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  1. Nanthawat

    Greeeetings from Portland, Oregon.

    Hello. I live in Portland, Oregon. I moved up here from Los Angeles About two years ago and i notice that it is a lot easier to find rare/cp plants up here. I'm currently growing dionaeas, sarracenias, cephalotus, heliamphora, droseras, and pinguiculas. (But hundreds of other plants in and...
  2. U

    Nepenthes terrarium for the beginner

    Hey, some questions for those seasoned Nepenthes growers out there. I recently purchased my first two plants (N. "miranda" and N. ventrata, as best as I can tell). Both fairly small plants and about 3-4 inches height. Both are a little bit yellow, but I suspect that might have come from a...
  3. A

    Hello from Portland, Oregon

    I recently went to a carnivorous plant meetup I had caught wind of and had an excellent time. Everyone was extremely friendly, fun, and informative. There were also a lot of nepenthes being given out and I grabbed a couple as well as being given a drosera and that is why I am on here. First, I...
  4. Gigantea

    Is this wild lettuce(Lactuca Virosa)?

    I dug this one up and placed it in a pot. Seems to meet the physical traits including a huge tap root. Seems to be some sort of lettuce anyway.
  5. N

    Crash course in keeping sundews... Please

    Hi All I have some baby sundews that I have growing in which I would like to keep growing that way. So are they like VFT needed to be shut down for winter? Stand water rain RO or distilled unless tap is used replace media after a year Anything else I need to know please comment thanks Noddy
  6. N

    Question on watering of a Sundew

    Hi I've got a couple of baby sundews, I was going to give one away to a friend but they own have access to tap water (YUCK) any yet we drink it... will the sundew be ok with tap water, can keep like a VFT... does it need shutting down or will in be ok indoors. Thanks people for your support...
  7. N

    Setting up a new terrarium - watering (and other) advice requested

    I received a terrarium for Christmas last year and, I'm embarrassed to say, am just getting around to setting it up now. It's got an elegant design, and I've worked out how I want the inside laid out, but could use some help figuring out how to best water the plants. Other suggestions...
  8. S

    Seedlings & Spring

    I couldn't help but notice a correlation between the onset of Spring and faster growth with the Nep seedlings I planted from 10/21/2012 to 01/15/2013. Oddly it seems that the smaller the propagation box used the faster the seedlings grew or another way to look at it would be the smaller the...
  9. N

    Question on Water ...

    Hi all ... this is a question for the experts really I know that the following is not to be used Bottled Mineral Water and Tap Water contain far to many chemical’s and mineral’s that the plant does not like. River Water to be avoided due to chemicals and pesticides that may run into the water...
  10. incspir

    DIY Solar still

    So, I finished hammering together a solar still in my garage and took it outside for a test run in the sun. Hoping that it will distill enough water to keep my still miniscule collection of CPs alive and happy... I fill it up with regular tap water through a small opening in the back. The inside...
  11. Morpheus

    Water!

    Hello all! I have a question for you guys. Since I am a newb when it comes to growing carnivorous plants and this will be my first summer growing them I need help with maintaining the proper level of wetness carnivorous plants need. I know that a tray method of an inch of water at the bottom of...
  12. Brie

    20 TDS water ok for CPs other then Sarrs?

    So the new house I just moved into has awesome tapwater with only 20 TDS out of the tap. Perfect for all my sarracenia.. But has anyone had any luck using water with a low TDS on more sensitive drosera and such?
  13. P

    Tap Water

    I just have a quick question. The adapter that I use for my ro filter just needed to sorta not work. It works technically but it's too loose so it sprays water everywhere. I need to buy a new adapter but in the meantime can I temporarily water my plants with tap water...just my super market...
  14. oceanblue28

    Black traps on a "typical" VFT?

    My VFT's traps are turning black. I don't know what's wrong. I have it in 100% peat moss, from a huge bale of the stuff I got from Lowe's. I also have been watering it with both rain water and water from the goldfish pond we have. I've been careful not to use tap water. I just don't know what I...
  15. S

    Nepenthes hamata #2

    I recently mentioned that my second hamata just produced a dud pitcher and the plant growth slowed way down. It turns out that the NZ sphagnum became too compacted and caused the roots to rot away. The tap root is still long and healthy looking and there is no foliage die-back so I re-potted...
  16. Pk93

    Just ordered my first Nepenthes!!

    I Just ordered my first Nepenthes today! Its a N. ventricosa, hopefully I can care for it well since it is supposed to be fairly easy for a Nepenthes. Well it is kind of my first Nepenthes, I have tried them twice like 6 years ago when I was in middle school (before I knew how to even care for...
  17. Av8tor1

    Bacon flavored tap water?....

    3000 dead pigs found in river that supplies drinking water to 23 million http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9921850/Nearly-3000-dead-pigs-found-in-Shanghai-river.html gotta love the official govt position: "....authorities insisted there was no risk drinking water supplies...
  18. Goodkoalie

    Hello all

    Hello all, i am aproaching my 2nd year of growing carnivorus plants. I am a 13 year old boy from the sacromento area of california. I love the genus sarracenia. My favorite plants are the S. rubra complex, S. alata, and S. minors. I have succesfully grown sarracenias, cephalotus, droseas, venus...
  19. kwende

    Lowland nepenthes terrarium question

    For a while I used a 10-gallon tank with water (distilled) at the bottom and an aquarium heater for my Ampullaria and Bicalcarata. The plants were perched atop upside-down flower pots; they're quite young so this setup worked. Recently, however, I acquired a great many more adelae (which also...
  20. SMcKenzie

    Young N. miranda That Has NEVER Had Pitchers, plus ID request

    I've looked through previous threads, hoping to find the answer to this, but since I didn't really find anything that satisfied my question(s), I'm posting on here for a solution. I have a young-well, actually TWO-N. mirandax hybrids that I purchased last spring at a reptile show from a guy who...
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