I live in Southern California and I accidentally left my purpurea outside during a freak heat wave, and I forgot to water him before I left. When I got home, he was shriveled up and the media was completely dry. I rehydrated him and waited. He must have started going into dormancy around that time, because all of his new pitchers were really small & I couldn't feed him any bugs to help him recover. It's March now and he's producing the most vibrant and beautiful pitchers which are getting bigger and bigger! Very hardy plant
Nice one! Just bought one of these, and your video answered all my questions. Your video was short, sharp and full of useful information. Good job! Thanks!
I'm stoked that I stumbled upon your videos because I just procured pitchers and fly traps. Can you make some more plant care guide videos? They've been so helpful and informative. Ferns would be awesome because I always kill them. Thanks!
Greetings from The Netherlands. Thank you so much for your Sarracenia care advice. I've been growing orchids with success for years. I decided to diversify and try my hand at carnivorous plants For the present, I've only a Drosera Capensis and a Sarracenia flava. Both are doing really well though. They're disgustingly healthy plants. I'm sure as my knowledge grows, I'm going to thoroughly enjoy growing and caring for carnivorous plants. Please keep updating with tips and tricks 😄!
Super useful. I recently obtained a dormant cluster and have been observing it daily. A few days ago I noticed a few of those blade like leaves coming out from the soil. I had a feeling it must be because of light, thanks for the useful info!
Thanks so much! Once I found out what type pitcher plant (North American), there it was sitting on your table, lol! That's what I get for buying one of those kits from a big box store that has a Venus Flytrap & here-in to be known as a Sarracenia in a plastic greenhouse box. No classification, no internet go-to for further instructions, not even a company name. Have had it under a grow light with increasing direct sunlight and it looks great! Now onto separating the 2 into individual planters. Just hoping the separation goes well - wish me luck!
I think the flatten leaves just conserves energy and helps with photosynthesis like you stated earlier. It is much faster growing than traditional pitchers.
Just recently got a hybrid sarracenia in the mail. I had these plants in the past and one of the pitchers looks like it started to die, I hope it doesn't mean its dying. Its in a water saucer.
It was pretty cool. Nice place to store all my plants while at school since I had so many... until my crazy ex -f totaled my car, so I told my boss I had to go home for spring break to deal with insurance. He forgot about me requesting this, then got pissed off and fired me, and told me to never ask him for a reference letter or to even put him on my resume. It was hilarious.
@@TheBonsaiJungle so that's your personal green house? Lucky! I'm running out of room at my apartment for plants. I don't get much sun, so there's not many choices. I have about 17 different plants, 25 total. The VFT and pitcher plants are my favorite tho. Really great to care for and watch! That's awful about your boss tho. Hopefully you found a better place to work.
Oh no, this is the greenhouse I worked at. Currently I only have some outdoor patio space, garage for dormancy, and one room with poor lighting indoors.
Have you gone to school for botany, or how did you get into working at green houses? Thinking I could start a job at one local to me to possibly count as an internship.
Nope, Zoology. I have only ever worked at this one greenhouse. It was an interesting story, since I was always into tropical plants as well as animals I had my own collection of carnivorous plants and was visiting daily out of curiosity, so the boss kind of got to know me. One day he pulled up with a trailer with all his plants to move into the greenhouse for winter (palms, plumber, hibiscus, etc, that he kept in his yard) so I was unloading it with him to see all he had. He offered me a job after that. Great 3 years there until the universe decided to fuck me over lol. Oh well, I have a position as a naturalist at a wildlife center currently, and work my ass 7 days a week, so it doesn't really matter whether I have that greenhouse reference or not lol. Just a hobby for me at the end of the day. One day I will build my own, but I would be satisfied with one of those smaller ones, maybe like 20' sq. ft. of area, mainly for my growing flytrap, sundew, and sarracenia collection, as well as Nepenthess, and two cycads.
I live in northern Texas and in the summer it keeps dying heart so I’m going to put it a little farther away from the window And the water probably will dry up if you have the purple pitcher plant and if you put too much water in then the plant will drink it
Thanks for your videos! My pitcher plants are still really small and I notice when the pitcher starts to form then brown and seem to die. At first I thought it was too close to my light source and moved it further away and still same thing with new cutes. Thanks
Keith X I found that outdoors is the best for Sarracenia. They really need a large amount of full sun outside to grow properly. Inside year round would require hundreds or even thousands of dollars for growlights.
My pitcher plants are mostly dry on the inside but they do catch a lot of insects. I have snipped off dying pitchers, opened them and found them to be full of flies and other insects.
Only purpurea and purpurea hybrids are full of water. The others excrete digestive juices very minimally and let bugs decompose in their own a bit anyways, so that’s completely normal.
I have a S. purpurea and they do not have the ability to digest insects like other carnivorous plants. So they have hired (or at least support) assorted invertebrates (inquilines) to live in the pitcher and do that for them. Most are some species of mosquito, midge, rotifer, or fly that will feed on the drowned insect that flies into the open pitcher. The plant then absorbs these nutrients as it is dissolving/decaying in the water.
Purpurea do have enzymes like the other sarracenia, just at very low levels. But yes, their digestion is greatly aided by various organisms that will live in the pitchers and break down the prey. They don't even really need the invertebrates though, as they also have populations of bacteria in the pitchers which will aid the digestions and conversion of nutrients as well.
Beautiful location for your video. Did you use to work or volunteer at a botanical garden? I always wanted to experience that, I bet a person could learn so much from the experts at those places. Also would be like going to work at heaven everyday haha.
I live in Memphis, TN (zone 7b) and my various sarracenia do fine outside and throughout most of the winter until about February when they give up the ghost. I guess they should be outside instead of me bringing them in. Is there a temp I should look for, to bring them in on colder winter days? Thanks!
i recently purchased an adult sarracenia 'dana's delight' potted. . .and it is now shooting up a flower stalk. Is it normal for it to do that right now during dormancy? and i actually filled up these sarracenia pitchers with water when i first got them. Should i dump the water out or should i let it evaporate naturally? I don't want them to rot.
Sarracenia will produce flowers pretty early, so that part is normal. But you don't want water in the pitchers if it's not a purpurea. I would dump it out, but it really depends in how much is in there. Half an inch of water isn't a big deal, but if you have a few inches you should remove it. It won't kill the plant but you won't have nice pitchers as they might rot or break and fall over.
