I would say to take the drosera you have the most of and test the fertilizer out on ONE plant. Separate it from the others but give it the same light/humidity and all that. If the plant survives the first fertilization, try the twice a month method on the plant and after a couple months, compare it to the other drosera and see if it made a difference.
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Fertilizing Drosera & Sarracenia?
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Wire Man
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Here's what I do with my Drosera and Sarracenia seedlings.
I feed my Drosera once a week with freeze dried daphnia. It's small and light enough that it's absorbed by the leaves before fungus even has a chance to think about growing. I know that Daphnia doesn't have many nutrients in it, but the plants want the Nitrogen and Phosphorous, which is all in the shell. The entire freeze dried animal is dissolved within a few days (hours for the pygmies). The growth rates I've been achieving can't really be argued with. For D. cistiflora I've been doing this twice a week to get them as large as possible before summer.
For Sarracenia seedlings I give them a 1/4 diluted foliar spray of orchid fertilizer once a week. We managed to take S. purpurea from seed to 3 inch long mature shaped leaves in less than a year with this method. I do the same thing, but my growth rate at home has been much slower. It helps to flush the media with pure water once a month.
I feed my Drosera once a week with freeze dried daphnia. It's small and light enough that it's absorbed by the leaves before fungus even has a chance to think about growing. I know that Daphnia doesn't have many nutrients in it, but the plants want the Nitrogen and Phosphorous, which is all in the shell. The entire freeze dried animal is dissolved within a few days (hours for the pygmies). The growth rates I've been achieving can't really be argued with. For D. cistiflora I've been doing this twice a week to get them as large as possible before summer.
For Sarracenia seedlings I give them a 1/4 diluted foliar spray of orchid fertilizer once a week. We managed to take S. purpurea from seed to 3 inch long mature shaped leaves in less than a year with this method. I do the same thing, but my growth rate at home has been much slower. It helps to flush the media with pure water once a month.
Wire Man
Sphagnum Guru
