How to Feed Carnivorous Sundews like Drosera capensis

[@Stormy_9-3]

With sundews, the glands that secrete the strongest digestive juices are on the leaf surface. The tentacles do create some enzymes, but they will also bring the food to the leaf surface. I usually place a moist intact bloodworm length wise on the leaf, then take the leftover off a week later. Recently I also tried feeding my sundews and Pinguicula small drops of half & half. The results have been interesting! The ping absorbs the drop into the leaf in under an hour, then re-secretes whatever it can't break down. I'm mostly interested in seeing how the plant growth is affected by the different nutrient levels.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much for sharing your tips on How to feed Sundews Brad :-D and sending lots of love and plant power from across the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Hey, Hope all is well! thanks for watching

[@seanpereira83]

Hi Brad, thanks for your video! Your knowledge has helped me tremendously! Have you ever had a Capensis not produce dew and not curl around food? It is in the same conditions as my other Drosera and they create dew and grow just fine with no issues. I haven't tried tenting it yet, think that might be the path to take? Thanks for your time and advice as always!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

hmmm, i wonder it it doesn't have anything to do with your environment, if the others are doing well. Maybe pests or may be worth checking the roots

[@celtgunn9775]

Love this, I wonder how well the sundews will do in my area. I know winter will kill them. Guess I can try one eh? It'll have to wait though. With my few current survivals after Atlas, I've been reluctant to buy house plants even! 😂

[@BradsGreenhouse]

haha, depends which sundew you have, some like cold weather others don't.

[@andrealovette]

I tried wet dried blood worms and my plant did not accept it. So don't wet it, just put on dry? I have a very tiny plant.

[@awangkuharith2458]

Im in need of help, urgent! I have a fast growing pitcher plant in the forest near where i live and the forest is being torn down and i want to save it how do i transport it from where it is to my house? How can i do this properly? 😥

[@JohnJames.]

Awangku Harith , how'd it go

[@awangkuharith2458]

@@JohnJames. went great had help from a few of the youtubers givving guide on the do's and dont's and had it sent to the ministry of agriculture to be relocated 😄

[@JohnJames.]

Awangku Harith , awesome great to hear , good looking out

[@awangkuharith2458]

@@JohnJames. i just recently purchase a few pitcher plants just a question on my mind.... They planted in sphagnum moss filled pot not the dirt type but the long looking type... Does this really work in growing them or is there a mixture to make the substrate?

[@dontcensorme1]

I've had a pair of these for about a week now any there's no moisture where the dewdrops should be 👀 does anyone have any thoughts on this? Please and thank you 😊

[@ethanruderman870]

My Drosera Capensis I’ve had for a few months was doing pretty well for a while. I grow it inside under artificial lights. It put up its first flower stalk under my watch about a month ago. While it was flowering i noticed that the plants leaves where tiny compared to its older leaves. The new leaves have dew but only grow a little bit and then stop, as if the leaves were unable to grow any further. I cut off the flower stalk and was hoping to see the plant bounce back, but it’s gotten worse. The tips of about half of its leaves are turning brown and the brown parts are spreading down the leaves. I tried cutting the brown parts off but it doesn’t work. The plant has the lighting, humidity, water, and food that it needs, but it just won’t do well. I’ve looked online and can’t find anything. Any help is appreciated.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

I’d make sure the roots are good

[@redrumax]

My sundews are outside still , in UK still warm, and I saw 2 small flies stuck to them today

[@missdaytona]

Kind of off topic, but I have a few heli’s about an inch tall each, will using 5 drops of diluted max sea fertilizer be safe? And any brands of fish food recommendations for them?

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Pretty tiny for fertilizer yet, any brand of fish food should work

[@DUNDOM5]

Can I use fish pellets for only for Capensis, or even for Drosera Spatulata, Binata and Nidiformis?

[@skark3918]

u can use it for any drosera.. i feed my droseras with little pieces of chicken meat :)

[@lorib1696]

I found out I'm getting some pygmy sundew gemmae (Drosera micrantha) for Christmas. Can I feed the tiny plants fish food as well or is the powder too drying for sundews that are that small?

[@BradsGreenhouse]

nice! it should be fine, go easy at first.

[@kevingingell4493]

Hi I don't own any carnivorous plants but was thinking about a pitcher plant for my Polly tunnel and maybe a sundew, dispite. Looking in to a bit I can't seem to find out if the fluid inside a pitcher trap needs to be topped up , or what with? Thanks in advance UK kev

[@pershop4950]

Some people say fill it to half, some say don't fill it. I've filled them and they were continuing to do just fine.

[@kevingingell4493]

@@pershop4950 With what? Normal rain water or chilled broiled water, thanks for the reply btw!

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

You should have come back to the capensis about 30 minutes later to show everybody the way the leaves curl around the food

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Totally true

[@yeetyeetitsdacoolkid.9534]

Hey, Just got a sundew, same as yours ( from what I see ) I live in Australia and its spring, we are trying to get the water needed so how long can a sundew be in a tray of tap water before dying. I’m trying to get it as soon as possible, can I have some tips too? Thx!