Thanks for all the great info. I always wanted to get Dana's Delight. Can I really plant these in the ground all year up here in New York State? I've never seen one here or at any of the garden centers.
I thought it was a bit weird to see these pitcher plants active zones in the northern states, but i guess the more temperate tolerant variety grow there in the wild as well
Hi! Thanks for uploading such a simple but yet informative video for bigginers like me. I have seen many video but got more confused than ever. But since I have watched your video it gave me all the knowledge which I have needed to look after my trumpet pitcher plant. Can you also make a video for drosera care for all year around including winter. Thanks 😊
Haa Khan yes I didn’t really think of it since the temperate drosera can he grow just like Venus flytraps, and the tropical drosera indoors like a houseplant all year. I am making updated versions of all these old grow guides so I will add this to the list. Thanks.
If it's cold they don't need any light. mine sit in the garage in complete darkness between late november and march, maybe 20*F-50*F between those months, so anywhere in that range they shouldn't really need any light, they aren't actively growing enough to utilize much of the light.
I enjoy your video's. I have an Asian pitcher plant, which has a lot of new top growth, but no pitchers are growing, and the old ones have dried up totally. Is there something I can do to encourage pitcher growth?
jojoberrypie they are kind of picky which is why I don't grow many of them. Make sure it never dries out and increase the humidity. Where is it growing?
Nice video, thanks :) I recently bought a Sarracenia Purpurea here in sunny Western Australia. Firstly, it's been getting a lot of direct sunlight and it's formed dead (or burnt?) tips on the old leaves/pitchers. I keep it very well watered but I'm wondering if it's received too much sun? Or is it a case of those leaves not being acclimatized? Secondly, it has some nice new growth coming along. However, the first newly formed pitcher is huge! It's easily 3 times the size of everything else. Any ideas why? Cheers!
if a pitcher gets brown that just means the plant wants to get rid of it, just like leaves on a tree get brown. The pitcher probably got that big cause the plant got allot of sunlight, the more the better
They prefer humidity over dryness, but you shouldn’t need to do anything extra to increase humidity, just make sure the soil stays wet, or sits in shallow water.
I have a Sarracenia alata full of bugs and it’s now turning brown where the bugs are, should I trim those pitchers off? Also I live in the valley of California where it gets up to 110 is it ok to have them outside in the shade?
You can cut them off, but I would recommend waiting until a larger portion of the pitcher is brown, just kind of let them do their own thing. They will turn brown and die if they are eating a lot of insects, but they still get nutrients from them even if some parts of the pitchers are "burned" from the decay. I would wait until the entire top of the pitcher is brown. One trick people use if they want to have "showy" pitchers for an extended period of time is to put cotton in the top so insects can no longer enter. As for the heat: 110 is a little hot so I would probably put them in the shade once it starts getting past 100.
@Helixplants Sup homie. I'm from Brooklyn NYC and I've recent purchased a bunch of different carnivorous plants. I have a juthatip soper. Any tips on how to successfully keep it alive and thriving. Like soil requirements. Etc
Brklyn Mafia it’s an easy nepenthes. Just needs good light, distilled water and a sphagnum based substrate. Keep the soil moist all the time but you don’t need to stand it in water. If it doesn’t make good pitchers consider buying a Yescom 225 white LED panel.
Please help! Is it okay that my plant came grown in just plain moss,like that would grow in a yard? Or on a rooftop. It’s growing wonderful with lots of babies in that but I’m still unsure..
Often times moss spores get on the substrate surface and start to grow. Are you sure this is not just the top layer? take a large chunk of moss off and see if peat/sphagnum is underneath.
Hey wolfpath. thanks for the videos. i just got a generic adult fly trap, a baby "wally" fly trap (I put it in the put for now with the adult one, til it gets a bit bigger) and a "Tarnok" Sarracenia. You pointed out in this video that its ok to put water in some pitchers, but tarnok wasn't mentioned. the cap doesn't completely cover the opening, so should I put a couple tablespoons of water in there? or is that dangerous? When it arrived it also had white mold on one of the tubes, and it looked like it was slowly rotting although the top still looked ok. I ended up taking that tube off which sucked because it was the biggest one. if that ok to do? I shouldve asked before I did it but I didn't want whatever it was to spread. Also, you didn't mention anything in this one about propagation. is it the same as a fly trap? is it safe for someone new to carnivorous plants to try next year? any help is greatly appreciated! keep up the awesome work, and thank you for making the videos!
ryan ellis you can split venus fly traps when they are bigger. The pitcher plants get flowers and you can get seeds from the flowers, they are beautiful but smell disgusting. You can do the same with venus fly traps.
Hi, first of all thank you for what you are doing! You save plant's lives! Few days ago I bought 3 carnivous plants on impulse and ended up with a new obsession. Now spend all free time on reserch how to take care of what I've got. I'm trying to find out how big they going to grow. I have sarracenia flava, 6 inches, it looks like the small plant on your table. Is it really going to grow up to 18-24 inches indoors? Same with drosera capensis alba, it is now a bunch of plants, maybe 10, the size about 2 inches. I plan to split them all, should I expect them to grow up to 5 incehs? I got a venus fly trap and I know it is an adult plant, and I supposed that all others were adult as well and now I'm a bit confused... Thank you!
Vald Vot tak Vot Sarracenia and capensis will definitely grow larger, pretty much to the sizes you said. The smaller ones on the table are just young. Even the biggest one in this video is not showing true adult sized pitchers.
Thank you for prompt answer! I have limited space and alreaady received 3 more plants (red dragon, drosera binata, cobra lily) from Ebay seller. They are tiny but awesome. Now I see it's time to stop. Hope I'm not going to kill them all.
I repotted my pitcher plant with a mixture of short fibre peat, sand and purlite; well my concern is that leaves are turning from a green to a brown, and only two new leave have grown since spring.
Edwin C****** I would need to know more to get a better idea of what’s going on. What kind of dormancy did it get? How much light is it getting/where is it located? How often do you water it/ is it standing in water? Are the new pitchers looking healthy?
