Spring! Your plants wake up, put on a bedazzling flowery show, and start popping fresh pitchers. How excellent the show ends up being is dependent on what we do leading up to this time of year. So, how do we get our Sarracenia into tip-top shape and push their growth to the max?
I've had enough caterpillar pests to have firmly concluded that, within carnivorous plant collections, they are evil incarnate and must be dealt with without empathy or remorse.
Nepenthes bicalacarata as a house for ants? Yup. N. lowii acting as a toilet for tree shrews? Oh, you betcha. 🤢
Check out this KQED Science team publication on Drosera! It's super neat, and Carnivorous Plant Resource assisted with the research!
Looking for an app that allows you to track, share, and trade with your plant collection? It's called PlantBuddy, and you can participate in the beta.
Growing pitcher plants from seed is a hoot. Learn to germinate Sarracenia seed by following our 3.5 simple steps for sowing success.
