@flar28 flytraps maybe, but sundew type plants can catch multiple bugs with multiple leaves and pitcher plants will collect more than one at once too
@@PHE-nomenon because i live in the north and fun fact we dont have bugs for 6 months out of the year. But in the summer its great for getting rid of pesky flies or the occasional wasp that gets in the house.
Easy, dip your finger into the soil, if your finger comes out clean, wait 1 week then… DROWN THAT HOE aka water throughly, don’t be afraid to give your cacti a lot of water, overwatering is only when you water to frequently
yeah been doing that for a couple of months now and it is working and didn't know about the Venus flytrap but I was told it was super delicate. but zero Waters is the way to go I love my zero water pitcher! I also use rainwater but it's not a Dependable in East Texas. LOL.
If you use water catchment there might be mosquito larvae that the plants would like. I am in SE TX. My few ND goats have to have the rainwater. The local water has too much sulphur.
Gonna be completely honest, saw the logo and thought this was the onion. I was waiting for a punchline for a long time. Very informative video though! Not sure I’ll ever own a carnivorous plant but I’m glad I know how to feed one if I do.
Sundews really aren't that hard. The soil/water is just specific. Get carnivorous plant soil, distilled water and give them a good amount of humidity and sun. The bugs it catches will be bonus fertilizer, probably won't even need this stuff if you live in a warm enough place
Everybody who's asking themselves if this is necessary: no it isn't. Carnivorous plants do perfectly fine without ever getting fertilized or be fed insects. They care for themselves by catching insects. If you worry, they'll catch too little, just put them outside on your balcony, etc and let them do their thing.
@@TechplantChannel We also have long winters. I own carnivorous plants for ages now and never fertilized or additionally fed them. They still thrive and bloom all the time. Carnivorous plant are very hearty. They don't need much fuss and care.
This is still good for people who can’t put their plants out doors you never know others situations. I’m also sure that it’s common sense that they can catch food on their own hence to them being called carnivorous plants.
I really need some carnivorous plants to hang out with my tropicals, ya know, to keep the crappy bugs away! Putting these on my list of plants to add to my hoard this year. Haha
I actually like this one as it can help plants grow faster, especially when traps accidentally close so that way they don't waste as much energy on nothing
So cool! I felt so bad for killing my first Venus fly trap that I haven’t tried again. Although he didn’t look great when I got him off the clearance shelf at Walmart 🤷🏼♀️
the clearance shelf plants are usually pretty far gone, like the clearance fruit "twigs," but I have gotten a deal here and there😅win some/ lose some, so not your fault I am sure!
Makes sense, since carnivorous plants are only carnivorous because of the lack of nitrogen in the soil they grow in, if they can get that nitrogen and other nutrients through another mean it should work.
Easiest for me: just leave a plum or something similar between your plants and there will soon be enough fruitflies to do the trick all by itself. But thank you. Is worth looking at
Definitely need to get some carnivorous plants. I have a lot of fungus gnats atm in one of my grow spaces 😢 do you mainly feed your plants this solution when they don’t get constant insects to eat? Or is it wise to also feed them this solution once every two weeks just in case?
i got a Drocera Capensis about 6 weeks ago and its devoured about 40-50 gnats >:) its very satisfying to see it working hard for me. you should go for it. they super easy to maintain
I used to have some flytraps. I live in Florida and the poor thing actually managed to get like no insects and died even though I tried to help it 😭. This idea would have been a great addition
@@TechplantChannel maannnnnnnn... I can only see how many likes it has, I'm extra blown away now!!! 600k!!! The love is well deserved and couldn't have been shown to a better RUclipsr. 💓 In my opinion 😊
After killing a couple Venus Flytraps, I learned to give my current one lots of distilled water and sunlight. It has been growing like mad and eating a ridiculous number of fungus gnats and some impressively large houseflies. Oh, and it is growing a flower. Thanks for what you do here!
