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Hmmm, sarrs do great for me, many neps are doing great, mexi pings do awesome - although they will struggle in the summer heat. My biggest challenges have been epiphytic utrics, and darlingtonia (I must have killed a dozen, but I am a sucker and have more coming now!!!).
Only real "issue plants" for me are Neps, I use mostly natural light and have BAD humidity (super low) all winter so I usually only get pitchering on them during spring/summer
i am really honored that you guys even talk to me, cause i'm a plant killer. i have a bit of a black thumb.
i am keeping my vft's alive. hopefully they will thrive and not just merely be alive. i have done a decent job with them in the past and just recently tried my hand at them again.
last year i managed to kill a peppermint, parsley, basil, and there was something else.
almost killed common houseplant thingie (can't think of what it's called) it survived and it's doing well in our fairly new residence
a couple years ago, all my cp's died probably from being stressed- with me having so many life changes and moving around, being gone for days at a time. i lost every single one. so i'm just very slowly trying to keep some common herbs and just a few vft's.
short answer to the topic: rosemary. i have not found a way to kill or harm a rosemary- wait. except that one time i was given one out of someon'e yard and i nearly killed it.
clear pots have nothing to do with anything with Utrics, i grow several in 1 gal glass jars, have used clear pots in the past.................either they arent getting enough light or you gave them to much to quickly and fried them would be my guess
I mentioned the thing about clear pots because they're growing on the sides and bottom more than they're growing on the top, lol. I didn't fry them, they've been like this for months and they're still alive because green leaves pop up everywhere. Plus the lights they're under are cool. The real reason I think they're ugly is cuz of stains from the peatywater when I flood them (since I water from the top it gets...messy).
VFT's give me too much attitude. I like starting Sarracenia from seed. This time of year I like lowland neps because they party out in my minigreenhouse out back. Oh and I mess around with mexican pings, mostly outside if they can handle it. I've got some dews but I can't think why. Utrics? if it wants to grow, let it grow and bloom. If not, waste of space.
Well since I know it's not the light then it's the top watering but oh well. Unless I cut holes in the pots and submerge them, I won't be able to water any other way. If I find any containers the right size I'll go for it.
I seem to be pretty decent with VFT's so far. I was afraid of the lighting and so on...but i personally find them as really easy and forgiving cp's. I also grow ventrata, primuliflora, capensis and dielsiana. They are all fine with me.
The true test will be a soon to come rajah, ramispina, bical & amp.
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