aphids

Snapped a few pics in the greenhouse this morning as I was checking on things. Had a nasty aphid infestation a few weeks back. They're mostly eradicated now, but they sure left their mark on some of the pitchers. Sarracenia 'Odyssey' x leucophylla by aarongunnar, on Flickr 'Odyssey' x...

I lost a lot of my temperate collection to fungus gnat larvae and root rot this last winter. One plant I lost was a Oreophila with 26" pitchers. I've never experienced such decimation before, and I don't want to experience it again. I've cleaned my grow area, removed all the old pots full of...

Aside from aphids and other bugs, is Neem effective against the snails and worms that occasionally get into our pots?

Hi All I have a small problem with aphids at the moment, I have read about drowning them, and Ortho Rose Pride but I am not sure it I can get that in the UK. All advice well, since it's not summer and though the temp is low at 5 is it still wise to leave them in water over night or 2. Any...

Hi all, My dad's in France at the moment, so he sent me some pics of how the 'experiment' plants were doing (wasn't sure if they could survive there with only occasional attention, so I picked up a few from a garden centre just to try) and the 2 Sarracenias are fine, but the VFT looks a bit...

Hey all - thought I might share a few pics! A few shots of some of my pings that seem to be doing very well: P. esseriana (thanks SDCPs!) P. 'Sethos' (thanks SDCPs!!) P. moctezumae (made quite a nice recovery after a near-death experience) And the rest: N. ventricosa. Sorry for the...

Back from dormancy some of my Drosera trinervia have regained or surpassed their pre-dormancy growth sizes. Once again I let the medium dry out completely for at least four weeks. Dormancy started maybe six weeks or more later than usual. You wouldn't know that a little over two weeks ago...

So what do you make of these things? Thrips? Mealybugs? Aphids? Springtails? These things have also shown up on my D. adelae but aren't invading any of my other pots... yet. Sorry to make yet another thread about this. I read through other threads, and there were descriptions, but I could find...

While looking around my plants to see what is still alive, I looked really closely for gemmae but instead of gemmae... I found pests. D: they are near the center of the plants... are they aphids or something? any suggestions on what to do? Thanks. ---------- Post added at 09:24 PM...

well got home from work today to find what look like to be aphids in my sundew plants and a strange hair like fungus,,,is this bad,,,,help me please...If I have to I will pull them up to save my pitcher plants but I have been growing the both in the same pot for over a year now.

A few weeks back, I made the 2+ hour trek to see this exhibit in Columbus. If anybody else is thinking of doing the same, let me tell you...it ain't worth it. The giant fake CP statues are great. The 9 ft VFT that closes when you push the button twice is awesome, but it is in a greenhouse...

Well, I have an update on trying to move my CP collection to Canada, and I am ready to let you know what my experience has been. My situation is that I am moving my entire household from the USA to Canada to attend graduate school. I have 40 carnivorous plants about half of which are CITES...

http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/so-id/entomology/Benefical_Insects.htm Some of the photos were replaced if not the best quality. Indiscriminately dousing plants with harsh insecticides whenever a bug is seen near your plants will also kill many of the these bugs. Neem is good to use. The bug...

http://organicgardening.about.com/od/pestcontrol/a/spraysforaphids.htm Tomato Leaf Spray Tomato plants, as members of the nightshade family, contain toxic compounds called alkaloids in their leaves. When the leaves of tomato plants are chopped, they release their alkaloids. When the alkaloids...

I'm new to this type of damage, though I'm under the impression that it is caused by aphids. It is a S. Leucophylla x Flava... I inspected the leaves, but didn't see anything unusual. Anyways, thanks for the help! <a...

Okay, so I got atleast 15 "lost tag" Sarracenia from a rather big name in the hobby. And I am...well...shocked at their condition. I've never ordered anything that's had all of the pitchers cut off, which these were. I'm also not fond of plants being tossed in a bag, but since there weren't...

So, I just saw aphids on my sarracenia, and I was just wondering whether or not this insecticide would be okay. My dad said that it'll work, not just on fruits and vegetables, so lets just hope. I'm just asking about your experience with this (if any) and whether in your opinion will it work or...

For me, this year has already proved to be the most difficult in regard to the number of pests I've had to deal with. I don't know if it's the rain we're getting here in Northern California, but for some reason I'm just inundated with problems. I haven't been growing Sarrs for too long, only...

I was wondering how everybody's plants are coming along and I wanted to say howdy to all the forum members as a new member. I took some pictures after class today so maybe we all can compare how our plants are doing? I grow them outside literally right next to my tomato patch. So far it's been...

so my sarracina who was flourishing planted in pure peat just got transfered to a large pot of peat with a swainian pitcher plant(sarr not nep)......last week a vft leaf came up all gnarled and deformed.....that same plant just stoped growing traps all together. Now my judith hindle(the repotted...