Carnivorous Plants: Carnivorous newbie…..Help!?!, 1 by breeindy

breeindy wrote:
nice plant, i use a peat moss (not coco peat), sand and small bark mix for my neps. Some spaghnum moss is good also though, it will start growing and need to be thinned out.
When i receive a new plant i put a little rain water in each pitcher (they have this naturally but may have been tipped out in transport or shipping). They dry out and die quickly without it. 1/3 fill each pitcher.
Older pitchers will die eventually though and new little ones will form. The leaves that HAD the older pitchers on them will eventually die also and you can cut these off.
Mine seem ok with tap water but i try to use rain water as much as i can.
NO fertilizer!
You'll know if somethings wrong because they stop forming pitchers, esp. during winter when its cool. They like high humidity and i think to low is one reason they stop forming pitchers.
They don't like full sun and the leaves will burn, i have mine hanging under trees in the shade.
Just my 2 cents worth. hehe!