Yup that is key! Also there is always a chance that Venus fly traps will go dormant because they are from south Carolina so they experience a light winter there. So if one day it's looking kinda sad and dead just wait a few months and it will start growing again.
@@TechplantChannel would you say that they are much diffulltto care for than normal plant or nah? Cause I want to try my hands on a venus flytrap you know and I'm kinda used to some African violets.
I live by a good nursery and today they had king Henry fly traps and sundews, $20 later a sundew is feasting on fruit flies. My friend at work told me how to grow them and since my grocery store fly trap is eating bugs and growing new traps, I’m feeling confident the new ones can survive.
Awesome! I've been considering some of those for bugs but have been wondering about feeding it. This would probably solve that problem easily! (I also strangely find a lot of carnivorous plants pretty..)
They grow all over the place! There are multiple species native even in places like wisconsin usa or Northern Europe! Do some research and you might be living near some now!
How are sun/star dews at getting rid of fungus gnats? I have a nepthens, pitcher, and Venus but they just help out with left over crickets once my cuban false chameleon is full lol. Powerhouse video btw! Thank you!
@@TechplantChannel omg why are people so anti-synthetic? we all use synthetic stuff on a daily, but for some reason when it comes to plants, its NO 🤣🤷♂️ doesn't even matter to these ppl if its naturally derived or nuttin I need something in Australia, my local carny horticulturist is against hand feeding, all well and good if you are not indoors or living in a horse stable
This is really cool. I love these plants, I also love how they get rid of bugs. Nasty. But, I do my best to keep the house bug free and the temperatures are all over the place outside... so I can’t seem to keep them alive long. They still catch bugs sometimes, which they’re so cool for, but this helps a lot. I want this plant and a good ol Venus fly trap again. Probably will just get the fly trap tho lol Also, only have droppers 🤨 Anyway thanks for this. Helps ! How often do you feed it though ? Once a month type thing ? ii
When I had fly traps I fed them Flys, or the Flys would normally feed them self to the plants in the summer. Just would stick them outside a few hours and they would be all closed with bugs
I don't know the difference but does a fertilizer mix really have the necessary nutrients to keep the plants healthy? What does it have that they eat from the bugs? I wouldn't think proteins
Sorry if you mentioned this but I must have missed it--how often would you do this for a venus fly trap? I've been doing it like once a week usually because it spends its time on my balcony with lots of buggies but. Just checking
@TechplantChannel, you said you could feed "almost" every carnivorous plant species this way. Would bladderwort be the exception, or is there a way to use this for them too?
@@TechplantChannel , did you mean utricularia (bladderworts)? The only carnivorous plant I could find with ultra in the name didn't start with it, and is a pitcher plant (but my search could have been weak).
Alternatively, if you have potted plants with an infestation of fungus gnats, they make an excellent renewable and self feeding food source for carnivorous plants. My little sundews are chock full of them. It's funny because the gnats aren't big enough to trigger the leaf curling impulse, so the leaves just stay open and get covered in gnats.
I have a question. I just got my first Carnivorous plants Spoon-leaved Sundew and Cape Sundew In the Mail, came in with no dew. Have them in my care for a week now. Still no dew on the leaves just new leaves coming in. Can I still fertilize them with a fish flask or Maxsea. Or wait until I start seeing dew on them to feed them...
That I'm very unsure of but I bet they can still consume the fertilizer cuz the dew is just for catching? Worse case those old leaves just do nothing but I doubt it will hurt!
@Techplant I've been told Glass containers would cook them outside. I've never tried covering then with plastic though I've always just thrown them in a plastic pot and hope for the best haha
I have a question, would this work with something like miracle grow? I know it’s a very artificial fertilizer and it might not have the right stuff, I’m just wondering. Please don’t come after me if this is a stupid question
Ain't no such thing as a stupid question. It should work just fine. Best you can do is truly some diluted stuff on one or two leaves to see how it goes. If it burns the leaves then I'd try something different
I want to try using aquarium water. It's chemical properties are supposed to be similar to water in bogs and ponds. The key is not to have shells, corals, marble, etc in the water. Some aquarium plants like cryptocoryne actually come from bogs.
