I am so glad I came across this video! I bought my first pitcher plant from a garden center today. It was sitting in water with VFT. So I went home and put it in with my VFT too. After seeing mistake #1, I immediately took it out of my homemade bog.
Just got my first 2 Nepenthes plants :) Got hybrids as i am a first time Nepenthes grower and cant wait to expand the collection. love the vids as you give the best advice and im sure they will thrive. lots of love from South Africa
I like your presentation! It is very informative and well structured; your tone also helps to deliver the concepts. I just bought my first Nepenthes and Fly traps to grow in the Blue ridge mountains. A bit of a stretch in terms of the plants habitat, I know, but it is a decent climate. Anyway, thank you for all the help and God Bless you.
Hey, the video's great! Very clear and informative. I've been growing VFTs, droseras and sarracenias for a while now, but just got my first nepenthes today. Glad to have people like you spreading the word on how to take care of them correctly :) Thanks man, have a good one!
I live in a VERY dry and cool climate. I have put my nepenthes in my bathroom under a skylight. The humidity from showers each day and she is growing amazing! So maybe a solution for those without access to humidity :)
Hey Dominic, thank you for ‘schooling’ me in the fine art of raising Nepenthes , I had to stop the video and go empty the water out of the saucers of the three I just purchased… the sales lady at the nursery gave me 80% off because they were in such poor shape (I suspect they had been sitting in water) anyway I am learning thanks to people like you, take care my friend, Craig in Baton Rouge…
This is the best video to give you the low down on how to look after these extraordinary plants. Will take all your advice on these plants as i have just purchased one. Thank you!
You all probably dont care but does anyone know a way to get back into an Instagram account? I somehow forgot the password. I would love any help you can offer me!
My Nepenthes are potted in Peat,Perlite and Quartz sand and they doing really good. My Gardener that I trust puts some Barks between it in his new Recipe but when I have to give my Nepenthes a new bigger Pot i will try just Dead Sphagnum Moos with Perlite like you do. What I can say is all of my Nepenthes have produced Pitchers in this Summer since I got them.
Just bought one for my high school environmental science classroom. Kids are going to love it! Thanks for helping me figure out how to take care of my new friend. I have orchid soil, what kind of pot?
I feed mine with Very diluted Orchid food at 100ppm every other week With good results and lots of pictures. Thank you for a very informative video 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks Wayne. I’m going to do a fert video, but it’s so touchy. It doesn’t work the same I’m for everyone. It 100% works and a must for huge plants. You’re welcome!🙌🏻
I bought a pitcher plant about 2 years ago, nice healthy plant with lots of -what I now know are - small pitchers, 2 - 3 inches long. I was told to put rainwater into the pitchers. It was hung in a very bright place but with minimal direct sunshine. I am in Ireland so we get lots of dull days, and the winter is several months of gloom, it is, however, pretty damp/humid. Initially I watered it about 2 or 3 times a week, I did not put water in the pitchers and have not fed it. The original pitchers all shrivelled at the top so I increased the watering to every day, and also sprayed it, also with rainwater. It is very happy, has more than doubled in size and the large number of new pitchers are double the size of the original ones. All look very healthy. I am thinking it does now need repotting as roots are peeping out from the bottom of the pot.
Living in Southern Ontario Canada, the humidity in our house is at 30%, my one plant is 12” tall with one good pitcher and the other one not so good, but it has seven new leaves that might pop pitchers in the summer. I have 6” plant with four new leaves and one good pitcher and 4” plant with eight new leaves and no pitchers. Two summers ago I had them on the south side of e house and they’re getting burned leaves; so thank you on answering some questions that nobody else could answer like the indirect sun light.
Excellent advice! Great instructional! #6. Proper Temperatures/Day-Night swings. It can make or break your Nepenthes! Know what your specific plant needs.
Really nice tuto :) I would not recommend the terrarium as if there is no air flow, mold can happen. A small computer fan with a dimmer switch can fix that.
I think the key there is not to put a top on it. He has a video about terrariums for small plants and he doesn't put a top on it. Theres just water on the bottom, and the plants are elevated on bases.
I found recently my nepenthes was making lots of leaves and tendrils but not pitchering, so I got another cool mist humidifier and it's starting to pitcher again and made a big leaf jump!
