Grow Carnivorous Plants! Volume 1 - Venus Flytraps, Sarracenia, and Other Cold Hardy Plants

Produced in 2009 as part of the 3-Volume DVD set, Grow Carnivorous Plants! Filmed in 640x480.
No terrariums. No myths. No nonsense. Just the straight facts from guys who grow and propagate thousands of carnivorous plants every year since 1995.
Jeff Dallas and Jacob Farin are owners of Sarracenia Northwest, a carnivorous plant nursery in Oregon, USA. With over 50 years of combined experience, they will share with you their no-nonsense approach to growing some of the most spectacular plants in the world.
In Volume 1, Jeff and Jacob will show you:
• How to provide the optimal sunlight for Venus flytraps and Sarracenia.
• How to test your water quality. Tap water is possible!
• How to make your own soil mix.
For information about winter care and common plant problems, read their ebook, The Ultimate Carnivorous Plant Guide for Beginners.
www.growcarniv...
Music is licensed by CSS Music:
"Rural Reflections"
"Picket Fences"
"Three Rivers"
"Farm to Market"
"Mid Summers Dream"
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GROW CARNIVOROUS PLANTS SERIES
When the 3-volume Grow Carnivorous Plants DVD series was released in 2010, it was the first of its kind - professionally produced videos about carnivorous plant care hosted by growers who grew and propagated carnivorous plants for a living. The stream-lined methods they share in the videos are the same methods they use in their nursery.
Volume 1 - North American Carnivorous Plants (Venus Flytraps, Sarracenia, and Others)
Volume 2 - Tropical Sundews and Butterworts.
Volume 3 - Tropical Pitcher Plants
Each volume contains a general-care video, approximately 45 minutes, that covers essential concepts about sunlight, water, soil, and humidity and how they relate to specific groups of plants. Other videos in each volume cover other horticultural topics, such as repotting, propagation, and common problems.
The DVDs are currently out of print, but portions of it are now available for viewing on Sarracenia Northwest's KZbin channel. Make sure to subscribe for notification of new carnivorous plant videos.

[@brycedunn5556]

I remember asking my dad to download this series for me when I was a little kid, thanks for uploading! I’m 19 now and just starting to get back into growing

[@pseudotaco]

@Bryan Cayson Wow, how very unsuspicious that both of your accounts are 3 weeks old (and were created on the exact same day) and you both replied on the same day!

[@AquaLady153]

@@pseudotaco 🤔

[@beckhambrayan6826]

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[@bashirebrown6845]

Good going

[@eventerminator1382]

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[@ilpigliamosche]

Very good guys, I've been following you for a long time and now I also have my own channel, inspired by you! I have been growing carnivorous plants for 40 years but I'm a novice on KZbin! Greetings from Italy! Andrea Amici

[@whompmaster]

0:15 Nice idea as you don't have to worry about watering it everyday.

[@halohalo7425]

Love love your educational video. You guys are like the PBS show The Kratts Brothers but for Carnivorous Plants!!! My son and I are ready to make a mini bog for our garden. He is so incredibly fascinated by these plants he is willing to put the effort in growing at such a young age of 5.

[@parrotbill9072]

Oh by the way Venus Fly Traps grow in the wild here in the Panhandle of Florida, out in the national forest. The story on how they got here in the 1930s is linked below... www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq7350.html

[@tijmen131]

Amazing that we get to see these video series for free now 🙂

[@JohnJames.]

I hope they make more money with them

[@buggsy5]

@@JohnJames. Maybe a little. They are not getting hundreds of thousands of views. If you haven't already bought it, get their downloadable/printable e-book. I think it is only about $10.

[@ravingcyclist624]

Very thorough comprehensive video! You guys put a LOT of work into this. I hope your business is thriving! I'm just starting to build a bog garden. This was very helpful!!