[@heyagamer66]

Its not good to use tap water on the plants. It is better to use distilled water.

[@rexelsaure4536]

Its not recommended to use tap water, its better to use rain water or purified water instead of tap water dear.

[@gabrielalexander3069]

@@heyagamer66 Is ok to use tap water if its under 100 TDS.

[@animaghosh5979]

Can I use aquarium fish food for pitcher plant ? If yes then what kind of food may i use for it ? Please reply me

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Yes you can, I don’t think the variety matters

[@animaghosh5979]

@@BradsGreenhouse thanks a lot...

[@zanapaulson5921]

Do carnivorous plants have flowers? or are the pitchers like on nepenthes the flower part?

[@seanpereira83]

They do make flowers! The pitchers are not the flower part... typically the flowers grow out of the center mass of carnivorous plants like another leaf but it is markedly different in structure

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Sean is correct, some have beautiful flowers....others not so much :/

[@nathaliegrieves3859]

I feed mine with blood worms. They seem fine on it .

[@Tommyr]

I use "Betta bites". A whole bite on a few leaves per plant.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

nice, yes i've hear they work well to!

[@xtp415x]

Hi. Do you moisten the bite a little bit first or just drop it onto them as is?

[@Tommyr]

@@xtp415x I crush them and sprinkle some on the plant.

[@xtp415x]

@@Tommyr got it, thanks!

[@Nasrou89]

How old are those plants? Is it common to capensis to have multiple growth point ?

[@BradsGreenhouse]

It’s about 10 years old. I think It froze one time and the growth tip died, came back with several tips

[@Banana04218]

So interesting

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thanks

[@jfo2180]

Do you sell any of your plants? If so how do I find your store?

[@BradsGreenhouse]

J Fo if your in Canada my store is www.Bradsgreenhouse.ecwid.com

[@gayjojofan1905]

Just saw this vid. right after I fead my drosera paleacea!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Nice, that’s good timing

[@ChristosChristos]

How to feed VFTs next!!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

haha, they are dormant

[@ChristosChristos]

@@BradsGreenhouse Just wake one up for the shake of science and youtube! I have also a huge collection of carnivorous plants and I've been feeding them all these years with Beta fish blood worms. Small balls of worm powder inside distilled water and then fed to them. On droseras, cephalotus, etc I just drop them there. On VFTs I have to massage the trap as well. So I am curious if you are going to follow the same process. For example, I didn't know that you can just drop the powder on the drosera leaves just like that without getting hydrated beforehand!

[@pvtpain66k]

the sticky part is called a "Trichome". Like the part of weed that gets you high, except they eat bugs with it. :D

[@BradsGreenhouse]

cool, good to know!

[@PaigeGariepy]

The stickiest of trichomes, these are some dank carnivorous plants.

[@mooseman1071]

I just leave mine outside and they catch tons of bugs.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

definitely, if they are outside they will catch tons.

[@partygecko7801]

Can’t wait to use this on my new drosera rotundifolias when they come out of dormancy

[@BradsGreenhouse]

definitely!

[@mad-b264]

Now there sticky sundew's, I use Green24, Adenium feed Professional Fertiliser, My sundew is producing a flower, An i only bought them about week an half ago, My Fly Traps are producing new mouth's i like too call them, Load's of em, I got them under a blue an red LED, An they are going for it, I am fascinated in the Sundew's more than the Pitcher an Fly Trap's i bought, I will be buying some more a setting up a Carnivorous corner in my flat, lol, I used too grow cannabis but the UK Gov an police have told me i can't do it again, lol, Not getting locked up again for a few plant's Even tho i use it for medical reason's, We are not allowed too grow cannabis in the UK, So i thought i would have a go at some Carnivorous plant's, Even going too start some veggies in a few weeks, Gov can't tell me i cant grow food, Or carnivorous plants, lol, It's a joke coz i believe by studying plant's regardless of what they is will always be beneficial, Like what did the Ancient people know about plant's that we do not, Plan't are medicine as well as poisons, Understanding the medical side of plants will always be beneficial....

[@elliaunabellaplum]

Erk

[@andreasrieser326]

My Capensis is sleeping. I Think it is better for him.

[@microwavedcheetos]

0:53 hes getting confused with all these carni plants, he said pitcher

[@lecitoyenduparis2152]

You are nice.Very interesting

[@BradsGreenhouse]

thanks!

[@thenightswatch1083]

They eat bugs in the wild.... you acknowledged this by saying if you keep them indoors where there's not a lot of bugs.... WHY NOT FEED THEM BUGS? fruit flies are easy to get, pinheads, dubia nymphs... something. Then you lost me at fertilizer. No offense but this comes off like the goofballs that work at PetSmart trying to explain tarantula care but don't know Grammastola from Aviculera because the sign says "fancy tarantulas"😢. Yikes.

[@eemil.saapasmalmi9840]

FIRST

[@nathaliegrieves3859]

Yours looks a bit unhealthy