Thank you for this advice. I just bought my first nepenthes from Bunnings (hardware store) it was sitting in water and groing in soil. Doesn't look amazing but it does have some pitchers on it. Hoping to follow your tips and amend its living situation, fingers crossed.
i noticed my nepenthe was not growing right, ive had it for 2 months or so and the pitchers were withering a bit, i realised from this video that ive had the wrong humidity and potting! I really appreciate the advice given here, i could not find info anywhere else
Thank you for the 5 things to keep Nepenthes happy. I do have mine in potting soil but will change that ASAP. Where would you recommended getting sphagnum moss for a very large pot? I live in south Texts my plants live out side hanging in a tree. Thanks again, Gloria
Hi, nice video.. Anyway u mention before that u ever saw unhealthy nepenthes on oversived pot with quite soggy sphagnum moss, does it mean that nepenthes should never be put on oversize pot or maybe if I do, the watering should be done on extra caution?
Mine is growing pitchers without issue nowadays, but it goes through phases where some of its leaves brown and yellow and then I cut those off and it rebounces. And then after a while it we have to do tje dance again. It gets indirect sunlight plus a grow light but I think it would prefer more light
I have 3 very large pitchers they are intertwined I have counted 10 heads of flowers am going to try to germinate I have them hang on my verandah facing full western sun and they are growing in a high level acid peat moss and course river sand and I have allien sundew in the same mix and growing excellent
Serious question. I got lizards and an ample supply of moderately fresh dead crickets and tons of lizard poop. Would they love it or hate it? To be specific the lizards are Southern California Alligator lizards and eat primarily live crickets.
Will misting multiple times really help? I’ve got good plant growth but my humidity is totally lacking. They get almost done and then kind of stop. My young ones pitched well but my larger ones need some help. They’re in 50/50 perlite/sphagnum under a florawave p80. I use gathered rain water that they’re watered with once a week.
Cheers Cobber great vid! I love the one's I have, hard to grow in this part of the world, its sOOOoooo dry in the air here. All the best from Western Australia Shamesville!!
Im actually growing my Nepenthes around 40% humidity, but I do have it under bright grow lights like you said. I read that Nepenthes can tolerate up to 200 ppm water, and I have watered them a few times with approx 170 ppm nutrient solution, but I have stopped because I noticed chlorosis spots on the leaves (might have been from overwatering though now that im watching your video).
NOW ALSO VERY IMPORTANT....In the Gulf states of the USA, the temperature outside in the winter is too cold. I bring my Nepenthes indoors for the winter.....it survives until it is warm enough to go back outside when spring time comes, and around sixty degrees is good for mine to go back outside...temperatures of forty degrees during the winter nearly killed mine! Bringing them indoors the humidity is low and they will stop growing, but the warmth will keep them from dying. ( I don't own a climate controlled greenhouse o.k.!) Find out by research first, and then trial and error last!
Thank you! Great video. Que: how should I repot a large Pitcher plant? It has two stems with the longest branch about 30-inches. I’ll se if I can post a photo.
i grow mine indoors and i find if i just place the tip of the tendril( that has an embryonic pitcher on it) in the sphagnum moss that the plant is already growing in then the pitchers develop fine even in relatively low humidity.
I just inherited my daughters pitcher. (Nepenthes) It is a tall beautiful plant but isn't pitchering. I now know how to take care of it due to your great video! I was wondering, though, since it is quite leggy, can I prune it back so the new growth will hopefully produce pitchers?
I got a tiny one and its sitting in a corner in my porch ,,,,it growed big in a month and making pitchers all over,,, 😂 i need to move it to bigger better pot ,,, i am in FL ,,she love it here 😅😅😅😅
You can buy them online. In the US, I highly recommend buying from California Carnivores, they have really high quality plants at very low price. I recommend N. ventrata, it’s not too fancy, but it’s absolutely bulletproof and I personally like it. The pictures you’ll find online make it look pretty ugly but it’s very nice in person.
