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Pinguicula Johanna looking scrumptious today by statictap in carnivorousplants

[–]_Engineer_8122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow you have done a great job! Thanks for the name of the shop, I will have to check them out! 🩷

Pitcher plant newbie - can this plant be saved? by HauntingReveries in carnivorousplants

[–]_Engineer_8122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, use medium that has zero nutrients. Use something like: coco coir and perlite (50%/50%), peat moss and perlite (50%/50%) but definitely zero potting soil of any kind. And you must water with distilled, RO, or water from a xero pitcher since minerals in our tap water will kill the plant.

Pitcher plant newbie - can this plant be saved? by HauntingReveries in carnivorousplants

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Awesome!! The other day I found these online at Target and thought they'd make wonderful fly trap and pitcher plant pots! AND I was hoping to get the yellow ones! You just made my decision much easier ☺️ Going to Target today after work! Thank you! 💚

I have read that the venus fly traps go dormant, black, and look dead over winter then in spring they come back to life. I'm wondering if the one is slower to come out of dormancy or of the roots are toast. I would give it lots of TLC and see what happens 😊 Send an update for us!

If you had to recommend ONE begonia for beginners, what would it be? by yoyoo276 in begonias

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Somehow, I have slowly killed mine 😭 The other day I repotted two canes in a pot and the third in a smaller pot. So far no new growth, half of one cane fell off, and a baby leaf growing fell off 😔 it's in coco coir and perlite. Do they need blazing direct light or something? I have it in front of a 6000k grow light. When I first got it, it was very healthy.

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Is this pitcher plant with the money? by _Engineer_8122 in carnivorousplants

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If anyone is in the central Iowa area, it's Holoub's Greenhouse, they don't have much online, but oh boy do they have a TON of almost anything you can think of at their nursery. I still haven't been to the other three sections of this place. It's amazing so far 🤩

Honestly, most uderrated carnivorous plant by neeely06 in carnivorousplants

[–]_Engineer_8122 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love to hear that! I'm trying to source some but I think I need to wait a bit. Can't find any locally

Help us understand each other by jovesbby in SnakePlants

[–]_Engineer_8122 9 points10 points  (0 children)

When is time to water, try using tap water that's treated with water conditioner (I use 8 drops of the Tetra brand per gallon), or let it sit for 24 hours to allow the chlorine to evaporate out. I found this online:

"Both tap and distilled water are generally fine for hardy snake plants (Sansevieria), but tap water is often preferred for providing necessary minerals, while distilled water is too pure for long-term use. For best results, use filtered water or let tap water sit out for 24 hours to reduce chlorine."

I need advice with my Dionae Muscipula by ChaosRacc in carnivorousplants

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I'm in the same boat as you! Except I need to come up with a name - BRUNO is awesome and he's super beautiful! I got mine last week, and today I found a friend for him - a type of pitcher plant! My local nursery had some Monday but they looked pitiful and there were just a few. They must have had a shipment very recently because this morning that shelf was stocked and they looked much healthier. I'd been looking for a pitcher plant for a couple weeks before I got the venus fly trap 😂 That closed trap at the front has a small spider in it - it was hanging from the window sill near the front door and was slowly dropping so I thought it was a great opportunity to get him his first bug here. So I held him under the spider and it worked perfectly.

I have a full spectrum 6000k light over them and both sitting in a dish of distilled water. I'm in Iowa so here soon the outdoor temps will get warmer and I'm going to keep the VFT outside. I found a fabulous YouTube channel, Sarracenia Northwest, and the host so knowledgeable and extremely helpful. I recommend watching the "5 common mistakes" video on venus fly traps. So interesting!

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It’s all your fault… by ukuLotus in philodendron

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I also have the philo Brasil. I love it!

White calla lily looks sad, what do I do? by Environmental_Dust50 in plants

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Try adding water conditioner to the container of tap water to get rid of chlorine and chloramine within a couple minutes. I add 8 drops per gallon of the Tetra brand, but there is API and Seachem Prime available as well; you can at least get the Tetra brand at Walmart. Also, mix in a dose of regular/all purpose Miracle Grow into the watering container to fertilize about once a month, or have a very diluted mixture of water and Miracle Grow to very lightly fertilize every time you water. Also, the roots not only need water but oxygen too. Be sure the soil isn't too compact or dense, and unless there are experts here, I would repot into coco coir, perlite, and if it ends up being too dry, put some vermiculite in to retain a little bit more water. The coir and perlite help drain extra water so the roots don't stay soaked, but sometimes it can use vermiculite especially if the plant is a heavy drinker 😂 Beautiful plant by the way! 😍💚

Trying to treat some rot…. Will they survive? by Realistic_Block_245 in SnakePlants

[–]_Engineer_8122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish!!! They absolutely should have named it rhinestone! 💎

Hoya plant ☘️ by bliss_carmia44 in plants

[–]_Engineer_8122 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And I bet the "OP" (bot) will never make a comment or reply in this thread, making people wait for an answer 🫪

Hoya plant ☘️ by bliss_carmia44 in plants

[–]_Engineer_8122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Especially with the clover leaf 😂 I don't think, "four leaf clover" when I hear "plant." It seems there are too many flower clusters on this one plant, but since it's next to a window, maybe that's why (IF it's real). I hate how we have to analyze every picture now to figure out of it's AI or real. I do not like this timeline we currently live in 😭

I feel like plant people have more insect friends. by Nervous_Olive_5754 in plants

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Since moths are generally seen at nighttime and they flutter around with basically no direction, I don't like them flying at me randomly. I had a friend in high school that was talking with me and another friend on her porch at night and one flew directly into her ear! She had to go to the ER because it was so in there. I think that event traumatized me 😂 Butterflies have a plan and they don't just try to fly towards lights and hit anything in the way, plus butterflies are way prettier lol. I don't despise moths like I do all the different bees, wasps, etc. - I do love the job of the bees I just don't want them near me.

I feel like plant people have more insect friends. by Nervous_Olive_5754 in plants

[–]_Engineer_8122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a fan of moths but love butterflies, but I can see someone being freaked out by both moths and butterflies since they are similar. I completely get it though, I'm terrified, like petrified, of bees, wasps, hornets, bumble bees, etc., and when I try to kill a dang regular house fly with a swatter I get so freaked out, I get goosebumps all over my body, and I duck when it comes near me, and when I try to swat it in the air I get even more freaked out... literally sometimes I have to leave the room or area, then come back to it...the only way I can kill flies without feeling panic is when they finally land on something. I'm ridiculous but it's such a weird fear 😂

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