Liguus I live in Southern Ontario, and we had a mild winter and it was stored in the sun room all winter that never gone below 5c. In the spring I replanned it when our new puppy pulled it out of the pot, so I put it on a different table that the dog can’t get at it; I put it under a grow light and two new leaves started to grow one with a pitcher but hasn’t changed since April. Now that it’s 24c - 34c outside I put it outside and watered it every other day.
I don't see why not, as long as that ground is not freezing. It doesn't need to drain, can be completely sealed in. I have a pursuer "mini-bog" which is just a cement mixing tub used as a pot.
How do they put up with hurricane level wind? I'd like one of these plants but hearing that they don't like indoors, it will need to survive the winds we get on our plateau. I wouldn't want it to get wind scorched.
In the wild the tall grasses they grow among help prop them up, but growing in pots it usually helps to have some sticks in there and then tie a circle of string around the pitchers to keep them up.
It is rare to have good sun inside a house unless it is one of those "green room or sun room" type of things. These really need full overhead sun, a lot more than a typical window can provide, not only because it's only light from one direction, but the glass filters out a lot of the light as well. I have not seen any successful cases of indoor sarracenia without supplementation with artificial light. Also they do need a cold dormancy so inside your house will kill them as well if they are warm. must be 40-50*F. I made a new video about winter flytrap containers. That would work in a garage or unheated shed. Maybe a cold basement if you have one instead would be fine for dormancy? If anything, I guess a refrigerator will have to do. But still, you are looking at least at some additional very high quality grow lights inside.
I've recently bought a Sarracenia and it arrived to me growing out of a moss ball. It is hanging inside a plastic pot, not fully covering the inside area of the pot. Should I replant it in potting soil? Should I place it (the moss ball and the pot) inside a bowl with water?
I would like some advice , I live in the UK and in a hardiness 6a zone, I have 6 species of carnivorous plants(Sarracenia: "eva" , "vogel" , leucophylla , Purpurea "venosa" , venus flytraps and butterwort) should I keep them in a tray of fresh rainwater during the winter or should I just water them manually.
What is the species of butterwort? It might need to go inside. If you're keeping the rest outside I would definitely ditch the tray, they won't be using that much water now. Just water manually whenever the soil starts to get dry.
Jamie Hughes i don't stand my VFTs in water ever. I don't stand my sarracenias in water over the winter, you want to avoid the roots getting damaged by expanding ice, although they are absolutely fine with mild frosts. I keep my carnivores outside all year round in full sun - I live in southampton and it is pretty mild here admittedly. In the UK there is no danger of them drying out over winter whatsoever! I rarely if ever water them from november to march unless it's unusually warm and dry, and I especially avoid watering if frost is expected. South coast of the UK is one of the best places in the world to grow carnivores, a lot of the US can get too cold and dry for them. The only slight problem here is the cool spring and autumn, but that's easily solved with a greenhouse or similar. Growing under glass not really necessary unless you want to grow prizewinners though!
I put sphagnum in a small pot and got it wet. I put the seeds in the sphagnum by just sprinkling them over it. I have about 4 or 5 of them sprouting up and they are very, very small right now but don't seem to be growing much. When they are very small, maybe 1/4 to 1/2" where do they get their nutrients from? Also, how long does it take before they make their first pitcher? Thanks!
They mostly just grow off of the sunlight. When they are large enough (and this goes for any carnivorous plant) feeding them will greatly increase growth. Once sarracenia are and inch or so tall you can put moistened fish food into the pitchers (i usually get fish pellets with shrimp as the primary ingredient). It will take a couple of years before they make their first adult pitcher, but they will be slowly getting larger each season.
***** Thanks but I'm not sure I completely understand. So these plants don't eat anything until they develop pitchers? Most plants take in nutrients from the soil and use the sunlight to convert those to energy for growth. My pitcher plants sprouted and have 2 leaves and aren't growing much at all, is that normal? They do not have pitchers yet, how long does it take before I should see those? Since these guys don't eat through their root system, where do they get their food before they have pitchers?
Señor Gordon Freeman I would keep them between 20*F-45*F all winter for the best results. Warmer than that it’s not true dormancy, if colder than that you can get some rhizome damage if they are not protected I.e. mulched over with hay or in a cold frame.
Lynn Bandy they are really easy, just plant it in peat + perlite, or sphagnum moss and keep the pot sitting in a tray of water. I grow mine in undrained plastic cement mixing tubs in full sun in the patio and stick the whole thing in the garage for the winter.
John Owles when the substrate gets old after approximately 4 years, or when the rhizome grows many divisions and the plant is overcrowded in the pot (grown to the edge all the way around). In that case you can either pot it up into a larger container, or split apart the rhizome divisions and plant single plants into smaller pots again.
Hello! Thanks for the information video!! First year having a Sarracenia Falva, a fly trap, and a few really tiny fly traps I started from seed. If I leave them outside in NJ, do I water them in the winter and continue the full sun? Was thinking of keeping them in a small terrarium-type house outside for the winter instead of just on my table where they may get blown away during storms because we go to FL for Jan and Feb and wouldn’t want to have family running out to water. Can I refrigerate both fly traps and Sarracenia at a specific temp? Sorry all the questions!!!! I’m just happy they’re still alive!
That's a bit colder than what I would consider ideal (45-50*F), so I would build a cold frame to get them through the winter, even a heated one. Refrigeration works for some people, but I don't like it since it causes things to grow mold, and from what I can tell they prefer to have some light during dormancy. If you don't build the cold frame, I would say at least spray with a fungicide before putting it in the fridge.
It should be ok since the purpurea can grow far north in canada where i'm sure it can get that cold on the surface of the bog, but I would try to give it some sort of protection, like a cold frame. Mine have been frozen solid in ice every winter, but still that's only around 0.
Wolfpath Wildlife Is there any type of plants other than citronella that you could recommend that would possibly reduce the mosquito presence at least in a small area of my backyard.
I am so confused. I have the pitcher plant that hangs down in a pot and I keep finding info that says do not put in the sun. You say put it in the sun. Is mine a different type??? Thanks Sue
Based on your description I would assume you have a Nepenthes. They are also called "pitcher plants" but they are a completely different and separate group than Sarracenia. Also assuming its one of the common varieties sold like Nepenthes ventrata, it should be kept in partial shade outdoors, or in a bright window inside your house. They still need sunlight, just not as much as the ones in this video.
