June 12, 2023
QUESTION:
I received this Nepenthes x Gaya from you last month and it came with three leaves. The leaves were all green, but if you look at the photos, the two leaves that have grown in since are
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June 11, 2023
Q/A #99 - Mist Your Nepenthes Tendrils?
QUESTION:
I saw on one Youtube Video that recommended growers to spray the tendrils of Nepenthes with distilled water to prevent the tendrils from drying out and to produce more traps. Is this tru
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June 11, 2023
Q/A #98 - Growing a Flytrap in Montana
QUESTION:
I live in Montana. My flytrap is doing really well since I got it in April. It lost two traps and has grown an even larger one with a new trap on the way. My question is I use a white li
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June 11, 2023
Q/A #97 - Nepenthes Leaves Getting Smaller?
QUESTION:
I've had a Nepenthes sanguinea for about 8 months. My plant is growing in an east facing window with about 2 hours of direct sun and the rest of the day bright filtered light. A mix of s
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June 11, 2023
Q/A #96 - Smart Water® Isn't So Smart to Use on Flytrap
QUESTION:
Can I use the brand "Smart Water" to water my Venus flytraps? I will use rain to water them but there has been no rain recently. It says Smart Water is distilled but there are electrolyt
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June 11, 2023
Q/A #95 - Sarracenia with Bendy Pitchers
QUESTION:
Would you be able to advise me on what could be causing my
Sarracenia flava pots to be putting on poor bendy growth right now. The two pots in the picture are exactly the same Sarrace
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June 11, 2023
Q/A #94 - Floppy Sarracenia Pitchers
QUESTION:
I have a Sarracenia leucophylla x rubra. What do you do, if anything, about a Sarracenia that always gets “floppy?” It was doing better this year being planted higher and more exposed t
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June 11, 2023
Q/A #93 - Deformed Pitchers on a Sarracenia
QUESTION:
My Sarracenia Don's Flava has a serious tendency to produce deformed traps. None of the other Sarracenia I have do this, and I have a lot! All grown with the tray method, western Oregon
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June 9, 2023
Q/A #92 - Red Dragon Flytrap Is Finicky
QUESTION:
I'm in the Portland area and bought this Red Dragon Flytrap at your open house a couple of years ago. It's never really thrived but this year seems more sickly. It gets new growth but th
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June 6, 2023
Q/A #91 - Sarracenia Scarlet Belle or Not?
QUESTION:
I was gifted a carnivorous plant at my my son’s funeral a year ago. I was told it’s a Scarlet Belle, but as I grows I’m not sure that’s correct. It is extremely important that I find out
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June 6, 2023
Q/A #90 - Flytrap Not Flytrap
QUESTION:
I have been growing this from seed thinking it was a Venus Flytrap. Now I am not sure, It has shell shaped leaves and is starting to grow fairly tall. The stalks and some leaves have hai
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May 16, 2023
Q/A #89 - Sarracenia Didn't Survive Winter.
QUESTION:Sarracenia purchased last spring and summer I planted in an outdoor bog garden, in fall I covered the entire planter with a foot of leaves. I live in Wisconsin. I uncovered a couple weeks
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