Top 3 Carnivorous Houseplants

[@seizedcarcass8440]

My favorite carnivorous houseplant by far is a butterwort. They are so resilient and pretty tolerant of watering less than most carns

[@gregnevels8111]

Which Butterwort do you have? I was thinking about getting one for the fruit flies in the kitchen.

[@seizedcarcass8440]

@@gregnevels8111 laueana is by far the easiest but giant butterworts are great!

[@swatch12345]

Excellent info. And thank you for slowing down your speech a little bit. Much easier to understand. You guys are awesome!

[@vauxite]

I am so so glad I found this video. I have learned so much about where to start with adding carnivorous plants to my home.

[@karikac2583]

Thank you. As a beginner I find all your videos very helpful. Also read the Savage Garden - fantastic book. The amount of information your whole team puts out there is incredible. I am very grateful.

[@California_Carnivores]

Thank you so much!

[@kr1886]

Thank you for your interesting video that has covered all my recent purchases. I was gifted a couple of flytraps some months ago. I kept them watered as directed but they didn't seem to be thriving although not dying on me. After some time I consulted KZbin and discovered they needed full sun and not to water with tapwater. I moved them to where they would get a bit more sun and used rainwater. What a difference! I've since bought a sarracenia that has been doing well and yesterday I ordered a couple of sundews that should arrive tomorrow or day after. Some pretty butterworts next!

[@California_Carnivores]

That’s great! I’m so glad you’re enjoying these amazing plants so much!

[@jimmystargel6203]

Love your plants , so eager for dormancy to be over to see my new additions from you guys to come up

[@California_Carnivores]

It’s so hard waiting out dormancy every year! I can’t wait for spring too!

[@danielleb.7055]

Thanks for another video. These plants are just absolutely amazing just gorgeous! Have a wonderful day

[@California_Carnivores]

Thank you 😊

[@gregnevels8111]

I recently bought a cape sundew from California Carnivores and I just love it. It is in a north facing window though, but I supplement it with a nice little LED grow light.

[@vbln5330]

Just ordered two narrow leaf droseras. I'm excited to add them to the collection.

[@phf3238]

Great information.

[@Imjaden_obs3ssed]

My mum might be taking me to a garden center tomorrow to add to my plants (I only have bottom feeders so far )

[@Imjaden_obs3ssed]

I got a succulent and some type of vine plant they didn’t put names on but the lady said i can feed it in any way

[@All_pitcherplants]

i have live spagnum moss so that gets dry looking thats how i know when to water

[@skeingamepodcast5993]

I live on a sailboat and I've got a Venus Fly trap and a Pitcher Plant. They are doing alright but it's definitely hard to give them all the sun they need sometimes because I don't have any windowsills. But they sure get a lot of bugs lol

[@donaldoutdoors]

Wow! How are they doing? I'm about to start living on a sailboat too. I just ordered a flytrap, sundew and a butterwort.

[@jerfguy]

This video has helped me rescue two carnivores from plastic cubes of death. I can't wait to order my first big from you guys. Cheers from Colorado.

[@California_Carnivores]

I’m so glad it was helpful!

[@ericchurchill8037]

I need to get more pings from you guys.

[@Jesus-eg3yb]

The red on that Nepenthes is incredible. Also do you place a pellet in every pitcher, and how often? Lastly, I’m learning there are so many crosses in carnivorous plants. How do you guys do that exactly, cross plants to create a new one??

[@California_Carnivores]

We place the osmocote pellets inside the pitchers as they open along with a little distilled water. You can add several pellets to larger pitchers but on small pitchers just add one.

[@California_Carnivores]

When we cross plants we take pollen from one and place it on the other. We have a video of Nepenthes flower pollination in our queue!

[@leonardhunick8609]

Thank you man you gave a lot of info appreciate it

[@duncanpage1556]

Love the shirt Damon!

[@gotchaabeech]

Totally getting a bunch after i get comfortable with them

[@monke1919]

I needed this video thanks.

[@luoboeguy]

"it's bliss, join us" - working on it!

[@shaunkelly9053]

My cape sundews are mad at me. I transplanted them last winter so they each had their own pot. Put them in a south window in the garage and they grew like weeds. Put them outside on the east side of the house for the summer and they are barely growing. Leaves are super short on one of them. I’m guessing it’s the heat as I live in Fresno, CA but they were fine out there last year.

[@California_Carnivores]

It could be the heat; while they can take a lot of heat, when grown in very high heat and sun they can shrink down. And if they aren’t able to get enough moisture to balance that heat, they’ll have a hard time making dew. You might try growing them indoors on a very sunny windowsill.

[@vivadevega]

I'll take 100 of each!

