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  • Atheles...thank you sooo much, would never have known how to do that without your help x
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 946
    edited October 2021
    No problem 😊 

    Afraid I know nothing about carnivorous plants, but I think yours look really nice
    Cambridgeshire, UK
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    Hi, That first picture is a nepenthes and not a sarracenia so the care is slightly different.   
  • I have several Sarracenias and a Venus Fly Trap which live permanently outdoors, they are completely hardy as they come from parts of the USA which have very cold winters. They catch far more flies than they would indoors! Some Sundews are also fully hardy - they are native British plants. They will certainly all be happy in a greenhouse.
  • So pleased to have all your comments...as you can tell I'm very new to all this,your comments are so helpful.
  • We never managed to keep Nepenthes longer than a few years as the ones we had did need much warmer and more humidity than the orchids we also grow, in the area that they were in. Sitting the Nepenthes on a gravel tray and spraying each day will help to increase the humidity.
    Your Drosera is doing a great job by the looks of the flies on the "dew".
    I don't think they need repotting yet but when they do you will need to buy compost that is specific for the 2 different carnivorous plants. Not something you can get at a garden center but there are carnivorous nursery around and these are the people to advise you on which compost.
    Lovely plants.
  • I haven't seen carnivore compost in GCs for some time, but you can find it on Ebay or specialist growers' sites.
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    Our Sarracenia, Sundew and Venus Flytrap all stay in the unheated greenhouse all year round.  The Sarracenia used to be left outdoors all Winter, with no problems.

    We use to use Spaghnum moss for them all, however our local garden centre only sells wood moss, and I use that.  They all thrive with that, but I only repot in Spring, it's too late to do now.
  • @KeenOnGreen Nepenthes cannot survive in an unheated greenhouse in the UK whilst the others can.
    Interesting about you using wood moss...not sure what this is though?
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