Carnivorous plants lose leaves at a high rate but new ones grow in quickly too! Daniela will show you what’s normal in this video! www.californiacarnivores.com
Here's a good topic for you ... how to grow the best plants. Almost all videos talk about how to grow plants to survive ... what about if you want to grow plants to thrive? If you want to grow plants to win plant shows? That's a topic I'd be interested in watching.
Thank you for this! I'm just starting my journey so I study these videos a lot. I grow in my apartment with strong grow lights, so I vote for more tips for us crazy folks trying to grow indoors. Love what you guys do!!
@@jerfguy During most of the year I run the lights for 16 hrs. During the winter I run them 10-12. I'm new to carnivorous plants, but I've been growing indoors commercially for years, and a dramatic change in photoperiod will flip almost any plant into flower/dormancy/fruiting. I'm sure the cold will help, but jumping from 16 hours to 10 hours seems to work for me. If anyone reads this and has input, speak up!
@@ElmoRitter I'm new growing in general, but have love seeing Our plants green and happy. I'm currently working on a shelf farm for leafy greens inside a 2x4x6 grow tent.
I love your personality! The upbeat way you offer informative content makes me want to watch more of YOU. Thanks for showing us examples of what is OK.
I fricken love all these videos that you guys have out. So reassuring and helpful for a newbie like me! Thank you for all the hard work you guys put into growing these amazing plants and educating those that want to grow them successfully! You guys are amazing and I can’t wait to see more future content from you guys!
It's nice to see all the little sundews together! I love the variety. The fork-leafed ones look amazing when there's a bunch of them in the pot all tangling!
Very nice video, I noticed that so often that some of my sundews die completely above ground and come back after a few days/weeks... esp D.cuneifolia, slackii, aliciae... So never trash sundews when they get brown, most of them grow back from the roots ;)
Isn’t it amazing how many of them come back from the roots? I had a Drosera regia regrow from the roots six months after it died, so now I never give up on them
Great video! Another one I noticed was overfeeding. I use organic foliar feeding, but think it was too concentrated. I would see SO much new growth, but leaves would die back quickly after. A month later with no fertilizer, and they're standing proud and glistening. My speculation is they burnt off excess nutrients by creating structures, but didn't need to capture more, hence quicker leaf cycling.
Daniela, this is an awesome series! For next time, when you go over what’s normal for VFTs, what about dark spots on traps? I have a typical that’s been so great at catching tons of flies and over the Spring, it was shooting up beautiful green leaves and traps. But as the Summer has been going along, the larger traps are developing small dark spots. Normal later Summer pattern? Traps just getting older?
@@California_Carnivores (((Hugs))) thank you!!! It’s now almost one year since I started on my carnivorous plant obsession and I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface of my knowledge base. I’ve learned so much from your videos, Peter’s book, and from all of the CP groups I belong to in Facebook and Instagram. 100% appreciate your awesome videos and posts!
This is so helpful to know what is normal. A few months ago I trimmed off all the dead leaves and tips from my cape sundew. Afterwards my fingers were sticky and numb. I think my sundew was trying to digest me 😂 That got me wondering about what enzymes are in the dew?
There are a lot of acids and enzymes in the dew and it’s been used in some interesting applications for science! If you Google it you can find some really cool scientific papers!
Really love your videos. Providing so much information especially for me a newbie to sundews. I notice my sundews bottom leafs slowly turns brown day by day and it moves up. The browning part starts from the bottom. I tried to sit it in a small pot of water, not sure will it help to bring my sundew back to life 😟 could you please advise me what should I do to prevent it from worsen?