[@parrotbill9072]

I built a beautiful bog garden for my Sarracinia with wall to wall live Spagnum Moss. Then the squirrels moved in and started digging them all up, turning over the moss and up rooting my pitcher plants, and they trampled my Venus Fly Traps, broke the new pitchers off of my Purpurea, so I had to put them in pots and move them back up by the house. But Still raising havoc on my Flavas up rooting and breaking pitchers, with a little help from my pellet gun, I put over a dozen squirrels in my freezer and now my garden is doing well. Hope by middle of summer they will all fill in and maybe I can put some of my Venus Fly Traps back out in the bog garden again. Squirrels taste very good in gravy. 😁

[@ehenjehhehdhdbje3201]

Parrot Bill your an animal

[@parrotbill9072]

@@ehenjehhehdhdbje3201 we are all animals, I have a hobby business as a ADC (Animal Damage Control) Trapper. I mostly remove Beaver that damage private property. Being that the state forbids the animals to be relocated, they go into my freezer. Don't believe in taking a life without fully utilizing it, so I also learned to tan the hides. In other words, if they're going to eat my prized plants, I'm going to eat them.😁

[@ehenjehhehdhdbje3201]

Parrot Bill oh ok I see my bad

[@parrotbill9072]

@@ehenjehhehdhdbje3201 by the way, I just released a possum today that got into my squirrel trap. They don't eat carnivorous plants, and they taste like crap. 😁

[@tedfuchs9132]

@@parrotbill9072 ,in the past I've tried to be nice until I found skunks in my live traps twice. I have a long cord on them now so I can open the trap from a distance.

[@thedead6089]

this is the type of video my science teacher would make us watch

[@bashirebrown6845]

Teach the teacher what u know

[@harryghurbs5996]

I've been growing CP's for awhile now never stop learning thanks for the in depth information Sarracenia Northwest awesome video thanks guys

[@Telthecelt]

I agree, great video. I'm just getting into them again after a few years. Hopefully more successful this time, but I think I need to invest in a grow light as our winters are too long and dark.

[@HenryLei]

Many thanks for making this video free! I have been growing CP for a long time, and I still learned from a watching this video.

[@greenfingers9437]

What a fantastic video! All the information a beginner like me needs to know! Thank you 🙏

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Glad it was helpful!

[@duranconstruction1086]

What a great video, thank you for uploading it.

[@paulb7365]

Most informative video i have ever seen, thank you!!

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Glad it was helpful!

[@erikm8372]

This channel and all of you behind the scenes are an absolute godsend. Not only w carnivorous plants, but I'm just inspired to garden (period) after watching!

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for your kind comment. I'm very glad that these videos have been very helpful.

[@Mel-qr5ob]

If they grow in peat can I use sphagnum instead?

[@ep1cmau756]

@@Mel-qr5ob yes you can grow them in sphagnum moss but peat is better

[@jacobrivera-grady7621]

Thanks for sharing what you know and love🙏🏼 y'all are great

[@carolangelus888]

Thank you guys so much. I randomly bought two butterworts and here lately they seem to be just barely hanging on. One is in a store bought terrarium that came in a carnivorous kit where the seeds died off because it just didn't have a good time at the start. It stayed in a box for about seven days while the postal service figured my address out. I check on my plants daily, but I've noticed that the soil is holding in too much water and causing roots to rot. I'm tried to base my soil mix from this video when I first started, but deviated with other videos available. A lot of videos had stated that butterworts were shade loving plants and I've been wondering why mine are not growing so well. I'm going to make immediate changes based on your videos and see if they do so much better. A butterwort that I had outside wound up with a fungus gnats infestation that I've been trying to clean up. It was losing some roots due to the infestation, I did pick the larvea out and it's been going through a lot of trauma lately so I'm going to move it back inside and under a lamp. You guys are greatly appreciated here!

[@christinewestrum1788]

You had me at “...the Sundew won’t do dew.”

