Nepenthes glabrata discoloration

Question Glabrata discoloration Discoloration Ive had this particular plant since December 2013. It has always grown well in my small highland terrarium. This past winter the leaves began to change colo

A Nepenthes, my grow light, and humidity

QuestionQUESTION: Dear Mr. Littrel, About half my carnivorous plants live indoors under a 195-watt Black Dog LED grow light that shines daily from 6 a.m. to midnight. D. muscipulas, S. Scarlet Belles and Parr

Sarracenia alata

QuestionI just bought a Sarracenia Alata. Can I remove it from its pot and just put it in long fiber spaghnum moss? I have it in full sunlight and standing in water outside. I live in Missouri. Can

Growing rate of Sarracenia

Question Sarracenia flava Sarracenia purpurea Hi Jeff, I have noticed that Sarracenia psittacina, purpurea and minor are those who send their flowers and new pitchers out at the latest time in the new

Ants!

QuestionWill ants do any damage to Sarracenia? I have a small colony that just moved into my sarracenia pot. Will neem kill these guys? If not, what will? Thanks, Eric AnswerHi Eric, Most ants wont harm the plants

Pots

QuestionHi guys, An interesting question came up while transplanting and your the only one I trust to as. Can you use Tera coat pots to grow cold hardy plants and why ? Thank you for your time Corrine AnswerHi Cor

Darlingtonia watering

QuestionI was gonna ask Jeff or Jacob but there on vacation so here is the question, on there website they say they water there Darlingtonia twice a day on warm days, so I would like to know what do they consi

Nepenthes growth

Question Nepenthes mutation? Different angle Hi, I bought a Nepenthes Ventrata about a year ago from a local retailer. Throughout the winter, it dropped all of its old pitchers but continued to vine, an

Is dormancy necessary? How to put a plant in dormancy?

QuestionHello, I bought a Venus flytrap last summer and it seems to be doing well, but I did not put it in dormancy last winter. I read that if you skip a year you must put it in dormancy the following year. Is that

Darlingtonia temps

Questionso here is the question, on your website ypu say water Darlingtonia twice a day on warm days, so I would like to know what do you consider warm days ? Being that Darlingtonia prefer c

Nepenthes- Can they eat too many bugs?

QuestionHi, I have three varieties of nepenthes growing inside my house. My plants are doing fine. But my question is, I have ants in my house. The ants are going into the pitchers and being eaten by the

Should I top trim Capensis Broad leaf

QuestionI notice Capensis Red leaf will have new growth at the base as to where Capensis Broad leaf will have new growth on the Stem. Thus in a period of time it may look like a small Palm tree. Question is... sho

Sphagnum peat moss product enquiry

QuestionI just wanted to know about this particular product safe for carnivorous plants nepenthes, sarracenias, VFTs black and gold sphagnum peat moss plus (Wetting agent) http://zoxoro.com.au/Products/Sun-Gro-Hort

Mushroom spec. in Sphagnum Moss

Question Mushroom in Life Sphag Mushroom in Life Sphag Dear Jeff, I hope you have had a great vacation! Sarracenias are blooming, pitchers going high, flytraps opening, it is wonderful!!! However, I n

Fungus looking things growing with drosera

Question Orange-Yellowish-Red-F I have a drosera capensis and it recently grew orange-yellowish, and red looking fungus on the top layer of soil near where the plant is growing from the soil. I have never see

Spider Mites

QuestionI have a Venus flytrap that I prune and water every morning. I look under the leaves and check it to make sure everything looks good. This morning I woke up and looked at my plant and it had webs and tiny sp

Germinate Drosophyllum on sand?

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jeff, I read in a CP book that Drosophyllum seeds can be sown on wet sand and once they start to germinate they should be transplanted to their final pot. How do you think about it? I have h

Your DVD and Nepenthes

Question Nepenthes Nepenthes Hi, I live in British Columbia, Canada and I was wondering were I can get you DVD Grow Carnivorous Plants Volume3. I also have a Nepenthes can you tell me what type and if i

Unidentified Sarracenia hybrid

Question My blooming Sarracenia A while ago this spring, I ordered an unidentified Sarracenia bare-root rhizome. It has bloomed. Can you identify it? Thanks, John AnswerHi John, This is most li

Cooling with 2 clay pots

QuestionQUESTION: I recently read one of the q & a with you putting up the link for the tube video of useing 2 clay pots with one inside the other & filling the space with sand, I was wondering being that CPs