Hi Tamlin,
hu, I forgot a "t" in my post :
IT (=the plant) didn't die after fertilizing !
I also didn't die, of course
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Hmmmm, English is a tricky language, never forget only a single letter
So what I wanted to say : My Drosera schizandra has no problems with getting some diluted Tillandsia fertilizer which I spray over my Nepenthes.
Nepenthes and Heliamphora are the only plants which I fertilize, because they don't get insects in the terrarium.
Some years ago I tried fertilizing some Dionaea and Sarracenia and they have grown "bigger" and faster, but they didn't look as robust as the non-firtilized plants.
I prefer compact and healthy "hard-grown" plants...
The size doesn't really matter
I have heard about successful experiments with adding a bit of vermiculite to the media of petiolaris-complex-Drosera and Sarracenia.
As a general rule I don't know any carnivorous plant which NEED fertilizer or food for healthy growing (except Aldrovanda)
But there are some species which grow bigger (healthier ?) if you fertilize them.
But you should only fertilize healthy plants and never try to save a weak plant by fertilizing it !
hmmm, Drosera schizandra again :
I wouldn't recommend dried insects for Drosera schizandra. The digestion-juices of this spezies are very weak and in stagnant air and high humidity (the conditions most people grow them) the dried insekt will ssoon start rotting.
And than the leaf and than the plant....
And Tamlin, thanks for the offer, but it's not necessary
Martin