I just purchased one today. It was surprisingly large. Huge leaves. But the main stem where all the shoots come off of.. its leaning pretty hard over. Should I just leave it be. Or maybe replant and reposition? It wasn't in the best shape. The leaves are super fragile and a bit crispy (but green) I had to cut off quite a few not good leaves and all but 1 pitcher were crispy shriveled
Oh I just got to the part about you talking about staking it! So I could take it out of the hanging basket it came in and kinda correct the leaning? You prefer them potted and staked? Mines a touch bigger than yours in the hanging basket
It's interesting to have the perspective of a soil specialist for once. :) There are still some things to consider: - Feeding is not required but helps growth but need to be done in moderation. - Filling the pitcher with water is useful when receiving on a new plant to help prevent the pitchers from drying out (which probably emptied during transport). and after that, indeed it is no longer useful for new pitchers. - 50% humidity is enough for the majority of "intermediate species" hybrids. ;) - For the highland species, it's more complicated than that: it's not that they can stand the cold but rather than they NEED it at night (if you want them to last long). And we are talking here of 15 degrees Celsius or less. But I’m also in Canada and yes, it’s convenient for windowsill ;)
I do agree with filling in a little water into the pitchers to prevent them from drying out completely. I sometimes fill it a tiny bit with really diluted seaweed extract (once a month) other than feeding it with insects, and it helps with bloom in growth.
ok i have learned more in 10 min of watching your video than i have in 3 months of googling info on these dang things. you def earned a subscribe from me! looking forward to looking through all your other videos. keep up the great work and THANK YOU!
Your glasses are fine Ashley, do you , be comfy, Lovin’ the sciency bits , you make it all so understandable...ah now I get it ! So happy I found your channel, thanks Jules.
im about half way through the video and ive learned 3X as much about this plant then 10 youtube videos. i will absolutely be recommending your videos to my friends
I know I’m like 4 months late but I’m in hardiness zone 7a (in the US) and I bought my first nepenthes recently. I’m madly in love with all my houseplants and taking care of them makes my day. Also, the ring light doesn’t bug me. Thanks for making this video
The Pitcher Plant is the official plant of Newfoundland. When I was there last year I walked through Salmonair Park and I saw hundreds of them. The pitchers on them were massive. It’s such a beautiful plant but way out of my league when it comes to indoor plants. Great video.
What?! Are you actually serious! Omg I’m coming to visit now. You should take a video and send it to me if your on Instagram I’d love to see them! instagram.com/p/CHBEVsBAEcJ/?igshid=8x0jt77us71p
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Isn’t it the provincial flower? Anyway, what you saw was certainly another type of pitcher plant, in the genus Sarracenia (S. purpurea is the only pitcher plant growing natively in Canada).
So I've been binging your videos for like three days (and I'm learning so much!! You've probably just rescued a few of my non-carnivorous plants from nutrient deficiencies and made me a lot more chill about fungus and algae, hooray) and it's so cool to see that you have some Nepenthes too! I keep a few indoors in zone 4 myself and they definitely struggle in the winter sometimes. Hopefully the new humidifier helps a bit. I've definitely noticed that light is more important than humidity when it comes to pitchering, and in the summer the sturdier hybrids do great in a south-facing window with 30% humidity...but it's been getting into the low teens recently and I haven't had a new pitcher in ages. Also, fun plant anatomy fact that blew my mind when I learned it: the "leaf" is technically just a really flat, wide petiole. The pitcher is the whole leaf blade! Same with Venus flytraps.
I watched a lot of Nepenthes videos looking for one answer to my question! Bingo! You won! Thank you! I subbed. Looking forward to learning lots from you.😃👍
I got into carnivorous plants about 5 months ago and along with my vfts and sundews i bought 4 picher plants and one died but i useto freak out bicouse the growth of new plants would normally die off untill i realized the new growth done really well
From Charlotte, NC Looking to go from casual plant person to the next level of plant care. This usually involves the steps of repotting , propagating and paying attention to soil and feeding. I have a house full of plants that are alive, which confirmed my step up from novice, but now I want them to survive winters and thrive in general.
@@GardeningInCanada yep. I just got my Nepenthes and we are starting to hit warmer, humid weather here in NC, so they will likely have fun the next few months. I have a grow light but didn’t use much this past winter on Venus flytraps. Wasn’t sure if I should or if they are suppose to go into dormancy. All traps fell off but I still have some green leaves. I’m guessing they will start growing again soon.
Excellent video. Thank you for talking about the root system. I thought they needed soil, I didn't know they could grow in sphagnum moss. That was an interesting surprise. The same with humidity, you said 60% and I almost fell off my chair. I didn't realize it needed to be that high. This was very helpful, thank you for sharing (and for the images too, great help).
Thank you for telling me that overwatering is not possible!! I have been researching self watering wick system for nepenthes in sphagnum moss but not a lot of info on the internet. Your informative video gives me confident to try wick system!!
you could! but keep in mind your would need the specific species strains for the mycorrhizae and i am not confident anyone has studied or isolated those to date.
I have one growing and it’s flourishing inside my house under LED lights. It has new pitchers and is looking good. I live in Washington state north of Vancouver in Yacolt near the volcano Mt. St. Helens. I have Venus flytrap seeds I’m going to grow next.
This was very informative, thank you. I hot mine from a local greenery. Its has dark spots on the leaves, what does that mean. Also I repotted it and wondered why it barely had roots. I thought i got a bad one lol. Thanks again.
you mention a site where there is information about altitudes etc of different species of Nepenthes, I think you forgot to add a link. Could you please add it ? thank you
We are in zone 4a in Northern New York State, foothills of the northern Adirondack Mountains. I'm interested in veggie and herb gardening. We also like wild flowers, roses, perennials in general. Our coldest part of our winters can range from -2- to -35 degrees F. Our gardens start the last weekend of May/first weekend of June to about the middle of September...sometimes to the end. We can be in Spencerville, Ontario in about an hour
I am from Chicago, Illinois. Have you heard of the purple pitcher plant? Grows in northern areas and is suppose to be good for zones 2-7. Great info also that you present.