[@plantguy9]

I concur! But my family will kill me. They said NO MORE PLANTS!!! At least for now.

[@anitajones7090]

Thank you so much for this video. I want the plant that you said you've had since you were 11 years old. If you would provide the correct spelling for me (cape sundune?). I was going to get a Butterswort, but I didn't know about the no roots info, and dormancy kind of scares me. Those Pitcher plants seem a little out of my league. But all very good information.

[@California_Carnivores]

I’m so glad you enjoyed the video 😊 Drosera capensis are great plants!

[@vikingreptiletamer3864]

What kind of osmocote pellets do you recommend for the pitcher plants?

[@California_Carnivores]

We use the flower and vegetable 14-14-14

[@tonyknightstep1927]

Where or who would be a good source to purchase a tropical pitcher plant?

[@California_Carnivores]

Check out our website! www.californiacarnivores.com

[@sphillips6357]

Hi, what carnivorous plants can grow outdoors in a possible zone 5 environment with some snow in winter? I have a very large propane cylinder tank I cut in half lengthwise for to create their growing medium in so I can control how boggie it is; and by tank placement in the yard control sunlight location/exposure. And I was thinking of slopping the "soil" so the pitcher plants that prefer something dryer can be planted higher up the slope. Your thoughts on my planned growing method? This way I think I can control the moisture, but my only thoughts are are there any carnivorous plants that can withstand a zone 5 cold environment in winter? If necessary I could probably put some type of grow heating pad on the outside of the propane tank or create some type of plastic greenhouse-type of cover for the winter, but I would prefer not to. And do birds ever peck at the plants or are there any other natural enemies of carnivorous plants? Thanks

[@California_Carnivores]

You can grow temperate plants like; American pitcher plants, temperate drosera and Venus flytraps. In your climate, the level of cold you’ll experience in winter means that you’ll have to take extra precautions to protect them. It would be best to bury the propane tank into the ground. Having an in ground bog will provide some of the best insulation against cold in the winter months. Then you can mulch in the bog very heavily with 4-6” of mulch in winter.

[@California_Carnivores]

Birds do sometimes tear into bogs because they like to bury things in the wet soil or dig for worms. The best defense I’ve heard is putting forks or skewers, pointy side out into the bogs to deter them from landing.

[@sarrakitty]

Been having bad luck with cape sundews lately. The leaves refuse to dew, or sometimes even develop stunted leaves. No pests that I can find. I think I might need more humidity.

[@Tommyr]

Increase the light. Lack of dew typically means not bright enough light.

[@California_Carnivores]

How much direct sunlight do they get everyday?

[@davidbabcock1231]

What can you feed the cape sundew?? That seems like the easiest one to grow indoors compared to a Venus flytrap. I have really really cold winters so I’m not sure if I want to keep it outside also I won’t be able to enjoy them as much if they are outside

[@California_Carnivores]

You can do a foliar feed of diluted Maxsea fertilizer to the leaves once or twice a month!

[@davidbabcock1231]

@@California_Carnivoresare there any other options to feed them, that Maxsea is extremely expensive and my wife would kill me lol. I heard you could use fish flakes?? Have you ever done it and does it really work??

[@ericchurchill8037]

Are there plans for you guys at California carnivores to do on Sarracenia Deep Throat? I got one of those from you guys last month and I'd love to know more about it.

[@California_Carnivores]

We’ll do more videos on the Sarracenia when they begin growing again in spring 😄

[@ericchurchill8037]

@@California_Carnivores sweet!

[@corywilliamsmith]

What about hybrid nepenthes? We have a St Gaya and a Ventrata type. Perfect Christmas presents

[@California_Carnivores]

Hybrids are great! Especially those two!

[@isthisit781]

Ive been wondering through several videos, what is the long sheets of stuff hanging behind him? Is it moss?

[@California_Carnivores]

It’s Tillandsia usneoidies or Spanish moss!

[@isthisit781]

@@California_Carnivores awesome Thank you. It adds to the general aesthetic. Is it hard to grow?

[@California_Carnivores]

@@isthisit781 It likes a lot of humidity which can be a little tricky

[@grannyplants1764]

@@California_Carnivores does great hanging on a small oak branch in front of the window over the kitchen sink! They have tiny flowers too 😊

[@veryberry39]

I'm a year late to this, but I always love the reaction to people seeing Spanish moss for the first time. If you ever make it to Florida, or any of the humid southern states, that stuff is EVERYWHERE. It loves to drape itself over trees, but doesn't harm the trees in any way as it's not feeding off them. Depending on the time of year, it adds a very Halloween-y touch to the world, seeing curtains and clumps of it hanging off everything, but there's something very stately and gracious about a row of moss-covered live oaks in summertime. I really miss my Spanish moss!