@@thesciencelair9556 I would suggest checking out sarrencia northwest as well very great company and have all kinds of carnivorous plants also change crop depending on the season
I have 3 in a 10 gallon aquarium my RE0002 is almost a year old now throw in out 8 in leaves. My (galndulifera x Veitchi) x LVB x VMN is a few months behind her and still alot smaller. I also have a ventricosa that I rescued from a tiny plastic box in a hardware store that one is going to out grow my terrarium soon it's already getting large pitchers. Love my Red Leaf pitchers, I keep springtails and isopods to help keep the terrarium clean they also end up as snacks now and then.
I sit all my nepenthes outdoors on my deck in summer (live in mountains of Virginia where it's quite humid), my nepenthes flourish from May through September and set lots of pitchers. I move them indoors in late Sept. to large aquariums with gro-lights.... they winter well but growth slows tremendously... overall I feel success with these plants...just wish I could afford a greenhouse like yours :)
You sound like you got it! I wonder why they slow so much. Usually they explode under lights indoors. Is the temps and humidity as good? Maybe get an indoor greenhouse 😜 grow tents are awesome too! Dom
I have an old fish tank that today I have converted into a terrarium for my 3 new nepenthes!I got mine online so currently they have no enzymes in them as it all fell out during shipping but I put some water in them and keep very high humidity in the tank with misting and a bright grow lamp.
I just impulse mine yesterday, thanks for the videos would never guess to just use spaghmum moss. Question though. I have lizards so I have access to insects like mealworms, Dubai roaches, and wax worms. Would they be good options.
Love your videos, clear and concise! I have one that seems to be doing well but the bottom 5 inches or so at the base of the plant is brown and woody. However, the leaves are nice and there are pitchers. Should I worry about this or is it normal. There are two basal plants coming at the base so I would think it must be happy? All of the growth is hanging - not upright like yours.
Hi I bought my first one. With watering is it normal that all the water ends op. In the water tray? Or does it mean it stould to dry? And needs to stand in the water till it drinks. It itself? Or do I have to keep poring the water back in from the top?
Good day i am a newbie in terms for caring for nepenthes, do i need to put water inside the pitchers, or it will naturally produce water by it self? Thanks for such informative blog... I have troncata and ventricosa here in the Philippines
On the topic of humidity. Mine was growing so well when I was living in a place that had a sky window in a bathroom. There were 3 people who were showering in this bathroom a day so it had great humidity and light, it was thriving. I moved and now I'm struggling with it!
I love your greenhouse!!! If you look at the far left hanging Nepenthes in this video it has orange spots on its leaves. So does mine, that is exactly why I came here to find out what causes that to happen? It is about 7 years old, I am in SW Florida, the temperature is perfect, the humidity, good drainage, no fertilizer just rainwater, It gets dapple morning sun, shade the rest of the day. Yours is in a greenhouse, no dappled sun, yet still the same spots? I am at a loss. I hope you can help....thank you for your time.
Thank you for your info: my plant is very healthy but when the pitchers start growing they immediately turn brown and don’t grow: the leaves continue to grow: I have the plant in the bathroom; so everyday it gets humidity. Please give me your suggestions
Just a question, is there any help in standard leds at all? I got some I can adjust the colour temperature. And can't really afford real growth lights at the moment 😜
As Indonesian, point No #1 actually it's OK to put their roots keep in a water, we usually use pot placements, to keep the soil moist or wet and we using rain water with TDS meter less than 50 or you can use distilled water or from air condition water dew... BUT the problem is.. in your region the water temperature sometimes is too cold. Keep the water temp among 20C-30C degrees (68F - 86F) like in the tropical forest.
"they will hate you and then they will die" made me chuckle, great educational and entertaining video :)
What a horrible way to die - hating someone before you die 😢
Insects, humidity, bright light, sounds exactly like my Florida backyard... Explains why mine grow so well!
My room is basically a greenhouse in Florida so I also don’t have to worry either
Hawaii too
Costa Rica
Buffalo🤪
Not me
Dom, you're the best! lol I can't believe they actually fed them human food. Keep posting cool vids! Cheers from Buenos Aires.
Thanks Fernando! More cool vids to come:) Cheers from Tennesee!
Luv it....I've killed lots of pitcher plant...now I believe my pitcher plant will now survive🙂🙂🙂
The perfect balance of sass comedy and information
Thank you for the tips💖
You rocked this video man. Loved it. Lots of great advice. Definitely earned a subscriber today.