I live in southwest Florida was wondering can I keep a pitcher plant outside humidity and rainfall is high during the spring and summer. Winter is dry but can get cooler and lower in temp
Yea they would love it! Only word of warning is to clean the leaves and repot before bringing it back inside. There maybe pests that have laid eggs in to the soil which can cause issues.
I recently got a ventrata at my local nursery about three days ago and it’s my second nepenthes. My first one is I guess a tiny version of it that I got from Lowe’s and I’ve had him for 5 years now in a reused 5 gallon water jug with an irrigation and watering system and he’s just chilling and blooming away. However with this new ventrata is humongous and I do fear tbag humidity will be an issue. My room is the hottest part of my house and gets the most sunlight, not direct, but is the brightest so I have him hanging from my window. I do live in mid Texas so my house is quite humid if my wall ac is off, which I turn off when I leave the house bc I know my orchids like the heat. Will spraying my nepenthes with distilled water once a day keep him satisfied? Or maybe I can break him in to this low humidity like I did to my other one? In addition, this guy has some mold on him which I think is normal, but should I use 3% hydrogen peroxide to clean as much as I can off before repotting him in 100% sphagnum moss?
Very cool video. I had no idea that we could grow them ourselves if we could keep the conditions right. I thought they'd only be in specialty commercial gardens, like at Longwood. That sphagnum moss you showed them growing it is awesome - looks almost impossible! When you pulled the little guy out of his medium, I thought you'd killed him. But not! He just went right back to hanging out in his moss. I thought it would take a very very long time to get pitchers on the plants, but now I know they grow pretty rapidly. Fascinating plants. Thanks for the info!
@Ke Le Longwood? Bah! Beautiful overall, dont get me wrong, the other greenhouses and outdoor landscapes are amazing. But they have such a tiny little corner for their carnivorous plants that need an overhaul. Basic species, poor conditions. Quite disapponted in that section when the wife and I visited a couple years ago.
So I've been thinking of trying to grow one emersed(just the root system and soil) in an aquarium (acidic water, co2) partially on a driftwood, would that be a good environment? Or would it be better to have it planted just above where it's not coming in direct contact with the aquarium water, but where it can still benefit from the humidity? I will also have a suspended grow light above the aquarium.
I live in western Massachusetts. I have two nepenthes in a south facing window with a sheer curtain and a humidifier. They are doing pretty well .There are a lot of new pitchers forming but the leaves are paler than when I bought them.After watching this I think they may do even better in a cooler part of the house. My question is do you remove the pitchers at some point?
You can remove them whenever they start getting ratty looking. It’s actually a good idea to remove them when they get to that point because they end up becoming more of a bug hangout.
I know this is a year old. What if I use Leca balls for my plant? I'm having a hard time trying to report it. I'm noticing a white surface on top of the dirt. I recently brought this plant at a store. So, I'm unsure if they ripped me off or maybe the water isn't sipping through the dirt like it should be.
Yeah you can definitely do that. Depending on the dirt that was used it may be souls from the processing. For example if it’s a coconut choir base medium they do use salt in the production process. And if it’s not wash properly you will see lime deposits at the surface.
Hi. Do you pack sphagnum moss tight or loose? Does roots need air? I read somewhere to let moss dry little before watering? Thanks for your information.
Things you can be flexible on, which may vary with species. Humidity, I'm growing several highland hybrids on a west facing windowsill in my home. The humidity in the room averages in the low to mid 40%. Rarely gets higher, except on really hot, humid days (and there are not many of those here in the UK). All of them are producing pitchers quite well, even at these low levels of humidity. Currently the humidity in my room is 31%. Nepenthes are doing fine nonetheless. High light levels seem to be far more important at getting pitchers to form than humidity, at least for highland/highlan hybrids. The windowsill in question gets full sun from around mid afternoon onwards in the summer months. Watering, all mine have had no issue to date with straight tap water, not filtered, not distilled, not reverse osmosis. Just plain old East Sussex tap water. Which, to boot, is very hard water (all the chalk in the South Downs here!) However, that hard water does shorten the usable life of the moss they are planted in. So it's certainly a good idea to refresh the potting medium a little more often than would be with a softer tap water (the kind you get up in North Wales for example)
Good evening 👋🏻 just bought my first pitcher plant today… some of the pitchers were dried up (but all of my leaves are still going strong) and i pruned off the dried up pitchers. Most of the other pitchers are browning at the top, i trimmed off the dried up brown parts. Why would the pitchers have browned? I am in Ohio, Zone 6A. Now that she’s here with me I am planning to place her near my humidifier in a west facing window, will this be a good place for her or where would you recommend?
Aloha, Informative. Good tips. Nepenthes (lowland to intermediate species) do well here in Hawaii. They are all grown outside under shade cloth and subject to the ambient high humidity and light. Note: Many Nepenthes pitchers do naturally fill with water especially ones that have open lids like N. ampullaria. Mahalo
The only place I've been able to see impressive specimens of living pitcher plants is in Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. They're in the top three of the most awesome plants I've ever laid eyes on. I couldn't stop staring at them. I think I've asked you this before: have you ever been to Longwood Gardens? It's a great family trip (I went with my fiancé a few times before he passed away). It's ever-evolving; massive seasonal changes in plantings and decorations for holidays. You really must go at least 3 times. Research it well. Consider the best times for you to visit. You really must spend at least 3 days. Have those plans ready for when things are much less crazy here. I so wish I could finance all 3, or 4, trips for you and your whole family, and put you up at the best hotel in the area, and the best restaurants in the area. Longwood Gardens has both a cafeteria, and a fine dining restaurant on the premises. I know there has been a lot of expansion there. My broken heart hasn't let me return since Dec 2005. I'm sure that it is even more awesome than it used to be. If you can only go once, pick your very favorite season or holiday. Their Christmas display is legendary. Ok, I'm gushing about it. Back to the video. Again.
