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Winterizing Venus Fly Traps

QuestionWhen you say you should cover your plants in mulch, should you cover them over the top? Ive filled my pot to the top with the peat moss/perlite mixture so I couldnt put 6-8 inches of pine straw mulch

Water Deprivation in Sundew

QuestionHello. I have a small (below 30 cm) Drosera Capensis Sundew, that has recently been subject to a lot of sunlight (practically a weeks worth) and had very little water. As a result the soil has completely dri

Sarracenia seed germination

QuestionMy sarracenia plants produced lots of seed this year and Id like to try germinating the seed. I was planning to use 50/50 peat/fine pumice mix. I have lots of living sphagnum moss (yes folks, the

Light for my carnivorous plants

QuestionQUESTION: Hi! Im just wondering, i have a 15W 230V 50Hz Ultra Violet compact fluorescent light, is it good for my P Weser, N Ventrata and S Catesbaei? and will it reveal red colors to the plants? because th

Growing outside in Santa Barbara, California. Question about humidity.

QuestionI recently purchased several Venus Flytraps. They came in individual plastic containers. I wish to grow these outside. Ive read on the containers that they need the containers to keep the humidity level up a

Indoor lighting question

QuestionHi there. I have bought numerous plants from you and have enjoyed everyone. I have several asian pitchers, a couple flytraps, multifork sundew, cape sundew, and two king sundews. They are all doing wonderful

Carniverous Plant in a Lab

QuestionI work in a genetics lab in southeast Texas that works with Drosophila Mealanogaster as its model organism. As you may guess, since these guys are so small and so numerous, the escape quiet often. I was look

Reverse Osmosis Units

QuestionWe are on a well water system, but dont want to put in a house filtering system at this time. Is there a reverse osmosis set up that can be attached to an outside hose? Or can one be easily created? Answe

Nepenthes Day Temperatures

QuestionHi Jacob and Jeff, > I have recently visited your site. It looks great, and I am looking > forward to ordering some of your upcoming batch of plants. I was just > wondering about

I have a couple questionS

QuestionI want to transplant my N. Rajah to my terrarium. Is there any way I can do this safely without a high risk of transplant shock? Also, I am thinking of using a 150 watt flourescent light for my p

Wooly Sundew Terrarium Heating

QuestionI am thinking about growing a wooly sundew in a terrarium, and I have everything worked out but the humidity and heat it requires. In Peter DAmatos book, it mentions using a fish tank heater submerged in a m

My thermometer

QuestionI just got an exo terra thermometer. Where should i put the sensor in my terrarium for the best reading? I cant put it on the back panel since their is a background there. Where else? Answ

Just got an exoterra fogger

QuestionHow long should I leave the fogger on at night? at what intervals (if possible)? AnswerHi Jake, Just turn it on at night, or put it on a timer. Theres no hard fast rule for something like this.  

Flowering Drosera Spatulata

QuestionMy Drosera spatulata started sending up flower stalks well back in October. Theyve stopped growing but the buds still havent bloomed. Is this a normal? I actually recieved this plant from your store a

Drosera Cross Breeding

QuestionChristopher, I have in current collection multiple Drosera Capensis, a pot full of Drosera Spathulata, and a couple pygmies, Drosera Nitidula x Pulchella. And i was wondering, and

tap water + sundew adalea

QuestionI have a lot of sundews growing and multiplying nicely in a large flat pot. I usually water it with spring water but I wasnt paying attention and I MIGHT have watered it with tap water because the bott

nepenthes alata-brown spots

QuestionI have had the nep on my porch hanging all summer and it did wonderfully. however I didnt take it in until just recently(which Im sure is the problem, Im living in NC) and I know it had dried out at le

Winterizing help

QuestionI live in South Jersey just over the bridge from Philadelphia PA. Thats zone 6 right? ok... heres my problem... I cant find the file that I made up with all my helpful hints and you guys are working on

Some of my highland Nepenthes arent growing...

QuestionQUESTION: I have a Nepenthes Sibuyensis and it is starting to turn black. I also have a N. Sp1 from borneoexotics and it stopped growing. I am growing them in a 18 x 18 x 18 exo terra glass terra

my christmas break

Questionfor Christmas break Im taking home our class plant (a vft) this is the first one Ive taken care of and i was wondering what happens if i feed one trap too much or if a feed a different trap every time the la

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