Thank you, this really helped. I’m a totally noob with carnivorous plants and just purchased 3 1 year old drosera capensis and the seller also sent 4 small drosera aliciae. I’ve only had them about 2 weeks now but noticed some browning of the tips on 2 of the capensis, other forums online seemed to imply this was bad and could be a real problem but watching this video has put my mind to rest. I also didn’t have the most ideal water for them for the first week, I have distilled water now and will try and collect rain water too but I’m assuming that might not have helped. I live in the UK, London to be specific…. Is there any particular advice for Drosera care for my climate? I have very sunny (when it’s out lol) south facing windows
I’m so glad this video was helpful! In your area, putting them in the sunniest spot will be best and you may need to get a grow light in winter. But it sounds like you’re doing the right things already with the use of distilled water and the sunny window!
Awesome video! Could you guys do an ultimate care guide on drosera regia? There's very limited information on them on the net or on UA-cam so a dedicated A-Z Regia guide from you guys would be awesome!
3:55 my Capensis "red" looks similar, I have it outside for the summer but it now recently got many brown leaves, despite enough water. Might this be to sudden cold nights under 10C?
Hercules also does appreciate the perfect light conditions. We often see it looking rough in summer if it’s getting natural, full sun. We put 30% shade cloth over it here in the nursery and it’s much happier. (It’s always happiest in spring, that’s the perfect amount of sunlight!)
@@California_Carnivores thank you Daniela! I had a volunteer capensis, Hercules, and venustra in a terrarium under grow lights. But they were with my nepenthes collection. They all started too look a bit sad. I tried them outside (slowly and eventually under a 30% shade cloth) but it seemed too hot for them still (get to 90s often). The leaves turned very red and then brown. So I have pulled them back inside and placed them on a sunny southeast window sill next to my pings. It seems like they are all a little stunted. The growth point on the Hercules looks the worst with out new growth. There are little plants popping up next to the Hercules but I don’t know if they are more Hercules or if they are a different kind of Drosera?
@@willytbrock I bet it’s regrowing new Hercules; when the capensis look rough, Peter will cut them back at the crown and then new plants grow right out of it a few weeks later. Sometimes it’s multiple plants!
my sundews leafs are drooping but theres like 10 new leafs that are green and growing brand new. is it normal for the older leafs to droop downward? also i got my plant under a 20 watt red and blue led light. i heard the light should work and help it grow. any tips?
I have a D. Capensis that was shipped to me a couple of weeks ago. The brown leaves after a couple of days put me in a panic and I trimmed them. I wish I had found this video a little earlier, would have saved myself the stress... Mine was shipped as 1 larger guy with 3 smaller ones in the same pot. One of them is already growing what looks like a flower stalk. Is that a good sign?
i've read somewhere about leaf deformities that can occur in your sundews when they grow their leaves. would that include anything weird or abnormal like having leaves that grow but lack tentacles that produce the dew droplets?
Leaf deformities often occur as a result of a few things. They’ll make pointed tips sometimes because they aren’t getting enough of a nighttime drop in temps, not produce tentacles or dew from lack of light and can have other deformities from mites or aphids
There are tiny patches of green emerging from the soil around my sundews like little sprouts. It doesn’t look like moss. Are they new sundews sprouting?
Just received some sundews in the mail. I put them on my living room where they receive a little bit of indirect sunlight all day, and cooler temperatures than outside. They came with a ton of flowers, in a crowded pot. The leaves are all turning brown, but new growth still looks green. I’m assuming that’s ok. I’ve given them BRITA water because I’m home sick and can’t go out to buy them demineralized water. I wanted to put them in a plastic tub for added humidity, but haven’t done that. I’m assuming I’m offering the plant a hard acclimatization and it’s doing as well as it can do for now. Hope it doesn’t die on me :P EDIT: it’s also a capensis sundew. So yeah, okay, thanks for the tips ^^
@@OleanderSmoothie I use an IKEA storage box for now - no lid. I’m misting daily with a bit of the spring water I have left, and not watering at all yet. If the soil starts to get less moist, I’ll bottom-water them in the box, like half an inch of water or so, like I do my Venus flytraps. That should also add a little passive humidity to the air.
Sundews have a very high leaf turnover rate; many die back and many new ones grow. Any time they’re stressed they will lose more leaves. I would more quickly move it through the acclimation process to its final spot. The longer it sits in one location, the more used to that spot it gets. So we usually recommend moving the plant over the course of a day or two into more and more light until it’s in full sun.