All three of those are hybrids and they grow very well. I like Scarlet Belle the most since It gets very intense vivid colors on it. So Cal should be fine if you sit the pots in 1/2-1 inch of distilled water during hot weather.
In my research on these plants it seems what one person says contradicts what another says. I live in Las Vegas and its dry and Hot. How can I create a healthy environment for my vft and tropical pitcher. The most humidity we get here is like 14%. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks
As long as the soil does not dry out they will be fine. I know someone who grows flytraps in Arizona. All he does is just keep them sitting in a small tray of water.
Is it better to have them outside with no humidity? I was going to repot in a white styrofoam ice chest for installation from the heat....and a terrarium with compact T8 florescent lights wouldn't be better then growing outside?
I got some sarracenia seeds in a little kit from hobby lobby one of them is growing but it's just stem with two leaves and one really long leaf in the center is this normal?
SuperPokefan15 the hobby lobby kits have extremely crappy seeds. I would not be surprised if it was some random weed but from what you are describing it sounds like a Sarracenia seedling. I could tell for sure with a picture of it.
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The video was informative! Just a query to Liguus..I am from a Tropical country Malaysia, I would like to know whether dormancy is needed as we do not have cold spell. Hope someone can suggest a solution. Thanks.
William Leong Tzyy Shyuan yes. It is important they have a dormant period. Your better off growing tropical carnivorous plants like pinguiculas nepenthes, cephatotus, drosera..
I would say yes, to avoid root rot they shouldn't have their roots submerged all the time, but it might work for a purpurea. One guy was trying to grow a Sarracenia psittacina in an aquarium but I never followed up with him so I'm not sure if he was successful. A pot of soil is the "safest" option, and if you keep it in the cup of water it would sort of just be an experiment.
SeanPerrin I'm not sure about an exact temperature but sarracenia are mostly restricted to the southern united states (except for S. purpurea). I would definitely bring sarracenia indoors for the winter in canada.
+SeanPerrin Their native range is the eastern seaboard of the US, The Great Lakes and across most of Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. They're found in bogs almost as far north as the territories. As long as it's outside in the sun and gets enough water, it'll be fine. Since they're native to much of Canada, they don't need to be inside during the winter, no matter how cold it gets. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarracenia_purpurea.
+Joel Dayton if it's a purpurea yes, but every other species should be protected. Especially if it's in a pot, it is more susceptible to freezing. You won't have much success growing a S.psittacina outside in a pot in Canada's winter.
+Wolfpath Wildlife I know. That's why I provided that link about purpurea. Thanks for the video by the way. I hope to find a place that sells purpurea and other carnivorous plants native to Canada.
How can you tell when your plant is mature and able to eat bugs? I've grown mine from seeds in a kids science kit(actual species unknown) and they're about 4 1/2 yrs old now
Captain Kyerial Button they are ready to eat bugs as soon as a pitcher forms. When they are seedlings they can eat things like fruit flies if available.
I live in Southern California and I accidentally left my purpurea outside during a freak heat wave, and I forgot to water him before I left. When I got home, he was shriveled up and the media was completely dry. I rehydrated him and waited. He must have started going into dormancy around that time, because all of his new pitchers were really small & I couldn't feed him any bugs to help him recover. It's March now and he's producing the most vibrant and beautiful pitchers which are getting bigger and bigger! Very hardy plant
I knew how you felt.
Eddie Vedder really knows his plants! Lol. Great vid dude, seriously.
Nice one! Just bought one of these, and your video answered all my questions. Your video was short, sharp and full of useful information. Good job! Thanks!
Thank You. You literally answered all the questions I have about minding my new pitcher plant. Concise, informative and engaging.
I'm stoked that I stumbled upon your videos because I just procured pitchers and fly traps. Can you make some more plant care guide videos? They've been so helpful and informative. Ferns would be awesome because I always kill them. Thanks!
Once i'm intrigued I want to do it and sometimes it's a bad thing and you my good sir have just intrigued me
Thank you for posting these videos.. my husband is really getting into carnivorous plants and your care tips really help a lot.
Such a great video.I just bought my first sarracenia,actually rescued it,I hope it bounces back.
Greetings from The Netherlands. Thank you so much for your Sarracenia care advice. I've been growing orchids with success for years. I decided to diversify and try my hand at carnivorous plants For the present, I've only a Drosera Capensis and a Sarracenia flava. Both are doing really well though. They're disgustingly healthy plants. I'm sure as my knowledge grows, I'm going to thoroughly enjoy growing and caring for carnivorous plants. Please keep updating with tips and tricks 😄!
This was just perfect, no bs video.
You literally answered every question i had.
Thanks for all the awesome tips Liguus! Learned a great deal from you already! Appreciated!
Super useful. I recently obtained a dormant cluster and have been observing it daily. A few days ago I noticed a few of those blade like leaves coming out from the soil. I had a feeling it must be because of light, thanks for the useful info!
Thanks so much! Once I found out what type pitcher plant (North American), there it was sitting on your table, lol! That's what I get for buying one of those kits from a big box store that has a Venus Flytrap & here-in to be known as a Sarracenia in a plastic greenhouse box. No classification, no internet go-to for further instructions, not even a company name. Have had it under a grow light with increasing direct sunlight and it looks great!
Now onto separating the 2 into individual planters. Just hoping the separation goes well - wish me luck!
Thanks for the tips! 👍🏼
I think the flatten leaves just conserves energy and helps with photosynthesis like you stated earlier. It is much faster growing than traditional pitchers.
Great video! Didnt know they could get frozen solid, Thanks for the vid!
Good video answered a lot of my questions.
This was perfect! Thank you, I just got gifted one and was looking for care help :)
He's so smart and handsome too
thanks for the advice man, can't wait till mine get their first pitchers =D
Dude you look like Cisco from The Flash 🤣🤣🤣 Great video bro 💪🏾💪🏾
Glad I found your channel
Just recently got a hybrid sarracenia in the mail. I had these plants in the past and one of the pitchers looks like it started to die, I hope it doesn't mean its dying. Its in a water saucer.
