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I just planted some drosera capensis seeds today in a 6-inch LFS pot outside. Should I bring the seeds inside if it rains or keep them outside because I am worried they will get washed under the soil.

A promotional mini-"magazine" arrived today from my local garden center. It included a small article on growing herbs and leafy vegetables indoors year round. At the bottom of the page was a picture of some lighting units and fertilizers, but what caught my eye was a bottle of Mycorrhiza. So...

This weekend was SD's Orchid Society's big Spring Show weekend. Usually there'll be a Nep or two, maybe some good potting soil ingredients, and net-style pots available along with the distractingly pretty flowers so it's always worth a look. It was two rooms - the first one you walk through is...

Hey all, I want to re-pot my Christmas cactus this year. What kind of soil should I use? When should they be re-poted? Thanks for the help.

I recently repotted all my Nepenthes, the only thing that is making me second guess myself is that I didn't disturb the soil around the roots of the plants I just moved them to bigger pots and new soil around the original clump. The mixture is 70/20/10 of dried Chilean sphagnum moss, peat moss...

I've had my phalenopsis for around 2 years. It was blooming when I purchased it, and hasn't bloomed since. For the first 1.5 years, I had it in succulent soil. Then someone at a plant store told me it needed to be in a pot with side holes and bark medium. So I did that. But I feel like it's...

Hey all. I have a Chamaelobivia "rose quartz" that I want to re-pot for the first time. What kind of soil do they like? Would a mix for a saguaro work well? Thank you for your help.

I was repotting some of my plants today and on a few of them I noticed these balls clustered around the roots right under the moss I use to top my pots. They are pretty solid, can anyone identify these?

So I'm using peat/sand/perlite as my medium, my question is would it be better to use live sphagnum for top soil or nah? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have some venus fly traps that I would like to re-pot this spring. Is spring the best time or summer to re-pot? What is the best mix? They are currently living in pure spagnum. They seem to be thriving in it. Is this optimal? I have one that is in a carnivorous soil mix that it came in. It is...

I received this P. Pirouette on 12/30 and it looked gorgeous. Few days later it lost some leafs (expected from being planted) but even today it still isn't any closer to where it was before. The picture looks rough but there's still new green growth in the center but the leafs never get bigger...

Hi, Ordered Venusplant Seed from ebay and they looked like the black seeds which i have seen on pictures, o drowned them in distilled water a couple of days and into a pot with special soil, and they sprouted to my smiling surprise. But i also ordered pitcher plants from banggood, which seeds...

Hi, I'm pretty new here! I bought a bag of soil, and i have dried Sphagnum moss, not live but blocks that swell as crazy when i wet them. I'm thinking, my Sarracenia which i have had for about 4 weeks seems to be a bit big for it's pot. Is it ok, or should i repot it into a bigger one, i...

Okay, so now that I think I've got the hang of VFT care, I want to try and grow some from seed. So naturally, I have a few questions. I know they need humidity and heat, which we have plenty of around here in the summer time. Since it isn't summertime here, can I just create the conditions...

A few months ago I got a giant drosera adelae from a friend of mine ( not the giant variety, simply a big plant). The plant was easily 5 inches across if not more. As soon as I got it I repotted into 100% lfsm. I saw the roots and they were thinner than I expected. A few months pass and suddenly...

Hi, I just bought a Drosera Regia and noticed tiny bugs crawling in its soil. I don't know what they are and am afraid that they might harm the plant or spread to other nearby pots. Some grew out of the soil and are now stuck in the water of the tray. Only those seem to jump around a little...

I got several D. gyrans seeds for Christmas. What do I plant them in? Regular potting soil, peat, what?

Wasabi Thank you Santa ;-) Wasabi japonica daruma (3) I know the pots are too small long term. I just wanted to get them into some soil and light asap, so used what I had on hand. Cant wait to taste actual fresh wasabi :-O nomnomnomnom

I have a packet of 10 D.squamosa "Laterite Growing Form" seeds freshly harvested from my own plants up for trade. I'm looking for other rare Drosera seeds for these but will consider other trades as well. These seeds should be stored until summer or early fall when they should be sown...

I was wondering if it's abnormal for peat to smell like sulfur. I got this bag of peat a year and a half ago approximately, and have not noticed this before. I needed some CP soil yesterday and both my tub of leftover mixed soil (stored indoors, sealed) and my peat bag (stored outdoors...