I had my cape sundew took care of a huge fungus gnat problem however almost all the leave are dead from the digestion from the gnats a bunch of flowers came but no new leaf growth at all . I’m worried it’s not going to come back . I did collect some seeds so maybe I can get new ones to grow . Do you think mine will eventually come back ? Oh I’ve had this plant for a year now and it has thrived up to 3 weeks ago
What should I do if the growth point of my D. capensis is sunburned and the new leaves won't grow due to the tip of the leaves turning a dry and crispy dark brown color and stopping the growth.
They may need more water, always sitting in water especially under grow lights, but it could just be that it died back to the crown and will regrow from the roots in a month or so!
Hi guys from your friend DeliToFarms 😊...hey I keep having issues with my filiformis.....what soil mix is good for them also How much direct sun can they take cause I have mine in direct sun from 8am till 2 or 3 pm and Tracy is doing fine but the rest I stared to notice dying leaves more frequently and now some look dormant .....don't knownif its soil light ...... I treated for bugs and fungus and they still keep doing it .....
Can you cut those tall capensis off at the ground and it’ll grow back or will that kill it? My capensis look kinda sad but I’m also in Fresno and it’s usually 100+ here everyday.
So I have a drosera floating plant. I keep it moist, and it usually has 10 hours of artificial light a day. But in the last 3 months it stopped producing dew on its leaves, and looks like it's drying, browning out. I had it for 2 years. Just not sure what's happening. Any info on this?
It may time to repot. Over time the soils break down and minerals and salts build up, causing the plants to start failing. I’d repot in a peat and perlite mix!
Out of curiosity, my sundew i bought last year is starting to look like a palm tree, which im not really a fan of. Is there a way to get it to be closer to the soil? Can i repot it into a deeper pot and plant it deeper to hide the tree trunk looking part? Will this harm the plant?
You can repot it a little deeper but you don’t want to bury the whole stem. They do slowly just grow into little palm trees with time but you can encourage more sundews to grow around the base and form a big lovely clump by sprinkling seeds from their flowers on the soil mix!
Hello, i have a dwarf specie of drosera and the way it grow in nature is very different from the tuto videos i’ve seen. Is it possible to get help ?😅 i’m struggling to keep my plants alive.😢
I’ve got a binata that isn’t doing well. I’ve watered it properly right amount of light and fertilizer. It’s next to my spatulata and sarricena and pinguicula laueana and it’s still struggling. Any ideas on what may be causing the slow growth? I did snip the blooms off before they were ready but I don’t think that’s the issue.
@@California_Carnivores inside. I’ve had it for about 7 months now. It was doing great until about a month and a half ago it started drying up and also doesn’t grow as fast as it did. Almost like a dormancy
@@seizedcarcass8440 They do best outside if possible, but can do well indoors. Even when grown indoors, they always know when it’s time to go dormant somehow! Our binata at the nursery are all starting to show signs of dormancy and any little change triggers it. It sounds like your plant is ready to go to sleep for winter!
My Capensis is putting up its first flower spike….should I cut it off? Or let it grow to full? Extra: I never give fertiliser….no need. If yiu want to give your plant a stimulus shot..feed it actual meat. A tiny piece of ham…or even cooked egg yolk or cheese. It loves the concentrated protein and digests it naturally. Plus a piece of your sandwich is cost free 😁
It could need more light and a little bit of food. We must the leaves of ours with a diluted mix of Maxsea fertilizer once or twice per month. Try increasing light, make sure it’s always sitting in water and feeding it. It can take a little while for it to bounce back but it eventually will!
@@California_Carnivores thank you, I have seen that in some videos and was wondering what it was. I imagine that's the only safe kind you know of, which means i'll have to experiment with propagated cuttings. Along from Oregon green, what other mosses should I not waste my time with?