I am so glad I came across this video! I bought my first pitcher plant from a garden center today. It was sitting in water with VFT. So I went home and put it in with my VFT too. After seeing mistake #1, I immediately took it out of my homemade bog.
same here. store bought were soaking wet and in potting mix! better get them out asap. thanks for these 5 essential tips
Needed this, thank you 😊 just put some nepenthe in a terrarium and they are pushing out pitchers like crazy
Yay! I’m happy to hear it! Enjoy them💚
Thanks!
Just got my first 2 Nepenthes plants :) Got hybrids as i am a first time Nepenthes grower and cant wait to expand the collection. love the vids as you give the best advice and im sure they will thrive. lots of love from South Africa
Happy to hear this!:) It starts with a couple and then hundreds! Lol Thanks for the love and good luck with your Neps.
Dom
This is very true, listen to him
The light is extremely essential
Thanks, man. I think even somewhat experienced growers need to be reminded of a few of these from time to time!
That’s for sure! You’re welcome!
Amazing content and great energy as always!
Starting a Nepenthes collection and you are my nr. 1 source of information
Thank you! You’re going to loooove them!
This was so helpful! Thank you!
I like your presentation! It is very informative and well structured; your tone also helps to deliver the concepts. I just bought my first Nepenthes and Fly traps to grow in the Blue ridge mountains. A bit of a stretch in terms of the plants habitat, I know, but it is a decent climate. Anyway, thank you for all the help and God Bless you.
Hey, the video's great! Very clear and informative. I've been growing VFTs, droseras and sarracenias for a while now, but just got my first nepenthes today. Glad to have people like you spreading the word on how to take care of them correctly :) Thanks man, have a good one!
Love videos like this. Pretty raw, straight forward info. Thanks for taking the b.s. out of it all!
Some times you have to get right to it! Ha
Thank you!
I live in a VERY dry and cool climate. I have put my nepenthes in my bathroom under a skylight. The humidity from showers each day and she is growing amazing! So maybe a solution for those without access to humidity :)
And you never have spiders in the shower! 😂❤
Peat works as well, mixed with some perlite and/or bark husks
Hey Dominic, thank you for ‘schooling’ me in the fine art of raising Nepenthes , I had to stop the video and go empty the water out of the saucers of the three I just purchased… the sales lady at the nursery gave me 80% off because they were in such poor shape (I suspect they had been sitting in water) anyway I am learning thanks to people like you, take care my friend, Craig in Baton Rouge…
Thanks again for summarizing the care for nepenthes. Informative video.
That for the idea my nepenthes are soooooo much more happier and have lots of pictures thanks you soooooo much for the cool video
This is the best video to give you the low down on how to look after these extraordinary plants. Will take all your advice on these plants as i have just purchased one. Thank you!
i own reptiles so i have a huge supply of crickets. i put 1 - 3 crickets in may be every 2 months and i find its helping
Greetings from Sweden!
Thank you for not having me killing my plant.
"Nepenthes roots are very fine and brittle like the hair on my head"
I felt that
Haha
You all probably dont care but does anyone know a way to get back into an Instagram account?
I somehow forgot the password. I would love any help you can offer me!
@Otto Deacon instablaster =)
@@ottodeacon303 Can you still access the email you registered with?
Im trying to grow these in a mangrove monitor enclosure and this video right here is exactly what I needed.
Love this video, thank you, so very helpful!! I have a question. When, where and how do I remove dead pitchers?
I grow orchids and it took me a year to really understand what "evenly moist" is 😁 (I just got my first Nepenthes hybrid)
My Nepenthes are potted in Peat,Perlite and Quartz sand and they doing really good. My Gardener that I trust puts some Barks between it in his new Recipe but when I have to give my Nepenthes a new bigger Pot i will try just Dead Sphagnum Moos with Perlite like you do. What I can say is all of my Nepenthes have produced Pitchers in this Summer since I got them.
Always helpful advice. I love your setting, so many wonderful healthy plants. Keep the videos coming please:)
Just bought one for my high school environmental science classroom. Kids are going to love it! Thanks for helping me figure out how to take care of my new friend. I have orchid soil, what kind of pot?
