Paul O'Keeffe

I've been using tap water for my neps for over a year now here in London without any ill effects. quite handy for me considering I live in a 3rd floor flat :) Sorry - off topic

I used a fungicide since posting my topic and has done the job. It does take a little while to clear up so be patient.

Thanks Stephen. I have a bottle of Natures Answer which deals with powdery mildew so I'll give that a go.

My longifolia has picked up some kind of fungus/disease and on some leaves, what looks like straight grooves that could well be some little critter having a munch. Are there any solutions to sorting my plant out please? Thanks :)

I use a Coolpix 7900. I hope I can do better with this camera

Some lovely neps there :)

Thanks for letting me know

Nice pics. I'm glad you mentioned Churchtown Carnivores. I sold them a plant earlier this year and possibly had some more for them but I lost their contact details.

I use 100% live sphagnum moss in large terracotta plastic pots which do very well for me.

I was given one just like the second link and find that the plastic is always ripping at the top and at about £6-8 a throw to replace it, I gave up on the thing.

You have some amazing neps there.

All you need now is a lock in

You have bloody big flies in Cheshire Great pics :)

My aliciae took a bit of a battering a couple of years ago on a south facing windowsill. It also lost it's dew and turned a little red. Unfortunately it never recovered

Glad you survived the ordeal

I've had my ventrata for 4 odd years and have never seen it flower yet some of my younger neps have.

I wouldn't repot my nepenthes each year as they don't like having their roots disturbed from what I've seen. I've just repotted some of mine and quite a few of the older leaves have just died but the rest of the plants are still healthy. Like Aidan, my ventrata was sitting in the same soil since I bought it from a garden centre but only for about 5 years. The soil was looking rank so decieded for a repot. I have potted mine up in 100% pure sphagnum.

Another reason for me to move out to somewhere a little bigger

I have four ventrata cuttings on the go on my windowsill. Don't have the room for a propagator so I leave them sitting with my other neps. So far they are all doing very well.

Looking really good. Thanks for the pictures.

Very nice :)

Lovely plants you have :)

Thanks for the tips. Plenty or cling film and cardboard with some bubble wrap/foam to pack it out :)

Won't cost me a thing Sheila. Haven't paid for a stamp in 10 years Perk of the job

And the card packers would stop the weight of the pot from crushing the pitchers. I'll give it a go. Thanks :)