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Hey, I've had these three p. morensis for two years now. During both growing seasons the plants will begin to flower. The flower will grow to about 1/2 an inch, then stop growing. It will then turn brown and die. I at first thought I was keeping them too moist so I cut back on the water some...

Hi, need some help again. Situation: Plants not growing- not increasing, or even decreasing in diameter. Truncata bought from MT in april, has produced 3 leaves, all of which are equal in size. pitchers have increased about 1cm every leaf Rafflesiana BE-99 bought in late June, bare-root. Has...

I know most people here have the wonderful publication "The Savage Garden" and if not buy it. My question is does anyone here fertilize their nepenthes with orchid fertilizer per "Savage Gardens" instructions. If so what have been your experiences good or bad?.

I bought a Tarnok last year... came with 1.5 foot pitchers (2). It was late in the season so it didn't have much time to settle in before dromancy. It came through dormancy just fine... no rot or fungus.. like the rest of my collection. Now this year it put up 2 tall pitchers (same size as the...

My pot of Pinguicula moranensis is obviously a good deal away from being healthy enough to consider fertilizing them (I want them to reestablish their roots and commence healthy growth in their new homes), but what do all of you use to fertilize your pings?  Or do you even bother to fertilize...

I was wondering if it is bad to fertilize a Nepenthes. I have a young N. Judith x Finn, and I was trying to revive it after it had been in my badly-made terrarium. Since it is winter now, I can't find any bugs, so I decided to apply fertilizer to my Nepenthe's leaves. It is doing great, and has...

Hey all, I have a Phal sending up a spike . My question is do i fertilize it until it blooms? Thanks.

Hey Folks, I've had some female ventricosas in the past produce seed pods with seed that were sterile. Heard that sometimes females that don't get fertilized can produce "dummy" seed. I have now a female N. maxima with seed pods that I didn't fertilize but had a male N. maxima X ventricosa male...

Currently, I am enrolled in a horticulture class at my high school.  We learn about the basics, just taking care of the plants, replanting, cuttings, etc.  Many of the plants we learn about are plants that are easily found.  Simple house plants such as pothos, boston fern, swedish ivy, plants...

Howdy, this is my first post here. I took pity on a VFT at a local garden center a few months ago, one of those in the little red put with the plastic cup on top. I grow orchids in a big case in my office, and put the VFT in with the higher-light orchids -- There is a HID light on a mover track...

Hi folks, well, I've pollinated the full set of aristo x thor flowers with N. Miranda pollen now and fed the plant a couple of hefty sized crickets last week but I'm curious, should I give it a shot of urea free Grow More bloom formula (6-30-30) to help promote a heavy seed set?

heres an aim conversation i had with dustin: cparsonsss: my n. campanulata looks like crap cparsonsss: 1 leaf tunred yellow, then black, then fell off cparsonsss: now another is turning yellow cparsonsss: these are the oldest leaves Ephippiata: whats the temps and soil moisture? cparsonsss...

A question to anyone who has found success with Heliamphora - Do you provide them with insects?  If so, what kinds?  And, do you fertilize them with chemicals (foliarly or otherwise) as suggested by some sources? - Patrick

The Miejer Gardens has a large number of pings in flower right now so I am setting about the task of cross pollinating them to create new hybrids of plants. I know how to cut off the petals and pull of the anthers and get pollin from one plant to another, but getting a good yeild of seed and...

hi all, one of my Tillandsia is flowering, and i am wonder what kind of special care i should give it. i read in another post on here to fertilize it more often now, while it's both in flower and afterwards. i use a very weak mix of fertilizer and distilled water. i also use this mix on my neps...

My D. Capillaris has sent up around 10 flower stalks. it isnt producing much dew, and some of the leaves are dieing. should i cut off the stalks, or should i get seed from tehm? it seems there exhausting effects have already taken place, so i think i should fertilize the flowers to get seed...

I've brought up to view dandelions as unwanted weeds, that must be pulled up, chemically destryed or somehow removed. I have driven myself nuts trying to do so. However, one day, while just driving, I saw a very large patch of land with grass, laced with the yellow-flowered dandelion. It was...

I have a few nepenthes and was wondering about giving them fertilizer. I know they are picky about fertilizers . Should i even fertilize them ? I have a orchid plant food that i use for my orchids the formula for it is 19-31-17. I will be heading up to lowes today so i was wondering if i should...

How often should I fertilize Paphiopdelium?

Hi guys, I was mucking around in the greenhouse a couple of days ago and thought I'd have a go at pollinating a few Utrics. I'd never tried before and had been told by various growers that it can be very difficult to fertilize the flowers. Anyway, several of my U. dichotoma forms, U...