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How to care for your Carnivorous Plant

Use these instructions to care for a Carnivorous Plant. This guide will tell you how to water a Carnivorous Plant; its light, temperature, humidity preferences and any additional care it might need to help it grow.

Carnivorous Trumpet Pitcher Judith Hindle

LIGHT

Your pitcher plant prefers bright light. The more light it receives, the darker the purple coloring will show. In less direct light, the pitchers will remain predominantly green. Bright light is when your plant gets at least 6+ hours of direct sun a day. You will find this kind of light in an unobstructed southern or western window.

WATER

Your pitcher plant likes to stay consistently moist. Do not allow it to dry out, but do not let it sit in water. Water thoroughly when 25% of the medium is dry with rain or distilled water until you see it flow out of the drainage hole. Keep the pitchers ¼ with filtered or rainwater to keep them from drying out.

HUMIDITY

Your Pitcher Plant will greatly benefit from added humidity. They can tolerate lower humidity, but will often stop growing new pitchers and you might see some die-off of existing pitchers. You can add humidity for your pitcher plant by misting them, adding a humidifier nearby, or using a pebble tray. 

TEMPERATURE

Your Pitcher Plant will grow best in temperatures above 50°F. 

FOOD

Your plant does not need any fertilizer, as it gains nutrition from the insects it traps and digests. Using fertilizer can actually harm your plant as it is not used to living in nutrient-rich soils. 

TOXICITY

Your Pitcher Plant is mildly toxic to humans and pets if ingested. 

ADDITIONAL CARE

If you do not have many insects in your home and want to give them a little treat, you can feed them a recently dead or live insect such as a fly, roach, or spider once every month. Make sure that the insect fits into the pitcher easily. 

Carnivorous Venosa Red

LIGHT

Your pitcher plant prefers bright light. The more light it receives, the darker the purple coloring will show. In less direct light, the pitchers will remain predominantly green. Bright light is when your plant gets at least 6+ hours of direct sun a day. You will find this kind of light in an unobstructed southern or western window.

WATER

Your pitcher plant likes to stay consistently moist. Do not allow it to dry out, but do not let it sit in water. Water thoroughly when 25% of the medium is dry with rain or distilled water until you see it flow out of the drainage hole. Keep the pitchers ¼ with filtered or rainwater to keep them from drying out.

HUMIDITY

Your Carnivorous Venosa Red will greatly benefit from added humidity. You can add humidity for your pitcher plant by misting them, adding a humidifier nearby, or using a pebble tray. 

TEMPERATURE

Your Carnivorous Venosa Red will grow best in temperatures above 50°F. 

FOOD

Your Venosa Red does not need any fertilizer, as they gain nutrition from the insects they trap and digest. Using fertilizer can actually harm them, as they are not used to living in nutrient-rich soils. 

TOXICITY

Your Venosa Red is mildly toxic to humans and pets if ingested. 

ADDITIONAL CARE

If you do not have many insects in your home and want to give them a little treat, you can feed them a recently dead or live insect such as a fly, roach, or spider once every month. Make sure that the insect fits into the pitcher easily.

Carnivorous Venus Fly Trap

LIGHT

Carnivorous Plant care involves providing direct sunlight as these plants thrive on illumination. Some varieties, like the Sarracenia Pitcher Plant need 6 hours or more of continuous bright light. Hence these plants would be happiest near a northwestern-facing window or supplemented by grow lights.

WATER

Carnivorous plants thrive best when given distilled or rain water since the chemicals found in tap water might harm them. When you water these plants, take care that the soil doesn’t become waterlogged. Keeping it consistently moist will keep your plant well hydrated.

HUMIDITY

Carnivorous plants also flourish when there’s plenty of moisture in the air. Thus, placing them in the same space as a humidifier or on top of a pebble tray will keep leaves looking lush and healthy and the blooms looking bright. You may also need to mist them often.

TEMPERATURE

Carnivorous Plants feel most at home in warm temperatures, but most specimens thrive in an average room temperature as long as it doesn’t drop below 60℉.

FOOD

For optimal Carnivorous plant care, avoid fertile soil and fertilizers. Any insects that land unwittingly on your plants will provide the best nutrition. However, if you notice that your plants aren’t catching bugs on their own, you can feed them a spider or insect on a monthly basis, but try not to overdo it.

TOXICITY

Most varieties of Carnivorous Plants are not toxic to pets. However, you’ll still need to keep them out of reach since some types cause mild digestive issues when eaten.

ADDITIONAL CARE

Feed your Venus Fly Trap a live or recently dead insect such as a fly, roach, or spider once every month if you notice it isn’t trapping many insects on its own.

Nepenthes Pitcher Plant

LIGHT

Your Nepenthes Pitcher Plant prefers bright indirect light. Too little light and growth will slow, but extended periods of direct light can burn the leaves.

