Gift Republic GR200010: Grow It. Grow Your Own Carnivorous Plants, Green

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Our carnivorous plant compost mixture offers a Light and airy medium with excellent water absorption perfect for carnivorous plants. Put away your planting spoon and get out the cutting board and kitchen knife you keep on the shelf of your potting bench. Carnivorous plants are relatively trouble-free, as long as they are given the specific growing conditions they need, including a specially formulated compost and correct watering. A slippery substance at the rim causes prey to lose its footing and slip into the base which is filled with digestive fluid. The advantage of peat is it is acidic and the plants do better in it than other media as long as the moss does not take over.

Carnivorous plants are, surprisingly, not able to deal with greenfly, so use traps or biological controls to control them. The pitcher plants, clockwise from top left: Sarracenia, Heliamphora, Nepenthes, Cephalotus, Darlingtonia.

Many carnivorous plants grow in the wild in boggy or swampy ground that is acidic and low in nutrients, so growers traditionally used peat-based compost. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned enthusiast, this section provides insights to help your Venus Flytrap thrive. Don't feel you have to 'feed' your carnivorous plant with insects – if it's outside it will catch its own and even indoors there should be insects they can feed on.

The exact combination of ingredients and their ratios are a matter for debate, and different formulas will suit different species, so it is worth experimenting.Several of the RHS Gardens grow them, in particular Wisley, which has a wide range in its glasshouse and on the rock garden. ICPS FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) -- Barry Rice's sometimes irreverent attempt to answer all your questions. Its wide, toilet bowl-shaped pitchers are very sturdy and just the right size for a tree shrew to stand astride while feeding on the nectar at the lid.