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| red leaf spots/poor growth/mealys? | 6/9/2008 |
Q: guys! thanks again for my wonderful sarracenias i received last month-all are doing well! a question ...
A: The red spots on the sweet pitcher are a type of fungus called rust spots. It's nothing at all ...
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| CP bog garden | 6/9/2008 |
Q: i have succeeded in the floating CP container in my pond now i want to enlarge it to a CP bog garden ...
A: If you put the holes on the sides, you'll need a layer of sand between the garden soil and the liner ...
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| stimulating Mex Pings to come out of dormancy? | 6/9/2008 |
Q: Hey guys, Subject is exactly my question. How do I stimulate my P. moranensis x 'Titan' to come ...
A: Yes, welcome to the wonderful world of the sleeping titan! We've experienced this problem too, ...
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| Bog Garden Top Dressing | 6/9/2008 |
Q: I have two outdoor bog gardens and I like to use a top dressing to keep the peat and perlite in ...
A: Recycled tire mulch? I'm not familiar with it, so I can't really say how carnivorous plants would ...
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| Should I remove the flower stalk from my ailing VFT? | 6/8/2008 |
Q: Greetings Jeff & Jacob: I have received my shipment of 3 VFT's early last week. They all looked ...
A: It looks perfectly fine for this time of the year. Many of our Red Dragons look just like that. ...
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| Should I remove the flower stalk from my ailing VFT? | 6/8/2008 |
Q: Greetings Jeff & Jacob: I have received my shipment of 3 VFT's early last week. They all looked ...
A: The Red Dragon is a peculiar plant. It's leaves have a shorter lifespan than the Dente or typical, ...
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| Sarracenia problem | 6/8/2008 |
Q: i just had a few questions regarding sarracenia. Ok, So far, all my plants have produced pitchers ...
A: When a plant suddenly collapses, it's usually from something going wrong in the rhizome. It's very ...
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| pygmy sundews | 6/8/2008 |
Q: i was wondering, since i am going on vacation for a week, can i use african violet pots? I was going ...
A: We found that sundews of all types didn't do well in African violet pots because they liked the soil ...
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| testing pond water | 6/8/2008 |
Q: I bought the ring to put around the pots that have some plants in them. Placed them in my goldfish ...
A: Go to your local aquarium supply store and ask them for kits that will test water hardness, nitrites ...
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| underdeveloped traps | 6/8/2008 |
Q: I recently purchased a Nepenthes Ventrata from you at the Portland Saturday Market. The plant is ...
A: Don't worry about the underdeveloped pitchers. They will open up in due time in the proper light ...
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| CP bog garden | 6/7/2008 |
Q: i have succeeded in the floating CP container in my pond now i want to enlarge it to a CP bog garden ...
A: There are two ways to go about the drainage holes. You could either bore the holes on the flat ...
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| Rain Barrels | 6/7/2008 |
Q: I grow many nepenthes and other sensitive plants. My rain barrels have mosquito larvae in them but ...
A: Avoid using bleach. Instead, use mosquito dunks. They contain a bacteria that kills off the ...
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| Nepenthes Bicalcarata in the windowsill? | 6/7/2008 |
Q: Hey there, I have had a Nepenthes Bicalcarata for about 3 years now. Confined in the grips of the ...
A: Sorry, but your bicalcarata would be better off in the terrarium. Even for us, it doesn't produce ...
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| floating plants in fish pond | 6/7/2008 |
Q: I bought the ring to put around the pots that have some plants in them. Placed them in my goldfish ...
A: I'm not sure if it was me or Jeff who answered your original question. In any case, there's no ...
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| Sarracenia dying | 6/7/2008 |
Q: Hey Guys, My Sarracenia are dying. The traps and leaves are turning brown from the top down. On ...
A: I know it can be distressing to see plants die, but lets see if we can pinpoint the problem. Since ...
