The Ultimate Nepenthes Care Guide - Soil

Nepenthes like to grow in potting mixtures similar to orchids. Many growers use ingredients such as coconut coir, bark, sphagnum moss, perlite and lava rock.
Our favorite potting mixture is 50/50 long fiber sphagnum moss and perlite. We only use this and our plants thrive! Make sure the sphagnum is a good quality and the perlite is free of any fertilizer additives. The better-gro orchid moss that’s found at Lowes or Home depot is perfect. Nepenthes love a well draining mixture that stays moist, not waterlogged. unlike most other carnivores, peat moss isn’t preferred by Nepenthes. It’s too muddy and can deprive the roots of oxygen. Avoid regular garden soils or ‘dirt’ this will surely kill your plants.

[@AndreasRP.]

I’ve had mine for 11 years, it has been in garden soil since I first got it and it’s still going strong.

[@GusTeasPlants]

Such a really helpful video

[@ScaryFear]

I grow my nepenthes outdoors. I wonder if net pots would work for me or if they'd dry out too much?

[@HelgrafFireHammer]

Gonna be repotting my ventrata soon, it's in peat moss. Gonna soak the roots in distilled water to get it all off safely. If I don't break any roots and it all goes smoothly, will the pitchers on it still all die off due to transplant stress? Or will it just slow down growth?

[@Tommy81.519]

What about vermiculite instead of perlite?

[@aididdat1749]

Too much water retention.

[@hola-rk3lr]

0:40 wtf did you say here?

[@hola-rk3lr]

@@Kitty_B its not saying that, says something about perlite

[@NarutoShirobonHinata]

Bring back the dislike numbers ..I feel like it'll help a lot 😰

[@bouncyblight2001]

I understand your concern but considering this guy’s channel is dedicated to nepenthes I think it’s very trustworthy

[@jameswiggle]

@@bouncyblight2001 alot of people are not fans of the guy

[@Bunny-ns5ni]

@@jameswiggle why is that?

[@teixeir3]

RedLeaf exotics are professional growers. They know what they're doing! I've used the recommended 1:1 ratio aka 1 part perlite (or other chunky drainage such as orchid bark) with 1 part long fiber sphagnum and it works great.