Redsarebest Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Hi all. I have been attempting to grow carnivorous plants for a couple of years now. I haven't had much luck with them unfortunately, as they seem to last a few months and then gradually give up the ghost, which is heart breaking. Hopefully I will be able to pick brains on this forum to enable me to keep my plants healthier. I have a couple of nepenthes and a sarracenia at the moment. The nepenthes are not so bad although the pitchers on alata are dying off. The other one is an unknown which I rescued from a shop. I think it was a seedling, albeit a sad little thing. It's growing quite well and is just starting to develope some pitchers. It will be interesting to see if it survives. Be grateful for all future advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates666 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Hi Redsarebest and welcome to CPUK. You can get a wealth of advice from some very knowledgeable growers, some of the best in the world. Keeping CPs isnt too difficult if you just do the basics right, I'm sure you will master it quickly. Best of luck and ask anything, there's no such thing as a wrong question. Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsarebest Posted March 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Hi Steve Thanks for that. I have been reading lots of posts and am already getting lots of advice that way, but I will most certainly ask if I have questions. Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Hi Red. Welcome to the forum. Feel free to ask lots of questions. I know how awful it feels to struggle with them initially. I struggled for years, then I found the forum here and absorbed all the information, bought a couple of good books (The Savage Garden by Peter D'Amato and Insect Eaters by Adrian Slack). I found all this information invaluable. And I soon learned how to bring my crash-test dummy of a Venus Flytrap through dormancy and out the other side. Same for a Sarracenia. On another note, it's more than likely that your Nepenthes alata is actually a hybrid called Nepenthes Ventrata. That's the most common one available in the shops and garden centres. Happy growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Hi Red welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsarebest Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Hi everyone Thank you all for the welcome to the forum. I am still navigating my way around all the posts and reading as much as I can. All the photos I've come across are also very interesting. But I will certainly ask questions in time. Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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