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For my Sarracenia Purpurea "Lowes variety", I am questioning what to feed it as it is in a terrarium. I've heard that milk is an option, but I was going to run it by y'all before I tried it. How much do you suggest if my pitchers are 4 inches? Does it actually work?
SF,
I've had very favorable results with a few drops of milk in a couple of pitchers. I used whole milk, but I've heard other people used different kinds, even someone used some whey (sp?) protein drink thingy
Anyway, my experience dictates that a few days after a milk feeding, you'll have an explosion of pitcher developement. I just did it, as a matter of fact, about a two weeks ago... There are 4 newly opened pitchers on my leuco, and three more yet to open. Similar results on my rubra, leuco 'red', and purp. ssp venosa.
::edit:: Let me make one point, in hind sight: Make sure you only feed a few drops. Don't go and fill the whole pitcher with milk, you'll be asking for rot and fungus.
I feed my plants crickets and other insects that I find around my house. I have never tried the milk option, but feel that insects would be the way to go. A dozen crickets costs about $1.00.
Well, milk is pretty much only good for a once-a-month growth supplement. I give my now huuuuuuuuge S. pupurea ssp. venosa one drop of whole milk in just one of it's pitchers once a month. So, pretty much, one is the key word LOL!
Anyhowees... I've been using 2% milk lately, but that will have no effect THIS month, since everything got dumped from the pitchers when the 5 foot tall, two foot wide greenhouse went ZOOM across the patio and then... nevermind. Soooooooooooo... usually, the result of the milk feeding is a HUUUUUUUUUUGE growth spurt, which is how my huuuuuuuuuuge S. purpurea ssp. venosa got huuuuuuuuuuge.
Make sure your plants are'nt lactose and tolerant or else you'll end up with plants with diarhea
lol , jk . i tried the milk thing but my mistake was that i filled up up to the brim so i got bad result there , i am going to add a few drops of milk to my sarracenia today to see what will happen .
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lol , jk . i tried the milk thing but my mistake was that i filled up up to the brim so i got bad result there , i am going to add a few drops of milk to my sarracenia today to see what will happen .[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Issue number one: that's lactose intolerant LOL!
Issue number two: One! ONE DROP!!! GAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
P.S. I wouldn't call myself lactose intolerant... although my stomache can't take milk. I can drink milk mixed with anything, I can eat any dairy products. Fine. But milk... I like it a lot... but it makes my stomache feel like it went inside-out... bluuuuhhhhh...
Well here it is a week later, and my Judith Hindle has 2 baby pitchers comming up
Unfortunately I cant get my camera to get any good shots of them. Oh well.. you will just have to take my word for it hehe. I'll try to get some when they get big enough to focus on.
ok I finally managed to get a somewhat decent pic of my new Judith Hindle pitchers. I fed 2 drops of milk 2 weeks ago and so far I have 4 new pitchers
I apologise for the poor quality of the pics, its really hard to see the new growth
but heres the pic
Enjoy
Steve
The pitcher I'm pointing at is the smaller of the 2 that started growing last week, at the base of that pitcher is another one just budding out. The immature pitcher directly behind my finger is the other new one from last week (over 2 inches of growth in 1 week wahooo
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