Droseras

Question Drosera red leaf Black Another drosera Hello Sorry my english my drosera have new born Leaves black and they apparently see it as a fungus because white powder. I put them Outside in gr

Powdery Mildew Treatment

QuestionIve been using baking soda to treat houseplants with powdery mildew and was wondering if I can use that on my CP also? Thanks much! Karla AnswerI advise against using baking soda. Carnivorous p

My nepenthes has little clear bugs?

Question poi dog nepenthes Hello! I have a poi dog Nepenthes, that has been doing well I thought. but now while watering this evening I found or saw little clear bugs in the dirt and around the bottom of the

Dionaea living in tropical island

QuestionGoing slow grow My super Dionaea looki QUESTION: Hello Sarracenia :) Ive had this Dionaea since summer that apparently were grown here in Puerto Rico. I asked the person that sold it to me wha

VENUS FLYTRAP REFUSED TO GO DORMANT DURING WINTER

Question Our Venus Flytrap I have two venus flytraps and they are the babies in this household. Our one venus just refused to go dormant, and it now has a shoot that it is about to flower. The sma

King Sundew question

QuestionKing Sundew QUESTION: I bought this King Sundew from you guys about a year ago and its doing great. Its getting very large, has bloomed, and I noticed its actually about three plants clumped tog

Rainwater

QuestionDear Jeff and Jacob, I have a cape sundew collection coming and I have collected rain water. However, the rain water is yellow . Is this water safe to use and do you know why its yellow? &nbs

Sundew leaves

Question Typical sundew Red Leaf My Drosera Capensiss [red leaf, white leaf, and typical] are grown in the sunniest part of my backyard patio in northeast ohio. I try to at least get them 4 hours of goo

Rollie Pollies

QuestionMy drosera capensis had a rollie pollie on it earlier today, but it fell of and dug into the soil. Will this be harmful to my sundew? AnswerA potato bug (also called pill bug or rolly pollly), are absolutel

Gamme

Question Drosera Drosera My drosera scorpioides isent preducing any Gemma AnswerDrosera scorpiodes will produce gemmae in late fall in response to shortened daylight hours. If you have your plan

What is going on with Lowii x Campanulata

Question nepentehs Lowiix camp Damage done from white Allexperts, I went to water the plant and found all these white spider web like structures on the plant. One half of the plant looks wilted.

Sarracinea

QuestionPlant Pitcher QUESTION: What sarracinea is this? ANSWER: It looks like a version of Sarracenia purpurea x leucophylla. It could be a complex cross, but it definitely has leucophylla a

soil mix for dewy pine

QuestionJeff, Do you think a soil mix consisting of 2 parts sand, 1 part peat, and 1 part perlite would be ideal for growing dewy pines? I intend to grow mine in a 12 inch clay pot. Do you think if I added the perl

Can I Make a Floating Carnivorous Garden?

QuestionQUESTION: Good afternoon! Over this summer I was introduced to carnivorous plants through a Venus Fly Trap and Pitcher Plant I bought at a local home improvement store. One of my childrens friends has

Venus Flytrap Seedling Dormancy

Question vft Hello, I have some fly trap seedlings that I started earlier this past winter inside. I live in Portland, OR, zone 8. I put them outside when the rain stopped, and they have done well. They get p

Plant feeding

QuestionType: Venus Fly Traps, growing vigorously. My question is will my traps grow without catching flies? Until I build a cover for them (to protect from birds) I have them in a kitchen window,

Venus Fly Traps

QuestionI have a Big Jaws cultivator when I bought it there was only three traps I aerated sphagnum peat and RO,steam distilled or rainwater depending on what I had at the time in a upstairs window got lots of

Venticosa x Atrisoclides

Question Venticosa xAtristoclio Venticosa x Aristoclio Allexperts, I was watering the plant today and I came across the damage to the growth point. I was wondering what is going on with the

Early season frost

QuestionGreetings! I grow several Sarracenia, VFTs, and temperate sundews in Columbia, SC - and were expecting to see some unusual freezing temperatures over the weekend. Since our weather closely mirrors that of Wi

nepenthis rajah

Question rajah This is jim,from cleveland ohio.i have a growing question,but id like to say thx jacob.you rely helped me with the grafting nepenthis, im going to mess with it this spring.i have a nepenthis ra