[@devikanguyen1738]

Hi I am in central FL. Do you know where I can get the pitcher plants????

[@California_Carnivores]

We ship year round to the entire United States with a live delivery guarantee 😊

[@bonniev2685]

What are the butterworts with the red flowers?

[@TyppiHappo7]

Pinguicula laueana

[@bonniev2685]

@@TyppiHappo7 Thanks, hope I can get some in Canada

[@California_Carnivores]

Pinguicula laueana “red” and there is an even redder variety called “CalCarn red”

[@jeannemilliman8529]

What do I do if my carnivous plant bog smells like rotten eggs?

[@California_Carnivores]

That’s normal, the soil can often have a bit of an odor. If you haven’t repotted your plants for a few years, you can repot but the smell may still be there. Good airflow and light can help reduce it but it’s still just a normal function of a bog environment

[@thomasnuckolls1883]

I have a bag of dried meal worms that I have been dropping into my pitcher plant occasionally. Is that okay? Or should I get the pellets you mentioned?

[@California_Carnivores]

You can definitely use the dried mealworms for pitcher plants!

[@thomasnuckolls1883]

@@California_Carnivores Thanks!

[@TyppiHappo7]

Hi, I have recently purchased a Pinguicula moctezumae, which is quite small. I read online that not all the growers had success with this species. Now I have put her in a unheated room (temps between about 12 and 18 deg C), because I was afraid that outside in the greenhouse it was too cold, but it's not a very bright location. Should I place her in the bright windowsill along with my other carnivorous plants, in a heated room?

[@California_Carnivores]

Indoors in a bright windowsill, in a heated room would be better!

[@TyppiHappo7]

@@California_Carnivores Thank you so much!

[@adbrow72]

I live in South Florida. Are these good houseplants for me?

[@California_Carnivores]

The Pinguicula would be great for you! The Drosera capensis and Highland Nepenthes like a night time drop in temps that your area probably doesn’t get. If your nights drop into the 50-60’s they would be happy. But if it stays warm, look for tropical sundews and Lowland Nepenthes!

[@adbrow72]

@@California_Carnivores I just purchased some small potted carnivorous plants but I purchased venus fly trap, pitcher and I think a sundew but it doesn't look like it has the sticky leaves. The nursery I purchased them from had them in trays with water but I don't think the one plant is supposed to be in water like this. I wish I could send a picture so you could see it.

[@California_Carnivores]

@@adbrow72 The sundew may need some time to regenerate the dew if you had it shipped to you. And if the plant is an American pitcher plant, it can sit in water but if it’s a tropical pitcher plant, it should not

[@adbrow72]

@@California_Carnivores it wasn't shipped I purchased it from a local nursery but they just had it labeled as carnivorous plant🤦🏾‍♂️after using Google lens I think it's a Drosera capensis.

[@California_Carnivores]

@@adbrow72 the sundew probably needs 4 weeks or so to generate few and make sure it gets lots of direct sunlight!

[@johnelliott7850]

Really like your videos. Instructive, but in an easy-going kind of way. You need to create some cultivars for modern times: vegan varieties of formerly carnivorous plants should sell a treat.

[@m.hoffman2889]

for me my drosera capensis red grow best inside but stay green, the drosera binata (dichotoma & multifida) grow badly inside

[@California_Carnivores]

Drosera binata would be happiest outside if possible and you may want to get a grow light or move your plants closer to the grow lights/increase day length if you’re seeing poor color!

[@carlosvega285]

Dang how long do sundews live for?

[@California_Carnivores]

They can live for decades!

[@irenetewinkel]

Can someone please write down the name of the fertilizer for the nepenthes? Also, I've cut off the whole leaves of my nepenthes when the pitcher died. Did I harm my plant?

[@sarrakitty]

It doesn't harm them because they are growing new leaves. It's better for them to leave the green leaf and only cut the pitcher tendril off at the edge of the leaf and only remove the whole leaf when it turns yellow or brown. The fertilizer that is recommended is called Osmocote, the slow release pellet.

[@irenetewinkel]

@@sarrakitty you're amazing, thanks!!

[@California_Carnivores]

It’s best to leave the leaves on as long as they are green because they are still photosynthetic and benefit the plant. As they turn brown and die back to the vine, you can snip them off. We use the 14-14-14 Osmocote 😊

[@irenetewinkel]

@@California_Carnivores thanks you so much for replying 🤗

[@plantguy9]

I want spring to be here so my flytraps and Sarracenia can wake up. I also want watch the carnage they bring to the insects!

[@California_Carnivores]

It’s so hard waiting for the flytraps to grow! Our Sarracenia are sending up flowers now too!