Nepenthes Ventricosa Growing Sideways

QuestionIve got an N. Ventricosa. The plant has developed a sort of bent stem, apparently not via damage. It seems to want to be effectively laying on its side now. Im certain it wasnt damaged, the

my vft doesny want to eat bugs

QuestionQUESTION: hello . 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 it but didnt want to . is their something wrong? ANSWER: Hi Jose, There are a coup

distilled

QuestionIs distilled water distilled by the evaporation method ok. I heard that it can have minerals from the metal the steam sticks to witch then turns into water and drips down. AnswerHi Nelson, All distilled wa

warm temperate?

QuestionQUESTION: i got an issue. well, i got the secrets e-book and have been looking through it a lot (i think i might be addicted to it...) and i decided to go with the go fetch, spike and i said i wanted to see

my purple pitcher

QuestionQUESTION: Hey, I have a purple pitcher that i got from home depot and it came in a little see through container and it has almost no information on what to do with it. so i am not sure if you are suppost to

Nepenthes talangensis

QuestionHi guys, I have another question regarding highland nepenthes. Recently I bought a pot of nepenthes talangensis and grown it under the same conditions as other highland nepenthes such as N. sibuyanesi

Prune or not?

QuestionHello Christ, My Venus Flytrap is doing fine these days. But,like you said, my nepenthe alatas lower leaves started to die off, including the pitchers. I have been worry about it because my nep

Plants havent emerged yet!

QuestionQUESTION: None of my plants (yellow trumpet typical, copptertop trumpet, judith hindle, venus fly traps, pale pitcher and sweet pitcher) have started growing yet! They get enough light, water, and the right

Sundews.

QuestionI have a small sundew and it doesnt seem to be producing nectar from what i can see, its still small and its getting new growth but i dont really see nectar. Do you know what could be wrong? AnswerHi Josh,

Growing plants outdoors in Las Vegas

QuestionI love the Venus Fly Traps and other outdoor plants. However, it is just too hot in Las Vegas to leave them outdoors, even in the shade. Can any of them be grown indoors? AnswerHi Susan, Yes! A

nepenthes atala

QuestionNo pitchers so far, lots of ends that could become pitchers but none yet. Have in a southern window that gives filtered sun due to a sheer curtain, water tray with water in it, fertilized last in February wi

what i do with vfts

QuestionThe plants i grow is a venus flytrap (dente,typical). the soil i use is peat and perlite with green layer of moss.I give them distilled water and the lighting i use is sun light.I do not use terrariums or fe

Plants didnt come out of dormancy

QuestionIts the same person with the hard water. All experts just said there were too many follow-ups and said to make a new question. Anyway, I felt the roots and they were all firm except for the

CP bog garden

Question728 floater QUESTION: i have succeeded in the floating CP container in my pond now i want to enlarge it to a CP bog garden i have a 35 gallon water garden fiberglass type container im reading that FUL

Sarracenia dying

QuestionHey Guys, My Sarracenia are dying. The traps and leaves are turning brown from the top down. On most of the plants the brown is hard, but not brittle, and half way down to all the way down

testing pond water

QuestionQUESTION: I bought the ring to put around the pots that have some plants in them. Placed them in my goldfish pond last fall. This spring they are looking great. Then I am told not to put th

Nepenthes Bicalcarata in the windowsill?

QuestionHey there, I have had a Nepenthes Bicalcarata for about 3 years now. Confined in the grips of the terrarium. I would like to grow it as a windowsill plant but I dont know if it can handle t

Rain Barrels

QuestionI grow many nepenthes and other sensitive plants. My rain barrels have mosquito larvae in them but I wanted to know if it was okay to put bleach or a commercial mosquito larvae killer in the barrels? W

underdeveloped traps

QuestionHello, I recently purchased a Nepenthes Ventrata from you at the Portland Saturday Market. The plant is awesome! It is growing like crazy, but the new traps seem to be growing very slowly and I am worried th

Sarracenia problem

Questionhi, i just had a few questions regarding sarracenia. Ok, So far, all my plants have produced pitchers and Ive successfully pollinated my S. Flava flowers. My question. All of the plants hav