@@TechplantChannel In theory animals and plants in aquarium absorb the water hardness minerals in the water, while decomposing waste drops the ph. The older the aquarium and the less water changes it has, the more important this factor becomes. It is a known fact that bog plants (like cryptocoryne) and bog animals (like neon tetras) do much better in old aquariums than the others do.
This is horrible advice, aquarium water has all sorts of minerals necessary for all aquarium plants, that would harm the roots of your carnivorous plants (they can't absorb them, minerals block the plants' roots and in turn dehydrate it), but thet would be too diluted for the leaves.
They probably wrote a dystopian novel where all the plants are kept alive by liquid and haven’t gotten to taste a bug in years
lmaoo
reverse soylent green
Now that's an interesting idea for a dystopian novel
The plants wrote it?
@@mintykiwi "soylent brown IS NOT PEOPLE!!!" 😂
TechPlantChannel : "So here Youre going to just fill this syringe up with your solution"
Me : Relapses on heroine
Don't do that! Relapse on plants instead
@@TechplantChannel Instructions unclear, Now addicted to Maxsea
@@TechplantChannel omgggg heroine is a plannttt stop enabling meeee
Use a dropper instead
@@TeriSquari LSD 😌
I like carnivorous plant for one they keep bugs away
Yup they work well
Don't they attract bugs? Then only eat one at a time while the others swarm?
@@flar28 idk just place it outside if not find a place where arson is legal
@@DOCNarss truly the most efficient method
@flar28 flytraps maybe, but sundew type plants can catch multiple bugs with multiple leaves and pitcher plants will collect more than one at once too
A carnivorous plant: eats insects
Human: I'll feed it liquid....
Me: why?
Supplement I guess
they both contain nitrogen
As he’s said “you don’t keep bugs around”
@RadenWA if you don't want to keep bugs around, WHY get a plant that eats bugs?!?! Makes no sense...
@@PHE-nomenon because i live in the north and fun fact we dont have bugs for 6 months out of the year. But in the summer its great for getting rid of pesky flies or the occasional wasp that gets in the house.
Even if this IS the easiest way
I like to see how this bad boys eat some bugs alive
I should do some time-lapse
@@TechplantChannel That…would..be…AMAZING!!! Please do a carnivorous plants eating bugs time lapse!!!
Slaps pitcher plant. This bad boy can eat so many bugs
It coils around the bug slowly
@@basedbane787 Literally.
This old Lady is in Awwwww....cool info little brother 👊⚡👍✌
Thanks 👍
@@TechplantChannel Danke to U, seriously interesting Info..... I luv this stuff! 👍 Oh yeh, Happy 4th of July lil Brother🎆
Not sure why this popped up in my recommendations but now I want to feed plants
You gotta
That's interesting ! Never thought to do that.
works pretty darn well
You said only a spoonful, aight got it
*proceeds to bring out a comically large spoon*
Lmaoo
It's a tablespoon?
@@Sailor_S he's referencing an old king Bach vine
Thank you so much for this, my pitcher plant died a while back, gonna try this method now!
good luck!
Im so sorry for your loss!
Rest in piece 😔
RUclips, i can‘t even water my cactus correctly, what makes you think i‘d ever need to know how to FEED the friggin thing aswell?
Lol
From what I was told you water a cactus once a month.
Easy, dip your finger into the soil, if your finger comes out clean, wait 1 week then… DROWN THAT HOE aka water throughly, don’t be afraid to give your cacti a lot of water, overwatering is only when you water to frequently
@@AlchemyyyyyyI feel like we watch the same kind of videos ☺️
@@Alchemyyyyyyplants with Krystal ❤❤
I rehydrated freezdried meal worms. They're easy to find everywhere
nice!