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| Peat Moss | 6/6/2008 |
Q: I've been getting my bales of peat moss from Home Depot. I think I read that advice from your E-book ...
A: That brand is fine. We get our peat moss from both Lowe's and Home Depot. Because they are huge ...
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| CP bog garden | 6/6/2008 |
Q: i have succeeded in the floating CP container in my pond now i want to enlarge it to a CP bog garden ...
A: Is that really a frog on your floating island? Nice! We have Pacific tree frogs that colonize ...
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| Plants didn't come out of dormancy | 6/6/2008 |
Q: It's the same person with the hard water. All experts just said there were too many follow-ups and ...
A: Yes, it sounds like all of those plants are goners. An RO unit would be a great investment if you ...
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| what i do with vfts | 6/6/2008 |
Q: The plants i grow is a venus flytrap (dente,typical). the soil i use is peat and perlite with green ...
A: No, you're not doing anything wrong. Moss spores are everywhere and will establish in very moist ...
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| Plants haven't emerged yet! | 6/6/2008 |
Q: None of my plants (yellow trumpet typical, copptertop trumpet, judith hindle, venus fly traps, pale ...
A: YIKES! That's super-duper hard water as far as carnivorous plants are concerned. The minerals will ...
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| nepenthes atala | 6/6/2008 |
Q: No pitchers so far, lots of ends that could become pitchers but none yet. Have in a southern window ...
A: Lighting is the main issue for lack of pitchers. Although it gets lots of filtered light in a south ...
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| Sarracenia | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I have plant I bought last year at the grocery store, and I planted it in a boggy area in my yard ...
A: That helps me tremendously. Yes, it's definitely a Judith Hindle. Congratulations on overwintering ...
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| my purple pitcher | 6/5/2008 |
Q: Hey, I have a purple pitcher that i got from home depot and it came in a little see through ...
A: Don't worry about cloudy days. Remember that there are lots of plants that grow outdoors, and they ...
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| Plants haven't emerged yet! | 6/5/2008 |
Q: None of my plants (yellow trumpet typical, copptertop trumpet, judith hindle, venus fly traps, pale ...
A: If you used only hose water, that might be a big factor. You'll need to check the mineral levels ...
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| Growing plants outdoors in Las Vegas | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I love the Venus Fly Traps and other outdoor plants. However, it is just too hot in Las Vegas to ...
A: Yes! Actually, you would do the opposite of what growers in Montana would do. In Montana, growers ...
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| Sundews. | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I have a small sundew and it doesnt seem to be producing nectar from what i can see, it's still ...
A: Most often the lack of dew is because of low light. The dew is actually a secretion of sugar and ...
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| Plants haven't emerged yet! | 6/5/2008 |
Q: None of my plants (yellow trumpet typical, copptertop trumpet, judith hindle, venus fly traps, pale ...
A: Oh, I'm sorry to hear this! Your plants should be emerging from dormancy by now, so something is ...
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| Nepenthes talangensis | 6/4/2008 |
Q: I have another question regarding highland nepenthes. Recently I bought a pot of nepenthes ...
A: Many growers have a difficult time getting this species to produce pitchers. What we've discovered ...
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| my purple pitcher | 6/4/2008 |
Q: Hey, I have a purple pitcher that i got from home depot and it came in a little see through ...
A: In general, those plants that you get at the hardware store are actually more difficult to grow than ...
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| warm temperate? | 6/4/2008 |
Q: i got an issue. well, i got the secrets e-book and have been looking through it a lot (i think i ...
A: The zone map was created by the United States Department of Agriculture. It's primarily a tool for ...
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| my vft doesny want to eat bugs | 6/4/2008 |
Q: i have a venus fly trap i fed it a bug about 2 weeks ago and now it open its mouth i tried to feed ...
A: That occurs when the plant is acclimating from high humidity to lower humidity. It's normal and ...
