- Grow your own carnivorous plants
- Conditions for carnivore breeding
- Propagate carnivorous plants yourself
Growing carnivorous plants is an interesting hobby, because this genus of plants is very different from keeping normal houseplants. However, carnivores require special conditions to thrive. Grow carnivorous plants yourself - that's how it works!
Breeding carnivorous plants is anything but easy
Grow your own carnivorous plants
In order to grow carnivorous plants yourself, the beginner should first resort to simple varieties such as butterwort or sundew. Pitcher plants and Venus flytraps are not that easy to keep.
While feeding is a big part of the appeal, carnivores shouldn't be hand-fed at all. You take care of yourself.
If you really want to feed the plants, only put a single living prey in the traps.
Conditions for carnivore breeding
- Bright, preferably sunny location
- high humidity
- special plant substrate
- Sensitivity when pouring
Almost all carnivore species need a lot of light. Only when they get enough sun do flowers and strong catching leaves and traps develop.
Never plant carnivorous plants in garden soil. It is too nutritious and not fluffy enough. Always use special plant substrate or mix it yourself.
Most carnivorous plants are watered using the dam method, in which the irrigation water is poured into the saucer. Do not wet the plants directly. Calcareous water causes plants to die. Therefore, only use rainwater or, alternatively, still mineral water.
Propagate carnivorous plants yourself
If you have a good location and enough space for other plants, you can breed new carnivores yourself by multiplying existing specimens.
Propagation is by cuttings, dividing the plants and sowing. Propagating carnivorous plants from seeds is the most laborious. It also takes longer for the new plants to develop snare traps or snare leaves.
The easiest way to propagate carnivorous plants is by cuttings or division. Spring is a good time for this, when the repotting of the plants is on the agenda anyway.
tips
If you want to grow carnivorous plants in the glass, you have to be particularly careful with the location. If the glass is left in direct sunlight for a long period of time, very high temperatures develop in it. The plants then literally "burn".