PH levels for individual pots or outdoor bog garden

Question Venus Fly Trap Hi guys, as you know I, preparing my plants and planning the outdoor (Canadian) bog garden with much detail. I have a handle on the TDS levels (my tap water is 145ppm so distilled it

Leaf Cuttings of Sarracenia

QuestionI have two young sarracenia plants and want to propagate them. Do you have any advice on what age to cut them and how to cut them? AnswerHi Carlee, Sarracenia need to have at least 3-4 solid growing crowns

Brown growth points?

Question hi Hello, I am inquiring about my drosera spatulatas growth point. It appears to be brown. Any reason for it? AnswerHi Eric, Drosera spatulata and many other sundews have this fine mesh of d

Sarracenia Rhizome

QuestionHi! I had a large crowded Sarracenia leucophylla plant that I decided to divide into smaller plants. When I started to break off pieces of the rhizome, I made sure each had their own growing point attached t

Density of Sarracenia

QuestionHi Jeff! I hope the Belgian dark chocolate arrived well at your nursery and you are enjoying the taste! (if not it should arrive very soon, it was sent out on Sat. 13th) 1.) I repotted all my plants and I

sarracenia leucophylla I just purchased

QuestionJust received my bare root sarracenia leucophylla from you. I live in columbus ohio and the weather is still cold. We will have freezing weather before spring hits. I have my flytraps in a refridgerator for

percentage peat moss for S. leucophylla

QuestionI recently purchased 2 bare root S. leucophyllae. Your instructions on a potting mix suggested 50% peat and 50% perlite (no indication of coarseness). Since perlite is alkaline, and these plants

VFT dormancy

Question Dormant VFT Right now I have a dormant VFT in my garage. At this time of year I always screw it up. Either I water it too much or too little. This year I may have done it again by drying out the soil

Bayer Natria

Questionany new information on using bayer natria? im going to go to lowes today to purchase a fungicide for my pitcher plants and flytraps, they recommended 3.... garden safe- fungicide3, daconil, and bayer natria.

Nepenthes Hamata looking bad

Question N.Hamata ALL experts, I have this N.Hamata that I got from you a few years ago ,and now it looks pretty bad is there anything I can do to see if it can pull threw? I have it growing in a fish

Cover Sarracenia rhizomes with Sphagnum?

QuestionHi Jeff, hope by this time you get the chocolate :-) One quick question. I have cut back all my Sarracenias and repotted them. I top dressed the containers with life sphagnum moss. Is it ok if I slighly

harbor freight greenhouse 6x8

QuestionQUESTION: Hey guys!! I will be as specific as I could so you can understand this question. I recently purchased a Harbor Freight 6x8 greenhouse and was wondering the best way I can keep the humidity in it. I

Pitcher Edge Yellowing?

QuestionYellowing QUESTION: Hi SNW, This winter Ive made my first venture into growing under lights after acquiring plants in CA that had already woken back up, but I seem to be running into problems. Like t

Water Tray?

QuestionHello, my droseras water trays all look extremly dirty. ie: water is yellowish, dead bugs stuck in the water, etc. So I am asking if I need to clean it or not. AnswerHello Eric, From both an aesthetic and

Nepenthes x. Fancy Fish

Question Image 1 Fancy Fish Image 2 NxFF Bought from SNW late last year or early this year. Growing like a weed! Some (? Tendrils?) But no pitchers are forming. Watered only with distilled water

King Henry didnt seem to go dormant

QuestionKing Henry King Henry QUESTION: Rather than leaving him outside in the very windy unpredictable New England weather, he resides in the unheated garage and gets about 8 hrs of what I think is 2

cold frame in windy zone 6

QuestionSarracenia leucphylla x mitchelliana, venus flytraps, s. purpurea. outdoor habitat in clay pots sitting in ceramic or metal containers. Zone 6, with lots of wind. Past 6 years winterized in semi heated garag

Growing Darlingtonia Californica from seed

QuestionIve been looking around at various guides, looking for various pitfalls, but since I live in SE Portland about 20 minutes from the nursery I was hoping you might have some tips on care in our climate. As th

Supplemental light for nepenthes

Question Nepenthes with diffuse Nepenthes hanging abov We have a nepenthes in need of light, with lots of large leaves and only rarely producing tiny pitchers. When we put it in a corner location with b

crowded pitcher plants in winter

Question pitcher plants in wint Hi! I have had several pitcher plants in this container for many years. I only water with distilled, and for many years they have been healthy an happy, produ