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| warm temperate? | 6/4/2008 |
Q: i got an issue. well, i got the secrets e-book and have been looking through it a lot (i think i ...
A: We're currently in the process of creating the second edition, which will contain lots more ...
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| distilled | 6/3/2008 |
Q: Is distilled water distilled by the evaporation method ok. I heard that it can have minerals from ...
A: All distilled water is made by boiling the water, capturing the steam and condensing the steam back ...
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| FOLLOW UP | 6/3/2008 |
Q: JACOB, ONE LAST QUESTION. IF MY PROBLEMS WERE CAUSED BY FUNGUS, SHOULD I NOT USE THE POTS AND ...
A: Just clean out the pots and trays. There's no need to spray them as long as you rinse them out very ...
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| my vft doesny want to eat bugs | 6/3/2008 |
Q: i have a venus fly trap i fed it a bug about 2 weeks ago and now it open its mouth i tried to feed ...
A: There are a couple factors that could be affecting the trap. First, traps will open and close only ...
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| Nepenthes Ventricosa Growing Sideways | 6/3/2008 |
Q: I've got an N. Ventricosa. The plant has developed a sort of bent stem, apparently not via damage. ...
A: No it doesn't hurt the plant to grow sideways. In fact, that's pretty normal in cultivation. ...
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| Lost Flower Buds | 6/3/2008 |
Q: I ordered a medium (4-inch pot) S. flava towards the end of March of this year and as promised, it ...
A: Yes, it's a real bummer when flowers don't grow. Flowers are a bit more sensitive to frost than the ...
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| Cephalotus | 6/3/2008 |
Q: I have my Cephalotus in a African Violet pot. right now the tempature is about 77 degrees in the ...
A: It's a bit clearer, but not clear or close enough to make out sufficient details. However, they look ...
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| Are my pitcher plants & VFT's dead? | 6/3/2008 |
Q: This is my first early spring with CP's. They were all doing great when I put them to sleep last ...
A: Yes, insulation is the way to go. If the temperature changes too rapidly, the soil will still be ...
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| Heliamphora | 6/3/2008 |
Q: I just wondered if I could get your advice about a problem I've had with my small (~2") Heliamphora ...
A: It's very normal for the smaller older pitchers to turn brown. Based on your description, those ...
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| Cephalotus | 6/2/2008 |
Q: I have my Cephalotus in a African Violet pot. right now the tempature is about 77 degrees in the ...
A: The photo isn't quite clear enough, but I can see that you have a nice green pitcher developing. ...
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| N. Sanguinea questions | 6/2/2008 |
Q: Also I'm going to be gone for 8 days on vacation and I have no one to water the plants. Is it ...
A: Yes, that seems very fine for Nepenthes sanguinea. I have a large Nepenthes sanguinea in my west ...
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| Are my pitcher plants & VFT's dead? | 6/2/2008 |
Q: This is my first early spring with CP's. They were all doing great when I put them to sleep last ...
A: Yes, fungus can occur in the nooks and crannies of your plant, so sometimes you might not even see ...
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| Nepenthes Sibuyanensis | 6/1/2008 |
Q: Hey guys, I have a question regarding Nepenthes Sibuyanensis again. Thanks for your advice and by ...
A: With this particular species, humidity is important for proper pitcher development. Humidity is ...
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| water | 6/1/2008 |
Q: SNW I heard you can put tap water in a bucket for 24hrs and the chlorine will evaporate. is this ...
A: YIKES! Don't use water from a water softener. While soft water is low in calcium and magnesium, not ...
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| Adding water to the pitchers | 6/1/2008 |
Q: I just purchased a N x ventrata at a local garden center and am wondering if I need to add water to ...
A: This particular Nepenthes is one of the easiest Nepenthes to grow. It adapts well to a variety of ...
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| soil | 6/1/2008 |
Q: would 1 part perlite and 1 part peat moss be okay for nepenthes or could you recommend other mixes.