Going to school for botany around this time next year, to work in a green house like that would be heaven! I'd never go home lol
It was pretty cool. Nice place to store all my plants while at school since I had so many... until my crazy ex -f totaled my car, so I told my boss I had to go home for spring break to deal with insurance. He forgot about me requesting this, then got pissed off and fired me, and told me to never ask him for a reference letter or to even put him on my resume. It was hilarious.
@@TheBonsaiJungle so that's your personal green house? Lucky! I'm running out of room at my apartment for plants. I don't get much sun, so there's not many choices. I have about 17 different plants, 25 total. The VFT and pitcher plants are my favorite tho. Really great to care for and watch!
That's awful about your boss tho. Hopefully you found a better place to work.
Oh no, this is the greenhouse I worked at. Currently I only have some outdoor patio space, garage for dormancy, and one room with poor lighting indoors.
Have you gone to school for botany, or how did you get into working at green houses? Thinking I could start a job at one local to me to possibly count as an internship.
Nope, Zoology. I have only ever worked at this one greenhouse. It was an interesting story, since I was always into tropical plants as well as animals I had my own collection of carnivorous plants and was visiting daily out of curiosity, so the boss kind of got to know me. One day he pulled up with a trailer with all his plants to move into the greenhouse for winter (palms, plumber, hibiscus, etc, that he kept in his yard) so I was unloading it with him to see all he had. He offered me a job after that. Great 3 years there until the universe decided to fuck me over lol. Oh well, I have a position as a naturalist at a wildlife center currently, and work my ass 7 days a week, so it doesn't really matter whether I have that greenhouse reference or not lol. Just a hobby for me at the end of the day. One day I will build my own, but I would be satisfied with one of those smaller ones, maybe like 20' sq. ft. of area, mainly for my growing flytrap, sundew, and sarracenia collection, as well as Nepenthess, and two cycads.
I live in northern Texas and in the summer it keeps dying heart so I’m going to put it a little farther away from the window
And the water probably will dry up if you have the purple pitcher plant and if you put too much water in then the plant will drink it
Thanks for your videos!
My pitcher plants are still really small and I notice when the pitcher starts to form then brown and seem to die. At first I thought it was too close to my light source and moved it further away and still same thing with new cutes.
Thanks
Keith X I found that outdoors is the best for Sarracenia. They really need a large amount of full sun outside to grow properly. Inside year round would require hundreds or even thousands of dollars for growlights.
I like your hair style
Super good,easy to understand
Kilo Ren, is that you?
Very good, informative video!
My pitcher plants are mostly dry on the inside but they do catch a lot of insects. I have snipped off dying pitchers, opened them and found them to be full of flies and other insects.
Only purpurea and purpurea hybrids are full of water. The others excrete digestive juices very minimally and let bugs decompose in their own a bit anyways, so that’s completely normal.
Are you in SD? There’s a Mount Helix in east county. I’m looking a video about gray pitchers in Southern California areas.
Thank You very much! I just got it and didn't know anything about iz😘
I have a S. purpurea and they do not have the ability to digest insects like other carnivorous plants. So they have hired (or at least support) assorted invertebrates (inquilines) to live in the pitcher and do that for them. Most are some species of mosquito, midge, rotifer, or fly that will feed on the drowned insect that flies into the open pitcher. The plant then absorbs these nutrients as it is dissolving/decaying in the water.
Purpurea do have enzymes like the other sarracenia, just at very low levels. But yes, their digestion is greatly aided by various organisms that will live in the pitchers and break down the prey. They don't even really need the invertebrates though, as they also have populations of bacteria in the pitchers which will aid the digestions and conversion of nutrients as well.
Beautiful location for your video. Did you use to work or volunteer at a botanical garden? I always wanted to experience that, I bet a person could learn so much from the experts at those places. Also would be like going to work at heaven everyday haha.
WaterspoutsOfTheDeep I used to work at a university greenhouse
Very good video. I have a question, I live in a tropical weather, can this plant be in a full sun all year?
nice tutorial bro.
Thanx for the awesome content!👍🏼👌🏼
I live in chandler, az where the humidity is too low for these. How should i grow them? The humidity only peaks at 46%
Ignore the humidity, just make sure they don’t burn in full sun in the summer. I would buy a shade cloth.
How can I fertilize my sarracenia in a flat where there are no insects?
Very informative!
Great tips!
I'm trying to grow some serracenia purpurea from seed, any tricks for that?
I need some of these lol love the video
Can you use the soil with the odor free manure in it?
I live in Memphis, TN (zone 7b) and my various sarracenia do fine outside and throughout most of the winter until about February when they give up the ghost. I guess they should be outside instead of me bringing them in. Is there a temp I should look for, to bring them in on colder winter days? Thanks!
To put it in full sunlight, would there be sunburn?
i recently purchased an adult sarracenia 'dana's delight' potted. . .and it is now shooting up a flower stalk. Is it normal for it to do that right now during dormancy? and i actually filled up these sarracenia pitchers with water when i first got them. Should i dump the water out or should i let it evaporate naturally? I don't want them to rot.
Sarracenia will produce flowers pretty early, so that part is normal. But you don't want water in the pitchers if it's not a purpurea. I would dump it out, but it really depends in how much is in there. Half an inch of water isn't a big deal, but if you have a few inches you should remove it. It won't kill the plant but you won't have nice pitchers as they might rot or break and fall over.
Thanks for all the great info. I always wanted to get Dana's Delight. Can I really plant these in the ground all year up here in New York State? I've never seen one here or at any of the garden centers.
I thought it was a bit weird to see these pitcher plants active zones in the northern states, but i guess the more temperate tolerant variety grow there in the wild as well
Hi! Thanks for uploading such a simple but yet informative video for bigginers like me. I have seen many video but got more confused than ever. But since I have watched your video it gave me all the knowledge which I have needed to look after my trumpet pitcher plant. Can you also make a video for drosera care for all year around including winter. Thanks 😊
Haa Khan yes I didn’t really think of it since the temperate drosera can he grow just like Venus flytraps, and the tropical drosera indoors like a houseplant all year. I am making updated versions of all these old grow guides so I will add this to the list. Thanks.
How many hours of light for the winter? Thanks love your vids!
If it's cold they don't need any light. mine sit in the garage in complete darkness between late november and march, maybe 20*F-50*F between those months, so anywhere in that range they shouldn't really need any light, they aren't actively growing enough to utilize much of the light.