Since I already have feeder insects for my exotic animals I don't have any problem using insects, but this is useful too!
Nice
I've always found something interesting and mysterious about these plants since I saw cow plants in The Sims when I was little. 🌿🐮✨
yeah they are cool!
My man really made his plants go vegan 💀
Lmaoo
💀💀💀
Nah, bro put them on a water based diet
@@rorror2164OH NO, KIM KARDASHIAN IS GOING TO STEAL THIS IDEA😂
Awesome! Just subscribed.
We don’t have Maxsea here so I’ve made my own with fish emulsion and kelp. Beautiful plants 😃
That will work too!
Oh wow! That’s such a good idea!
Incredible! After I got a chance to build a large green house, I we’ll get them to keep the other plants safe.
they are awesome and will help eat fungus gnats!
Thanks I am having trouble finding bugs and this has worked out good
yeah been doing that for a couple of months now and it is working and didn't know about the Venus flytrap but I was told it was super delicate. but zero Waters is the way to go I love my zero water pitcher! I also use rainwater but it's not a Dependable in East Texas. LOL.
I'll have to look that up
If you use water catchment there might be mosquito larvae that the plants would like. I am in SE TX. My few ND goats have to have the rainwater. The local water has too much sulphur.
Yeah S. E Texas is my location! It's the bomb!
Gonna be completely honest, saw the logo and thought this was the onion. I was waiting for a punchline for a long time. Very informative video though! Not sure I’ll ever own a carnivorous plant but I’m glad I know how to feed one if I do.
They are fun to have you should look into them more. I have some long format guides about care and you can watch em.if you need more info.
these kind of plants always interest me. i wish i had the expertise to care for them
They are very simple just lots of light and sit them in distilled water I have longer videos about it
Me too!
Sundews really aren't that hard. The soil/water is just specific. Get carnivorous plant soil, distilled water and give them a good amount of humidity and sun. The bugs it catches will be bonus fertilizer, probably won't even need this stuff if you live in a warm enough place
Everybody who's asking themselves if this is necessary: no it isn't. Carnivorous plants do perfectly fine without ever getting fertilized or be fed insects. They care for themselves by catching insects. If you worry, they'll catch too little, just put them outside on your balcony, etc and let them do their thing.
This is good for people with long winters
@@TechplantChannel We also have long winters. I own carnivorous plants for ages now and never fertilized or additionally fed them. They still thrive and bloom all the time. Carnivorous plant are very hearty. They don't need much fuss and care.
If you have proper soil it is necessary
This is still good for people who can’t put their plants out doors you never know others situations. I’m also sure that it’s common sense that they can catch food on their own hence to them being called carnivorous plants.
Awesome! Thank you for this short! 😀
Thanks for watching!
That's pretty cool, I didn't know there were supplements for carnivorous plants
Yup it helps in winter
I really need some carnivorous plants to hang out with my tropicals, ya know, to keep the crappy bugs away! Putting these on my list of plants to add to my hoard this year. Haha
They are great
thx for making this short. it was awsom
Liquid diet, nice to have an alternative when there's a bug shortage. Not that it's not fun running around the yard trying to catch bugs. 😅
Yup its nice for winter time
I actually like this one as it can help plants grow faster, especially when traps accidentally close so that way they don't waste as much energy on nothing
Thank you for sharing this! ✨🌱
Thanks for watching
So cool! I felt so bad for killing my first Venus fly trap that I haven’t tried again. Although he didn’t look great when I got him off the clearance shelf at Walmart 🤷🏼♀️
Distilled water is a must and good light food is secondary
the clearance shelf plants are usually pretty far gone, like the clearance fruit "twigs," but I have gotten a deal here and there😅win some/ lose some, so not your fault I am sure!