[@bashirebrown6845]

It's like sweet honey

[@FLONASIA]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@eleanormckelvaine6939]

Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida………what happened? What’s missing? Oh yeah; the state that “must not be named” 🙀 Does anyone know how many times this happens? I don’t either, but too damn much! It’s called MISSISSIPPI! It’s not hard to say, just hard to spell as a first grader! 😆😁 (we’re not all racist bastards}

[@dodameh8641]

Love you guys but you should really consider updating those old videos, I mean the videoqualty of 480 is just tooo bad, I could not watch all of it because my eyes hurt :) still thumbs up ;)

[@kaikart123]

If only I knew about these 16 years ago... Also my well water has 20ppm TDS, so I am in the luck here.

[@janeyann8316]

Can you keep the pots of carnivorous plants in metal (rusting iron/steel) cachepots? Will the water inside the cachepot dissolve the rusting iron or steel and harm the carnivorous plant?

[@codeman1419]

Yes, not a good idea

[@ricocampbell9707]

Great video bros,first time grower,got pepe' from Walmart, wanna get him outta the death capsule...can u use the zoomed,mix sold in petco,ect

[@Carol32547]

I was given s pitcher plant years ago that resembled a spider plant with big water pitchers at the ends of the spiders that hang down. Could you give more information to care for those?

[@vivimannequin]

I think you're talking about nepenthes. Those things are harder to care for than sarracenias or venus flytraps in my opinion since some requirements depend of the exact species or hybrid cultivar.

[@mdsentu5113]

I read it as "Grow coronavirus plant". Lol

[@savedbygrace5152]

Lol that is funny!

[@Telthecelt]

That word is an invasive species! :)

[@ak_icedviking5778]

Seeing so many of my favorite carnivorous plants with many different cultivars in one place would overwhelm me lol

[@praysing77]

Great video, now I know how to save my sundew. Thank you!!!!.......

[@Luckelux]

I wouldn't mind planting a big bush of something that eats grasshopper out of my garden.

[@bashirebrown6845]

I remember, I smelled1; it smelled so good. I licked it, my tongue got stuck by a thorn. I cried, but I bought it anyway.

[@bashirebrown6845]

That 1right there, 2plants b4this 1

[@droptopmaids8474]

What about humidity? My plants almost died until I put them into a terrarium

[@trogdordog04smith95]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@DUNDOM5]

Why didnt you include Darlingtonia californica in your video? Also you didnt share any information on winter dormancy.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

This video is the primary chapter in Volume 1. Darlingtonia is a separate chapter, as are repotting and propagation. Those chapters are not yet released.

[@dawners4228]

Amazing video very informative

[@chestbuster1987]

Your videos are the best! One question though: is it normal for the water that filters through peat to have a higher PPM reading? I wetted my peat moss with distilled water and the reading came out as around 200-300 PPM.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for watching the video! We did a video about this topic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmrEl6l_ZbZ-ebMsi=WHBC_8fbvGsuGMrF

[@KarenVollertsen]

I was out to your gardens in the spring.The .most fascinating garden I have ever seen. I bought a small picture plant it is doing wonderful I take pictures every week to see its Progress .My husband feeds it Flys and loves the plants I got from you.Scott and I are friends I beleave he had lunch with you I don't know what I would do with out him has Taught alot. I you are Interested in see some of my pictures I'll see if I can send some.I want to thank you so Much for seeing your gardens I will never for get it. .y phone is no T printing right so hope you can read this. Karen vollertsen

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you so much for visiting the nursery! We very much enjoyed meeting you and Scott. Hope you're enjoying your new plants.

[@btardedbot2.2.62]

Hahaha. It's like an old advertisement (really cheezey) 🤣 I'd just speak to the camera rather than do the whole scene and setting Is A GREAT CHANNEL never the less ✔️✌️☮️

[@martindelacruz2927]

Classic information is better than some growers currently, wow now I’m going to get my plants from you guys now!

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you so much! Yeah, 2009 is now classic! I had one viewer ask what a DVD series is. I felt so old.