A: Avoid using that mix for Nepenthes. It's too damp and will rot out the roots. If you only have ...
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| a followup - pitcher plant | 6/1/2008 |
Q: i asked a question a week or two ago regarding a very bad-off pitcher plant i had just purchased. it ...
A: Don't worry about giving your Sarracenia pitcher plant too much water. They are bog plants, and ...
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| Re-potting my VFT's | 5/31/2008 |
Q: I just received the VFT trio (dent,red,VFT) from you. Arrived in fine shape. When I repot them into ...
A: Because you'll be growing the plants outdoors, use a plastic pot. Plastic pots retain moisture ...
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| Venus Flytrap flowering | 5/31/2008 |
Q: I have 2 baby Venus Flytrap plants that I bought from you that are growing outdoors in partil-full ...
A: Before I give you my answer, I want to warn you that you may not like my answer. You see, I don't ...
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| Are my pitcher plants & VFT's dead? | 5/31/2008 |
Q: This is my first early spring with CP's. They were all doing great when I put them to sleep last ...
A: Container growing definitely has its challenges, and winter care is the most difficult challenge of ...
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| Cephalotus | 5/31/2008 |
Q: I have my Cephalotus in a African Violet pot. right now the tempature is about 77 degrees in the ...
A: You're certainly on track with trying to give your plant cool nights. That's one of the critical ...
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| Nepenthes Truncata | 5/31/2008 |
Q: i just had a few questions about Nepenthes Truncatas. i know there is such thing as a highland and ...
A: Yes, Nepenthes truncata grows in a very large region in the Philippines, and they grow from sea ...
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| pine needles? | 5/30/2008 |
Q: Do you recommend mixing pine needles into a soil mixture for carnivorous plants? Will this be ...
A: While we recommend pine needles as a mulch for your carnivorous plants during the winter months, we ...
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| Darlingtonia not thriving. | 5/30/2008 |
Q: I have a Darlingtonia which I bought bare-root from a reputable and reliable dealer around ...
A: Did you get the plant bareroot or potted? The reason why I ask that is because the standard mix is ...
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| Venus Flytrap flowering | 5/30/2008 |
Q: I have 2 baby Venus Flytrap plants that I bought from you that are growing outdoors in partil-full ...
A: Yes, those are flower stalks. As long as you grow your plants in full sun, let them flower. It's a ...
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| Do VFTs need to darkness at 'nightime'? | 5/30/2008 |
Q: Greetings Jeff and Jacob: As you already know I plant to grow my VFTs outside with 6+ hrs of full ...
A: Don't worry about cloudy days. Remember full sun plants, like roses, still grow fine on cloudy ...
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| Pinguicula Jaumavensis | 5/30/2008 |
Q: I have just received a Ping Jaumavensis. I have looked at several web sights to see exactly how to ...
A: Yes, many growers have their own opinions about how to water Mexican butterworts. Their roots are ...
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| Indoor lighting/ Nepenthes | 5/29/2008 |
Q: Is it possible to give too much fluorescent light for typical Asian pitcher plants? I recently ...
A: Yes and no. With small plants, if the lighting is too intense, you'll end up with smaller, yellow ...
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| growing cephalotus in outdoor bogs | 5/29/2008 |
Q: I live in Walnut Cove, NC in Stokes county. My climate zone is 7. I want to know if it's at all ...
A: Cephalotus is technically a warm-temperate plant, so it's hardy only to zone 9. In our experience, ...
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| Nepenthes lighting | 5/29/2008 |
Q: I opened my box from you guys today and was not ready to see such a ridiculously gorgeous shade of ...
A: I assume you're talking about Nepenthes densiflora. Yes, it develops very nice red leaves. We ...
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| Nepenthes x "Velvet" | 5/29/2008 |
Q: I would like to know about which Nepenthes species were crossed to get the hybrid Nepenthes x ...
