asian pitcher nepenthes

Questionin one of my pitchers the cricket grew mold. is that normal? will it make the plant sick? AnswerHello Matt, This can occur if the prey item is large enough to protrude above the preservative/digestiv

Nepenthes ventricosa traps dying back

Question Nepenthes ventricosa I bought a N. ventricosa from you two years ago along with a N. sanguinea. I put both in a SW windowsill in the Seattle area. While the sanguinea seems to be doing fine, t

Sarracenia & Dionaea

QuestionHi, I live in San Diego, CA. Beginning about half way through this grow season I started noticing a black sooty build up on the areas that secrete the nectar on my sarracenia and flytraps. I read in DAmatos

Miracle GRO Sphagnum Peat Moss and Perlite

QuestionOk well I have a D. adelae that has about 5 other little ones growing in the pot. I have Miracle Gro Sphagnum Peat Moss and Perlite as well. Well it says that they both are enriched with plant food. &n

CP in cold northern area

QuestionI live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in an extreme northern climate. We get almost a full 6 months of winter close to an entire month below freezing and sometimes as long as 2 weeks below zero deg

Aqua Globes

QuestionHi I was wondering what your take on using Aqua Globes to water an Asian Pitcher plant. It seems like a good idea because it would keep the soil moist but I just wanted to make sure that it would be ok

plant drooping

QuestionLast year when i lived in Long Island and had my plants in the sun they were growing real nice my purple pitcher was real purple and my parrot plant was growing straight up with nice color. Now that I moved

Native Plants

QuestionWe are installing an artificial bog into our back yard in order to grow some carnivorous plants, however, I have not been able to find a list of carnivorous plants native to Oregon to plant (aside from the c

Question about lighting and my plants

QuestionI have flytrap, cobra, pitcher, trumpet and temperate sundew seeds that I bought in June. I stratified them for 8 weeks and soon should be getting some growth. What kind of lighting would you recommend for m

N. ampullaria

QuestionI have a N. ampullaria that I want to put in a terrarium. I was wondering if there are any other carnivorous plants that I can grow with the N. ampullaria. Thanks!  

Nepenthes Hamata on a windowsill?

QuestionHi guys, you have always been a great help in the past, and started me on carnivorous plants, so I take your opinions/advice to heart every time. I have been growing nepenthes for about a year and a half no

Drosera flowers

QuestionJeff Dallas or Jacob Farin, All my Drosera spatulata, paradoxa, nidiformia, venusta, capillaries 憄aseo giant?x rotunddifolia 慹vergreen?California, Pygmy Sundew, nitidula x pulchella,

Mosquitos

QuestionHow do you recommend keeping mosquitos out of water trays? I have a Venus Flytrap and a Purple Pitcher that are doing great, but are breeding mega mosquitos. I want to kill them off without harmi

nepenthes disease?

Questionsick nepenthes QUESTION: Hello, Ive been having a problem with my Nepenthes plants, and its been going for more than a month. The various plants I have seem to have a rotting problem at substrat

P.macroceras hibernacula question

QuestionHi Guy, my macroceras have started developing their hibernacula and I was wondering how should I over winter them? I know they can rot if kept too wet so I was wondering how you guys do it. &nb

n. ventrata and its artificial light

QuestionHi! Ive just rescued a sad looking n. ventrata from a grocery store. Unfortunately, I have no acceptable windows. I do have a nice spot over the kitchen sink that has a flourescent light fixture. I rigged th

Seed help.

QuestionMy sarracenia alata had produced some seedlings and i started to statify them about 2 weeks ago and spayed them with a Garden Safe 3 in 1 fungicide. However, about 3 days ago i went to check the status of my

identification problems

QuestionN. velvet QUESTION: Hey, I recently bought three Nepenthes a while ago and I dont know what are species they are. One of them looks a lot like the plant in the picture named N. velvet, which you put

N. ampullaria lighting

QuestionHI I was just wondering if I could use any flouresant light for a terrarium or a special grow light. I was also wondering if I could grow Heliamphoras with N. ampullarias AnswerHi Luca, Yes, you can use

Sarracenias in fall?

QuestionHello, I was recently considering purchasing a Sarracenia plant from you at Sarracenia NW, but I was wondering: would it be wise to get one at this time of year? I live in northern Michigan (not the Upper