Makes sense, since carnivorous plants are only carnivorous because of the lack of nitrogen in the soil they grow in, if they can get that nitrogen and other nutrients through another mean it should work.
Yup bugs work too but this helps them grow quicker if you live somewhere cold
When I saw the mosquito being trapped I finally found my need for these plants
Lol they work well!
Easiest for me: just leave a plum or something similar between your plants and there will soon be enough fruitflies to do the trick all by itself. But thank you. Is worth looking at
Nice!
- Super cool thanks !! I always wanted pitcher plants
They are a lot of fun
This is awesome! Do you ever use tropical fish flakes?
I've done that too but it molds so easily. Sometimes I make like a fish flake slurry is its almost like a paste
@@TechplantChannel do you recommend putting freeze dried redworms? Or good quality betta food
I HATE BUGS. BUYING A CARNIVOROUS PLANT NOW. any recommendations for big catchers?
drosera capensis is super hardy and fast growing and cheap
@@TechplantChannel appreciate it!
Definitely need to get some carnivorous plants. I have a lot of fungus gnats atm in one of my grow spaces 😢 do you mainly feed your plants this solution when they don’t get constant insects to eat? Or is it wise to also feed them this solution once every two weeks just in case?
i got a Drocera Capensis about 6 weeks ago and its devoured about 40-50 gnats >:) its very satisfying to see it working hard for me. you should go for it. they super easy to maintain
This is supplemental if no bugs are around. If they are eating fungus gnats and other bugs no need to worry. This can help em grow a bit faster tho
@@FlashAsh nice! I’m going to start looking for one soon 😈
@@TechplantChannel thanks for the tips! I’m going to invest into getting some soon
I used to have some flytraps. I live in Florida and the poor thing actually managed to get like no insects and died even though I tried to help it 😭. This idea would have been a great addition
Yeah it's helpful for situations like that
Vegan carnivorous plants!
Lol they eat bugs too
Bugs are meat now?
@@TechplantChannel but are they lactose intolerant
@@a-j-o-l-o-t-3 ..yes?
@@a-j-o-l-o-t-3bugs are not plants mate😂😂😂
What short of yours went viral 😂 ... I love this. ❤
this one went nuts! like 600k which was crazy to see
@@TechplantChannel maannnnnnnn... I can only see how many likes it has, I'm extra blown away now!!! 600k!!!
The love is well deserved and couldn't have been shown to a better RUclipsr. 💓 In my opinion 😊
You can feed them fish food as well. Very useful if you have a fish!
Yes but it can mold sometimes
After killing a couple Venus Flytraps, I learned to give my current one lots of distilled water and sunlight. It has been growing like mad and eating a ridiculous number of fungus gnats and some impressively large houseflies. Oh, and it is growing a flower. Thanks for what you do here!
Yup that is key! Also there is always a chance that Venus fly traps will go dormant because they are from south Carolina so they experience a light winter there. So if one day it's looking kinda sad and dead just wait a few months and it will start growing again.
I remember when I had my tiny venus flytrap. It was bad at its job, so I'd just catch the flies and give them to it 😂
I don't know why but I find carnivorous plants fascinating
i do to they have cool mechanisms for survival!
@@TechplantChannel yes, and they are also very different from most normal plants, exotic things in general are fascinating
Is this the vegan version of carnivorous plants?
the opposite, this makes them bigger murder machines
@@TechplantChannel would you say that they are much diffulltto care for than normal plant or nah? Cause I want to try my hands on a venus flytrap you know and I'm kinda used to some African violets.
I live by a good nursery and today they had king Henry fly traps and sundews, $20 later a sundew is feasting on fruit flies. My friend at work told me how to grow them and since my grocery store fly trap is eating bugs and growing new traps, I’m feeling confident the new ones can survive.
Thought the title said “easy way to feed coronavirus plants”😂
Lol
I thought it was some kind of clickbait dyed paramecium lol
Awesome! I've been considering some of those for bugs but have been wondering about feeding it. This would probably solve that problem easily!