[@XtianApi]

Those strips come with chlorine tests as well. Just have to get the right one. Also, ro water can be much lower than 12. I have some tips if anyone cares

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for watching our video. You don't need to test for chlorine. These plants are not sensitive to it. We started our nursery in Portland city limits with chlorinated water. We used water straight from the tap without any filtration. Yes, RO water can be lower than 12, but that all depends on membranes, water pressure, and starting TDS level. At the time we produced this video in 2009, that was the best we could do given the equipment we had. Now, we can get our water down to 1 ppm. However, 12 ppm is perfectly fine to use, too! The key concept is that mineral levels should be low, preferably below 50 ppm.

[@therisinggarden5928]

Are wetting agents bad for carnivorous plants?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

We haven't seen it to be an issue for carnivorous plants. It's usually the quality of the peat moss that is most important.

[@Jon-mz2wp]

N.C and Canada they grow well ?! Welcome to Ny Ny where im no Trap Whisper and they DIE !!! 😂 Been buying several plants in plastic containers. Yet had very little insight on them ! Recently i purchased a new one which seemed strong wit a Stalk ! I cut the salk off after i repotted it. ( Spyagnum around the pots borders , Peat Moss with Lava rocks above to retain water, 6 in' pot in a pot of 3 in of water) The traps seemingly close during repotting ! The stalks I cut 1 in each and planted in the same pot upright ( theyve turned black ) the open traps i fed at different times Blood Worms ( Moist / crushed) . i offer these traps more than12 hrs of light. Yet went out one day coming back to a withering plant ?! My Sundew is 2 ins from it in another pot growing well ! I slowly rotate both in LED lighting daily ?! The Venus fly trap hold its color nursing on disitiled water as always. Yet is this plant Dormant or attempting to take a dirt nap ( dying) Also plants grown indoors !!! Thanks !!

[@TheCarnivoreConnection]

Im making bog gardens around my dog pens to help kill the flies! Thanks for your inspiration!

[@sharonjahelka6652]

Thank you very informative really appreciate all the input

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Glad it was helpful!

[@twunderaquatics1770]

As far as water I'm lucky I guess. Well water out of tap has a 30 to 40 tds. I even have pitcher plants growing in containers on my small pond. They do better for some reason.

[@lindadavisl6914]

I really enjoyed this I don't know that I'm interested in that type of plant but I do know that I was interested in what you had to say about it thank you very much

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Annette-tq2rl]

You guys ROCK., thanks for teaching us how not to kill our plants.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you! Hopefully, you will give these plants a try with the new information you now have.

[@britthealthunprofessional7145]

What about if I plant them outside in a boggy-wet area? With some minerals naturally in water There are a few parts that are kind of wet even in peak summer very moist If not still wet... We have some annoying flies and I said to myself “I need a creature here to kill them” then days later looked up natives to add this year and was surprised to see purple pitcher carnivorous and possibly sundews in my area but some ppl online make me wonder if it’ll work... bc it gets super cold here and I suspect we have some minerals in water... I’m gonna try them anyways Thanks for the video!!!!

[@Patch978]

Can we "overfeed" our venus fly trap?

[@cyfangz9238]

yes

[@Villosa64]

@@cyfangz9238 no u technically cant the plant’s leaves will sometimes die when u feed it too much to prevent itself from expending too much energy to digest an insect when it already have enough nutrients to grow properly

[@cyfangz9238]

@@Villosa64 yes, but activating all the traps while feeding multiple times can exhaust the plant's energy, leaves dying reducing photosynthesis is just the icing on the cake

[@Swede_4_DJT]

Greetings from Sweden. You guys just got yourselves a new subscriber.

[@ricardocaliman2830]

very informative! I did not catch the maximum amount of sun they can withstand.... I live in south america in 12 hours per day all year.

[@chevyvega6622]

do you have any examples of effects using well water on carnivorous plants? Trying to track down an issue, either bad peat bales, or bad well water. The entire crop this season is slinky, narrow, and curling at the tips of new growth for the tall sarracenia. The purps are growing tall n narrow rather than short and stubby. Flytraps are showing crinkly leaves and deformed traps resembling a letter S. mixed into the peat is either perlite or silica sand.

[@orchidjewels4823]

Do you sell plants or seeds?