Literally just bought a pitcher plant. So feeling like i am above my skill level and this poor babies life is in danger with me...lol. she is in a 2" pot and needs to be repottted. Do i undertand correctly that i should pot in sphagnum moss, some perlite? Water with distilled water? Please advise. This has been the most educational video. Thank you
I wouldn’t just wait and see what it does naturally so long as the ambient humidity is what the plant needs. If your home is on the dry side you can always add water
I have a nepenthes, as well as a few venus fly traps, sundew and the other kind that look like tubes( which I think I killed) would love to learn as much as I can about any of them .
You probably have not killed them. And don’t throw them out, a lot of carnivorous plants go dormant & die back completely. I’ll do a video on those because lots of them fall into the same care,
I have only one and my first one! He is healthy based on watching this great video. I was concerned because there are no pitchers since I have owned him which is 2 years. I think I may need to prune him to keep him smaller for his spot. How do I do that and can I root the cuttings I take off? Great content on this channel.
Great question! You’ll need to ensure a minimum of one leaf & one node per cutting. Your node is actually where the meristemic tissue is located (aka where the roots are formed). As the for how of pruning just give him a snip at whatever height or length you want. For the pitcher formation try more sunlight (or artificial) and maybe a pebble tray.
This was the best care video so far on these out of what I’ve watched, thank you. I just got a regular pitcher plant and I don’t want to kill it. It seems like a lot of channels are putting out bad info. Yours is in depth and seems very researched so I trust this one far more. May I ask where to purchase a nepenthes viking? It’s very unique looking. Is there an online source for ordering that plant?
Wow, did I miss this many videos? Health issues. But I'm here now, and will be as often as I can. Note: eye allergies - Visine A or Naphcon or Equate Allergy eyedrops (Walmart's generic). All the same topical antihistamine ingredient in the same concentration (last time I compared). Works very well for me. Also, before using it, wash your face with mild soap and warm water, including (especially) around your eyes. Dry with clean towel. Ok, now to watch the rest of the video.
Michigan USA 🇺🇸 house lighting Artificial in home lighting and window plant placement for a house that's at odd angles In between Southeast northeast Southwest Northwest having a difficult time gaging my lighting conditions plus over wintering my tropicals with the proper artificial lights from Cactus's , lithops , monstera, hoya's , Drusina, sangonium's, coladiums ect... please help
I killed two tiny babies putting them in leca. Just got a bigger one today. Wanting to succeed with the “cheaper” one before I splurge into cool species
New subscriber! Thanks for all that you research & share!! I missed this in the video (if you said it). When the pitchers start to brown at the cap then down towards the bottom of the pitcher should I prune them or wait until they're all the way brown & shriveled? And when I cut them off, should it be all the way up to the leaf base or should I just cut the brown parts off?? Thanks again ♡♡
I'm in zone 10b and I have nepenthes. I've had them before and they did well but this time I bought one and its leaves are a light opaque color. No shine and the lower leaves are curled inward and one of the upper leaves are floppy? I have it in special soil and conditioned the soil but idk?? No video covers this issue. They only give care tips and don't mention this
Interesting video, however Nepenthes are definitely -NOT- bog plants. Venus Flytraps, Sarracenia and many Drosera are, but Nepenthes grow in the tropical rainforest, often under the canopy and amongst trees or shrubs. There are no tree or shrubs in a bog. Many species grow as epiphyte, so yes they are a bit like orchids. It would be great to correct this in a future video, as many hobbyist kill their Nepenthes growing them as bog plants.
I find more people tend to kill them from under watering in my area
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@@GardeningInCanada - My assumption about how people kill them might be wrong (it’s just based on what people post on forums and FB groups), however the type of environment they grow in are very rarely bogs. I believe it can happen (I read that about N. bicalcarata, an ultra-lowland species), but it probably represent
My nepenthes is infested w gnats. Almost had a spider mite issue but anyways how are you treating yours? Considering neem oil and horticultural soaps have nutrients and you can’t use em. I have sticky traps and I have done a couple rinses w 1/2C hydrogen peroxide in a gallon of water but they still won’t leave 😩 and When I got it the pitchers were empty and they told me to just add water🙄 so I lost all my pitchers except 1 😩🤦🏻♀️
@@GardeningInCanada I would have never even thought about that! Yk how many UA-cam videos I had to go through to find this video/ your channel!? So thankful cuz yours is the only one w solutions and new info backed by science and not just a man mansplaining for 30 minutes straights the same info I found w one google search 😅 all that to say thank you!
@@GardeningInCanada 1 last question. Why whenever I put my plants in a tank or put a bag over the top to “greenhouse” it why do they get moldy it’s like a grey/blue mold or fungus or idk what but it stinks to high hell, from far away. then eventually they die? Even if I don’t completely enclose it this happens. Like in a tank w no lid or in a large bag for a couple days after repotting. Basically any time I try to give em humidity I get mold. If u already have a video on this I’ll keep digging 😊
that’s what i came here looking for info on! learned a lot, continuing on my search! i want to start using LECA with the majority of my plants… thought maybe because this plant loves water so much it may be a good fit!
