Did you happen to touch the hindles? the flaps that close over the tube?
if so it kinda teases them into closing and therefore they close with nothing to digest. If that happens cut the brown off to the green.
as you can see in my picture above some have been cut clean off :p
Yes I have read that also. I just use our tap water not distilled and to replace the soil and perlite once a year takes care of most mineral build ups :)
You live in the perfect enviro for them to thrive in!! You could grow them outside full grown within a month (outside) and rotate from inside to outside.
I would reccomend one, give it a stab in the dark :rolleyes:
Ya know i do the same thing :o
But after just giving it a shot its more of a hardier plant than i thought and read. :p
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So I decided to make a DIY on planting your pitcher plant.
Genus Sarracenia
So far with only success I have kept my pitcher plant for 5 months now and it really does the job on catching gnats, flies, bees, pretty much any flying bug comes in to die.
There is a topic going around on...
No its not bad but dont let him overdue it. They are known leaf eaters but maybe change that hibiscius to a pothos.
My veiled loved pothos he ate them everytime so i switched to schflerra and then back to pothos after he was full grown and now he wont eat them. '
Just my experience :rolleyes:
LoL! when i get home im going to make a indepth thread on how to plant them and supplies you will need along with pictures so stay tuned later today :rolleyes:
They wont freeze they will be fine they get sent with heat packets. Yes i specifally bought these for this reason Those damn gnats. No odor.
Not hard to take care of they need to sit in a bog of water roughly about an inch or a tad more. Venus fly traps are a waste IMO. Here is a rough sketch i...
Hey check local lowes or home depot they sell it by width, length, height, thickness etc.. sold by the Square foot i believe probably would be around 20-30 after tax
If you dont have a drip system set up and your only misting I would reccomend showering him on a plant once a week to ensure hydration. Or misting him directly/indirectly multiple times a day.
Its something your gonna have to construct on your own especially if you use mesh enclousers its something your gonna have to play around with. Also use the search button and get other peoples ideas and throw something together thats what i did :rolleyes:
Any Substrate, with feeders on the floor no matter what your chams sticky tounge will grab dirt and whatever it is.
fertilizer rocks in your plant pots (they are white) because they look apealing to the chams. Put small stones in the bottom so they cant get to them
I never had substrate...
Tweety and Fella's home has a screened in top, two lights, a basking light, plenty of plants and places for them to hide. As for food, I buy food in bulk
So assuming you bought the correct lighting, plants food etc. That well over exceeds a basic cost for a screen cage
I can't afford an...