Watering from top/tray

QuestionHi Jeff! JP, once again :-) I have a question about the watering of carnivorous plants. What is it exactly about the thing to water from top, others from tray. Does it matter so much? Surely, Drosophyllum

Sarracenia Blackening

Questionleuc Venosa QUESTION: I have year old seedlings of flava, venosa, leucophylla. They are starting to blacken at their hoods. Both old and new growth. They are a indoors, foot away from a 65000K

Browning dormant leaves on drosera filiformis

QuestionMy nice looking droser Drosera filiformis QUESTION: My drosera filiformis is starting to emerge, but I have noticed that the some of the dormant leaves are turning brown. I sprayed with a sulf

Drosera sessilifolia seeds

QuestionHi, I got some Drosera sessilifolia seeds and was wondering if you knew if that species needed any cold stratification or anything before planting. Ive only sown capensis and spatulata for so this seem

Trimm Sphagnum

QuestionHi Jeff, I hope you and Jacob recovered from your cold and are both fine! spring is here, Pinguicula ist slowly coming out, I guess Sarracenia will do too!!! I have mature Sarracenia, in big 35 cm pots,

Whats happening to the leaf and will my condition satisfy an intermediate plant?

Question Nepenthes x Caesarion Nepenthes x Caesarion I bought this Nepenthes x Caesarion back in Sept of 2014 from SN. It wasnt until yesterday, I realized that I have been giving it highland condition

Re-Use Dripping Water

QuestionDear Jeff, another week, another question...I am now in full CP Mode! I have a few hanging wide baskets with Sarracenia. After watering, water flows out from downside very quickly. I was thinking, what a

Poison bugs

QuestionDo I have to worry about my plants eating poison spiders or wasps? AnswerHi Jason, Not really. The venoms that stinging insects and spiders use is toxic to animals and not plants. Also, since m

Cold Frames

QuestionGood Doy Jeff and Jacob I hope you are both well. In my never ending quest to take my plants out of their winter home as early as possible I was thinking about using my makeshift cold frame

Tarnok Pitcher

QuestionShould I add water to the Tarnok pitchers? I mean inside the pitchers to form a pool. If I should, how much? Thanks! AnswerHi John, No. Upright Sarracenia dont have water in them. As insects fa

Growing Heliamphora in a greenhouse

QuestionI currently have two heliamphora species growing in a greenhouse with many drosera, pinguicula, and highland nepenthes. The two species are H. heterodoxa x minor and H. nutans. The humidity does seem to fluc

Nepenthes Alata or Ventrata dosent grow big.

Question Nepenthes Nepenthed white spots i bought a nepenthes a week before christmas, and it only has grown new leafs and no pitchers. And the only pitcher it has is small. I have the plant in a morni

Soil for pings

QuestionIn your DVD, I saw that you can use pure minerals (vermiculite, pumice, perlite, etc.) to grow Nepenthes. Can you do this for Pinguicula laueana? I have a cutting in pumice that is just putting o

Seedlings of D. regia,, D. lusitanicum and B. liniflora

QuestionTerracotta pots QUESTION: Hi Jeff! Hope all is fine privately and with the plants! I currently have sown fresh seeds from following plants in big terracotta clay pots. Byblis liniflora Drosera regi

Trimm moss?

Question Moss Moss Hi Jeff, I know you answered my previously about this topic, but new growth is imminent for my CP磗, Pinguicula vulgaris is growing already, Sarracenia flowers coming out. As a las

AF venosa growing dis-coloured pitchers

QuestionAF Venosa QUESTION: My 2 AF plants are growing with discolouring pitchers, some come out normal & some come out dis-coloured, Im in fear I have a pest problem, here are my growing conditions :

Sarracenia AF Venosa discolouring pitchers

Question AF venosa My 2 AF plants are growing with discolouring pitchers, some come out normal & some come out dis-coloured, Im in fear I have a pest problem, here are my growing conditions : &

reporting Butterwort

QuestionI have an Aphrodisiac Butterworth that I purchased from you in Dec 2013. It is still in the original 3 inch pot. How do I know when it is time to repot it? The plant is doing very well. An

Soil for Darlingtonia

QuestionQUESTION: I have a cat litter pan Im gonna put holes in it 1/4 inch from bottom, I have peat, perlite but I cant find fine orchid bark or pumice, what is it I should do ? Should I use orchid bark 1/2 inch -

Sightly moss

QuestionMoss black Moss black 1 QUESTION: Hi Jeff! JP again... I trimmed my sphagnum moss a little bit today, and in some pots, moss tends to be black, like burned. I guess it is not wet enough and t