NYC . Very much interested in micro-greens so I can grow them year around in my apartment. And anything cleans the air 🙂 Wear your glasses !!!! No need to be fancy shmancy!!!!! Be comfortable !!! 😉
nah eyewear is of little concern (to me anyway). we should be comfortable as often as we can. I think from a botanical perspective they are amazing specimens. Although, I have little interest in growing them. I do remember my Nana having a Venus Flytrap waaay back when.
A cry for help and suggestion: New food gardeners give up within months bc we dont know how to begin. Therefore, we collect bits of info, spend $$$$, and fail. Can you give a generalized vid for how to begin and how to persist? I really dont want to give up but I just could not find good info until I met GARDENING IN CANADA broadcasting from another country and in another growing zone. So, for example: 1) my gardens are too big, too shallow, too clay-y, and too pest-invading; 2) I purchased many tools and equipments which may be unnecessary and I still dont know which ones I should have; 3) I listened to too many gardening vids with the wrong info; 4) purchase too many seeds and plants which were destined to fail or sit in my seed collection. Help.
No, some lowlanders like viking(mirabilis) "CAN" stay in bog. But highlanders grow on tree or cliff. dont throw those plants in water. You can learn more from the windowsill man
I’m sorry to tell you but unlike sundews and flytraps nepenthes are from jungles and grow off of trees. They cannot live in a bog setting they will drown
Thanks for watching! Do any of you guys have Nepenthes or want them? I honestly think they are awesome.
TIMESTAMPS
Intro: 0:00
Roots- rot, soil type, watering: 3:55
Shoots - internodes, growth habits, lighting: 10:30
Leaves - Pitcher Formation, Feeding, Filling Pitchers: 14:00
Highland vs Lowland what is easier?: 23:00
My Collection: 25:00
I just purchased one today. It was surprisingly large. Huge leaves. But the main stem where all the shoots come off of.. its leaning pretty hard over. Should I just leave it be. Or maybe replant and reposition?
It wasn't in the best shape. The leaves are super fragile and a bit crispy (but green) I had to cut off quite a few not good leaves and all but 1 pitcher were crispy shriveled
Oh I just got to the part about you talking about staking it! So I could take it out of the hanging basket it came in and kinda correct the leaning? You prefer them potted and staked? Mines a touch bigger than yours in the hanging basket
I prefer them staked honestly the stems are so stiff I worry about them snapping
Give it time you’ll get more pitchers!
It's interesting to have the perspective of a soil specialist for once. :)
There are still some things to consider:
- Feeding is not required but helps growth but need to be done in moderation.
- Filling the pitcher with water is useful when receiving on a new plant to help prevent the pitchers from drying out (which probably emptied during transport). and after that, indeed it is no longer useful for new pitchers.
- 50% humidity is enough for the majority of "intermediate species" hybrids. ;)
- For the highland species, it's more complicated than that: it's not that they can stand the cold but rather than they NEED it at night (if you want them to last long). And we are talking here of 15 degrees Celsius or less.
But I’m also in Canada and yes, it’s convenient for windowsill ;)
They seem to love it!
@@GardeningInCanada Yes, but you'll laugh: the only problem I had this summer is too much heat ... in Manitoba haha
Do you grow some on windowsill?
I do agree with filling in a little water into the pitchers to prevent them from drying out completely. I sometimes fill it a tiny bit with really diluted seaweed extract (once a month) other than feeding it with insects, and it helps with bloom in growth.
@@WindowsillNepenthes yooo Wsp remy
I would definitely say you can over water a nepenthes as well
ok i have learned more in 10 min of watching your video than i have in 3 months of googling info on these dang things. you def earned a subscribe from me! looking forward to looking through all your other videos. keep up the great work and THANK YOU!
Haha awe ❤️ thank you.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I purchased my 1st pitcher plant recently, it is 5 years old and beautiful.
Your glasses are fine Ashley, do you , be comfy,
Lovin’ the sciency bits , you make it all so understandable...ah now I get it ! So happy I found your channel, thanks Jules.
Hahaha thanks so much! That’s really kind.
im about half way through the video and ive learned 3X as much about this plant then 10 youtube videos. i will absolutely be recommending your videos to my friends
Awe thank you so much!
I know I’m like 4 months late but I’m in hardiness zone 7a (in the US) and I bought my first nepenthes recently. I’m madly in love with all my houseplants and taking care of them makes my day. Also, the ring light doesn’t bug me. Thanks for making this video
Absolutely! Never too late
The Pitcher Plant is the official plant of Newfoundland. When I was there last year I walked through Salmonair Park and I saw hundreds of them. The pitchers on them were massive. It’s such a beautiful plant but way out of my league when it comes to indoor plants. Great video.
What?! Are you actually serious! Omg I’m coming to visit now. You should take a video and send it to me if your on Instagram I’d love to see them! instagram.com/p/CHBEVsBAEcJ/?igshid=8x0jt77us71p
Isn’t it the provincial flower? Anyway, what you saw was certainly another type of pitcher plant, in the genus Sarracenia (S. purpurea is the only pitcher plant growing natively in Canada).
Interesting!
So I've been binging your videos for like three days (and I'm learning so much!! You've probably just rescued a few of my non-carnivorous plants from nutrient deficiencies and made me a lot more chill about fungus and algae, hooray) and it's so cool to see that you have some Nepenthes too!
I keep a few indoors in zone 4 myself and they definitely struggle in the winter sometimes. Hopefully the new humidifier helps a bit. I've definitely noticed that light is more important than humidity when it comes to pitchering, and in the summer the sturdier hybrids do great in a south-facing window with 30% humidity...but it's been getting into the low teens recently and I haven't had a new pitcher in ages.
Also, fun plant anatomy fact that blew my mind when I learned it: the "leaf" is technically just a really flat, wide petiole. The pitcher is the whole leaf blade! Same with Venus flytraps.
Haha love the binging 🤣 don’t forget to sleep too!