A: This hybrid is Nepenthes fusca x maxima. I'm not sure which is the parent plant, however. You ...
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| venus fly trap | 5/28/2008 |
Q: he i have a Venus fly trap and i just wanted to know if it ok to leave it out side for a wile ...
A: Hmm... First, visit our care sheet section on our website and read about our recommendations for ...
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| Sarracenia suddenly dying | 5/28/2008 |
Q: Hey guys, Long time no ask a question. Couple months ago, my Sars started coming out of dormancy ...
A: From your description, it's definitely a fungus issue. Fungus is a common problem with Sarracenia ...
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| Fly Traps | 5/28/2008 |
Q: I recently bought flytraps from you and planted them. They came out of hibernation and sprang to ...
A: Lighting could definitely be a factor. Ideally flytraps need 6 or more hours of direct sunlight. ...
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| Muluensis x lowii care | 5/28/2008 |
Q: How do i care for nepenthes muluensis x lowii. 1.How much light do they need? 2.Can they be grown in ...
A: Nepenthes muluensis x lowii is native to the upper parts of the mountain. They prefer lots of ...
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| Sarracenia Flava flowers | 5/28/2008 |
Q: i just had a few more questions about the Flower. Last time i emailed the flowers were closed i ...
A: The information on the web page is accurate, so follow its instructions and you'll do fine. (The ...
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| Indoor lighting | 5/28/2008 |
Q: 1. Nepenthes Truncata 2. Peat/vermiculite 3. Cleveland, OhioHave had any experience using red and ...
A: No, I haven't experimented with LED lights as of yet. My only concern is that those lights are very ...
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| windws | 5/27/2008 |
Q: SNW For Orange pitchers, ventricosas, Can I MOVE the from window to window in order to get ful sun. ...
A: Yes, if you move your plant from an east window to a south window for more sunlight, you'll end up ...
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| Any special treatment for VFTs in your private collection? | 5/27/2008 |
Q: Greetings Jeff & Jacob: I promise to follow the 3 critical actions required for proper CP growth: ...
A: We actually give daily root massages. Twice monthly is too infrequent. All joking aside, we ...
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| Cephalotus and temperature... | 5/27/2008 |
Q: I have read some people say the drop on temperature is really important for the cephalotus that even ...
A: Yes, temperature is critical. I have friends in Hawaii that can't keep a Cephalotus alive for more ...
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| Do I need to acclimate my new Sarracenia Northwest VFTs to full sun and 30-50% humidity? | 5/27/2008 |
Q: Greetings Jeff and Jacob: I just ordered 3 small VFTs from Sarracenia Northwest in 3-inch plastic ...
A: No, there's no need to acclimate your fytraps. We grow our plants outdoors, so they are well ...
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| Fly Traps | 5/27/2008 |
Q: I recently bought flytraps from you and planted them. They came out of hibernation and sprang to ...
A: When you say that you planted your flytraps, what did you mean exactly? We ship all of our plants ...
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| Nepenthe(alata)+Vernus Flytrap | 5/27/2008 |
Q: Not long time ago, i have bought a nepenthe (alata) and a venus flytrap. And I was wondering if I ...
A: Don't worry about having to repot your plants. We repot thousands of plants each year, and they all ...
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| nep | 5/27/2008 |
Q: SNW for a water hardness test would the water be ideal acidic, neutral, basic. I want to use tap ...
A: Water hardness refers to the mineral content in water. It is actually independent of water pH, ...
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| standing water | 5/27/2008 |
Q: SNW can i use the bottom of a soda bottle for standing water
A: Yes, this would be a very economical method of watering your plants. Use a liter soda bottle and ...
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| Indoor care | 5/22/2008 |
Q: Today i just stumbled upon your Carnivorous plant website, i am really impressed on the amazing ...
A: The Judith Hindle pitcher plant is really an outdoor plant, so you'll have best results growing it ...