[@TheLastStand1]

Can I use rocks such as river rocks for my terrarium that has a Venus flytrap it’s for aesthetic purposes?

[@TheLastStand1]

Also how can i test that my rocks are safe or what types of rocks can I use to display in my terrarium?

[@absurdnerd7624]

It is incorrect to say that all plants need three things and one of those things is soil. Perhaps you have heard of plankton which lives free floating in water?

[@EliezaBaby]

Green pitcher do you propagate and raise seeds ? And do you do conservation on it and release in its native habitats ?

[@TheOldestSoul]

Excellent!!! Thank you, brothers!!!

[@bashirebrown6845]

You're welcome

[@masespacecadette4466]

Would dehumidifier water be sufficient? Ive been using it for several months and i personaly havent noticed negative effects but whats your professional opinion?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

That sort of water is form of distilled water, so it's perfectly fine to use!

[@masespacecadette4466]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest Important 2 part question. I have 2 flytraps ive had indoors for almost 10months under lights potted in sphagnum moss. I need to move them outside into a green house tent. A; can throw them directly into the tent? Or would i need to aclimate them gradually? Also should i switch them up to a pete moss mix ? I live in Southern California and are in fairly mid spring, is it too late to switch their medium? Sorry for the paragraph, really appreciate your knowledge !🙏

[@Towardrisk]

Audio is sooo much better than video it's throwing me off haha

[@davidlillecrapp2960]

Few people know that in the far south west of western Australia there are around 200 species of carnivorous plants, over a quarter of all species in the world.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching! We cover some of those Australian plants in Volume 2 and 3.

[@davidlillecrapp2960]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest great, I'll have a look!

[@chesterdevenecia7665]

hi. do you sell pitcher plant seeds? thanks

[@StrangeDisposition]

I know it’s necessary but it’s unfortunate that carnivorous plant stores are closed for 2020. Just as I was starting to get into carnivorous plants, the pandemic happened. ☹️

[@vaughnster3558]

You can always order from Sarracenia Northwest if you live in the U.S.! They sell their plants online and package them really well so that they arrive in good condition. Here’s a link to their site if you’re interested - www.growcarnivorousplants.com

[@nourhanateout7187]

How do u get rid of pest bugs when growing outside?

[@GuineaPigMan2]

That little bug on the left at 30:00 is in for a surprise

[@chevyvega6622]

what is the model make of the RO system?

[@bashirebrown6845]

All important things that I know, that are really cool; I'm giving them all2u

[@bashirebrown6845]

No tap water, spring water is best

[@bashirebrown6845]

Rain

[@bashirebrown6845]

Use rain

[@renaehammel8340]

Could you make a small floating pot/island and grow them in a water garden or else grow them in the edges?

[@Jimbob0947]

Yes, but only if the water is very low minerals

[@droptopmaids8474]

I’m from Az

[@AlejandroJaime213]

I read coronavirus lol

[@CrashHeadroom]

Ok, i've asked this on 3 "growers" on youtuve and so far all are ignoring me so I hope you can help me out on this one bud. Flowers on pitchers and flytraps, should I cut them off? The person who got me into growing them LONG ago said I should as, the way they put it the plant puts more energy into growing the flower, and stunts the growth of the trap itself. Is this true or not? As I've seen many people actually keeping their flowers on youtube and still getting nice sized traps.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching our video! You might be interested in this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6C9c6yuoLZkopo We got lots more videos about Sarracenia care on our channel too!

[@CrashHeadroom]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest That's fantastic bud thank you very much :) Gonna' leave the flowers on my larger ones and cut em off the smaller growing ones, perfect.

