Is my plants growth point dead?

Question 1 2 Hello! My burbidgeae x platychila use to be the plant I was most proud of, but its health has been in decline. It started to develop rust spots on the leaves, which Ive really only tried n

Portland Weather/ flytraps

QuestionWe are here in Portland and my son has two small pots of fly traps that he got for christmas. I noticed this morning that the soil was dry and that they looked droopy. So I brought them in and put them in th

Inside in winter

QuestionI have just starting trying carnivorous plants and have a S. Purpurea and two others that I grow in a highly lighted lab at my school during the winter. This is the third winter for the S. Purpurea and it se

Coffee as fertilizer?

QuestionHi Ive seen this YouTube( Nepenthesis) talked about using the coffee treatment to fertilize his nepenthes and it looks like it has good results. But, he says to pour the coffee into the pot, then flush it ou

Soil and some stuff on the leaves

Question Drops of clear stuff Soil Hi, What is the clear drops of liquid on my nepenthes leaves. When I touched it it was sticky and when I licked it, it was sweet. Also should

Nepenthes brown stem?

Question nepenthes from Lowes nepenthes from Lowes I have a Nepenthes that I bought from a Lowes hardware store about a year ago. I have transplanted it once into a larger pot using your Nepenthes

feeding butterworts

QuestionWhen you feed blood worms to butterworts do you feed them dried or re-hydrate them first? Ive done it both ways but Im not sure which is the best way for the plant. AnswerHi Patricia, Definitely hydr

Green moss

Question Soil Green stuff What is this moss growing in my sarracinia pot and the water? Also what is the white stuff. will it damage my plant? How do I remove it? AnswerHi Eric, The white stuff is so

About a lamp and CP

Question Light Hey Jeff I bought the lamp you recommended (burpee) 6,500 k and a 32 bulb :). My question is ... can a red leaf sundew and the red dragon that I just bought from you this week... is red will m

Planting pots

QuestionQUESTION: I have some rally small seedlings in a pot I did have a Algae breakout recently and rinsed gravel in distilled water and put it on the surface of the medium to keep the Algae below the surface and

Sarracenia flowering too fast?

Question TwoFlowers I live in Southern California (8a-9a). Ive been growing my S. Leucophylla x Rubra ssp. Alabamasis for 2 years outside full-time facing east. The soil type is relatively equal proportions o

mexican butterwort

Questionhi i got a butterwort at lowes it was in a gubbler deathcub it was in moss and it had little root.i heard that they can stay too wet. can you help or give some tips on how to care for them.thank you so much!

Nepenthes Alata

QuestionNepenthes Feb 2014 QUESTION: Hello. Purchased my 1st Nepenthes last fall. The new growth looks bad. There are some little bumps on the underside of leaves, not shown in pictures. Some little clear loo

Pesticide

QuestionI would like to know if The insecticide safari 20 is safe to use on Venus flytraps, sarracenias, and sundews. I am having an aphid out break in my sunroom and I use Safari on my orchids. I am bring some new

Plant health

Question Lecuophylla "tarnok" Hello. I have been growing this sarracenia lecuophylla tarnok for about a a year now. This year I was surprised to find the rhizome turning brown. Is this normal or is

soil and Terrarium

QuestionI was told a Terrarium was a breeding ground for mold and not to make one. Even if I steam the media in the microwave is it still a bad idea?, cause what I planed to use has a hinged lid and plenty of ventil

Flytrap and a light

Question What about flytraps in Hello Sarracenia So... I bought this burpee light you that you recommended and put some CP so I can have a collection close to me when Im working...anyways...I want to k

Drosera Capensis (Red) leaf twisting

Question Twisted leaf I live in Phoenix, Arizona (zone 8) and have just received my sundew (Drosera Capensis, Red Leaf) in the mail last week. Upon arrival, I immediately repotted my sundew in a mix of 50/50

Dionaea propagation

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I wanted to make some leaf cuttings of my Dionaea. Spring came early this year in Mexico (although perhaps I should say we didnt have winter at all) and I want to propagate my plants. How long

Question about my seeds

QuestionI did what another expert told me to just leave the seeds alone and keep adding water, Today I decided to see if these grew since they grow fast and I noticed there was white appearing on the Algae, nothing