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BAD Nep Advice

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Evil Gnome

I'm sure we've all seen some on general gardening sites
Just thought I'd post a few of my faves for the fun of it

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1) Here's the question asked

"I just received my first Nepenthes Ventrata plant (photo's below) and the pitchers have no fluid in them. What can I do so they don't get all dried out?"
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Here's one of the replies

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fill them 1/4" of distilled water, no minerals, and be sure to empty them a couple times a week and refill. They only partially digest insects they capture (and a healthy pitcher captures a good deal!), thus they need to be empty of the contents and refreshed. This process helps in the plants "digestion". Also, be sure the potting material *never* dries up, keep it moist by watering twice a week. I've been doing it 2x/wk, until it leeks water out of its planter.

http://www.plantswap.net/forum/f11/nepenthes-ventrata-has-nothing-pitchers-18193/

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2) You don't need to feed it bugs. No carnivorous plant needs to be fed. They get most of their food from light. Bugs are like desert. Feed a 1/4 strength fertilizer every 2 weeks in the spring to get the plant pitchering.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/carnivor/msg1119101211954.html?6

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Gotta Love It
LOL

Peace...
 
LOLOL! That's too funny.
 
Yeah
Except for the person who unwittingly fallows the advice / LOL
 
:lol: i could go for some desert LOL
 
Where did they get this "info" in the first place?
 
I know a guy that swears that the VFTs in the deathcubes at lowes and places like that are genetically modified to only live for a few years at the most before they crash and die.
 
Right, empty them twice a week because that's what monkeys do for the pitcher plants twice a week in the wild :crazy: Lol
Where do these people get their info, and what makes them think they know enough to tell others this junk? Sometimes the best answer to a question is "I don't Know".
 
  • #10
When I saw the thread title I was wondering if I was going to be the butt of the joke! Whew! narrowly avaoided that!:lol: Lol
jk
 
  • #11
"empty them twice a week because that's what monkeys do for the pitcher plants twice a week in the wild"

Thanx for that
I really did meed a good laugh & that did it
LMAO
 
  • #12
I wouldn't say the advice given is 100% correct, but I also wouldn't say the advice given would hurt anything.
Just a little over kill..
 
  • #13
Yeah, the rest of her advice wasn't bad, considering; but the emptying the pitcher fluid bit was a little off the wall...
 
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