Carnivorous plants

[Chicxulub]

What a steal. Never seen anything in the grocery store other than flowers.

Same here! None of the people knew what it was. I did! lol

 

[David R]

Nice find! Our local equivalent of Home Depot sporadically gets some nice looking Nepenthes, someone out there must be growing them semi-commercially.

 

[dragonfish]

Lucky. The only local place that I've found them is Lowes, in the little Death Cubes.

 

[KellyFrancis]

Wow Chix, it's so pretty!! It's times like these I wish I wasn't death to plants... :/

 

[doomiedee]

You guys are making me want to see if I can find one.


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[Chicxulub]

Lucky. The only local place that I've found them is Lowes, in the little Death Cubes.

I avoid those things like the plague! I've never succeeded in keeping one alive.

Wow Chix, it's so pretty!! It's times like these I wish I wasn't death to plants... :/

Thanks! They're really not that hard. All you have to do is set them in a sunny window, give them proper soil and make sure they never go dry. I set them in a little try that holds water so that the water leeches into the soil and keeps it moist. I've had great luck in the past raising plants like that. For the soil, see the link below...

You guys are making me want to see if I can find one.


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You should totally do it! They're really cool and interesting. Not hard to care for either, unless you buy a really exotic species anyway.


I've historically gotten my plants from the Carnivorous Plant Nursery (click it, not Vigilink). They're an honest company that produces a sound product and they provide good customer service. They also have specially formulated soils that closely replicate the natural soils of several different types of plant. I first got into carnivorous plants with a Wal Mart VFT that was nothing really special. Once I put it into the CP soil, it underwent an amazing period of explosive growth. I highly recommend those guys.

 

[doomiedee]

I avoid those things like the plague! I've never succeeded in keeping one alive.




Thanks! They're really not that hard. All you have to do is set them in a sunny window, give them proper soil and make sure they never go dry. I set them in a little try that holds water so that the water leeches into the soil and keeps it moist. I've had great luck in the past raising plants like that. For the soil, see the link below...




You should totally do it! They're really cool and interesting. Not hard to care for either, unless you buy a really exotic species anyway.


I've historically gotten my plants from the Carnivorous Plant Nursery (click it, not Vigilink). They're an honest company that produces a sound product and they provide good customer service. They also have specially formulated soils that closely replicate the natural soils of several different types of plant. I first got into carnivorous plants with a Wal Mart VFT that was nothing really special. Once I put it into the CP soil, it underwent an amazing period of explosive growth. I highly recommend those guys.

I would need to research what ever I decide to keep. I'm definitely going to check out that site if I do buy one I might just start with a VFT and see how it goes.


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[doomiedee]

You guys gave me an itch I had to scratch. Went in Barnes & Noble today looking for a zelda strategy book and came across a grow your own VFT for $6. I count resist and will be potting it later tonight. Hopefully soon I will have a nice VFT to post pics of.


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[Chicxulub]

I would need to research what ever I decide to keep. I'm definitely going to check out that site if I do buy one I might just start with a VFT and see how it goes.


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You guys gave me an itch I had to scratch. Went in Barnes & Noble today looking for a zelda strategy book and came across a grow your own VFT for $6. I count resist and will be potting it later tonight. Hopefully soon I will have a nice VFT to post pics of.


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Awesome! I feel its fair to give you a warning that a lot of guys have no luck getting their VFT seeds to do anything. Don't get discouraged if they never germinate.

 

[doomiedee]

Awesome! I feel its fair to give you a warning that a lot of guys have no luck getting their VFT seeds to do anything. Don't get discouraged if they never germinate.

Oh ok well that's better then finding out late and getting disappointed. Seems like when I'm not looking i find them. Just found a bunch in Walmart but they are small. The guy told me that they haven't sold one so I told him to put 3 up for me


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