I feed mine with Very diluted Orchid food at 100ppm every other week With good results and lots of pictures. Thank you for a very informative video 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks Wayne. I’m going to do a fert video, but it’s so touchy. It doesn’t work the same I’m for everyone. It 100% works and a must for huge plants. You’re welcome!🙌🏻
I bought a pitcher plant about 2 years ago, nice healthy plant with lots of -what I now know are - small pitchers, 2 - 3 inches long. I was told to put rainwater into the pitchers. It was hung in a very bright place but with minimal direct sunshine. I am in Ireland so we get lots of dull days, and the winter is several months of gloom, it is, however, pretty damp/humid.
Initially I watered it about 2 or 3 times a week, I did not put water in the pitchers and have not fed it. The original pitchers all shrivelled at the top so I increased the watering to every day, and also sprayed it, also with rainwater.
It is very happy, has more than doubled in size and the large number of new pitchers are double the size of the original ones. All look very healthy. I am thinking it does now need repotting as roots are peeping out from the bottom of the pot.
Living in Southern Ontario Canada, the humidity in our house is at 30%, my one plant is 12” tall with one good pitcher and the other one not so good, but it has seven new leaves that might pop pitchers in the summer. I have 6” plant with four new leaves and one good pitcher and 4” plant with eight new leaves and no pitchers.
Two summers ago I had them on the south side of e house and they’re getting burned leaves; so thank you on answering some questions that nobody else could answer like the indirect sun light.
Thank you so much for these tips!!! I'm correcting the soil immediately!
Excellent advice! Great instructional!
#6. Proper Temperatures/Day-Night swings. It can make or break your Nepenthes! Know what your specific plant needs.
Thanks Dan! Villosa in Florida... lol
Really nice tuto :)
I would not recommend the terrarium as if there is no air flow, mold can happen.
A small computer fan with a dimmer switch can fix that.
I think the key there is not to put a top on it. He has a video about terrariums for small plants and he doesn't put a top on it. Theres just water on the bottom, and the plants are elevated on bases.
@@TheSilversatyr ok but with an opened terra reaching 80%+ humidity will be hard.
I found recently my nepenthes was making lots of leaves and tendrils but not pitchering, so I got another cool mist humidifier and it's starting to pitcher again and made a big leaf jump!
They loooooove those humidifiers! Sounds like you’ll be full of pitchers soon:)
Thank you for this advice. I just bought my first nepenthes from Bunnings (hardware store) it was sitting in water and groing in soil. Doesn't look amazing but it does have some pitchers on it. Hoping to follow your tips and amend its living situation, fingers crossed.
Any updates?
Thank youso much for the tips👍I just got my first set of nephentis given by my son😊💖💖💖
i noticed my nepenthe was not growing right, ive had it for 2 months or so and the pitchers were withering a bit, i realised from this video that ive had the wrong humidity and potting! I really appreciate the advice given here, i could not find info anywhere else
Thank you for the 5 things to keep Nepenthes happy. I do have mine in potting soil but will change that ASAP.
Where would you recommended getting sphagnum moss for a very large pot? I live in south Texts my plants live out side hanging in a tree. Thanks again, Gloria
Many thanks for this movie! I guess it saved my new nephentes!
Hi, nice video..
Anyway u mention before that u ever saw unhealthy nepenthes on oversived pot with quite soggy sphagnum moss, does it mean that nepenthes should never be put on oversize pot or maybe if I do, the watering should be done on extra caution?
Mine is growing pitchers without issue nowadays, but it goes through phases where some of its leaves brown and yellow and then I cut those off and it rebounces. And then after a while it we have to do tje dance again. It gets indirect sunlight plus a grow light but I think it would prefer more light
Thanks for this video.
I give my little pitcher plant on my windowsill beta pellets and it loves it!
GREAT vid bro should be helpful to all
I have 3 very large pitchers they are intertwined I have counted 10 heads of flowers am going to try to germinate I have them hang on my verandah facing full western sun and they are growing in a high level acid peat moss and course river sand and I have allien sundew in the same mix and growing excellent
wow...very informative...thanks
Serious question. I got lizards and an ample supply of moderately fresh dead crickets and tons of lizard poop. Would they love it or hate it?
