How To Make The Best Pinguicula Mexican Butterwort Soil Mix

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

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[@shortari5543]

I like how you explain the soil mix for pings! So much conflicting information out there. Worth purchasing yours vs others.

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Thank you so much!

[@JasonMace-j5x]

Wanted to say I love your videos so much. I just received my first bags of carnivorous plant soil and the crushed glass topper/amendment. I absolutely love the crushed glass on top of my ping bowls.

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Aweome Jason! Thank you so much for your kind words and for supporting my business, it really means so much! I also love the glass as a topper. Just adds that little something extra!

[@erikac3353]

I’ll definitely be getting this mix when I get ready to repot!

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Right on!!! Thank you!

[@tox1827]

I am so happy your shop is growing, I finally bought you flytrap soil and I'm so excited for it😊

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Thank you so much for your support, it means so much to me!

[@iconoclast518]

I use a dehumidifier in my garage set to 35% to dry my pumice, perlite and sand. Seems to work well, thanks for sharing your mix the glass is interesting. I don't typically rinse my peat and may have to try that.

[@dolcev1135]

Very informative! Thank you for the video. I wanted to buy the soil, but shipping cost was too high for me. Maybe in the future.

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

I definitely understand, thank you so much for considering me!

[@Jfoster6928]

As far as drying it out, you might want to try using some high quality heating mats. Put one on the bottom of the container, 1 in the middle of the dirt and probably 1 on top.

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Hey, that's a super good idea! I'm definitely going to try that!!

[@MrSonoru]

For drying, a heating mat should help. However, if you're drying it out outdoors while it's still warm, perhaps spread the mix on a black surface? Solar food dryer also popped into my head just now, but I wonder how effective that would be

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Interesting, I'll have to look into that!

[@bassinwithbrody4865]

Hey man, I’ve seen a good bit of your Venus fly trap videos. I wanted to ask you how’s your Venus fly trap nursery dream coming along? Have you succeeded at all?

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

It's been slow! I'm now selling substrate and hope to start selling pings soon. It's moving along, slowly, but definitely moving! Thank you for supporting my channel and for checking in!

[@bassinwithbrody4865]

@@CarnivorousPlantsHub yeah man no problem. I bought a dormant Venus flytrap seedling from Lowe’s around 6 months ago but that thing ain’t ever grow. However, today I bought an already grown but still young Venus fly trap as well as a pitcher plant from Lowe’s. I have the both of them sitting outside in my screen porch with plenty of sunlight. I also have them sitting in their own tray, but since I don’t have any distilled water at hand, I had to resort to a fresh rain puddle from a short rainstorm a few hours ago. Ik it’s not ideal but it’s the best I can do as of rn. Also, I plan on repotting them tomorrow into some orchid moss. I have some pretty limited resources but orchid moss will still work fine (thanks to one of your videos I know this information). Another thing, I tried to feed my fly trap an earwig but it didn’t ever close even though I made sure it touched the trigger hairs multiple times. I looked it up and apparently most store bought traps have already resorted to photosynthesis as a main energy source, so they won’t clamp down on bugs. It said that once new traps have grown then it will return back to normal. I ended up just taking the earwig and let him go for a slide down the pitcher plant where he will take a nice long spicy nap.

[@lingualunatic]

How much of your soil is needed to fill one of your pots for the vft/sarracenia and ping pots? Also I assume done your winding it it’s good to go once purchased and we can plant straight away with no rinsing?

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

A 2 quart bag fills 1 of the planters. The kit with a 2 quart bag and 1 planter will be enough to fill it. I always pack in more than 2 quarts to make sure you have enough to fill that planer with a little left over. And yes, it's all pre rinsed, when you get it, it's ready to go.

[@lingualunatic]

@@CarnivorousPlantsHubawesome! And for the vft doing which size fills the pot you sell?

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't see you asked about pings. Too. My answe above was for venus flytraps substrate and the bigger planter. For the ping soil, a 1 quart bag fill the ping planter and then some.

[@Biggest_monkeOfficial]

Can you use river water for pitcher plants?

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Just depends. Everywhere has different levels of minerals and nutrients in the ground. You'd have to test with a TDS meter to know for sure.

[@markv7390]

Where do you buy crushed glass?

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

I source it from a sand blasting company. It's kind of expensive to ship and hard to find.

[@Esmexie]

Can I make a container garden with pinguicula moctezumae and Venus fly trap? I was thinking about putting the pinguiculas on rocks and sphagnum moss. Should I just leave the Venus fly trap in its own container? Also I noticed some mold and saw a tiny white bug in my Venus plant container. Should I be worried? I may be watering it too much

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

I would not combine a flytrap with a ping. The ping requires a lot less light. The flytrap really should he outside in full sun. Also, the flytrap requires a winter dormancy, the ping does not. Flytraps are temperate and pings are tropical. They just have very different care requirements and should probably be grown separately.

[@Esmexie]

@@CarnivorousPlantsHub thank you for sharing this information! I appreciate it!

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Of course!!