@@kiernanfay8960 club moss is really pretty and it’s not harmful but it can get so tall that it crowds everything out. And scotch moss is lovely but it spreads like mad so we don’t like it either. Those are two I’d avoid!
On a Cape Sundew, the crown is really the main growth point of the plant. So if that is turning black, there may be a problem. The leaves dying back can be totally normal but you should see new green growth emerging from the crown. If it is black, it may have gotten too cold or hot. Give it a little time though as Cale sundews often regrow from the roots or just around the crown!
Here's a good topic for you ... how to grow the best plants. Almost all videos talk about how to grow plants to survive ... what about if you want to grow plants to thrive? If you want to grow plants to win plant shows? That's a topic I'd be interested in watching.
Same!
Plant shows?
Thank you!! I was so worried about the leaves that were dying back on my sundew but this made me feel so much better
Thank you, Daniella!
Extremely helpful and informative
Thank you for this! I'm just starting my journey so I study these videos a lot. I grow in my apartment with strong grow lights, so I vote for more tips for us crazy folks trying to grow indoors. Love what you guys do!!
When and how long to dormant your plants?
@@jerfguy During most of the year I run the lights for 16 hrs. During the winter I run them 10-12. I'm new to carnivorous plants, but I've been growing indoors commercially for years, and a dramatic change in photoperiod will flip almost any plant into flower/dormancy/fruiting. I'm sure the cold will help, but jumping from 16 hours to 10 hours seems to work for me. If anyone reads this and has input, speak up!
@@ElmoRitter I'm new growing in general, but have love seeing Our plants green and happy. I'm currently working on a shelf farm for leafy greens inside a 2x4x6 grow tent.
I love your personality! The upbeat way you offer informative content makes me want to watch more of YOU. Thanks for showing us examples of what is OK.
Thank you 😊
Thank you for covering this topic. Until now I've had this question that no one else had talked-about .❤
I fricken love all these videos that you guys have out. So reassuring and helpful for a newbie like me! Thank you for all the hard work you guys put into growing these amazing plants and educating those that want to grow them successfully! You guys are amazing and I can’t wait to see more future content from you guys!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for your video on Sundews
I received one through the mail and
already see a few of the leaves turning
brown and was concerned
That was a cool sundew video my rosette sundews are making skirts as they age. 🍃👍✨✨
It's nice to see all the little sundews together! I love the variety. The fork-leafed ones look amazing when there's a bunch of them in the pot all tangling!
They really do look so beautiful all clumped up!
Thank you for the information and reassurance it’s all normal:)
Thank you thank you! I was getting worried that my sundew was not going to grow back. I ordered online
This was very reassuring, my new alba sundew was starting to brown at some of the tips, and I was worried haha
Answered a lot of my questions…
Very nice video, I noticed that so often that some of my sundews die completely above ground and come back after a few days/weeks... esp D.cuneifolia, slackii, aliciae... So never trash sundews when they get brown, most of them grow back from the roots ;)
Isn’t it amazing how many of them come back from the roots? I had a Drosera regia regrow from the roots six months after it died, so now I never give up on them
Thanks for sharing, thats really helpful.
Thank you for this video
Great video!
Another one I noticed was overfeeding. I use organic foliar feeding, but think it was too concentrated. I would see SO much new growth, but leaves would die back quickly after. A month later with no fertilizer, and they're standing proud and glistening.
My speculation is they burnt off excess nutrients by creating structures, but didn't need to capture more, hence quicker leaf cycling.
It's better to over-dilute your fertilizer! 1/4 teaspoon MaxSea to 1 gallon distilled water is what I use
Very good point! Yes! We do see fertilizer burning the leaves as well and then and a huge explosion of growth
Daniela, this is an awesome series! For next time, when you go over what’s normal for VFTs, what about dark spots on traps? I have a typical that’s been so great at catching tons of flies and over the Spring, it was shooting up beautiful green leaves and traps. But as the Summer has been going along, the larger traps are developing small dark spots. Normal later Summer pattern? Traps just getting older?
