DIY Carnivorous Plant Rock Garden - Part 2

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

I’ve set my rock planters in larger bowls, which are actually pots without drainage holes that are glazed on the inside as well as the outside. I prop them up in the bowls to where the water level can fluctuate a few inches and still be touching the rock. With those I don’t have to worry so much about the water level because they can go for a long while without needing to be topped off. And rain will often fill them back up anyway. It actually takes the rocks quite a while to dry out, anyway, even if they’re out of water, so if I go on vacation, I don’t have to worry so much about them running low. And they look stunning in the bowls, too!

[@tedfuchs9132]

Always enjoy seeing what you guys have been working on.

[@j.c.hartke3730]

Great video! Difficult to find the video under only your playlist. May want to link this to your Part 1. FYI. You guys are great!

[@jimmiescott985]

Thanks for taking the time and making this video project. Good clear video and sound. Easy to follow and a good slow pace.

[@eldarmark]

It's been about 2 years, any chance of some picture updates of the ones you made in this video, if not on a followup video, maybe on the community tab?

[@hectorcruz498]

Ive been wating for part two thanks so much

[@Willyama]

Any recommendations for where to get the stones online? I’m having trouble finding them. Awesome content by the way!

[@BlaisZeroni]

I have a Nepenthes Suingea at home, this seems like a really fun idea for it! Question though: Nepenthes don't like to keep the roots wet, what happens when the roots grow through the rock as you showed? At that point the roots will hang into the water tray which should be always filled, will it not get root rot?

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

How deep in a pond should the rocks be set? Should the bottom of the drilled hole be above the water line, or does it matter? What about varying water levels with evaporation and rains?

[@northeasthardytropicals541]

Great video. I’m picking up some sarracenia purpurea next spring I’m excited.

[@kyddoemiko100]

Hello who is the vendor that sales a good size pumice stone for a rock garden. When I looked up online all I could find was pumice stone to buff one's feet. Great video really enjoyed it.

[@colterthompson6846]

Subscribed! Wow, this is great info and HOLY COW 21 YEARS!

[@kartikasari8351]

Thank you so much for sharing this video ❤️

[@frankr68]

Amazing way to grow these plants!🌱🦖

[@Ricklet0ons]

He's like Bob Ross but he does Gardening

[@littlebit8901]

Do you think a similar rock garden would be ok for the summer heat down here in Houston?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Yes, it will grow fine as long as you use a porous rock like pumice or featherstone and you keep it constantly hydrated. Also stick with cold-hardy plants that are heat-tolerant, such as the ones we mentioned in the video - S. rubra, S. purpurea, S. psittacina, S. rosea, and their hybrids.

[@littlebit8901]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest Thank you!

[@joependergrass3042]

Hello, Thanks for all your videos. at the end of your video, in the pond. Do you have fish in that?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Yes! We did a video about it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2bcnXuLmL6Hfrs

[@SimonReeves2]

Any tips for the UK? Pumice rocks are uncommon and the concept of rock gardening you use here even less so; it doesn't seem as though there is an easy way to do this outside the U.S.

[@masespacecadette4466]

Can you put puperea in the same rock as a flytrap?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Yes! We plan to do a video on creating combo pots. Stay tuned!

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest, can’t wait! I love these rock garden videos!!!

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

For the Sarracenia species, do you tend to drill wider holes, or do you plant them in holes the size of the one you drilled for this video (that you planted the Venus flytrap in)?

[@samparady3373]

I personally plan to make them bigger like the predrilled one he used for purpurea

[@fedehmk]

cant wait for my seedlings to get bigger so i can do one of these

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

You could do it with seedlings, right?

[@dandiva9475]

May I ask a question?, in a tropical area like the Philippines would your saracaena still survive? even though it doesn't get to cold in the lowland areas..

[@m.hoffman2889]

having the plants in these rocks, will these survive deep freezes ( around -15C) like in a bog garden?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching. Winter care is essentially the same as any potted plant, carnivorous or not. Watch our video (2009) about winter care. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2KnhIuGhdZkhJI

[@gardengirl5330]

Love this!! THANK YOU ⛰

[@shawnglen9763]

Will a cement rock work, not sure how would drill hole in a rock easier to make a rock with a hole lol.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching! We haven't experimented with cement rocks, so we can't offer any advice. We just know that pumice and other types of lava rock are inert.

[@rjrotermund]

I love the idea, but the rocks are impossible to find!!

[@gdcardona91]

Go to a landscape supply company that sells nothing but stones. They are bound to have pumice or feather rock

[@Anonymouss222]

Wow, the Nepenthes sent roots throughout the rock.😮

[@_SpaceMonkey]

Does the Venus flytrap have enough leg room in that rock? Don't they have long roots?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching the video! The flytrap shown at the end has been in that rock for 18 years. It was never removed. We'll do a follow-up video next year when we dismantle one of the rocks.

[@potatopoii2720]

Space Monkey I think their roots can grow into the rock

[@_SpaceMonkey]

@@potatopoii2720 really? Wow that's so cool! :D

[@TheCarnivoreConnection]

Would Florida limerock work for this ?

[@hidz969]

How do you keep the TDS low in big ponds, like the one at the end of the video?

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

I think the answer is using lots of pond plants with their roots directly in the water rather than in pots with soil.

[@TigiLova]

So cool

[@thaillling9369]

incredible, thanks for the inspiration

[@Tiger313NL]

Trying to figure out how/where to get such a rock in the Netherlands. Can one just use red lava rock instead, the kind they often use in aquariums? Might be a bit of a [female dog] to make a planting hole in that though... :q

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Pumice is very soft and soaks up water very, very well. It’s not the same type of rock as what you’re referring to. It probably wouldn’t work as well, but it may work.

[@Tiger313NL]

@@xxpowwowbluexx That's the problem: the only stone one can get from nature in my country is either sandstone or glacial rocks, brought here in the last ice age. The rest all has to be imported. Red lava rock is readily available. Pumice not so much.

[@Tommyr]

Rock on! ;)

[@VixxyFoxxy]

large frisbee water tray????

[@georgestockton4721]

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