(I also strangely find a lot of carnivorous plants pretty..)
I read it as coronavirus for a sec 😂
Lol
Wow! This is so interesting!😊
Glad you think so!
Yeah! Plants are neat
Bro made his carnivorous plants vegan.
Lol
I do not own carnivorous plants and have absolutely no purpose watching this short but god damn it I watched the whole thing with great interest.
Nice thank you!
PETA should share this video 😂
Lol
I don't have any carnivorous plants, but thanks for the info. I can use this just in case if I encounter one in the jungle.
They grow all over the place! There are multiple species native even in places like wisconsin usa or Northern Europe! Do some research and you might be living near some now!
Well I guess take the plant and place it in your pot...
My sundew feeds itself with all the fungus gnats in my apartment.
Mine gets them too it's grear!
Basically for people who are too scared of bugs but like the plants
It can still eat bugs as well. I do this in winter when bugs are not plentiful
I feel like this is what a vegan would do, to feed their carnivorous plant.
Lol
I love this idk why
they are cool plants!
Mine is talking and calling me seymour, my name is not seymour.
Lol
Thanks for your sharing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤
Классно, у ютубера такой четкий голос.
Thanks!
How are sun/star dews at getting rid of fungus gnats? I have a nepthens, pitcher, and Venus but they just help out with left over crickets once my cuban false chameleon is full lol. Powerhouse video btw! Thank you!
Pretty good
Instructions unclear I was eaten by the plant
Lol
i need this for my carnys!
heck yeah
@@TechplantChannel omg why are people so anti-synthetic? we all use synthetic stuff on a daily, but for some reason when it comes to plants, its NO 🤣🤷♂️ doesn't even matter to these ppl if its naturally derived or nuttin
I need something in Australia, my local carny horticulturist is against hand feeding, all well and good if you are not indoors or living in a horse stable
Step one: get fungus gnats.
Loo
Ooo I def should try this with my vft. My sundew has no problem getting bugs and is doing fine, but idk my poor little vft seems to struggle a bit
just put in a dead fly
Gotta find fresh ones
@@TechplantChannel put it outside lol
Just ordered me a floating sundew 🎉 my first carnivorous plant!
Nice!
juice cleanse for plants 😂
Lmaoo new detox diet
This is way better than feeding poor insects
I thought the tittle said coronavirus until you said its name
Lol
This is really cool. I love these plants, I also love how they get rid of bugs. Nasty. But, I do my best to keep the house bug free and the temperatures are all over the place outside... so I can’t seem to keep them alive long. They still catch bugs sometimes, which they’re so cool for, but this helps a lot. I want this plant and a good ol Venus fly trap again. Probably will just get the fly trap tho lol
Also, only have droppers 🤨
Anyway thanks for this. Helps ! How often do you feed it though ? Once a month type thing ? ii
i also want to know how often
VEGAN PLANTS
Lol
made me want to buy one
u gotta
I give mine energy drink for that productive hit
Wow when I was a young kid I caught all the flies for feeding, the difference in effort
Yeah but I can't catch bugs in the snow lol
This is so nice
Thanks
That's a interesting plant I clicked the video because I tought it was some kind of coronavirus! What a strange and interesting plant really!
When I had fly traps I fed them Flys, or the Flys would normally feed them self to the plants in the summer. Just would stick them outside a few hours and they would be all closed with bugs
Nice!
Thanks
No problem
what's even the point of having a carnivorous plant if u don't feed it bugs n shit, that's where the beauty's at
They get fungus gnats and stuff this is just for winter or when regular bugs are not arounf
i have SO many bugs, because i breed them for my lizard… Do pitcher plants like any bugs? or will one thats too big harm it?