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| Sarracenia purpuria | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I want to grow Sarracenia purpuria outside and overwinter them. I will use a mixture of ...
A: This particular species is relatively easy to grow and is suitable for first-time growers. For ...
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| nEp | 5/22/2008 |
Q: when does a truncata reach full maturity(in years) and full sized pitchers.
A: This entirely depends on your growing conditions and the actual variety of Nepenthes truncata. ...
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| a small pitcher plan - can i save it? | 5/22/2008 |
Q: well, i purchased a small pitcher plan from Lowe's, hoping i could cut down on the occasional gnat ...
A: Your situation is not at all unusual when purchasing those terrariums. Unfortunately, as a ...
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| Watering | 5/21/2008 |
Q: i was just wondering if it was okay to give my sarracenia purpurea water that has been filtrated ...
A: Yes and no. Brita is a carbon filter, so it filters out only large molecules, such as chlorine, ...
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| fruit-fly infestation | 5/21/2008 |
Q: I wish I had come across your website a long time ago. It would have saved me a lot of grief. I ...
A: Yes, those critters can be quite annoying. It's likely that they are fungus gnats. These guys can ...
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| Dried Moss question | 5/20/2008 |
Q: I bought a bail of dried moss the other day and saw that the strands seem to be pretty thick. ...
A: First, make sure the moss you purchased is indeed sphagnum moss. If it says forest moss, tree moss, ...
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| watering question | 5/19/2008 |
Q: Hey guys, its me again. Your SD question asking maching. ha ha. in between rainfalls, i water my ...
A: Oh, oh! Somebody didn't read his e-book! ;-) For brevity sake, I'm going to refer you to the ...
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| venus flytrap seeds | 5/19/2008 |
Q: I have just planted some Venus flytrap seeds yesterday and I feel kind of nervous because last time ...
A: The most common problem with growing seedlings is mold and fungus. Many growers make the mistake of ...
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| watering question | 5/19/2008 |
Q: Hey guys, its me again. Your SD question asking maching. ha ha. in between rainfalls, i water my ...
A: Oh, that's not a good idea! While the aquarium water might be clear and void of solid waste ...
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| Venus Flytrap Flower | 5/18/2008 |
Q: I have a two Venus Flytraps that sit next to each other near a window receiving sunlight from the ...
A: I strongly suspect that the buds are dying off because your plants are not getting sufficient ...
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| Plants outdoors | 5/17/2008 |
Q: I have my Asian Pitcher Plants and my Sundews under artificial light on my windowsill all winter.Now ...
A: Whenever you move plants from one location to another, there will always be a period of acclimation. ...
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| D. Rotundifolia varieties | 5/17/2008 |
Q: This is a question mostly out of curiosity. I have quite a few D. rotundifolias growing in my ...
A: Drosera rotundifolia is the most populous sundew in the world, so you'll definitely see variations ...
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| Nepenthes Ceasar | 5/17/2008 |
Q: I received my Nepenthes Ceaser last week and I must say, what a magnificent looking carnivorous ...
A: The general care sheet that we have online is appropriate for the Caesar. Care for it like you ...
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| tiny white bugs in my soil | 5/17/2008 |
Q: i recently repotted my cape sundews, lance leafs, giant staghorn,spoon leafs, and south american dew ...
A: OOPS! I hope you didn't use vermiculite! Vermiculite is not the same as perlite, and it leaches ...
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| Sarracenia not opening up... | 5/17/2008 |
Q: I have a Sarracenia Willisi as well as a Doodle Bug and both of them are seem to be sending up new ...
A: Just give your plants more time. What you're seeing is the new growth. They all start off looking ...
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| water | 5/17/2008 |
Q: SNW to water plants you need water so what bottled water will be best aquafina,dasani etc or if you ...
A: When you use bottled water, make sure the label says distilled water or water processed via ...