Great suggestion! I’ll try to do one on Venus flytraps next (and slow down my camera work 😂)
@@California_Carnivores (((Hugs))) thank you!!! It’s now almost one year since I started on my carnivorous plant obsession and I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface of my knowledge base. I’ve learned so much from your videos, Peter’s book, and from all of the CP groups I belong to in Facebook and Instagram. 100% appreciate your awesome videos and posts!
This is so helpful to know what is normal. A few months ago I trimmed off all the dead leaves and tips from my cape sundew. Afterwards my fingers were sticky and numb. I think my sundew was trying to digest me 😂 That got me wondering about what enzymes are in the dew?
There are a lot of acids and enzymes in the dew and it’s been used in some interesting applications for science! If you Google it you can find some really cool scientific papers!
Daniela, Can you do a video care guide and tips on growing the King Sundew (Drosera Regia)?
I’ll add that to the list!
Really love your videos. Providing so much information especially for me a newbie to sundews. I notice my sundews bottom leafs slowly turns brown day by day and it moves up. The browning part starts from the bottom. I tried to sit it in a small pot of water, not sure will it help to bring my sundew back to life 😟 could you please advise me what should I do to prevent it from worsen?
That’s totally normal! They lose leaves from the bottom, moving up the stem and there’s nothing wrong with your plant; it is just the natural cycle!
Great video, yes please do one on venus flytraps.
Thank you, this really helped. I’m a totally noob with carnivorous plants and just purchased 3 1 year old drosera capensis and the seller also sent 4 small drosera aliciae. I’ve only had them about 2 weeks now but noticed some browning of the tips on 2 of the capensis, other forums online seemed to imply this was bad and could be a real problem but watching this video has put my mind to rest. I also didn’t have the most ideal water for them for the first week, I have distilled water now and will try and collect rain water too but I’m assuming that might not have helped. I live in the UK, London to be specific…. Is there any particular advice for Drosera care for my climate? I have very sunny (when it’s out lol) south facing windows
I’m so glad this video was helpful! In your area, putting them in the sunniest spot will be best and you may need to get a grow light in winter. But it sounds like you’re doing the right things already with the use of distilled water and the sunny window!
Awesome video! Could you guys do an ultimate care guide on drosera regia? There's very limited information on them on the net or on UA-cam so a dedicated A-Z Regia guide from you guys would be awesome!
I am posting a winter update on regia tomorrow and we’ll do a full care guide in late spring!
@@California_Carnivores awesome! Thanks guys! Merry Christmas!
3:55 my Capensis "red" looks similar, I have it outside for the summer but it now recently got many brown leaves, despite enough water. Might this be to sudden cold nights under 10C?
Thank you! My Hercules looks terrible right now, thank you for letting me know what’s normal
Hercules also does appreciate the perfect light conditions. We often see it looking rough in summer if it’s getting natural, full sun. We put 30% shade cloth over it here in the nursery and it’s much happier. (It’s always happiest in spring, that’s the perfect amount of sunlight!)
@@California_Carnivores thank you Daniela! I had a volunteer capensis, Hercules, and venustra in a terrarium under grow lights. But they were with my nepenthes collection. They all started too look a bit sad. I tried them outside (slowly and eventually under a 30% shade cloth) but it seemed too hot for them still (get to 90s often). The leaves turned very red and then brown. So I have pulled them back inside and placed them on a sunny southeast window sill next to my pings. It seems like they are all a little stunted. The growth point on the Hercules looks the worst with out new growth. There are little plants popping up next to the Hercules but I don’t know if they are more Hercules or if they are a different kind of Drosera?
@@willytbrock I bet it’s regrowing new Hercules; when the capensis look rough, Peter will cut them back at the crown and then new plants grow right out of it a few weeks later. Sometimes it’s multiple plants!
@@California_Carnivores thank you so much for the help! I appreciate all you do!
