Spatulata seeds

Question spatulata It appears as my D Spatulata that I got from you all about a month ago is getting ready to flower. I saw in the DVD how to harvest and propogate the seeds but how could I store them t

Distilleria dead/

Question Nep Distilleria 1 Nep Distilleria 2 Allexperts, Did this plant not make it thru. Here are the photos of the plant. The Plant was grown in a terrarium. I used distille

soil mix for Drosera regia

QuestionJeff, In your opinion, what is the best soil mix to use for germinating/cultivating Drosera regia? What are your thoughts on using LF sphagnum and perlite or silica sand?? Thank you, Derick AnswerHi Deri

Some more photos of my plants

Question Nepenthes alata The whole plant Ok I read the email that I was just sent and I will be happy to tell you what growing changes or anything new I have added: ok so In the winter I take all my tro

Cephalotus growing medium

QuestionQUESTION: Hello Jacob and Jeff I hope your winter is going well for you. I was just reviewing the cephalotus section of your DVD and have a question about soil medium . You reco

Water for plants

QuestionQUESTION: Is the water in Bay Area pure enough for carnivorous plants ANSWER: Hi Eric, Theres two ways you can find that out. The first is to go to your water bureaus website and look at their EPA wa

Squirrel Problem

QuestionWith spring approaching, are there any pointers you can give on how to keep the squirrels away from my flytraps and other small plants? Last year they trashed 5 of my plants, and I almost have up on getting

Artificial light vs. south-facing bay window.

QuestionI am in Portland, Oregon so the sun is relatively rare. I was wondering what might be more beneficial, growing my nepenthes under artificial light or by my south-facing bay window? I currently have them unde

how to keep from shocking my nepenthes

QuestionI just yesterday aquired a nepenthes as a christmas gift from a friend I directed to your site as a suggestion. He got me a nepenthes--I believe it was one listed as an unknown hybrid. My worry is that he ha

Dewy Pine Question Follow-Up w/ Photo

Question Dewy Pine Close View Dewy Pine Longer View I recently acquired an HPS light fixture and moved my dewy pine (drosophyllum lusitanicum) under it. The HPS was recommended to me so that the d

Nepenthes [Talangensis] peristome color question.

Question Greenish/Yellowish Per Me again. And I would like to thank you for taking your time to answer all my questions! I just got a N. Talangensis that was advertised as having a bright red peristome. I wa

Drosers Natalensis and general CP questions

QuestionQUESTION: I was given some Drosera Natalensis a while ago and I was also given a Betta Fish tank a friend gave me cause he was not going to get more fish. I decided to make a small Terrarium out of it with o

Venus Flytraps

QuestionQUESTION: As you can tell this is my first time growing anything from seeds I was adding a little water today and dunno if I never noticed 2 very small white spots in the media were I think I dropped seeds,t

D. Binata Seedlings Browning

QuestionI have been trying to grow a variety of CPs from seed. Here is a picture of my D. Binata seedlings: http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd469/entropy1981/IMG_13121.jpg I have been growing them in a terrariu

Egyptian carnivorous plants

QuestionI want to know the Egyptian Carnivorous plants which already exist in Egypt? In which sites they are located? I know that there is an aquatic carnivorous plant which exists in Borolous Lake and other places

Perlite

QuestionHey Jacob, Jason here. Just curious about something I saw in the Savage Garden. Peter talks about perlite being somewhat alkaline. So he said no more than 20% should be used with the peat moss. W

Oreophila repotting issue.

QuestionThis is my first overwintering of my carnivorous plant collection that i started last spring. I decided to repot an Oreophila that i acquired from a local grower. The problem is that the rhizome

Drosera Natalensis seedlings

QuestionQUESTION: Ho high does a Drosera Natalensis grow to and how long might it take? ANSWER: Hello Dennis, D. natalensis is a small Sundew species similar to Drosera spatulata. It does not really grow verticall

Truncata

Question Truncata Hey guys, Jason again. Ive been meaning to ask about the leaves on my Truncata. The plant is growing great and the pitchers are perfect. Im just wondering why the leaves do what you se

Thrip control on Sarracenia.

QuestionTowards the end of the growing season last year my 10x12 bog was invaded by thrips. They enjoyed munching on all my Sarracenia except for the leucophyllas. I almost bought a product containing or