@@TheBonsaiJungle Perfect! thank you
I enjoy your video's. I have an Asian pitcher plant, which has a lot of new top growth, but no pitchers are growing, and the old ones have dried up totally. Is there something I can do to encourage pitcher growth?
jojoberrypie they are kind of picky which is why I don't grow many of them. Make sure it never dries out and increase the humidity. Where is it growing?
my sarracenia doesnt look like any of those well its close to purporea but mine is not red and its really smol
Nice video, thanks :)
I recently bought a Sarracenia Purpurea here in sunny Western Australia. Firstly, it's been getting a lot of direct sunlight and it's formed dead (or burnt?) tips on the old leaves/pitchers. I keep it very well watered but I'm wondering if it's received too much sun? Or is it a case of those leaves not being acclimatized?
Secondly, it has some nice new growth coming along. However, the first newly formed pitcher is huge! It's easily 3 times the size of everything else. Any ideas why?
Cheers!
if a pitcher gets brown that just means the plant wants to get rid of it, just like leaves on a tree get brown. The pitcher probably got that big cause the plant got allot of sunlight, the more the better
Hi, do these do better in dry or humid conditions?
Mine are gradually dying and I'm not sure if it's because my flat is very dry.
They prefer humidity over dryness, but you shouldn’t need to do anything extra to increase humidity, just make sure the soil stays wet, or sits in shallow water.
I have a Sarracenia alata full of bugs and it’s now turning brown where the bugs are, should I trim those pitchers off? Also I live in the valley of California where it gets up to 110 is it ok to have them outside in the shade?
You can cut them off, but I would recommend waiting until a larger portion of the pitcher is brown, just kind of let them do their own thing. They will turn brown and die if they are eating a lot of insects, but they still get nutrients from them even if some parts of the pitchers are "burned" from the decay. I would wait until the entire top of the pitcher is brown. One trick people use if they want to have "showy" pitchers for an extended period of time is to put cotton in the top so insects can no longer enter. As for the heat: 110 is a little hot so I would probably put them in the shade once it starts getting past 100.
Vermiculite will work?
@Helixplants
Sup homie. I'm from Brooklyn NYC and I've recent purchased a bunch of different carnivorous plants. I have a juthatip soper. Any tips on how to successfully keep it alive and thriving. Like soil requirements. Etc
Brklyn Mafia it’s an easy nepenthes. Just needs good light, distilled water and a sphagnum based substrate. Keep the soil moist all the time but you don’t need to stand it in water. If it doesn’t make good pitchers consider buying a Yescom 225 white LED panel.
Please help! Is it okay that my plant came grown in just plain moss,like that would grow in a yard? Or on a rooftop. It’s growing wonderful with lots of babies in that but I’m still unsure..
Often times moss spores get on the substrate surface and start to grow. Are you sure this is not just the top layer? take a large chunk of moss off and see if peat/sphagnum is underneath.
Hey wolfpath. thanks for the videos. i just got a generic adult fly trap, a baby "wally" fly trap (I put it in the put for now with the adult one, til it gets a bit bigger) and a "Tarnok" Sarracenia. You pointed out in this video that its ok to put water in some pitchers, but tarnok wasn't mentioned. the cap doesn't completely cover the opening, so should I put a couple tablespoons of water in there? or is that dangerous? When it arrived it also had white mold on one of the tubes, and it looked like it was slowly rotting although the top still looked ok. I ended up taking that tube off which sucked because it was the biggest one. if that ok to do? I shouldve asked before I did it but I didn't want whatever it was to spread.
Also, you didn't mention anything in this one about propagation. is it the same as a fly trap? is it safe for someone new to carnivorous plants to try next year? any help is greatly appreciated! keep up the awesome work, and thank you for making the videos!
ryan ellis you can split venus fly traps when they are bigger. The pitcher plants get flowers and you can get seeds from the flowers, they are beautiful but smell disgusting. You can do the same with venus fly traps.
Hi, first of all thank you for what you are doing! You save plant's lives! Few days ago I bought 3 carnivous plants on impulse and ended up with a new obsession. Now spend all free time on reserch how to take care of what I've got. I'm trying to find out how big they going to grow. I have sarracenia flava, 6 inches, it looks like the small plant on your table. Is it really going to grow up to 18-24 inches indoors? Same with drosera capensis alba, it is now a bunch of plants, maybe 10, the size about 2 inches. I plan to split them all, should I expect them to grow up to 5 incehs? I got a venus fly trap and I know it is an adult plant, and I supposed that all others were adult as well and now I'm a bit confused... Thank you!
Vald Vot tak Vot Sarracenia and capensis will definitely grow larger, pretty much to the sizes you said. The smaller ones on the table are just young. Even the biggest one in this video is not showing true adult sized pitchers.
Thank you for prompt answer! I have limited space and alreaady received 3 more plants (red dragon, drosera binata, cobra lily) from Ebay seller. They are tiny but awesome. Now I see it's time to stop. Hope I'm not going to kill them all.
Thanks man
Coco coir ok as planting medium?
I repotted my pitcher plant with a mixture of short fibre peat, sand and purlite; well my concern is that leaves are turning from a green to a brown, and only two new leave have grown since spring.
Edwin C****** I would need to know more to get a better idea of what’s going on. What kind of dormancy did it get? How much light is it getting/where is it located? How often do you water it/ is it standing in water? Are the new pitchers looking healthy?
Liguus I live in Southern Ontario, and we had a mild winter and it was stored in the sun room all winter that never gone below 5c. In the spring I replanned it when our new puppy pulled it out of the pot, so I put it on a different table that the dog can’t get at it; I put it under a grow light and two new leaves started to grow one with a pitcher but hasn’t changed since April. Now that it’s 24c - 34c outside I put it outside and watered it every other day.
Liguus, I’ve taken pictures of the plant and it’s only the two new leaves that are going brown
Edwin C****** it’s probably stress from everything that’s happened then. New pitchers should emerge in the coming weeks with no problems.
Liguus thank you, should I leave it in a bowl with rain water outside? Oh and cut off the leaves with the bite marks and the old dead pitchers.
Can I make like a bog in my green house. Like with a liner? Or does it need to drain out ?
I don't see why not, as long as that ground is not freezing. It doesn't need to drain, can be completely sealed in. I have a pursuer "mini-bog" which is just a cement mixing tub used as a pot.
