Growing Sarracenia and Flytraps in the Desert Southwest

[@MrSanguineNights]

Hello from El Paso TX! Thank you all so much for your education and guidance. I am hoping to try carnivorous plants outdoors again soon. 🎉

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for watching! Glad that the information was inspiring. Yes, please give these plants another try. We're always here to help you out if you encounter a problem along the way. www.growcarnivorousplants.com/ask-the-growers/

[@Lolalovesghost]

I freeze plastic bottles with reverse osmosis water and use when needed. I bottom water with those frozen bottles on most of my carnivorous plants. On extra warm or hot days I slow release frozen water on my cobra plant roots. They're in partial shade anyway.

[@brendanrichter1569]

This is awesome, I feel like this video was made for me as I too live in Phoenix. I've been growing sundews indoors fairly successfully for a moderately short stretch of time, and ever since my interest in carnivorous plants I've been heartbroken at not being able to keep some of my favorites. You're enabling my obsession, and I can't thank you enough :)

[@nakedreptiles]

I grew up in Palm Springs, California and I wish this video was out then! Lost all of mine by putting them in full sun thinking they needed it only to burn them all up! Great video

[@BeautifulSymptoms]

Having moved recently from the Bay Area to Tucson I am so stoked you made this video!

[@ScaryFear]

Wow this was so interesting. I don't live in the desert but I still really enjoyed learning all this new stuff. So cool to see your plants from the start too.

[@Aeonium_PH9X]

This is my exact situation, tucson az but in love with these plants Thanks for the advice

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for watching! Glad the video was helpful.

[@gingergrellmann1459]

Thank you from New Mexico! 🥰

[@bosquebear1]

socorro says hi!

[@kennethmorck7604]

This is great! I'm in east county San Diego and I didn't think I could have any! Going to try asap

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching this video. We have lots of customers in San Diego! Visit our website for other plants that you can grow in your area. www.growcarnivorousplants.com/start-here/

[@brandong674]

Thank you this video helped a lot. I’m finally growing Venus fly traps in el Paso desert :)

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Glad it was helpful! Make sure to also watch our monthly care videos for growing tips throughout the year. www.growcarnivorousplants.com/monthly-carnivorous-plant-care/

[@Jesus-eg3yb]

Thank you for this video, I will try this as I live in San Bernardino County California, which is also dessert.

[@sunshinecarnivores1919]

Good info to know, never lived in the desert. But if I ever do this will be very helpful.

[@aosundragonkiller11]

I live in the High Desert of Southern California, staying on top of watering is a MUST. A day that goes above 100 can dry your plants - especially fuller pots extremely fast!

[@nethermae5340]

I live in the High Desert as well and totally agree. I have been growing Venus Flytraps under my patio for 2 years now and never thought to use a shade cloth.

[@brandong674]

How many hours of light do you give your plants ​@@nethermae5340

[@peppercat8718]

@@nethermae5340 I'm in So Cal Inland Empire, are your Flytraps healthy? Do they get any sun at all?

[@nethermae5340]

@peppercat8718 Yes, they get morning sun but in the shade the remainder of the day. I would love to give them more sun but the weather is so hot in the summer and will burn them. They are healthy but could be more healthier.

[@peppercat8718]

@@nethermae5340 Ok, thank you 🪴

[@Tommyr]

Excellent video for our western desert friends! Well done sir!

[@bosquebear1]

Good information!

[@TexasCarnivorous]

Great video my guy 👍 👏, im from Texas and the temperature/heat waves here are killer in the Summer. Great tip on the 30% shade cover. Any tips on where to get a good one? Perhaps a small green house like the one in your video. Thanks!

[@a.warner1418]

When I lived in Phoenix, something I noticed was that the sarracenia growth would all but halt during the hottest summer months. Is this something that's commonly seen? In essence, the plants had a spring growing season and a separate fall growing season. Do agree though that most sarracenia and flytraps did very well despite the heat!

[@k.3004]

I live in the Philippines, and some Sarracenia growers here practice a sort of dry dormancy in the hottest months, plants that favor cooler temperatures appreciate this a lot.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

That short summer dormancy is true for many parts of the country, even here in Oregon., whenever summer gets really hot. It's a natural adaptation to deal with droughts that can happen in a bog during the hottest parts of summer.

[@Aplmn4221]

I needed this video. thank you. I'm going to try this out!

[@Anonymouss222]

Do you ever trim off the sarracenia flower stalks?

[@damianv1]

Well grown.👍 4:00 Drosophyllum on the right?