Hello. I live in Vermilion Alberta and just got my Nep.and Sarra. and waiting on my VFT..Yahoo!!
That’s awesome! Congrats
I watched a lot of Nepenthes videos looking for one answer to my question! Bingo! You won! Thank you! I subbed. Looking forward to learning lots from you.😃👍
Glad you found it so helpful!
I got into carnivorous plants about 5 months ago and along with my vfts and sundews i bought 4 picher plants and one died but i useto freak out bicouse the growth of new plants would normally die off untill i realized the new growth done really well
Zone 5a indiana!!! Plant parent of 87 tropicals Just got my first pitcher… stepping into the world of carnivorous plants 😬
Nice, science based plant care!
🥳 three times a week!
Ontario canada, indoor gardening- especially tropical or carnivorous plants
Thank you for the easy to understand breakdown and keeping it fun 🙂
yea anytime
Awesome video! I really appreciate that you started with the roots. I’m in Tennessee USA zone 7b.
From Charlotte, NC
Looking to go from casual plant person to the next level of plant care. This usually involves the steps of repotting , propagating and paying attention to soil and feeding.
I have a house full of plants that are alive, which confirmed my step up from novice, but now I want them to survive winters and thrive in general.
Have you tried grow lights? That might help you level up
@@GardeningInCanada yep. I just got my Nepenthes and we are starting to hit warmer, humid weather here in NC, so they will likely have fun the next few months.
I have a grow light but didn’t use much this past winter on Venus flytraps. Wasn’t sure if I should or if they are suppose to go into dormancy. All traps fell off but I still have some green leaves. I’m guessing they will start growing again soon.
Yea I will they go dormant
Aren’t Venus flytrap plants from the Carolinas?
Excellent video. Thank you for talking about the root system. I thought they needed soil, I didn't know they could grow in sphagnum moss. That was an interesting surprise. The same with humidity, you said 60% and I almost fell off my chair. I didn't realize it needed to be that high. This was very helpful, thank you for sharing (and for the images too, great help).
Glad it was helpful!
I'm in Montreal, Canada and found this video because I'm getting some carnivorous plants soon and was looking for all the care tips I can find.
i love her!!!! i learned so much about my new plant!
Wow thanks so much! ❤️
Thank you for telling me that overwatering is not possible!! I have been researching self watering wick system for nepenthes in sphagnum moss but not a lot of info on the internet. Your informative video gives me confident to try wick system!!
Yes! A wicking system would be perfect
im curious could you add micorrhizae and trichoderma products maybe like recharge to nepenthes roots?
I’m also curious to this??
you could! but keep in mind your would need the specific species strains for the mycorrhizae and i am not confident anyone has studied or isolated those to date.
@@GardeningInCanada thank you
I have one growing and it’s flourishing inside my house under LED lights. It has new pitchers and is looking good. I live in Washington state north of Vancouver in Yacolt near the volcano Mt. St. Helens. I have Venus flytrap seeds I’m going to grow next.
I just found your channel. I'd love more information on carnivorous plants.
A bit late but from Texas and interested in all plants! But want to learn about carni’s!!!
This was very informative, thank you. I hot mine from a local greenery. Its has dark spots on the leaves, what does that mean. Also I repotted it and wondered why it barely had roots. I thought i got a bad one lol. Thanks again.
It’s maybe natural mottling and no they don’t have much for roots. Very shallow fibres
Mould grows when they don’t receive proper circulation. Wipe it off with water and cotton swabs or tissue.
What potting media do you use for carnivorous plants? Like droseras, pinguiculas and sarracenias. TYSM
Peat or sphagnum moss
I just bought my first pitcher plant. It was so cute and only $15….could not resist! Your video was very helpful!!! BTW: Greetings from West Michigan.
I’m glad! And congrats hope you enjoy
I live in New York City and just bought a Sun Dew
that is awesome
you mention a site where there is information about altitudes etc of different species of Nepenthes, I think you forgot to add a link. Could you please add it ? thank you
Hi. Dawna from So. Cal. Just got a pitcher plant
That’s awesome! Good luck
We are in zone 4a in Northern New York State, foothills of the northern Adirondack Mountains. I'm interested in veggie and herb gardening. We also like wild flowers, roses, perennials in general. Our coldest part of our winters can range from -2- to -35 degrees F. Our gardens start the last weekend of May/first weekend of June to about the middle of September...sometimes to the end. We can be in Spencerville, Ontario in about an hour
Sounds great!
Can I use filtered water that I get from the adaptive filter attached to my facet?
Yea it won’t harm anything
This video is awesome! Thank you!
Thank you for the love
I am from Chicago, Illinois. Have you heard of the purple pitcher plant? Grows in northern areas and is suppose to be good for zones 2-7. Great info also that you present.
Oh no I haven’t but that sounds cool
What do you use to treat for spider mites?
I use predatory mites.
I live in southwest Florida was wondering can I keep a pitcher plant outside humidity and rainfall is high during the spring and summer. Winter is dry but can get cooler and lower in temp
Yea they would love it! Only word of warning is to clean the leaves and repot before bringing it back inside. There maybe pests that have laid eggs in to the soil which can cause issues.
