rotton ceph

QuestionQUESTION: I got a C. Follicularis 3 weeks ago and I am growing it in a makeshift terrarium. Its a gallon milk jug with the funnel-shaped part cut off. I keep the top open so that the air circulates and grow

Terrarium Cooling.

QuestionQUESTION: How might I cool a terrarium for Ultra-Highland Nepenthes such as N. Hamata? Also, Are my growing conditions for the pygmy sundew that you sent me as a bonus plant correct? I have it in a south win

VFT dormancy Zone 3

QuestionQUESTION: You have helped me before figure out strategies to get my VFT through the winter in Zone 3 (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). I have a few questions now that it is time to apply mulch. I hope

Drosera Capensis Growing

QuestionHi, I have recently purchased Drosera Capensis broad leaf seeds. I am new to growing plants. I live in New York City. I have purchased a very small terrarium (9x6x8; http://www.amazon.com

Does this measure for my small aquarium fit my N. Hamatas size?

QuestionQUESTION: The measures are Height=7.5 Length=12 inches width=6 inches Will this size accommodate

CAUTION: CP growers!

Question Just to inform cp growers that if you go to Home Depot and purchase Sphagnum Peat moss and Perlite in the bags it contains fertilizer now!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been having a hard time finding the

Carnivorous dormancy

QuestionHi, i had asked you about dormancy a while ago, and just want to learn a little more. My venus flytraps and sarracenia had been brought in my garage because i was worried about the declining temps. they we

playsand

Question Since I cant find Perlite that is fertilizer free, can I use playsand from Home Depot? It is clean and white sand. Can I just use pure peat moss if nothing else? I am having a proble

Heliampora Plant

QuestionI am going to make a attempt to grow a Heliampora Plant.Can you tell me the easiest species to start with.Should I put it in a terranium or is a pot ok? I will be keeping it in the house under artifical ligh

Nepentes Truncata

QuestionHello, I am going to order one of the Nepentes Truncatas, and was wondering if pitchers that large can still be grown in a hanging pot, or they need to be able to sit on a solid surface? AnswerHi John, Nep

I need help on constructing my highland terrarium.

QuestionQUESTION: I currrently have a lowland terrarium which is enclosed except for 10% of the top opened. I have taken those plants out now for windosill growing. I have recently received highland nepe

Largest N. rajah

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, Do you know where the largest N. rajah in cultivation is located or who grows it? <Jay> ANSWER: Hello Jay, I personally do not know who owns the largest recorded N. rajah in culti

Tropical Sundew

QuestionHi, i just had a few more questions. A long time ago i ordered some nepenthes from you and you threw in a few free pygmy sundew. i was just wondering is there a way to tell D. nitidula x pulchell

venus flytraps, are they doomed?

QuestionIts late November and I dont know if my vfs are dormant or not. Over here in north central Arizona it stayed rather warm till just a week or so ago. I set them out a few days before Halloween; I was growin

Hydroton

QuestionHi Jeff and Jacob In my never ending search for better growing media for my Nepenthes, I came across a product called Hydroton. The product description says: Derived from a renewable and ple

dividing drosera

QuestionI assume that drosera can be divided like any other house plant. I have several that I would like to divide to place around our home as insect getters. (they are amazing in their capturing abilit

serracennia

QuestionQUESTION: I have a serracenia purpurea that has 5 traps on it. 2 are dead and no more are growing. How do you take care of purpureas? What needs do they have? I also have a serracenia

wintering outside or indoors

QuestionQUESTION: species: Cobra plant, saraccenia purperea pitcher and VFT I need to know where you live. A I live in Kansas (I have bought from you guys before) Q: How cold can it potentially get? A:below

My sarracenia seeds

QuestionI have received 20 Sarracenia leucophylla seeds from in the mail. how do I put them in my carnivorous bog garden? Can I just leave them in the bog garden for the winter so in the spring they can

Venus flytraps and sarracenia purpurae dormancy

Questionhello, i was wondering, I live in Canada, where the winters get far too cold to put my plants outside. I was wondering, should i put them in hte firdge? and for how long? i look forward to receiving your res