Mold & Fungus

QuestionWhy are fungus and mold a problem in a pot with germinating VFTs? Dont they get it in the NC bogs? John AnswerHi John, Some seeds of any plant may succumb to fungus, but overall outside in a natural

Lighting issues

Question The light clamp itself The fixure warning sig Why is my Clf bulb so hot? It is suppose to be warm, but its hot. The bulbs are 100 watt equivalents and run on 23 watts. The fixture is designed f

Sarracenia from seed

QuestionHello! I recently acquired some sarracenia seeds(Sarracenia alata Pubescent Black, Sarracenia rubra gulfensis)and have done much research on stratification and growing. I plan to soak the seeds overnight in

Pest, kill ant

QuestionTwist ? Dionaea QUESTION: Hello again :) Is normal that leaves from this ginormous dionaea twisted like you can see in the picture? Just asking if theres any problem correct before is t

Will the Heliamphora make it?

Question The Sad Story of the B The Sequel Hello, So, I recently (as in this morning) received this Heliamphora from an online nursery (whom shall be not be named) and upon opening the intact box, fo

Peat Moss

QuestionCan you use boiling water to sterilize peat moss. If not how do you? AnswerHi Eric, Boiling most anything will sterilize it. You can boil the peat in a pot for total sterilization, or I sometimes wil

Ping has curled leaves.

Question Pic 1 Pic 2 I have a ping that is in all ways that I can see healthy. The only thing I worry about is that the leaves are curled. There is dew on them. AnswerHi Troy, Butterworts have widely

Drosera seeds

QuestionI ordered some Drosera intermedia seeds, and I was going to store them in refrigeration until fall, when I would plant them as a carpet in a bog garden, which was an idea I got from you. What month sho

Greenhouse Shading?

QuestionHello, I am looking into getting a greenhouse for my nepenthes and sundews, particularly this: http://www.amazon.com/Palram-Mythos-6-Feet-8-Feet-Greenhouse/dp/B004HR1VFA/ref=s Logan AnswerHi Logan, Just

Potting Carnivorous Plants

Question Sarracenia x Dains De I recently purchased your Sarracenia x Dainas Delight. The plant is doing well and I even found that some very small sun dews are also growing in the pot. My questio

something eating pitcher plant

Questionpitcher plant with hol QUESTION: I have noticed something is eating on my Purple Pitcher Plant. At first I noticed what appeared to be white webbing type stuff in a new pitcher. I thought

Watering Dewy Pine

QuestionI have a couple of questions about watering the lovely Dewy Pine I purchased from you recently at the Open House. According to Vol 2 if your DVD series, they dont like to be over-watered, but it isnt explic

Aphid damage

QuestionSome of my plants in my various pools and trays are showing the distorted pitchers from aphid damage. I dont want the aphids to spread to my other plants and am wondering if a prophylactic spraying of the cr

Leaves look faded stagnant growth

QuestionN.Allardii N.Allardii QUESTION: I have had this nepenthes for 1 month an half. When It arrived via post it did have 2 dried pitchers both now have been cut off. The leaf colouration have turned

Drosera

QuestionI am ordering some seeds for Drosera binate dichonata Triffida, which are supposed to be the only fork-leaf sundews that act like weeds and are very prolific, like a capensis, and Ive read that all binatas b

stunted growth/ potential pest damage

Question stunted growth more stunted growth Hi there I have six nepenthes pitcher plants which were all growing very well indoors until summer time came when I moved them out doors. They have had plenty

100% Neem Oil to alter gnat production.

QuestionI have my nepenthes potted in Dried LFS, just noticed 1-3 fungus gnats lingering around coming out and hiding in the LFS, I just want to know is it safe to 1/4 dilution with 100% neem oil with Warm RO h20 an

Tropical terrarium

Question A tek Dont know Hello again :) So.. Im doing a new terrarium for tropical planta only. I got nepenthes ampullaria x subunayensis and a grecilia N. Im lookimg for a good source of light can y

Alkaline Soil

QuestionHello. My butterwort (Pinguicula moranensis) has grown pretty large the past two years and I plan on repotting them into a larger pot with fresh soil. I read the butterworts are odd because they prefer alkal

Can I use this soil?

QuestionHi guys, I have a big bag of Pro mix HP that I use for my other plants. Reading the ingredients made me think I could use it for my CPs. Can you give me your input on this before I start experimenting?