April 6, 2023
QUESTION:
I got a Sarracenia alata from you a year ago, and it grew beautifully and caught lots of bugs. So, this past winter I clipped the old pitchers off as suggested in your monthly care vi
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April 5, 2023
Q/A #64 - Is My Drosera filiformis Dormant or Dying?
QUESTION:
I received my dormant Drosera filiformis on March 8. I bought the soil for sarracenia and sundew from you. I followed the directions. I put my plant into a 5" plastic pot with holes in
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April 4, 2023
Q/A #63 - What's Happening to the New Growth on My Sarracenia?
QUESTION:
Can you PLEASE help me with my Sarracenia? I live near Jacksonville, Florida, and I grow all of my plants outside in full sun. I attached a few photos. All the pitchers shown are new gr
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April 2, 2023
Q/A #62 - Sarracenia Isn't Breaking Dormancy
QUESTION:
I ordered a Sarracenia alata x minor from you about a month ago. Attached is a photo taken a couple weeks ago but as of today nothing much has really changed. The other photo is one tak
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April 1, 2023
Q/A #61 - Concerned about Propagating Mosquitoes
QUESTION:
I've divided my older Sarracenia that was in my bog. Now I have 9 pots of Sarracenia that will be in trays of open water. I'm concerned about propagation of mosquitoes. Do you use any
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March 29, 2023
Q/A #60 - Are Sarracenia Flowers a Sign of Stress?
QUESTION:
I've been growing Sarracenia for five years. This time of the year when my plants come out of dormancy, they produce flower stalks, and I just cut them as they come out. I was just wond
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March 28, 2023
Q/A - #59 - No Pitchers on Etiolated Nepenthes
QUESTION:
I've got a Nepenthes aristolochioides x glabrata hybrid which has become etiolated -- weak elongated vine (when compared to pictures on your site) -- and not put out any new pitchers in
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March 26, 2023
Q/A #58 - TDS of Water in Our Pools
QUESTION:
I water my plants with rainwater that has a TDS reading between 7 and 20 PPM, depending from which source. Water collected under trees is higher; water collected out in the open is lowe
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March 25, 2023
Q/A #57 - Is Pollen in Rainwater Bad for Carnivorous Plants?
QUESTION:
Hello. I have a question I hope you can help me with. Does pollen have a negative impact on rainwater as it pertains to carnivorous plants? I collected rainwater yesterday and the TDS i
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March 23, 2023
Q/A #56 - Fuzzy Mold on Cephalotus
QUESTION:
I purchased 3 Cephalotus plants last year at your open house and am hoping you can help me. I am having an issue with some white fuzzy looking mold on some of my plants. I hit the int
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March 22, 2023
Q/A #55 - Venus Flytrap Is Looking Strange
QUESTION:
I saw a tutorial of yours on YouTube about carnivorous plants and I wondered if you can help me with my Venus Flytrap and how to grow it. When I first had it, the traps were very small,
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March 21, 2023
Q/A #54 - Should a Sarracenia Rhizome Go Above or Beneath the Soil?
QUESTION:
I purchased a Sarracenia leucophylla from you before the winter. In the image I attached, the structure above the soil, should I keep that above the soil or beneath the soil if I deci
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