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[mdedeaux]

Just joined today.

Bought a Venus Fly Trap at Home Depot. Then bought two pitcher plants online. Replanted them all in a 7 inch pot with peat moss and silica sand. Question, how long do the roots get on pitcher plants? There is a self watering pot I was thinking of buying that is a really wide but only 4.5 inches deep. Was thinking of planting my pitcher plants in there but wasn't sure if that's deep enough for them.
I want a sundew next. I got into carnivorous plants not just because they are cool, but because I live in downtown Los Angeles where there are flies all over that attack and eat holes in the leaves of all my other plants (and invade my condo). Does anyone know which carnivorous plants grows best indoors with minimal lighting?

 

[Tanukimo]

Welcome! When you say pitcher plants what genus are you talking about? I'm guessing either Sarracenia or Nepenthes. Sarracenia tend to require more space than Nepenthes as they get bigger. As for what plants can grow indoors with minimal lighting I would say Pinguicula.

 

[mdedeaux]

They are both Sarracenias. A 'Tarnok' and a 'Bug Bat'. I'll look into try to get a Nepenthes and a pinguicula. Thanks!

 

[Tanukimo]

If they are Sarracenia then your container should be fine for a year or two, but eventually the plants may get too big for it.

 

[nimbulan]

You can grow Sarracenia in smaller pots when they're younger, but mature plants will grow roots anywhere from 4" to 12" long (possibly even longer.) I would expect the 'Bug Bat' to have roots on the shorter side. Right now I grow large Sarrs in #1 nursery pots which seems to be fine even though roots still bunch up at the bottom of the pot with some plants.

 

[mdedeaux]

Thanks, currently have them in a self watering pot that is about 6" tall and 7" wide. Hoping they start thinning out the insect population around here.