I recently got a ventrata at my local nursery about three days ago and it’s my second nepenthes. My first one is I guess a tiny version of it that I got from Lowe’s and I’ve had him for 5 years now in a reused 5 gallon water jug with an irrigation and watering system and he’s just chilling and blooming away. However with this new ventrata is humongous and I do fear tbag humidity will be an issue. My room is the hottest part of my house and gets the most sunlight, not direct, but is the brightest so I have him hanging from my window. I do live in mid Texas so my house is quite humid if my wall ac is off, which I turn off when I leave the house bc I know my orchids like the heat. Will spraying my nepenthes with distilled water once a day keep him satisfied? Or maybe I can break him in to this low humidity like I did to my other one? In addition, this guy has some mold on him which I think is normal, but should I use 3% hydrogen peroxide to clean as much as I can off before repotting him in 100% sphagnum moss?
watering once a day will be fine and i would use the peroxide
Very cool video. I had no idea that we could grow them ourselves if we could keep the conditions right. I thought they'd only be in specialty commercial gardens, like at Longwood. That sphagnum moss you showed them growing it is awesome - looks almost impossible! When you pulled the little guy out of his medium, I thought you'd killed him. But not! He just went right back to hanging out in his moss. I thought it would take a very very long time to get pitchers on the plants, but now I know they grow pretty rapidly. Fascinating plants. Thanks for the info!
They are really fast growing plants that’s never been an issue for me.
@Ke Le Longwood? Bah! Beautiful overall, dont get me wrong, the other greenhouses and outdoor landscapes are amazing. But they have such a tiny little corner for their carnivorous plants that need an overhaul. Basic species, poor conditions. Quite disapponted in that section when the wife and I visited a couple years ago.
So I've been thinking of trying to grow one emersed(just the root system and soil) in an aquarium (acidic water, co2) partially on a driftwood, would that be a good environment? Or would it be better to have it planted just above where it's not coming in direct contact with the aquarium water, but where it can still benefit from the humidity? I will also have a suspended grow light above the aquarium.
It would do really well in that environment. The roots are similar to java fern almost
When and where do you cut off the old pitchers?
Hi I’m from Washington , love plants and diy stuff
Awesome! Hope you decide to stay
Do you know how long the pies tropical plants take to grow
I live in western Massachusetts. I have two nepenthes in a south facing window with a sheer curtain and a humidifier. They are doing pretty well .There are a lot of new pitchers forming but the leaves are paler than when I bought them.After watching this I think they may do even better in a cooler part of the house. My question is do you remove the pitchers at some point?
You can remove them whenever they start getting ratty looking. It’s actually a good idea to remove them when they get to that point because they end up becoming more of a bug hangout.
Thank you for the video it’s been super helpful I got a nice big one from a shop the courts are dried up a little bit and there is no liquid in them
That’s awesome!
I know this is a year old. What if I use Leca balls for my plant? I'm having a hard time trying to report it. I'm noticing a white surface on top of the dirt. I recently brought this plant at a store. So, I'm unsure if they ripped me off or maybe the water isn't sipping through the dirt like it should be.
Yeah you can definitely do that. Depending on the dirt that was used it may be souls from the processing. For example if it’s a coconut choir base medium they do use salt in the production process. And if it’s not wash properly you will see lime deposits at the surface.
Does anyone know why one of my pitcher plants leaves keep turning brown at the ends?
You may need higher humidity
I'm from Middle TN, and I have indoor plants only.
Thank you!
can you have an indoor nepenthes in a non-draning hanging basket? or how do you hang them while preventing water from dripping everywhere lol
You could do a pot with a trellis
Can nepenthes get some nutrients from medium ? For example cuttings
They don’t have root hairs. So they would need to rely on mostly the tip of their root. That means the Nutrients after that may happen is low. C
Hi. Do you pack sphagnum moss tight or loose? Does roots need air? I read somewhere to let moss dry little before watering? Thanks for your information.
I do slightly pack it in but not too much. And yea I do allow it to dry out.
The roots need oxygen
Things you can be flexible on, which may vary with species. Humidity, I'm growing several highland hybrids on a west facing windowsill in my home. The humidity in the room averages in the low to mid 40%. Rarely gets higher, except on really hot, humid days (and there are not many of those here in the UK). All of them are producing pitchers quite well, even at these low levels of humidity. Currently the humidity in my room is 31%. Nepenthes are doing fine nonetheless.
High light levels seem to be far more important at getting pitchers to form than humidity, at least for highland/highlan hybrids. The windowsill in question gets full sun from around mid afternoon onwards in the summer months.
Watering, all mine have had no issue to date with straight tap water, not filtered, not distilled, not reverse osmosis. Just plain old East Sussex tap water. Which, to boot, is very hard water (all the chalk in the South Downs here!) However, that hard water does shorten the usable life of the moss they are planted in. So it's certainly a good idea to refresh the potting medium a little more often than would be with a softer tap water (the kind you get up in North Wales for example)
Hello from Lloydminster! Loving the content so far ❤️
Hey! And welcome
Good evening 👋🏻 just bought my first pitcher plant today… some of the pitchers were dried up (but all of my leaves are still going strong) and i pruned off the dried up pitchers. Most of the other pitchers are browning at the top, i trimmed off the dried up brown parts. Why would the pitchers have browned? I am in Ohio, Zone 6A. Now that she’s here with me I am planning to place her near my humidifier in a west facing window, will this be a good place for her or where would you recommend?
Lack of humidity most likely. And that sounds like a good setup
I watch you on Canadian prepper but im from west California
Hey I’m from Vancouver now Abbotsford I was wondering if you can explain all the body part names of the different types of carnivores plants
Sure! Which types are you most interested in!