@@willytbrock thank you! 😊
my sundews leafs are drooping but theres like 10 new leafs that are green and growing brand new. is it normal for the older leafs to droop downward? also i got my plant under a 20 watt red and blue led light. i heard the light should work and help it grow. any tips?
I have a D. Capensis that was shipped to me a couple of weeks ago. The brown leaves after a couple of days put me in a panic and I trimmed them. I wish I had found this video a little earlier, would have saved myself the stress...
Mine was shipped as 1 larger guy with 3 smaller ones in the same pot. One of them is already growing what looks like a flower stalk. Is that a good sign?
It is! They love to reward you with flowers!
i've read somewhere about leaf deformities that can occur in your sundews when they grow their leaves. would that include anything weird or abnormal like having leaves that grow but lack tentacles that produce the dew droplets?
Leaf deformities often occur as a result of a few things. They’ll make pointed tips sometimes because they aren’t getting enough of a nighttime drop in temps, not produce tentacles or dew from lack of light and can have other deformities from mites or aphids
There are tiny patches of green emerging from the soil around my sundews like little sprouts. It doesn’t look like moss. Are they new sundews sprouting?
It could be, they do often drop seeds in their pots. They’ll be perfect miniature sundews so you’ll know pretty quickly!
@@California_Carnivores I was thinking of that since my sundew did flower a few months ago.
Just received some sundews in the mail. I put them on my living room where they receive a little bit of indirect sunlight all day, and cooler temperatures than outside. They came with a ton of flowers, in a crowded pot. The leaves are all turning brown, but new growth still looks green. I’m assuming that’s ok. I’ve given them BRITA water because I’m home sick and can’t go out to buy them demineralized water. I wanted to put them in a plastic tub for added humidity, but haven’t done that.
I’m assuming I’m offering the plant a hard acclimatization and it’s doing as well as it can do for now. Hope it doesn’t die on me :P
EDIT: it’s also a capensis sundew. So yeah, okay, thanks for the tips ^^
I like to use Tupperware-style containers or takeout trays for their tray-method watering!
@@OleanderSmoothie I use an IKEA storage box for now - no lid. I’m misting daily with a bit of the spring water I have left, and not watering at all yet. If the soil starts to get less moist, I’ll bottom-water them in the box, like half an inch of water or so, like I do my Venus flytraps. That should also add a little passive humidity to the air.
Sundews have a very high leaf turnover rate; many die back and many new ones grow. Any time they’re stressed they will lose more leaves. I would more quickly move it through the acclimation process to its final spot. The longer it sits in one location, the more used to that spot it gets. So we usually recommend moving the plant over the course of a day or two into more and more light until it’s in full sun.
I had my cape sundew took care of a huge fungus gnat problem however almost all the leave are dead from the digestion from the gnats a bunch of flowers came but no new leaf growth at all . I’m worried it’s not going to come back . I did collect some seeds so maybe I can get new ones to grow . Do you think mine will eventually come back ? Oh I’ve had this plant for a year now and it has thrived up to 3 weeks ago
Sometimes they do die back but they often regrow from the roots!
@@California_Carnivores yes it just started to regrow leaves again . I got worried but now I know for next time
What should I do if the growth point of my D. capensis is sunburned and the new leaves won't grow due to the tip of the leaves turning a dry and crispy dark brown color and stopping the growth.
They may need more water, always sitting in water especially under grow lights, but it could just be that it died back to the crown and will regrow from the roots in a month or so!
Hi guys from your friend DeliToFarms 😊...hey I keep having issues with my filiformis.....what soil mix is good for them also How much direct sun can they take cause I have mine in direct sun from 8am till 2 or 3 pm and Tracy is doing fine but the rest I stared to notice dying leaves more frequently and now some look dormant .....don't knownif its soil light ...... I treated for bugs and fungus and they still keep doing it .....
We use our peat and perlite mix and grow them in full sun outdoors; they love light. This time of year some species do start to die back though.
Can you cut those tall capensis off at the ground and it’ll grow back or will that kill it?
My capensis look kinda sad but I’m also in Fresno and it’s usually 100+ here everyday.