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| VFT and D. Intermedia Questions | 5/17/2008 |
Q: I have 2 questions, First one, my VFT seeds havent germinated yet, how warm does it have to be ...
A: Venus flytrap seeds will germinate when the temperature is consistently above 65°F If it's cooler ...
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| Sarracenia Identification Help | 5/17/2008 |
Q: Could you please help me identify this Sarracenia. I have had it for about 3 year, and it is ...
A: You have a very nice plant there! It looks like one of the cultivar hybrids that were massed ...
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| classroom plants | 5/16/2008 |
Q: I'm hoping to build a terrarium or tank or something of carnivorous plants for our undergraduate ...
A: Fortunately nearly all carnivorous plants don't require terrariums, so I'd recommend to ditch the ...
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| Type of water to use | 5/16/2008 |
Q: I have 2 Fly-traps and I was wondering if I should be using collected rain water or my tap water ...
A: Flytraps require water that is low in minerals. If the water has too much minerals, it'll burn the ...
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| Sarracenia/vft flowers | 5/15/2008 |
Q: i just had a few questions about my sarracenia flowers. Ok, i have three flowers, 2 which i believe ...
A: The flowers are prime for pollination for about 5 days after they open up. You can use the pollen ...
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| venus flytrap in trouble! | 5/15/2008 |
Q: I bought 3 Venus flytraps from a different site and 2 of them have already died. the last one is not ...
A: Yikes! It looks like that your flytraps are suffering from hard water. Hard water is when the ...
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| Two Nepenthes questions | 5/15/2008 |
Q: I have two questions about Nepenthes: 1. A few people have recommended to me that adding a 1/4 ...
A: Actually spraying is a lot easier and better for the plant because you don't have to risk damaging ...
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| Type of Plant Light to Use | 5/15/2008 |
Q: I have just recently received a TLC Plant light which uses a full spectrum 9-watt fluorescent light. ...
A: Unfortunately, using a 9-watt fluorescent tube is the equivalent of growing a plant in shade. The ...
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| east | 5/15/2008 |
Q: SNW in your caresheets it says that a west or south window is better but i noticed that east windows ...
A: We recommend south and west windows because sometimes the light intensity in an east window isn't as ...
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| Two Nepenthes questions | 5/14/2008 |
Q: I have two questions about Nepenthes: 1. A few people have recommended to me that adding a 1/4 ...
A: You can certainly put the fertilizer in the pitchers of your Nepenthes, but as you've noticed, ...
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| Live Sphagnum Moss | 5/14/2008 |
Q: I recently bought the sarracenia "Daina's Delight" and repotted it into a bigger pot. I would like ...
A: You need only a pint of sphagnum moss. Over time, the moss will grow and fill up the pot, so you ...
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| Lowland Nepenthes germination | 5/14/2008 |
Q: For a couple weeks I've been trying to germinate some N. ampullaria and during the past few days ...
A: Germination rate varies considerably from species to species. The lowland species tend to have a ...
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| Heliamphora | 5/13/2008 |
Q: I was wondering if these plants can tolerate humidity in the 30's and the 40's I resently got a ...
A: Heliamphora is one of the very small handful of carnivorous plants that actually requires constantly ...
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| S. Flavas Flower | 5/13/2008 |
Q: about my S. Flavas flower, on the stem for the flower theres a big brown spot that every day gets ...
A: Depending on your climate, your flower stalk will bloom when the weather is warm. At our nursery, ...
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| Nepenthes | 5/13/2008 |
Q: My name is Justin. I live in San Diego Ca. I have asked you a question regarding nepenthes just ...
A: The Nepenthes you have could either be the standard Nepenthes hybrid you often find at hardware ...
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| DIRT | 5/13/2008 |
Q: SNW IF I BUY SOIL FROM YOU WITH MY PLANT AND I DON'T USE IT UNTIL NEXT YEAR WILL IT BE AS GOOD AS ...