[@Aplmn4221]

Yes, Drosophyllum lusitanicum - the "dewy pine"

[@mazerrackham5959]

appreciate the info and insight on which varieties did well. Am new to carnivorous plants but recently got a small flytrap. I am hoping you can clarify your watering method: do you keep the pots in a tray of water constantly, all day? Or just for ~30 minutes or whatever. Second, any special considerations for winter/dormancy?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching, and congratulations on your first Venus flytrap! Watch the following videos for more information about winter care and watering. You can also read our care guide on our website. • kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5vFZIWCiZyDibs • kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGaspmipar6mrpY • www.growcarnivorousplants.com/venus-flytrap-care/

[@Kaldosthesergal]

With the standing water in the tubs, did you have any issues with mosquitoes?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

We got a video for that! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGm6g2Cvi8iVasU

[@turk2145]

Türkiyede yaşıyorum, bu bitkileri ve güneş gülünü direk güneşe maruz bırakmalı mıyım?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for watching the video. Sarracenia and flytraps require direct sunlight, as we show in the video. Your climate in Turkey can be similar to the desert southwest.

[@CarnivorPlant]

Thanks so much for the video it really helped!! Greece's sun is like the sun from a desert nowadays ( it wasnt like that few years ago). The plants were not doing well, a lot of discoloration, especially on the flytraps and the sarracenias. Imagine a rubricorpora losing its color and become green. I think high UV's destroying the color of the plants along with high temperatures. So i have a question, a shade cloth or polyethylene-polycarbonate (lots of carnivorous plants owners grow them in these greenhouses) that blocks full UV's spectrum is better for greenhouse glazing material for our plants. Most flower greenhouses allow a percent of UV ( UVA) to color their flowers (UV makes the plant to produce anthocyanins and do secondary metabolism), what about the carnivorous plants??

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you so much for watching. I'm glad you found the video helpful. I'm curious about rubricorpora losing color. It wasn't the experience with our employee who was featured in that video. Whent that plant loses color, it's because it was heavily shaded or the soil wasn't correct (perhaps, not acidic enough). 30-40% shade cloth is sufficient in desert situations.

[@CarnivorPlant]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest Thanks for the reply!! So the rubricorpora was taking 6 or 8 hour of direct sun midday sun. The soil was peat and perlite, fully acidic. The same soil goes to my spittacinas, they also take the same amount of sunlight. The psittacinas on the other hand loved the heat and the burning sun, not even a sunburn or discoloration, The flavas and venus flytraps like B52 or dcxl lose their full color, and their vigorus growth and became green.. In spring everything is perfect but in the sunmmer everything starts to decline exept psittacinas and some sub-tropical sundews.

[@pantar0511]

do your plants go fully dormant in the winter?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Phoenix is technically USDA Zone 9b. It can get a frost, and winter low temperatures averages 35-42°F, which is cold enough for plants to stop growing for a couple of months.

[@starwing2524]

What about Sarracenia psittacina?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Curiously, it didn't grow well in the desert heat. Not sure why, but this species never to the climate. We forgot to mention it in the video!

[@gamingandgardening7729]

Can I do something else in Texas not in the desert

[@OacarBritz-lx1bp]

It 100% will not happen in Phoenix the climate has changed drastically. These are highly evolved plants. If youre going to grow them outside like youre supposed to. You need to remove the heat by 20% during the summer time

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for watching our video! That’s a pretty bold statement, and it can certainly feel as if nothing can survive in the current heat wave passing through the Southwest. We have hundreds of customers in Texas, Arizona, Utah, and Southern California who have followed our guidance over the years. This current video is essentially an update of our first desert-care video that we produced in 2009. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYOkl4GsrKh3h8k) The heat concerns for potted carnivorous plants is the same for any potted herbaceous plant, so the horticultural protocols are essentially the same. Our customers routinely give us feedback of what worked and what didn’t. So, our recommendations are based on their experience and results. The information in this video is a culmination of the information we’ve gathered from various customers throughout the Southwest. We welcome additional feedback based on your personal experience growing carnivorous plants in the Southwest. You can also submit a question to Ask The Growers if you need assistance with your carnivorous plants. www.growcarnivorousplants.com/ask-the-growers/

[@humdrumalien5029]

East Valley and my flytraps made it through this last horrible summer just fine. They always get a little crispy by the time fall finally rolls around but they survived their 2nd year here. Now they are going dormant from the cooler nights. My drosera and nepenthes stay inside and they're thriving too. Shade is the key to growing outside here and luckily my neighbor has trees that shade my backyard for the last 1/2 of the day.

[@bosquebear1]

My traps and pitchers are placed against the east wall of my house and get morning sun until 12:00 and then shade with bright indirect light the rest of the day. New Mexico here.

[@chokethewoke746]

Love these plants.