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

I just add a bit of 3-9% vinegar to the water to make it soft and acidic. Vinegar neutralises the salts. I have successfully grown these plants like that for many years with flowering and self-propagation. I add around 1 ml per liter. You can use a suringe or it's around a teaspoon per gallon. 😊

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching the video! Maybe you can help me understand the science behind your claim that vinegar neutralizes salts And when you say salts, I assume you mean calcium carbonate, the main mineral in drinking water. If anything, won't vinegar make calcium more ionic and keep it in solution? My understanding of inorganic and organic chemistry is that salts tend to remain in solution in the presence of acids but will precipitate out in the presence of bases. Vinegar (or acetic acid) is a weak acid, and at 0.1% concentration of 3-9% vinegar, the actual amount of vinegar is very low. Of course, as an organic compound, it won't hurt carnivorous plants, but I don't understand the claim that it neutralizes salts, namely calcium carbonate, especially at that concentration. Perhaps you can shed light on this.

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest I am not a chemist or a biologist, but it seems I generally agree with you. Yes, the vinegar dissolves the salts in its solution, on the one hand, but on the other, the acid neutralises the alkaline effect that the salts would otherwise have, which is otherwise their most damaging aspect to the soil. However, I forgot to mention that before adding the vinegar I boil the water in a kettle, and that makes at least some of the salts precipitate from the solution. Also, once a month I top water the plants, so the salts dissolved by the vinegar drain out of the pot. I've been doing that for a few years. The plants even flower numerous times in summer.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Yes, vinegar dissolves salts, and so does water. The issue is that vinegar doesn't remove minerals from water. That's the point about using pure water. The only proven methods to remove minerals is through distillation, reverse-osmosis, or ZeroWater filtration. Boiling water does NOT remove or precipitate minerals. If anything, it will increase the mineral concentration in water because you're removing water molecules. Minerals will also remain in solution at higher temperatures, so the idea that boiling water precipitates minerals is false. We're not concerned with the negative ion of a salt. We're concerned with its positive ion, which contains the metal atom (Ca, Mg, Fe, and Cu are common metals found in tap and well water.) That's the part that "burns" carnivorous plant roots. While I don't doubt that your plants are growing well, I can't accept your rationale for using it. It's not based on any known concepts in inorganic and organic chemistry. The amount of vinegar you're using (0.1% of 3-9% vinegar) is also very low to have any significant activity. Vinegar is considered a weak acid. So, while your plants are growing well with the addition of vinegar to your water, I strongly doubt it's doing anything beneficial. You might have the same results without the vinegar. I'm very much open to new ideas as long as they are testable, repeatable, and backed by scientific concepts. I'm just not seeing it here with your assumptions about vinegar.

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest Doesn't limescale form by calcium salts precipitating during boiling?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Limescale forms on the sides of pots after the water cools and evaporates from the pot. However, that doesn't mean that there is less minerals in the pot of water. If minerals are precipitating in the water after boiling, you've already created a saturated solution. The water can't hold any more calcium carbonate in solution, so the excess precipitates out. If you want mineral-free water, you need to capture the steam that occurs when boiling your water. This is distilled water. The remaining water in the pot will have a higher mineral content. You need to measure the mineral levels of your water before and after boiling if you want to make a claim that boiling lowers mineral levels. But based on countless lab experiments by second-year chemistry students at universities throughout the world (and having done this experiment myself in lab), I can attest that mineral concentration levels increase when you boil water because water molecules evaporate at a faster rate than dissolved ions. Again, only the captured steam is free of minerals. This is the principle of distillation.

[@clintparsons3989]

Some of my sarracenia arent even awake yet. Could it be because i repotted last month? My d. Filiformis is still in the hybernaculum,too. Irs a very healthy hibernacula, but its stil asleep.My darlingtonia is very asleep.

[@mr.scythe2025]

Your plants should be wide and awake from dormancy, if its not that maybe humidity issues? Of this is none im sorry to break it too you, your plant might be dead😥

[@clintparsons3989]

@@mr.scythe2025 since i posted that, all of the leaces shot up and are still developing, but are all at peast a foot tall. My "normal" outside plants were slow to start, too come to thjnk of it. I guess it was just unseasonally chilly this spring combined with the stress of repotting that set them back.

[@uxleumas]

Can you over sunlight or light(I know it's not proper grammer at all but I can't think of a word) a pitcher plant(Sarracenia)?