How do they put up with hurricane level wind? I'd like one of these plants but hearing that they don't like indoors, it will need to survive the winds we get on our plateau. I wouldn't want it to get wind scorched.
In the wild the tall grasses they grow among help prop them up, but growing in pots it usually helps to have some sticks in there and then tie a circle of string around the pitchers to keep them up.
thanks
If you have great direct sunlight inside your house will that work as well ? I live in northern California and the winters can be extremely cold
It is rare to have good sun inside a house unless it is one of those "green room or sun room" type of things. These really need full overhead sun, a lot more than a typical window can provide, not only because it's only light from one direction, but the glass filters out a lot of the light as well. I have not seen any successful cases of indoor sarracenia without supplementation with artificial light. Also they do need a cold dormancy so inside your house will kill them as well if they are warm. must be 40-50*F. I made a new video about winter flytrap containers. That would work in a garage or unheated shed. Maybe a cold basement if you have one instead would be fine for dormancy? If anything, I guess a refrigerator will have to do. But still, you are looking at least at some additional very high quality grow lights inside.
I've recently bought a Sarracenia and it arrived to me growing out of a moss ball. It is hanging inside a plastic pot, not fully covering the inside area of the pot. Should I replant it in potting soil? Should I place it (the moss ball and the pot) inside a bowl with water?
Yes, that’s a strange novelty set up which isn’t that good in the long run. I would put it in a normal pot, use either sphagnum moss or peat moss.
I would like some advice , I live in the UK and in a hardiness 6a zone, I have 6 species of carnivorous plants(Sarracenia: "eva" , "vogel" , leucophylla , Purpurea "venosa" , venus flytraps and butterwort) should I keep them in a tray of fresh rainwater during the winter or should I just water them manually.
What is the species of butterwort? It might need to go inside. If you're keeping the rest outside I would definitely ditch the tray, they won't be using that much water now. Just water manually whenever the soil starts to get dry.
Jamie Hughes i don't stand my VFTs in water ever. I don't stand my sarracenias in water over the winter, you want to avoid the roots getting damaged by expanding ice, although they are absolutely fine with mild frosts. I keep my carnivores outside all year round in full sun - I live in southampton and it is pretty mild here admittedly. In the UK there is no danger of them drying out over winter whatsoever! I rarely if ever water them from november to march unless it's unusually warm and dry, and I especially avoid watering if frost is expected. South coast of the UK is one of the best places in the world to grow carnivores, a lot of the US can get too cold and dry for them. The only slight problem here is the cool spring and autumn, but that's easily solved with a greenhouse or similar. Growing under glass not really necessary unless you want to grow prizewinners though!
I put sphagnum in a small pot and got it wet. I put the seeds in the sphagnum by just sprinkling them over it. I have about 4 or 5 of them sprouting up and they are very, very small right now but don't seem to be growing much. When they are very small, maybe 1/4 to 1/2" where do they get their nutrients from? Also, how long does it take before they make their first pitcher? Thanks!
They mostly just grow off of the sunlight. When they are large enough (and this goes for any carnivorous plant) feeding them will greatly increase growth.
Once sarracenia are and inch or so tall you can put moistened fish food into the pitchers (i usually get fish pellets with shrimp as the primary ingredient).
It will take a couple of years before they make their first adult pitcher, but they will be slowly getting larger each season.
***** Thanks but I'm not sure I completely understand. So these plants don't eat anything until they develop pitchers? Most plants take in nutrients from the soil and use the sunlight to convert those to energy for growth. My pitcher plants sprouted and have 2 leaves and aren't growing much at all, is that normal? They do not have pitchers yet, how long does it take before I should see those? Since these guys don't eat through their root system, where do they get their food before they have pitchers?
awesome!
What would be a rough limit for cold tolerance ?
Señor Gordon Freeman I would keep them between 20*F-45*F all winter for the best results. Warmer than that it’s not true dormancy, if colder than that you can get some rhizome damage if they are not protected I.e. mulched over with hay or in a cold frame.
I Venus flytrap and Sarracenia . can they be together in the same Terrarium? both need Sun and moisture
sasha antidot they can grow potted in the same pot or bog planter, but they should not be in a terrarium.
Hey I live in West Virginia and I bought my 1st purple pitcher plant and I was wondering if you could give me some more tips on caring for it?
Lynn Bandy they are really easy, just plant it in peat + perlite, or sphagnum moss and keep the pot sitting in a tray of water. I grow mine in undrained plastic cement mixing tubs in full sun in the patio and stick the whole thing in the garage for the winter.
Why do my small sarracenia have a hole in the trap? I think some bug eat through the trap or something happen to my plant?
Toxic Main most like a bug ate the leaf
I ordered my sarracenia and im sure the fluids got dumped out during shipping. Do i need to refill them in that instance?
If purpurea yes, If anything else not really a big deal. Even Purp hybrids don't need the fluid that much from my experience.
I love where I live, because it's FREAKIN zone 1b
great video. When should I repot my Sarracenia?
John Owles when the substrate gets old after approximately 4 years, or when the rhizome grows many divisions and the plant is overcrowded in the pot (grown to the edge all the way around). In that case you can either pot it up into a larger container, or split apart the rhizome divisions and plant single plants into smaller pots again.
Hello! Thanks for the information video!! First year having a Sarracenia Falva, a fly trap, and a few really tiny fly traps I started from seed. If I leave them outside in NJ, do I water them in the winter and continue the full sun? Was thinking of keeping them in a small terrarium-type house outside for the winter instead of just on my table where they may get blown away during storms because we go to FL for Jan and Feb and wouldn’t want to have family running out to water. Can I refrigerate both fly traps and Sarracenia at a specific temp? Sorry all the questions!!!! I’m just happy they’re still alive!
How cold is the winter there?
Liguus I would say average 25-30 degrees sometimes going down to single digits
That's a bit colder than what I would consider ideal (45-50*F), so I would build a cold frame to get them through the winter, even a heated one. Refrigeration works for some people, but I don't like it since it causes things to grow mold, and from what I can tell they prefer to have some light during dormancy. If you don't build the cold frame, I would say at least spray with a fungicide before putting it in the fridge.
Liguus thanks so much! You’re always so helpful - love your videos!!
