Recent content by Ridetsu

I don't know if I qualify as expert, but as the pictures show, no stratification at all certainly works.

Thank you! I use Sphagnum Peat Moss and playground sand. Both found at Home Depot. The sand isn't soapy, but I give it a once-over rinsing just to make sure. I've tried vermiculite, but I dislike working with the stuff since it is so dusty. I don't know if I'm allowed to recommend brands, but I...

Update. So I decided not to stratify them. I wish I had a % of success rate... but... well... see for yourself. Prep work: Some plastic containers with holes drilled into the bottom and the lids. Kept soil moist and humidity/airflow pretty good. I tried to spread them out as evenly as I could...

sorry, some clarity - only the tall green ones with the pink traps are from a big department store. The bushy big mouth ones and the (potentially) red piranha are from an online site I ordered them off of 6-8 years ago. I only ordered 2 of each, and over the years the big mouth ones have grown...

hey folks, I've been away for a super long time, but I usually stroll through and look at stuff every now and again. Having just lost my job, I find myself with an abundance of time, so here's some pictures of my plants 'n such! If you could help me ID them, I'd be grateful... I've always just...

I went out today to check on my traps (the last time I checked on them had been 3 days ago to water them, which typically lasts 3 days), and I saw some bizarrely shaped traps. I have about 40 individual plants in two different water trays. Below is a picture of a problem that is very wide spread...

So, this year I really want to try and successfully flower and seed my VFT. I currently have 3 that are putting up stalks, but upon thinking about which ones are flowering, I have come to the conclusion that they have been root divisions (essentially clones) of the same plant. So, technically...

yah, frostbite is very serious. I had to get treatment, and lost some sensation in some of my fingers, but otherwise everything is okay except for a small bit of scar tissue.

Ridi is back! **pictures working!!** well all, sorry for being gone during the winter. I poked around here and there when I could, but thanks to computer problems, financial problems, and work I basically took a break from the interwebs. Buuuut now I am back, and back with stories to tell, and...

aye, thats the product i bought. I'm worried about using it though since i just transplanted them - but i don't want to wait too long in fear that the fungus will attack them while they are trying to settle in.

At least here in Oregon it is :3 I spent a good hour or two yesterday going through my venus flytraps. I took out all the old and dead things, and found myself with quite a nice problem. As i pulled them all apart and washed them off, i discovered that i now had a much larger amount of venus...

california sucks :p sorry CP growers of Ca, but we oregonians hate yew XD always driving up our state to get to Washington.. bleh! But anyways, i digress. I have started to think as of late that maybe your 'zone' and such doesn't really matter, since it is so vague. Growing plants is an...

lawl lol, i know Oregon is not the picturesque deep-freeze hell zone devoid of winter life, but if you crack open books about taking care of VFTs, and most other gardening books, they almost certainly guarantee you death if a flake of snow so much as comes within 3 feet of them. (exaggeration a...

After summer turned to fall back on 07, i began to grow a little anxious about my VFTs. I had grown them outdoors on my lawn-table (that got full sunlight all day during summer), and wasn't able to move them inside do to space restrictions. Now, i live in Eugene Oregon... a valley in a very...

howdy everyone... long time no see! i had to take a break from the interwebs and liufe to move ahead in my workplace, but i have not forgotten about you all or my plants! Today though, i had a pretty big freak-out. I woke up, got ready for work, turned my car on, and realized there was a...