To be specific the lizards are Southern California Alligator lizards and eat primarily live crickets.
this is cool info i didnt find on internet
Will misting multiple times really help? I’ve got good plant growth but my humidity is totally lacking. They get almost done and then kind of stop. My young ones pitched well but my larger ones need some help.
They’re in 50/50 perlite/sphagnum under a florawave p80. I use gathered rain water that they’re watered with once a week.
Cheers Cobber great vid!
I love the one's I have, hard to grow in this part of the world, its sOOOoooo dry in the air here.
All the best from Western Australia Shamesville!!
I got mine from the store already in soil. Is it possible to switch it safely?
great content...thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome!
Thanks Hope:)
Dom
Love your videos! help me a lot!
Thank you 🙂
Im actually growing my Nepenthes around 40% humidity, but I do have it under bright grow lights like you said. I read that Nepenthes can tolerate up to 200 ppm water, and I have watered them a few times with approx 170 ppm nutrient solution, but I have stopped because I noticed chlorosis spots on the leaves (might have been from overwatering though now that im watching your video).
Would a wicking system work without rotting the roots? I tend to underwater and mature pitchers turn brown.
NOW ALSO VERY IMPORTANT....In the Gulf states of the USA, the temperature outside in the winter is too cold. I bring my Nepenthes indoors for the winter.....it survives until it is warm enough to go back outside when spring time comes, and around sixty degrees is good for mine to go back outside...temperatures of forty degrees during the winter nearly killed mine! Bringing them indoors the humidity is low and they will stop growing, but the warmth will keep them from dying. ( I don't own a climate controlled greenhouse o.k.!) Find out by research first, and then trial and error last!
Thank you! Great video. Que: how should I repot a large Pitcher plant? It has two stems with the longest branch about 30-inches. I’ll se if I can post a photo.
I have one outside in Venice Florida in a east facing space will this work
The nursery that my plant came from had it in straight peat that was suffocating it, thanks!
i grow mine indoors and i find if i just place the tip of the tendril( that has an embryonic pitcher on it) in the sphagnum moss that the plant is already growing in then the pitchers develop fine even in relatively low humidity.
Got my first nepenthes! Excited to see what the years bring
I just inherited my daughters pitcher. (Nepenthes) It is a tall beautiful plant but isn't pitchering. I now know how to take care of it due to your great video! I was wondering, though, since it is quite leggy, can I prune it back so the new growth will hopefully produce pitchers?
Can I use peat moss for pitcher plants?
Thank you!
I got a tiny one and its sitting in a corner in my porch ,,,,it growed big in a month and making pitchers all over,,, 😂 i need to move it to bigger better pot ,,, i am in FL ,,she love it here 😅😅😅😅
These plants are one of the most fascinating. Amazing that they can possibly be grown indoors. I would love one but I have never seen them here
You can buy them online. In the US, I highly recommend buying from California Carnivores, they have really high quality plants at very low price. I recommend N. ventrata, it’s not too fancy, but it’s absolutely bulletproof and I personally like it. The pictures you’ll find online make it look pretty ugly but it’s very nice in person.
@@thesciencelair9556 I would suggest checking out sarrencia northwest as well very great company and have all kinds of carnivorous plants also change crop depending on the season
I have 3 in a 10 gallon aquarium my RE0002 is almost a year old now throw in out 8 in leaves. My (galndulifera x Veitchi) x LVB x VMN is a few months behind her and still alot smaller. I also have a ventricosa that I rescued from a tiny plastic box in a hardware store that one is going to out grow my terrarium soon it's already getting large pitchers. Love my Red Leaf pitchers, I keep springtails and isopods to help keep the terrarium clean they also end up as snacks now and then.
Sounds great.... I want to do similar. Can I trickle continuous water over the medium?
Thank you for the orchid comment! I grow my nepenthes the same way and light as my orchids, and they are all happy together!
may i ask if peat moss is okay to use? bc spagnum moss is quite expensive from where i live
Most excellent tips My Nep. Singalana hasn't pitcher at all for over a year growing yes but no pitchers. I'm sure it a lack of humidity
So I have a smaller one that I have no idea the variety. What is an avrage length of time for the individual pitchers?