[@mr.scythe2025]

I might be able to help you but i would need better grammar( ik its hard to think of better wording, but is there any way you can?

[@fishby8070]

Hi Samuel. I think you mean is will too much sunlight hurt the pitcher plant. The answer is no but make sure that the roots are cool. The plant might start turning red when getting a lot of sunlight and that's perfectly normal because they produce carotenoids to protect the leaves from burning.

[@shiftyjesusfish]

Also.

[@sebastianarzadun6452]

Great video !

[@uxleumas]

I have grown a cape sundew and venus flytrap from seed, I give it a lamp led light, and warm it up near a heater at night(when it's winter) when will they flower? I feed them A LOT. I also have a asian pitcher plant in a gel or tissue culture gel terrariums, I notices that the leaves look like when you spray water on paper and it gets wavey. how can I solve this? thanks!

[@mr.scythe2025]

Regards to the light and heater, if its in winter it wants to go dormant if you dont let it go dormant( less light, heat, and water) it will die after a year or 2

[@mr.scythe2025]

The flower blooms in spring IF given the correct environment

[@mr.scythe2025]

Lastly, i wouldn't know about your asian pitcher plant

[@mr.scythe2025]

Ive been growing these plants for six years so, your safe im not giving you false info, i want the best for every plant grower and especially These plants

[@crale9814]

What about jonesii, Alabamensis, and Rosea? :(

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Rosea is unofficially a form of purpurea. Jonesii and alabamensis are subspecies of rubra. So, these forms are technically covered in the video. Their care is exactly the same.

[@crale9814]

Sarracenia Northwest okay forgot about the controversy. Thanks for the vid regardless, to each their own!

[@andangkosasih2941]

Great .... I love your work

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you so much 😀

[@chevyvega6622]

only problem with this site is there is very little to choose from

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching our videos! In regards to the inventory, check back monthly. Our inventory changes monthly and seasonally. February is also our slowest month of the year, so we don't post many plants. We have new crops coming up in March and April. Make sure to subscribe to our newsletter for inventory updates.

[@chevyvega6622]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest looking for leucos, mooreii x leuco, and red tube rubricorpora.

[@tedfuchs9132]

Congratulations on twenty five years. P.S. I've tried to grow peat for several years. Do you guys ever turn loose of any of your peat moss plants?

[@buggsy5]

Last time I talked to Jeff, they didn't have any excess beyond their nursery needs.

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Live sphagnum moss? You can buy it from online retailers.

[@cynthiaestrada8318]

"Feed me!"

[@rollzolo]

The little shop of horror

[@cynthiaestrada8318]

@@rollzolo so you saw it too.

[@rollzolo]

@@cynthiaestrada8318 great movie

[@Telthecelt]

"Feed me now!" Lol!

[@selewachm]

I wish I could have seen Little Shop of Horrors when it first played off Broadway. We recently saw the directors cut of the movie and it had the same ending as the play. He feeds her to the plant.

[@cheryltavares2757]

Living in Philadelphia, can I put my Pitcher plant and sundew outside as early as late March and early April? They have been inside since I got them last year in October in a kitchen window. Is it safe to use old coffee grounds in the soil mix when repotting? Since they love acidic soil I figured I would ask. I use coffee on my blueberry and strawberry plants.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

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[@biteofdog]

Oh good, I've been using (Seattle) tap water for my carnivorous plants for a year now and giving them full sun like the rest of my other plants. So far none of them have died and I love that they have been getting new growth. Good thing I had fungus gnats because I haven't fertilized any of my carnivorous plants at all yet. I'm new to the hobby but have had much success with my indoor and outdoor plants over the years.

[@Tambisme]

Good job guys.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you!

[@waltysalamander]

I was growing my Venus flytrap indoors for almost a year now. I was worried it wasn’t getting enough sun so I put it out in the hot Los Angeles summer sun. But now I’m worried I shocked it and it isn’t going to grow well. Any help?

[@ctrlaltdel64]

don't grow carnvourus plants.