A: Yes, as long as you keep the soil dry, you should be able to use it again next year. When dry, the ...
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| Neglected Venus Fly Trap | 5/13/2008 |
Q: Not too long ago, one of my friends ordered some VFT's for her high school drama class. Needless to ...
A: Yes, as you've been keen to notice, Venus flytraps are plants, and as plants, they need sunlight and ...
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| sundew sprouts and mold | 5/12/2008 |
Q: I have germinated some tropical sundew seeds this past month (capensis pink variety I believe). ...
A: Sulfur kills mold by making the soil acidic. Acids both inhibit and kill mold growth. Sulfur is ...
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| Nepenthes help........! | 5/12/2008 |
Q: I live in Malaysia(tropical climate) and i'm planning on growing some highland nepenthes.Since i'm ...
A: You can get by without misting. I think Malaysia is plenty humid enough! Besides, you'll have ...
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| Pinguicula macroceras seed | 5/12/2008 |
Q: I bought a P. macroceras from you about in late-March to early-April. It produced a flower which I ...
A: Congratulations on getting Pinguicula seeds! You have more patience than I do. I stopped trying to ...
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| mystery sundew | 5/11/2008 |
Q: I recently rescued a Parrot pitcher from a local garden center (it had been there for over a year, ...
A: Unfortunately a lot of sundews look alike during the seedling stage, so you really won't know what ...
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| Lowland Nepenthes germination | 5/11/2008 |
Q: For a couple weeks I've been trying to germinate some N. ampullaria and during the past few days ...
A: Yes, use a heat mat if you want to improve your germination rate. These seeds germinate best when ...
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| sundew question | 5/11/2008 |
Q: I am going to start a lowland tank for neps soon & I want to grow some sundews in there as well. ...
A: I generally don't recommend growing sundews in terrariums because they grow just fine outside of a ...
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| cold | 5/11/2008 |
Q: SNW, I know highland nepenthes require a low night temp. of 40-50F so can you put them in a fridge. ...
A: NO! Don't put your Nepenthes in the refrigerator. If you do that, you will definitely shock your ...
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| Nepenthes help........! | 5/11/2008 |
Q: I live in Malaysia(tropical climate) and i'm planning on growing some highland nepenthes.Since i'm ...
A: The term "typical highland" refers to the nighttime temperatures. Highland Nepenthes prefer cool ...
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| moss | 5/11/2008 |
Q: SNW Today I was in my the garden and I found some moss. So I dug a hole around it trying not to ...
A: Not all moss is the same. The type of moss that we use with carnivorous plants is called sphagnum ...
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| hot! | 5/10/2008 |
Q: im a carnivorous plant entusiast from Mexico and i have this friend in Merida, Yucatan who wants to ...
A: Yes, you can grow any of the lowland Nepenthes with relative ease in your climate. Consider the ...
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| Wintering over | 5/10/2008 |
Q: HELP!! For the past 2 years I have not been able to winter over my Sarracenias. (green, purple, and ...
A: Over wintering is probably the trickiest part of growing perennials in pots, regardless if they're ...
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| vft | 5/10/2008 |
Q: is it har to grow vft?
A: As long as you're willing to grow your plant outdoors in full sun, you'll have an easy time growing ...
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| POTTING | 5/9/2008 |
Q: SNW wHEN i FIRST RECEIVE MY PLANTS DO i REPOT RIGHT AWAY
A: We ship plant only in their pots, so you don't need to repot them for a while. Generally, the ...
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| nepenthes sibuyanensis | 5/9/2008 |
Q: is there any trick to growing nepenthes sibuyanensis? and i have nepenthes rajah and it has been ...
A: Ah, the joys of owning Nepenthes sibuyanensis. This species is a bit challenging, but once you get ...
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| Peat Moss | 5/9/2008 |
Q: I have heard that bulk of the peat moss sold in the US is primarily imported from Canada? Why is ...
A: Canada has much more |
