Carnivorous plants! How to build your own Bog Bowl with horticulturist Paul Blackmore

[@plantguy9]

Flytraps are from NORTH Carolina and some patch's of South Carolina.

[@rooted-gardeningfoodlife1708]

Very true Jesse. It’s a small region indeed but definitely includes North Carolina. Thank you for the correction. Happy gardening!

[@LostInThisGardenofLife]

Yeah when I learned that I lived where they originated, I immediately started growing them outdoors and realized how easy they are to care for. I live near plant delights nursery and they have so many awesome varieties to grow. Check them out!

[@davidlillecrapp2960]

"rooted" (as written on your T-shirt) in Australian slang means completely broken way beyond repair, exhausted, or to have sex with (past tense) as in: "I rooted that chick who works at the local nursery" "Was she a good root?" "Yeah, she was a bloody good root!" Bog bowl: in Australian slang means toilet. All of that aside, I'm interested in starting my own carnivorous "bog bowl" and I learned a lot (hope you did too!).

[@rooted-gardeningfoodlife1708]

Very interesting! Definitely didn’t know any of that. Thanks for sharing the fun facts. Best of luck to you on your bog bowl!

[@davidlillecrapp2960]

@@rooted-gardeningfoodlife1708 My sister gave me a pitcher plant and it died within a month. I found that tap water has too many minerals and chlorine. That is what eventually killed my carnivorous plant. I should have used distilled water or rainwater. P.S. did you know that the far south west of western Australia is home to over one quarter of the world's carnivorous plant species and then there are the many species endemic to the east coast. I love the tropical pitchers and the Venus flytrap is the undisputed king of carnivorous plants.

[@rooted-gardeningfoodlife1708]

@@davidlillecrapp2960 Very true. They really don't want any kind of nutrition outside of what they get from the insects they trap

[@DanAllmighty]

water with tds 50ppm and below for vft.

[@thatonedog819]

How do you put your venus fly trap through dormancy like this?

[@Bramblerose21]

My guess is you either cover with straw or dig them up and fridge them over winter

[@fatalis454]

From what i've heared you can plant living peat moss right around where the growth point of the venus flytrap is because it'll protect the plant during dormancy.

[@obambagaming1467]

I had one in a small pot and last winter we had temperatures down to -5 degrees Celsius. It's not much but the water still froze, yet the plant survived (but some of the old leafes died

[@judymiller323]

did anyone catch the name of the liner he used?

[@thatonedog819]

Permilawn I think?

[@judymiller323]

@@thatonedog819 Thank you!

[@asherpayne6736]

I wish I could catch Eric in my venus fly trap

[@rooted-gardeningfoodlife1708]

Haha! That would be a very large fly trap indeed

[@kaydogcreations]

Those poor plants lol. What a gawd awful way to make a mess and smoosh plants into a new pot lol. ~♡~