It’s a little risky but 90% of the time, they will regrow if you cut them off at the ground.
Can you do a video focused on drosera regia care?
I’ll add that to the list!
So I have a drosera floating plant. I keep it moist, and it usually has 10 hours of artificial light a day. But in the last 3 months it stopped producing dew on its leaves, and looks like it's drying, browning out. I had it for 2 years. Just not sure what's happening. Any info on this?
It may time to repot. Over time the soils break down and minerals and salts build up, causing the plants to start failing. I’d repot in a peat and perlite mix!
Out of curiosity, my sundew i bought last year is starting to look like a palm tree, which im not really a fan of. Is there a way to get it to be closer to the soil? Can i repot it into a deeper pot and plant it deeper to hide the tree trunk looking part? Will this harm the plant?
You can repot it a little deeper but you don’t want to bury the whole stem. They do slowly just grow into little palm trees with time but you can encourage more sundews to grow around the base and form a big lovely clump by sprinkling seeds from their flowers on the soil mix!
@@California_Carnivores thank you for the response. I will definitely try to get some more growth around the base. More is definitely better.
Hello, i have a dwarf specie of drosera and the way it grow in nature is very different from the tuto videos i’ve seen. Is it possible to get help ?😅 i’m struggling to keep my plants alive.😢
You can always email us for help! Info@californiacarnivores.com
I’ve got a binata that isn’t doing well. I’ve watered it properly right amount of light and fertilizer. It’s next to my spatulata and sarricena and pinguicula laueana and it’s still struggling. Any ideas on what may be causing the slow growth? I did snip the blooms off before they were ready but I don’t think that’s the issue.
Is it inside or outside? When did you receive it?
@@California_Carnivores inside. I’ve had it for about 7 months now. It was doing great until about a month and a half ago it started drying up and also doesn’t grow as fast as it did. Almost like a dormancy
@@seizedcarcass8440 They do best outside if possible, but can do well indoors. Even when grown indoors, they always know when it’s time to go dormant somehow! Our binata at the nursery are all starting to show signs of dormancy and any little change triggers it. It sounds like your plant is ready to go to sleep for winter!
My Capensis is putting up its first flower spike….should I cut it off? Or let it grow to full? Extra: I never give fertiliser….no need. If yiu want to give your plant a stimulus shot..feed it actual meat. A tiny piece of ham…or even cooked egg yolk or cheese. It loves the concentrated protein and digests it naturally. Plus a piece of your sandwich is cost free 😁
Let it grow! They make TONS of seed.
You can definitely let it flower! They love to flower and it rarely stresses the plants
My sundew grows really slow and it also grows brown leaves. Is my sundew okay
It could need more light and a little bit of food. We must the leaves of ours with a diluted mix of Maxsea fertilizer once or twice per month. Try increasing light, make sure it’s always sitting in water and feeding it. It can take a little while for it to bounce back but it eventually will!
does anyone know what mosses I can safely grow on top of my sphagnum around the base of my sundew? i want to add texture aside from quartz
Star moss is safe to grow.
@@California_Carnivores thank you, I have seen that in some videos and was wondering what it was. I imagine that's the only safe kind you know of, which means i'll have to experiment with propagated cuttings. Along from Oregon green, what other mosses should I not waste my time with?
@@kiernanfay8960 club moss is really pretty and it’s not harmful but it can get so tall that it crowds everything out. And scotch moss is lovely but it spreads like mad so we don’t like it either. Those are two I’d avoid!
WHAT DO I DO THOUGH WHEN THEY ALL TURN BROWN AND THE CROWN IS BLACKENING?????
This is a question for the cape sundew specifically
On a Cape Sundew, the crown is really the main growth point of the plant. So if that is turning black, there may be a problem. The leaves dying back can be totally normal but you should see new green growth emerging from the crown. If it is black, it may have gotten too cold or hot. Give it a little time though as Cale sundews often regrow from the roots or just around the crown!