Aloha, Informative. Good tips. Nepenthes (lowland to intermediate species) do well here in Hawaii. They are all grown outside under shade cloth and subject to the ambient high humidity and light. Note: Many Nepenthes pitchers do naturally fill with water especially ones that have open lids like N. ampullaria. Mahalo
Hello! great post! thank you
The only place I've been able to see impressive specimens of living pitcher plants is in Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. They're in the top three of the most awesome plants I've ever laid eyes on. I couldn't stop staring at them. I think I've asked you this before: have you ever been to Longwood Gardens? It's a great family trip (I went with my fiancé a few times before he passed away). It's ever-evolving; massive seasonal changes in plantings and decorations for holidays. You really must go at least 3 times. Research it well. Consider the best times for you to visit. You really must spend at least 3 days. Have those plans ready for when things are much less crazy here. I so wish I could finance all 3, or 4, trips for you and your whole family, and put you up at the best hotel in the area, and the best restaurants in the area. Longwood Gardens has both a cafeteria, and a fine dining restaurant on the premises. I know there has been a lot of expansion there. My broken heart hasn't let me return since Dec 2005. I'm sure that it is even more awesome than it used to be. If you can only go once, pick your very favorite season or holiday. Their Christmas display is legendary. Ok, I'm gushing about it. Back to the video. Again.
amazing 🤩
I went to Longwood Gardens during the holidays and it was such an amazing experience
@@starlightpancake I hope you get to experience Longwood in every season. The transformations seem miraculous!
Literally just bought a pitcher plant. So feeling like i am above my skill level and this poor babies life is in danger with me...lol. she is in a 2" pot and needs to be repottted. Do i undertand correctly that i should pot in sphagnum moss, some perlite? Water with distilled water? Please advise. This has been the most educational video. Thank you
yes to both of these. Sphagnum moss and distilled water.
Should I cut off burnt(brown) pitcher? Thx from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
how do nepenthes get nutrients to grow when it dont have pitchers and are planted in nutrient free medum ? For example new cuttings
Photosynthesis?
Yea and they get some from rotting OM
Can rain water be used for watering these?
Yes! Absolutely and/or melted snow.
The tag on mine says to keep a half inch of water in each pitcher. Should I not?
I wouldn’t just wait and see what it does naturally so long as the ambient humidity is what the plant needs. If your home is on the dry side you can always add water
You’re brilliant!!
No not at all just passionate
Red Leopard 3 years no pitcher:( under a good grow light help
I just found your channel, my question is if you have any advice for us up in Calgary with these plants?
I have a nepenthes, as well as a few venus fly traps, sundew and the other kind that look like tubes( which I think I killed) would love to learn as much as I can about any of them .
You probably have not killed them. And don’t throw them out, a lot of carnivorous plants go dormant & die back completely. I’ll do a video on those because lots of them fall into the same care,
@@GardeningInCanada should I keep them watered?
Keep them in the drier side but not bone dry until you see new growth and then water normally
Can you grow Nepenthes plant in zone 5?
There are some native options but they aren’t as elaborate looking. However indoors you can grow anywhere.
I have only one and my first one! He is healthy based on watching this great video. I was concerned because there are no pitchers since I have owned him which is 2 years. I think I may need to prune him to keep him smaller for his spot. How do I do that and can I root the cuttings I take off? Great content on this channel.
Great question! You’ll need to ensure a minimum of one leaf & one node per cutting. Your node is actually where the meristemic tissue is located (aka where the roots are formed). As the for how of pruning just give him a snip at whatever height or length you want. For the pitcher formation try more sunlight (or artificial) and maybe a pebble tray.
Your nepenthes won't pitcher of your medium it's planted in has soil. It should be planted in sphagnum moss.
I just got a nepenthes sibuyanensis X robcantleyi X ventricosa a couple days ago! Any tips you can give for that one?
Oh nice! just regular old care and it will be fine
@@GardeningInCanada okay, awesome! Thank you
Anytime
@@GardeningInCanada Oh! One more question, would putting them in a clear tote bin as a humidity chamber work?
Oh yea it will
20:47 does this guy happen to be from Hawaiian Botanicals?? The Nepenthes Alata I just got is from them haha
Yea i actually think it might be! I will check when I get home
This was the best care video so far on these out of what I’ve watched, thank you. I just got a regular pitcher plant and I don’t want to kill it. It seems like a lot of channels are putting out bad info. Yours is in depth and seems very researched so I trust this one far more. May I ask where to purchase a nepenthes viking? It’s very unique looking. Is there an online source for ordering that plant?
Glad you enjoyed
Wow, did I miss this many videos? Health issues. But I'm here now, and will be as often as I can. Note: eye allergies - Visine A or Naphcon or Equate Allergy eyedrops (Walmart's generic). All the same topical antihistamine ingredient in the same concentration (last time I compared). Works very well for me. Also, before using it, wash your face with mild soap and warm water, including (especially) around your eyes. Dry with clean towel. Ok, now to watch the rest of the video.
I’m going to try that wash cloth idea!
My pitcher plant has no liquid in it what do I do?
Just leave it he will be fine.
Did nepenthe's vantrata plant bloom,
No unfortunately
@@GardeningInCanada they do, all nepenthes produce flowers. They are not beatiful, but they bloom and you can have male or female flowers.
Oh I thought they were asking specifically if the one I had has not in general
Highland Lowland info link?
Michigan USA 🇺🇸 house lighting Artificial in home lighting and window plant placement for a house that's at odd angles In between Southeast northeast Southwest Northwest having a difficult time gaging my lighting conditions plus over wintering my tropicals with the proper artificial lights from Cactus's , lithops , monstera, hoya's , Drusina, sangonium's, coladiums ect... please help
Also fungus knats and And other pests on a ferns. I've been informed that I can't use neem or any insect control on these.
Ferns no they are very sensitive to foliar anything
What does "acidic" soil smell like?
Ammonia cleaning products.
@@GardeningInCanada except ammonia isn't acidic at all
My plant grows nice pitchers but within a month they start dying? Anyone know why?
This was great can you do sarracenia and drosera lol
I killed two tiny babies putting them in leca. Just got a bigger one today. Wanting to succeed with the “cheaper” one before I splurge into cool species
Yea forsure! I understand that!
