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This is Mr, Snappy, a friend of mine who is living on my balcony. He's got quite the appetite.
Mr. Snappy also has a friend named Baby Red, but Baby Red is currently recuperating from shipping, so his picture will have to wait. Wish wee Baby Red luck.
Mr. Snappy also has a friend named Baby Red, but Baby Red is currently recuperating from shipping, so his picture will have to wait. Wish wee Baby Red luck.
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Yes. Carnivorous plants have evolved to only get nutrients from insects, so no raw meat or anything else that isn't an insect for them, EVAR. They will die from raw meat.
They are actually very hard plants to keep and grow. They have to have just the right kind of soil, nutrient-poor soil. I use a mixture of 30% perlite and 70% sphagnum moss. Ordinary potting soil has fertilizer in it, which will burn the roots and the plant will die.
They also need strong sunlight or simulated sunlight, and lots of water, but one has to make sure that the plant's roots do not rot. But tap water and bottled water will kill the plant fast, so the water must be distilled or rain water straight from the sky. The air humidity must be right, which is why serious growers and keepers that live in colder places keep their carnivorous plants in terrariums.
Flytraps especially need a dormancy period during winter. If one lives in a place that's really cold in winter, the plant must be depotted, wrapped in spaghnum moss and put in the fridge for three months or so. Other states, like here in Florida, they'll go into dormancy by themselves since the winters are mild here. If they don't get a dormancy period, they will die.
In spring, after they've been sleeping, they will usually start to sprout one flower. The flower stalk must be cut off immidiately because otherwise - yep, you know it - the plant will die.
This is why I cringe when I see flytraps in grocery stores and stuff, because they advertise them like they're the easiest things in the world to take care of. And then so many poor plansies end up dying because their owners don't know how to take care of them properly.
They are actually very hard plants to keep and grow. They have to have just the right kind of soil, nutrient-poor soil. I use a mixture of 30% perlite and 70% sphagnum moss. Ordinary potting soil has fertilizer in it, which will burn the roots and the plant will die.
They also need strong sunlight or simulated sunlight, and lots of water, but one has to make sure that the plant's roots do not rot. But tap water and bottled water will kill the plant fast, so the water must be distilled or rain water straight from the sky. The air humidity must be right, which is why serious growers and keepers that live in colder places keep their carnivorous plants in terrariums.
Flytraps especially need a dormancy period during winter. If one lives in a place that's really cold in winter, the plant must be depotted, wrapped in spaghnum moss and put in the fridge for three months or so. Other states, like here in Florida, they'll go into dormancy by themselves since the winters are mild here. If they don't get a dormancy period, they will die.
In spring, after they've been sleeping, they will usually start to sprout one flower. The flower stalk must be cut off immidiately because otherwise - yep, you know it - the plant will die.
This is why I cringe when I see flytraps in grocery stores and stuff, because they advertise them like they're the easiest things in the world to take care of. And then so many poor plansies end up dying because their owners don't know how to take care of them properly.
Yeah.... wild venus flytraps are actually only found in the North and South Carolinas... they are fickle, but apparently, the Carolinas are perfect for these little guys.
As far as pitcher plants or Nepenthes go, I don't know as much about them. I know that they are native to countries in southeast Asia and Australia. I think they are a bit more tolerant as far as their environments go, they're not as picky and fickle as the flytraps. I know they can stand low humidity for example without dying, but they'll stop making new pitchers. And they have a wider range of temperatures that they can live in. But it's of course best to try and simulate their natural conditions if one wants a healthy plant...
Something funny about pitcher plants is that in the wild, monkeys will actually go up to them, break the pitchers (baskets) off and drink the liquid inside. Mmm... bug digestive juices...
As far as pitcher plants or Nepenthes go, I don't know as much about them. I know that they are native to countries in southeast Asia and Australia. I think they are a bit more tolerant as far as their environments go, they're not as picky and fickle as the flytraps. I know they can stand low humidity for example without dying, but they'll stop making new pitchers. And they have a wider range of temperatures that they can live in. But it's of course best to try and simulate their natural conditions if one wants a healthy plant...
Something funny about pitcher plants is that in the wild, monkeys will actually go up to them, break the pitchers (baskets) off and drink the liquid inside. Mmm... bug digestive juices...
Hehe, yeah, except while there is some water in the pitchers due to rain, there's also like... viscoelastic slime that holds the bugs in place. MOAHAHA. But maybe the monkeys like it, who knows!
That's crazy, that you have a D'anjou pear tree! D'anjous are actually my favorite pear. They have a little bit of tartness to them even if they are mostly sweet. I love boysenberries too, it's too bad they picked it out. Something I miss from Sweden is boysenberry jam, can't find that around here.
That's crazy, that you have a D'anjou pear tree! D'anjous are actually my favorite pear. They have a little bit of tartness to them even if they are mostly sweet. I love boysenberries too, it's too bad they picked it out. Something I miss from Sweden is boysenberry jam, can't find that around here.
It was so HARd to grow the damn thing... All the saplings always ended up eaten by fungi but this one I remembered the sterilizing power of the caribbean sun and did the opposite to what they tell you which is to keep all baby plants away from the sun.
I left the sapling roast on it's pot under the sun beneath a wire mesh for weeks and it manage to grow to one metre now, I keep it on the terrace because i know if I plant it on the yard the tropical bugs will eat it. The sad thing is that I need another pear tree if I want more than pretty white blossoms on April...
I left the sapling roast on it's pot under the sun beneath a wire mesh for weeks and it manage to grow to one metre now, I keep it on the terrace because i know if I plant it on the yard the tropical bugs will eat it. The sad thing is that I need another pear tree if I want more than pretty white blossoms on April...
wow i wish i knew how to take care of fly traps better your's looks so helthy
i don't have much luck with plants
i love Fly traps i think they are one of the coolest plants
the grocery store ones etc yeh i agree theri instructions are usually vague
and the plants look really bad~~
i don't have much luck with plants
i love Fly traps i think they are one of the coolest plants
the grocery store ones etc yeh i agree theri instructions are usually vague
and the plants look really bad~~
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