I enjoyed this. Subscribed!
Can i plznt a pitcher plan in a kitchen colender ??
I sit all my nepenthes outdoors on my deck in summer (live in mountains of Virginia where it's quite humid), my nepenthes flourish from May through September and
set lots of pitchers. I move them indoors in late Sept. to large aquariums with gro-lights.... they winter well but growth slows tremendously... overall I feel success
with these plants...just wish I could afford a greenhouse like yours :)
You sound like you got it! I wonder why they slow so much. Usually they explode under lights indoors. Is the temps and humidity as good? Maybe get an indoor greenhouse 😜 grow tents are awesome too!
Dom
I have an old fish tank that today I have converted into a terrarium for my 3 new nepenthes!I got mine online so currently they have no enzymes in them as it all fell out during shipping but I put some water in them and keep very high humidity in the tank with misting and a bright grow lamp.
I have 2 I reschedued due to poor health due to much water and they were in soil but so far they are coming back I love them
I just impulse mine yesterday, thanks for the videos would never guess to just use spaghmum moss.
Question though. I have lizards so I have access to insects like mealworms, Dubai roaches, and wax worms. Would they be good options.
Love your videos, clear and concise! I have one that seems to be doing well but the bottom 5 inches or so at the base of the plant is brown and woody. However, the leaves are nice and there are pitchers. Should I worry about this or is it normal. There are two basal plants coming at the base so I would think it must be happy? All of the growth is hanging - not upright like yours.
Do you think right above a tropical aquarium would be enough humidity?
I wanna come there one day, also would an aquarium be algood, I mean do you need a false bottom etc???
If i use LED can i shine them directly on the plant or should i reflect it by a wall?
Is it better to use rain water on them?
Damn, he is gorgeous! I just bought my first pitcher plant.
Can i mix my nepenthes potting soil with wood-charcoal ?
I hard that some grower mix with it.
You can, but I find it’s not necessary. Simple sphagnum and perlite or even just sphagnum seems to work best. Keep it simple:)
Thanks,
Dom
Hi I bought my first one.
With watering is it normal that all the water ends op. In the water tray? Or does it mean it stould to dry? And needs to stand in the water till it drinks. It itself? Or do I have to keep poring the water back in from the top?
Good day i am a newbie in terms for caring for nepenthes, do i need to put water inside the pitchers, or it will naturally produce water by it self? Thanks for such informative blog... I have troncata and ventricosa here in the Philippines
omggggggggg you have so manyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. heaven!!!!!!!
Omg I freaking love you!!!! Your awesome!!!❤
On the topic of humidity. Mine was growing so well when I was living in a place that had a sky window in a bathroom. There were 3 people who were showering in this bathroom a day so it had great humidity and light, it was thriving. I moved and now I'm struggling with it!
I love your greenhouse!!! If you look at the far left hanging Nepenthes in this video it has orange spots on its leaves. So does mine, that is exactly why I came here to find out what causes that to happen? It is about 7 years old, I am in SW Florida, the temperature is perfect, the humidity, good drainage, no fertilizer just rainwater, It gets dapple morning sun, shade the rest of the day. Yours is in a greenhouse, no dappled sun, yet still the same spots? I am at a loss. I hope you can help....thank you for your time.
What par for led would you recommend
I have mine in front of a fan sitting in a tray with tray in tub og water is that a good move?it's in a greenhouse
so i just got my first baby plant I'm wondering if I can hang these in my bathroom it has a a lot of light and is humid a lot of the time
Thank you for your info: my plant is very healthy but when the pitchers start growing they immediately turn brown and don’t grow: the leaves continue to grow: I have the plant in the bathroom; so everyday it gets humidity. Please give me your suggestions
Just a question, is there any help in standard leds at all? I got some I can adjust the colour temperature. And can't really afford real growth lights at the moment 😜
As Indonesian, point No #1 actually it's OK to put their roots keep in a water, we usually use pot placements, to keep the soil moist or wet and we using rain water with TDS meter less than 50 or you can use distilled water or from air condition water dew... BUT the problem is.. in your region the water temperature sometimes is too cold. Keep the water temp among 20C-30C degrees (68F - 86F) like in the tropical forest.
Mine rot if I do that