New subscriber! Thanks for all that you research & share!! I missed this in the video (if you said it). When the pitchers start to brown at the cap then down towards the bottom of the pitcher should I prune them or wait until they're all the way brown & shriveled? And when I cut them off, should it be all the way up to the leaf base or should I just cut the brown parts off?? Thanks again ♡♡
I would snip it once that bottom starts to get brown personally but it’s up to you. It doesn’t harm anything sticking around
I'm in zone 10b and I have nepenthes. I've had them before and they did well but this time I bought one and its leaves are a light opaque color. No shine and the lower leaves are curled inward and one of the upper leaves are floppy? I have it in special soil and conditioned the soil but idk?? No video covers this issue. They only give care tips and don't mention this
that's a sign of low ambient moisture typically
@@GardeningInCanada thank you i am buying a terranium
That’s awesome! Good lick
Interesting video, however Nepenthes are definitely -NOT- bog plants. Venus Flytraps, Sarracenia and many Drosera are, but Nepenthes grow in the tropical rainforest, often under the canopy and amongst trees or shrubs. There are no tree or shrubs in a bog.
Many species grow as epiphyte, so yes they are a bit like orchids.
It would be great to correct this in a future video, as many hobbyist kill their Nepenthes growing them as bog plants.
I find more people tend to kill them from under watering in my area
@@GardeningInCanada - My assumption about how people kill them might be wrong (it’s just based on what people post on forums and FB groups), however the type of environment they grow in are very rarely bogs. I believe it can happen (I read that about N. bicalcarata, an ultra-lowland species), but it probably represent
My nepenthes is infested w gnats. Almost had a spider mite issue but anyways how are you treating yours? Considering neem oil and horticultural soaps have nutrients and you can’t use em. I have sticky traps and I have done a couple rinses w 1/2C hydrogen peroxide in a gallon of water but they still won’t leave 😩 and When I got it the pitchers were empty and they told me to just add water🙄 so I lost all my pitchers except 1 😩🤦🏻♀️
Yea! Nematodes hands down best solution. I have some in my Amazon store www.amazon.ca/shop/gardeningincanada
@@GardeningInCanada I would have never even thought about that! Yk how many UA-cam videos I had to go through to find this video/ your channel!? So thankful cuz yours is the only one w solutions and new info backed by science and not just a man mansplaining for 30 minutes straights the same info I found w one google search 😅 all that to say thank you!
Haha got your back girl! It actually takes of thrips and everything ua-cam.com/video/ZsfFt0udleA/v-deo.html
@@GardeningInCanada 1 last question. Why whenever I put my plants in a tank or put a bag over the top to “greenhouse” it why do they get moldy it’s like a grey/blue mold or fungus or idk what but it stinks to high hell, from far away. then eventually they die? Even if I don’t completely enclose it this happens. Like in a tank w no lid or in a large bag for a couple days after repotting. Basically any time I try to give em humidity I get mold. If u already have a video on this I’ll keep digging 😊
That’s borytis. It might be in you soil or pots try disinfecting your pots and use fresh soil. See if that fixes it. It’s wicked stuff.
Sorry it should have said -20 degrees F. Fingers were ahead of my brain lol. Oldtimers lol.
You’re a zone just above me! So very close
@@GardeningInCanada Finally! Someone close to our zone lol. Your videos are enjoyable.
That’s awesome! Glad you enjoy
My plant is not producing any pitchers.why is it
Bog people. Holy sht. I'm torn between offering condolences and LMAO. Sorry. It's just the way it hit me. I wasn't ready.
Hahahah
Have you tried growing Nepenthes the hydroponics way? Maybe it’s considered criminal for a soil scientist, but I think it would be interesting. 😆
Hahahau think it would work honestly
that’s what i came here looking for info on! learned a lot, continuing on my search! i want to start using LECA with the majority of my plants… thought maybe because this plant loves water so much it may be a good fit!
I'm in Missouri
nice
NYC . Very much interested in micro-greens so I can grow them year around in my apartment. And anything cleans the air 🙂
Wear your glasses !!!! No need to be fancy shmancy!!!!! Be comfortable !!! 😉
Hahah thanks! Do you have a grow light at all? Or just all natural.
@@GardeningInCanada all natural . I don’t like using anything artificial 🤷🏻♀️
I understand that Microgreens are hard without a light. Just because they can get leggy but there are ways around that!
@@GardeningInCanada let’s try to get around that 😉 you are our Einstein 😉
😂😂oh landa. I’ll see what I can come up with.
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nah eyewear is of little concern (to me anyway). we should be comfortable as often as we can. I think from a botanical perspective they are amazing specimens. Although, I have little interest in growing them. I do remember my Nana having a Venus Flytrap waaay back when.
Hahah yea I definitely had them as a child, probably killed them mostly through excessive ant & fly feedings 🙄
A cry for help and suggestion: New food gardeners give up within months bc we dont know how to begin. Therefore, we collect bits of info, spend $$$$, and fail. Can you give a generalized vid for how to begin and how to persist? I really dont want to give up but I just could not find good info until I met GARDENING IN CANADA broadcasting from another country and in another growing zone.
So, for example: 1) my gardens are too big, too shallow, too clay-y, and too pest-invading; 2) I purchased many tools and equipments which may be unnecessary and I still dont know which ones I should have; 3) I listened to too many gardening vids with the wrong info; 4) purchase too many seeds and plants which were destined to fail or sit in my seed collection.
Help.
So would degrading in a bog be sort of an achievement
Haha yea mostly because a true bog has zero oxygen
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Zone 6a hi
No, some lowlanders like viking(mirabilis) "CAN" stay in bog.
But highlanders grow on tree or cliff. dont throw those plants in water.
You can learn more from the windowsill man
From nz chch
I’m sorry to tell you but unlike sundews and flytraps nepenthes are from jungles and grow off of trees. They cannot live in a bog setting they will drown