Does the Sarracenia purpurea tolerate -20 to -35 temperatures during winter? Should i put it in the fridge or just leave it outside to freeze?
-35 C or F?
Liguus Celsius, it doesnt get that cold every day but sometimes it can
It should be ok since the purpurea can grow far north in canada where i'm sure it can get that cold on the surface of the bog, but I would try to give it some sort of protection, like a cold frame. Mine have been frozen solid in ice every winter, but still that's only around 0.
Are there species of sarracenia that like it drier? Like the venus fly traps? I can’t keep sitting water for long, so I’m avoiding those plants.
Kenneth Reyes What do you mean by “dry”? Dry like a cactus, or moist but never standing in water? Also, Why can’t you sit them in water?
im just getting started in carnivorous plants. looking for something smaller. what is the species closes to you that is bright green
S. leucophylla Hurricane Creek White. It grows full size though (multiple feet tall). S. purpurea is always a nice species. one of my favorites.
Are these the answer to Florida mosquito problems? Because I will rush to the plant nursery right now.
MC5 Limited Skills not really. Carnivorous plants are not good for "bug control".
Wolfpath Wildlife
Is there any type of plants other than citronella that you could recommend that would possibly reduce the mosquito presence at least in a small area of my backyard.
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I am so confused. I have the pitcher plant that hangs down in a pot and I keep finding info that says do not put in the sun. You say put it in the sun. Is mine a different type???
Thanks Sue
Based on your description I would assume you have a Nepenthes. They are also called "pitcher plants" but they are a completely different and separate group than Sarracenia. Also assuming its one of the common varieties sold like Nepenthes ventrata, it should be kept in partial shade outdoors, or in a bright window inside your house. They still need sunlight, just not as much as the ones in this video.
Thank you as I just figured out it s a Nepenthes. This put my mind at ease on what to do.Thank you so much for answering so quickly. Kudos to you.
my sarracenia pitchers are all dead even the young ones and its not even on dormancy though the leaves are still alive
What if i keep it by the kitchen window where lots of sunlight comes in?
Windows do not provide enough sunlight.
Wich one is better sarracenia carolina yellow jacket ,scarlett belle or bug bat. easy to care?I live in southern California zone 10.
All three of those are hybrids and they grow very well. I like Scarlet Belle the most since It gets very intense vivid colors on it. So Cal should be fine if you sit the pots in 1/2-1 inch of distilled water during hot weather.
In my research on these plants it seems what one person says contradicts what another says. I live in Las Vegas and its dry and Hot. How can I create a healthy environment for my vft and tropical pitcher. The most humidity we get here is like 14%. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks
As long as the soil does not dry out they will be fine. I know someone who grows flytraps in Arizona. All he does is just keep them sitting in a small tray of water.
about 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep.
Is it better to have them outside with no humidity? I was going to repot in a white styrofoam ice chest for installation from the heat....and a terrarium with compact T8 florescent lights wouldn't be better then growing outside?
How do they take the 90's and 100's in direct sun.
Very good, just keep them sitting in at least an inch of water all summer
I got some sarracenia seeds in a little kit from hobby lobby one of them is growing but it's just stem with two leaves and one really long leaf in the center is this normal?
SuperPokefan15 the hobby lobby kits have extremely crappy seeds. I would not be surprised if it was some random weed but from what you are describing it sounds like a Sarracenia seedling. I could tell for sure with a picture of it.
@@TheBonsaiJungle thank you for responding to my question. I'm not sure how I would go about showing you a picture of the seedling.
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The video was informative! Just a query to Liguus..I am from a Tropical country Malaysia, I would like to know whether dormancy is needed as we do not have cold spell. Hope someone can suggest a solution. Thanks.
William Leong Tzyy Shyuan yes. It is important they have a dormant period. Your better off growing tropical carnivorous plants like pinguiculas nepenthes, cephatotus, drosera..
How would you feed a parrot pitcher? I'm getting one soon and I want to know before I get it
Levy McGarden I pretty much don't, but you can toss in an osmocote pellet once the pitcher is large enough.
"super easy plant to take care of..." "Step 1 - reverse osmosis"
Do you prefer tap water or distilled some people say do not use tap water I'm so bloody confused help help
Kimberley Rauchelle distilled for all carnivorous plants. Their roots are not adapted to deal with dissolved minerals in water.
For the purpurea do you need soil for it? Cuz when i got it i was in a cup with a bunch of root things
I would say yes, to avoid root rot they shouldn't have their roots submerged all the time, but it might work for a purpurea. One guy was trying to grow a Sarracenia psittacina in an aquarium but I never followed up with him so I'm not sure if he was successful. A pot of soil is the "safest" option, and if you keep it in the cup of water it would sort of just be an experiment.
thanks!
How cold can they tolerate outside? I'm in Alberta, Canada. It's very cold for a very long time. Best to bring them in?
SeanPerrin I'm not sure about an exact temperature but sarracenia are mostly restricted to the southern united states (except for S. purpurea). I would definitely bring sarracenia indoors for the winter in canada.
I live in Newfoundland Canada and there always growing in the bog so they should be fine in Alberta:)
+SeanPerrin Their native range is the eastern seaboard of the US, The Great Lakes and across most of Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. They're found in bogs almost as far north as the territories. As long as it's outside in the sun and gets enough water, it'll be fine. Since they're native to much of Canada, they don't need to be inside during the winter, no matter how cold it gets. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarracenia_purpurea.
+Joel Dayton if it's a purpurea yes, but every other species should be protected. Especially if it's in a pot, it is more susceptible to freezing. You won't have much success growing a S.psittacina outside in a pot in Canada's winter.
+Wolfpath Wildlife I know. That's why I provided that link about purpurea. Thanks for the video by the way. I hope to find a place that sells purpurea and other carnivorous plants native to Canada.
How can you tell when your plant is mature and able to eat bugs?
I've grown mine from seeds in a kids science kit(actual species unknown) and they're about 4 1/2 yrs old now
Captain Kyerial Button they are ready to eat bugs as soon as a pitcher forms. When they are seedlings they can eat things like fruit flies if available.
Wolfpath Wildlife Awesome thank you
Where did you purchase your carnivorous plants at?
Zackery Cuellar most of them are from online suppliers.
way on broo