WATER

Your Pitcher Plant likes to stay consistently moist. Do not allow it to dry out, but do not let it sit in water. Water thoroughly when 25% of the medium is dry. Pitchers will naturally produce a small amount of enzymatic digestive fluid only once while it’s growing. This fluid is what your pitcher plant uses to catch and digest prey. If the fluid gets knocked out and the pitcher is empty, fill the pitcher ¼ with filtered or rainwater to keep it from drying out.

HUMIDITY

Your Nepenthes will greatly benefit from added humidity. They can tolerate lower humidity, but will often stop growing new pitchers and you might see some die-off of existing pitchers. You boost the humidity for your pitcher plant by misting them, adding a humidifier nearby, or adding a pebble tray under it. 

TEMPERATURE

Your Nepenthes will thrive in average room temperatures between 60-80 degrees. 

FOOD

This plant does not need any fertilizer, as it gains nutrition from the insects it traps and digests. Using fertilizer can actually harm your plant as it is not used to living in nutrient-rich soils.  

TOXICITY

Your Pitcher Plant is toxic to humans and pets if ingested. 

ADDITIONAL CARE

If you do not have many insects in your home and want to give them a little treat, you can feed them a recently dead or live insect such as a fly, roach, or spider once every month. Make sure that the insect fits into the pitcher easily. Prune off any pitchers that are more than 50% discolored to help your plant focus on new growth as it will only grow one pitcher per leaf.

Sarracenia Pitcher Plant

LIGHT

Your pitcher plant prefers bright light. The more light it receives, the darker the purple coloring will show. In less direct light, the pitchers will remain predominantly green. Bright light is when your plant gets at least 6+ hours of direct sun a day. You will find this kind of light in an unobstructed southern or western window.

WATER

Your pitcher plant likes to stay consistently moist. Do not allow it to dry out, but do not let it sit in water. Water thoroughly when 25% of the medium is dry with rain or distilled water until you see it flow out of the drainage hole. Keep the pitchers ¼ with filtered or rainwater to keep them from drying out.

HUMIDITY

Your pitcher plant will greatly benefit from added humidity. You can add humidity for your pitcher plant by misting them, adding a humidifier nearby, or adding a tray full of pebbles and water under it.

TEMPERATURE

Your pitcher plant will thrive in average room temperatures between 60-80°F.

FOOD

This plant does not need any fertilizer, as it gains nutrition from the insects it traps and digests. Using fertilizer can actually harm your plant as it is not used to living in nutrient-rich soils.

TOXICITY

Your pitcher plant is toxic to humans and pets if ingested.

ADDITIONAL CARE

If you do not have many insects in your home and want to give them a little treat, you can feed them a recently dead or live insect such as a fly, roach, or spider once every month. Make sure that the insect fits into the pitcher easily. Prune off any pitchers that are more than 50% discolored to help your plant focus on new growth.

Sundew

LIGHT

Your Sundew prefers bright light but can tolerate some indirect bright light. Too little light and growth will slow.

WATER

Your pitcher plant likes to stay consistently moist. Do not allow it to dry out, but do not let it sit in water. Water thoroughly when 25% of the medium is dry with rain or distilled water until you see it flow out of the drainage hole.

HUMIDITY

Your Sundew will benefit from added humidity. You can add humidity by misting them, adding a humidifier nearby, or using a pebble tray.

TEMPERATURE

Your Sundew will thrive in average room temperatures between 50-80°F.

FOOD

Your Sundew does not need any fertilizer, as it gains nutrition from the insects it traps and digests. Using fertilizer can actually harm it, as it is not used to living in nutrient-rich soils.

TOXICITY

Your Sundew is toxic to humans and pets if ingested.

ADDITIONAL CARE

If you do not have many insects in your home and want to give them a little treat, you can feed them a recently dead or live insect such as a fly, ant, or gnat once every month. Make sure that the insect fits into their traps easily.

Common Issues for your Carnivorous Plant

Common Issue

Why are the leaves and traps on my Venus Flytrap brown and crispy?

Common Issue

Why are the pitchers on my Pitcher Plant brown and crispy?

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What's a Carnivorous Plant?

Botanical Classification: Sarracenia Judith Hindle

About

Carnivorous Plants are great to have as a conversation starter in your home. These quirky plants are exactly as they sound: carnivorous! They get their nutrients by capturing and digesting insects and other small prey, rather than from soil. They perform best with bright indirect light, high humidity, and moist soil. 

Carnivorous plants can be found on every continent in the world except Antarctica. North America, Southeast Asia, and Australia are home to many species of carnivorous plan

Fun fact

Carnivorous plants don’t thrive with competition — they tend to live in areas with nutrient-poor soil where other types of plants do not grow very well.

Pictured Left: Carnivorous Trumpet Pitcher Judith Hindle

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