Flowering Flytraps YES OR NO?

QuestionHi Jeff ! I hope you are doing good and plants do grow well ! As every day, when I am thinking about carnivorous plants when office time allows, I make up my new questions to you, as an expert that answe

White Fuzzy Mold

QuestionI have some white mold growing on my soil, and some of it is on the pitchers of my smaller seedlings. The mold looks like the stuff in this persons picture: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Carnivorous-Plan

Sarrrcaenia

QuestionI am wondering if I should cut off all the pitchers on my Sarracenia. The top lid is brown but the rest is still red. I live in zone 9 and right now the highs of the days are 76 degrees and the nights are 45

separating the plants

QuestionI have drosera capensis and drosera aliciae. I have separated drosera aliciae and put each one in different vase. So, I was wondering, should I also separate my drosera capensis as one or two is each vase? A

winterizing

QuestionHello, I live in Pittsburgh Pa. I am growing Sarracenia Scarlet Belle,Tarnock,and Yellow Jacket. I am not sure how to over winter them! My intial thought is to bring my tube into the garage

Dionaea dormancy

QuestionHi! So, in the instructions on the care sheet I received today (thanks again for the great packaging), it said that its OK to bring your Flytrap out of dormancy early, and grow it inside like other carnivore

Sundew leaves arent looking too good

QuestionQUESTION: I have a capensis and a spatulata. For a while I was putting them outside during the day since it wasnt too hot or too cold and bringing them in at night since it has been getting a little co

N.glabrata browning/yellowing leaves

Question N. glabrata New Green Hi Jeff and Jacob, I purchased a N. glabrata from you some months ago, and it has, over some time, started discoloring. Leaves are blotchy, brown and yellowing. &nb

Cephalotus Wintercare/Outdoor

Question Temperatures Cologne W Hi Jeff/Jacob, hope you guys are doing well! I have a cephalotus outside for dormancy... First of all, Cephalotus, dormancy yes or no? I read that they don磘 necessarily need

Roots out of bottom of pot

QuestionQUESTION: I have some sarracenia seedlings, and upon changing their water in their tray, I noticed one had its roots sticking out the bottom of the pot. This seedling I in a pot with three other ones. They a

Trimming off American pitchers for dormancy

Question S. rubra new leaves S. leucophylla new lea Hi Jeff, earlier this month you told me I should be ruthless when it comes to trimming off Sarracenia pitchers during the winter time, it would be a

Non-spagnum moss as mulch for Nepenthes

Question Unidentified moss Hi Christopher, I have a few pots of Nepenthes that have 3 parts coco husks to 1 perlite as their growth medium. I notice that the surface dry out quite fast, so I have been lookin

Non-sphagnum moss mulch for Nepenthes

Question Unidentified moss Hi Sarracenia Northwest, I have a few pots of Nepenthes that have 3 parts coco husks to 1 perlite as their growth medium. I notice that the surface dry out quite fast (the average

P. grandiflora vs. fungus gnats

QuestionHello Jeff/ Jacob- I was cleaning dead leaves from my P. grandiflora resting buds when I noticed a few fungus gnat larvae around the buds. Are they a treat to the actual resting bud during dormancy or are t

vft seedlings

Question vft So I planted my Venus fly trap seeds pretty late, around end of September. Is it possible to skip the first season dormancy in a grow tank so it can keep growing during winter, like Sarracenia se

Cutting off flytrap leaves

QuestionQUESTION: Should I cut off my flytrap leaves before they go into dormancy? They are going to be in a north window in a garage. John ANSWER: Hi John, In a sheltered area like a garage just cut off any longe

Cold hardy sundews and butterworts?

QuestionJust had a question, I have been seeing most of your videos on youtube. Since your in a very cold area I wanted to ask for some advice. Which variety of sundew would do best in high elevations with very cold

Nepenthes gone limp and no pitchers.

QuestionPitcher Plant QUESTION: I live in south west Victoria, Australia and have been growing a Nepenthes very successfully for about six years. Its been growing in a hanging pot on the veranda - facing sout

Cephalotus follicularis growing in Texas

QuestionHello Jeff and Jacob, I have recently been looking into getting a Cephalotus follicularis and I noticed you have some listed. I have been digging around on the internet about growing them outide and from wh

Use of Fungicide

QuestionHi Jeff! Winter time is more like winter now in Germany, finally, so I sprayed my plants one more time with fungicide, just to make sure. I use physan20 with which I have had good results so far. Howev