Comments on: Watch Your Fingers: My Carnivorous Plants http://dividenddeveloper.com/2014/10/09/watch-your-fingers-my-carnivorous-plants/ A Young Man's Journey to FIRE Fri, 03 Apr 2015 02:57:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: DividendDeveloper http://dividenddeveloper.com/2014/10/09/watch-your-fingers-my-carnivorous-plants/#comment-165 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:41:43 +0000 http://dividenddeveloper.com/?p=291#comment-165 Hey Ryan, thanks for stopping by! Yeah, that’s why I love the community; we have so many diverse and interesting hobbies. I’d highly recommend getting one! As to which one, kind of depends on your location – is it humid, does it get cold? You’ll need somewhere with good lighting, and keeping it outside is a good thing. Distilled water or rainwater is a must for watering/misting; most tap water will kill it. Venus fly traps and Sarracenia both require dormancy periods, which are tough. This is actually my first winter with them, and I’m not sure I can pull it off myself. Pygmy sundews are tough; I’m having trouble keeping them very healthy. Can’t say much about bladderworts and others since I haven’t tried to grow them yet. I personally think sundews in general are harder to care for in terms of feeding. That leaves Nepenthes, the Asian pitcher plant. I love mine since it’s very hardy and grows like a weed. Some good beginner species are N. alata, N. ventricosa, and N. truncata. Generally, highland Nepenthes are a bit easier because they’re more lenient in their weather requirements. Hope that helps; if you have any specific questions, or want to bounce plant ideas off of me, feel free to drop me an email!

]]> By: Get Rich Brothers http://dividenddeveloper.com/2014/10/09/watch-your-fingers-my-carnivorous-plants/#comment-163 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 17:35:49 +0000 http://dividenddeveloper.com/?p=291#comment-163 Great post!

It’s aways interesting seeing how other DGIs spend their time (aside from investing) as we’re a quirky bunch.

The Pitcher Plants were the most recognizable for me and I’ve been considering getting a plant for some time now. As a result of reading this, I might just make it a carnivorous one!

What sort would you recommend for a beginner (I’ve never owned plants before).

– Ryan from GRB

]]> By: DividendDeveloper http://dividenddeveloper.com/2014/10/09/watch-your-fingers-my-carnivorous-plants/#comment-160 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:38:57 +0000 http://dividenddeveloper.com/?p=291#comment-160 Ha, glad you liked it! I’d prefer my Nepenthes for that. Sundews are also good, but a bit trickier to care for. Just make sure you keep the humidity and light levels up.

]]> By: Steve http://dividenddeveloper.com/2014/10/09/watch-your-fingers-my-carnivorous-plants/#comment-159 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:20:37 +0000 http://dividenddeveloper.com/?p=291#comment-159 This is really, really cool. I remember a friend who had a venus fly trap plant when we were like 8 and I remember catching mozzies and feeding them to the plants – so cool!

I think you might have started the process of me getting some of these… we have little fruit flies that come in every now and then so if we had a plant that ate them…. huzzah!

]]> By: DividendDeveloper http://dividenddeveloper.com/2014/10/09/watch-your-fingers-my-carnivorous-plants/#comment-152 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 15:09:40 +0000 http://dividenddeveloper.com/?p=291#comment-152 Glad to have broadened your horizons a bit then! Thanks for stopping by!

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