Bugs are best for them
@@TechplantChannel thank you
I don't know the difference but does a fertilizer mix really have the necessary nutrients to keep the plants healthy? What does it have that they eat from the bugs? I wouldn't think proteins
It works the same thr bugs are broken down to the three main things plants eat
Little Shop of Horrors would’ve had a very different plot if Seymour had seen this video.
This is great, not enough bugs get in past my barrage of spiders in my house
Do you also have to keep the pot of the sundew wet at all times? Or just use the solution and Your fine
the pot is always wet and sitting in distilled water
@@TechplantChannel ok, thank you
Sorry if you mentioned this but I must have missed it--how often would you do this for a venus fly trap? I've been doing it like once a week usually because it spends its time on my balcony with lots of buggies but. Just checking
Techplantchanel did you say a big gallon container with distilled water? Is I 1 gallon or how many liters? Per spoon of maxsea
I always liked kind.❤
@TechplantChannel, you said you could feed "almost" every carnivorous plant species this way. Would bladderwort be the exception, or is there a way to use this for them too?
Yeah and the one that starts Ultra something like that.
@@TechplantChannel , did you mean utricularia (bladderworts)? The only carnivorous plant I could find with ultra in the name didn't start with it, and is a pitcher plant (but my search could have been weak).
Once you mix the MaxSea into a jug of water, how long does the mixture last in regard to expiration and going bad?
Alternatively, if you have potted plants with an infestation of fungus gnats, they make an excellent renewable and self feeding food source for carnivorous plants. My little sundews are chock full of them. It's funny because the gnats aren't big enough to trigger the leaf curling impulse, so the leaves just stay open and get covered in gnats.
I have a question. I just got my first Carnivorous plants
Spoon-leaved Sundew and Cape Sundew
In the Mail, came in with no dew. Have them in my care for a week now. Still no dew on the leaves just new leaves coming in. Can I still fertilize them with a fish flask or Maxsea. Or wait until I start seeing dew on them to feed them...
That I'm very unsure of but I bet they can still consume the fertilizer cuz the dew is just for catching? Worse case those old leaves just do nothing but I doubt it will hurt!
Wait, I’m confused, what liquid are you adding the fertiliser to?
water
Plant misters work well too
shhhh, sometimes when im lazy i just blast em all with a sprayer but i fear ill build up too much minerals in the basin, so far that hasnt happened
How often do you give them solution usually, though I imagine it varies depending on species?
This is cool. Now I just need to figure out how to keep animals from ruining all my plants
keep them in glass containers or clear bins?
@Techplant I've been told Glass containers would cook them outside. I've never tried covering then with plastic though I've always just thrown them in a plastic pot and hope for the best haha
I have a question, would this work with something like miracle grow? I know it’s a very artificial fertilizer and it might not have the right stuff, I’m just wondering. Please don’t come after me if this is a stupid question
Ain't no such thing as a stupid question. It should work just fine. Best you can do is truly some diluted stuff on one or two leaves to see how it goes. If it burns the leaves then I'd try something different
@@TechplantChannel thanks! 😊
I have not, do not, and probably will not ever own a carnivorous plant (I’ve seen Little Shop of Horrors.)
But this is neat.
I want to try using aquarium water. It's chemical properties are supposed to be similar to water in bogs and ponds. The key is not to have shells, corals, marble, etc in the water. Some aquarium plants like cryptocoryne actually come from bogs.
interesting, if you do report back on how it goes
@@TechplantChannel In theory animals and plants in aquarium absorb the water hardness minerals in the water, while decomposing waste drops the ph. The older the aquarium and the less water changes it has, the more important this factor becomes. It is a known fact that bog plants (like cryptocoryne) and bog animals (like neon tetras) do much better in old aquariums than the others do.
This is horrible advice, aquarium water has all sorts of minerals necessary for all aquarium plants, that would harm the roots of your carnivorous plants (they can't absorb them, minerals block the plants' roots and in turn dehydrate it), but thet would be too diluted for the leaves.