Caring for Carnivorous Plants - Plant One On Me - Ep 070
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2018
- There's no denying plant people are utterly fascinated (if not flabbergasted) with plants that can consume invertebrates and vertebrates. Building on the last two episodes on carnivorous plants, which you can see at Episode 046: • Plant Carnivory & Nepe... and Episode 047: • Red Leaf Exotics Nepen... , this episode crosses the pond to the Netherlands, where I meet with Justin van Kessel of Carniflora, which is the largest exporter of carnivorous plants in the world.
We not only go through just a few of his varieties, but he also gives us a few pointers on carnivorous plant care.
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Oh to be a fly on the wall in that plac- wait no, no i dont want that.
Hahahahaha you win!!!
😂
You win the internet today!!! Sooo funny
Note to any novice flytrap growers: Venus' flytraps actually expend a huge amount of energy whenever they close a trap, and closing more than a few traps at the same time is very hard on the plant. Not to say that Justin is inexperienced with flytraps, and I'm sure he knows what he is doing, but this means that you should try not to close traps unnecessarily, like putting your finger in them, and also that you should not purposefully feed multiple traps at the same time. Just one or two trap feedings at a time will keep your flytrap healthy and strong.
Good advice. My venus flytrap goes outside in the summer and feasts whenever a fly decides to go on the plant. Mine are doing too well.
Daily feed or weekly once?
Damian Prentice once every year
akhilennium not daily
Yeah, it can kill them, especially if it hasn't eaten in a while :(
We have many carnivorous plants in Malaysia. Some are so exotic that they don't even have name for it yet.
In a way, I do hope they are untouched, rather not being discovered.
I love our jungle.
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3:10 She just tasted that nectar with no hesitation.
Hey guys, for the Venus flytraps, make sure to put them somewhere cold during the winter, this is called dormancy where they can focus on their roots. It’s best to do this unless if your winters are harsh and the Venus flytrap will freeze completely, but I live in Virginia and mine do just fine during winters.
I leave my VFTs outdoors year around and they freeze/thaw multiple times during the winter - sometimes as cold as -10 degrees F for a week or two. They do just fine.
I've had my VFT for 3 years now, and it just keeps on getting bigger and more beautiful :)
Here is what I do
Its on a south facing window sill year round. window is open as much as possible, and it gets as much sunlight/air as possible
I overwinter it an unheated south facing conservatory. VFTs need dormancy to stay healthy. I have a friend in Florida who overwinters theirs in their fridge
Rainwater only - I keep the soil damp but not dripping
Feed it a couple of insects a month - usually moths
Keep an eye out for blackened leaves and pick those off
Make sure it doesnt have any mites etc (treat with neem oil)
Othewwise, sit back and let it do its thing!
Raven esque where do you live?(probably the reason why it’s grown indoors)
I'm in germany and do the same thing. I catch flies and feed them to it and i only water from the bottom. The fridge suggestion is interesting. I struggled a bit keeping it in a bright enough but not too warm place during winter.
Oh and mine burned badly ones during summer getting full on south facing window sunshine, that's why i like to keep it behind another plant for a bit of shade when it is super hot and sunny here.
No grow light?
In the dormancy period what is the average temperature that you keep it in?
@@tothgabi2494 dormancy temps should be around between 30-50 degrees Fahrenheit for about 3-4 months. They're native to north Carolina so I have Wilmington nc saved on my weather app to follow as closely as possible. In NY I overwinter mine in my unheated garage
I always use rainwater. I also plant the species native to my area in a natural bog on my property in central eastern Georgia.
Y'alls energy together is too cute!
So cool to have Summer Rayne visit a Dutch company! 🇳🇱
It's an interesting one... Would have been nice if the plants were closely shot for a better view and idea!
True
Don’t shoot them green lives matter 💙🇮🇪
Summer Rayne Oakes. Are you kidding me, that is the best name I've ever heard I'm crying?!
Great video Summer, you do a great job. Thank you again.
So excited for this ep cuz carnivorous plants are my favorite to grow
Thanks, this really helped me take care of my plant!
Beautiful flower...
Thanks...
I loved the energy between you two and the plants!! 🥰 I could feel the greenhouse breeze! Awesome video, job well done!! 🌱
Okay, she tasted the pitcher nectar?
That's great, 10/10!
Subscribe + bell!
I'M TIRED OF DRINKING, I WANNA CHEW, NOW.
great video haha. I've always wanted a carnivorous plant, but I don't think my area is optimal for caring for one properly!
Voltattentr Thank you for not getting one because your area can't optimally take care of it. I hate seeing people get plants that they can't take care of. My mom has so many plants and it literally makes me want to cry, the lack of attention she gives them. She refused to do any research. I had to research a lot to get them growing. I kinda went on a tangent, but thanks 😄
Caleb city video lol.
Plant it in a terrarium friend.
@@tropicalterrarium1742 r u stupid boiiiiii
@@lenaluthor5620 lmao do you cry when you eat flower seeds too?
Enjoyed the video. Cool plants. Thanks for sharing.
I am so obsessed with this！！I planted it the humidifierfor 3 months and it grew very well and it was fun.
In a humidifier!!
Holy shit, what a concept.
you don’t need a humidifier
Always interesting content.Thanks!
It must have been awesome to visit this facility!
I have a few different ones, I have a potted display in the greenhouse. They also do fantastic in ponds
This is wonderful!
Hahahahaha you 😂😂 you nearly killed that guy asking 🤣 every detail LOL
He seemed kinda shy but nice. Fascinating plants. I kept waking for one to say “Feed me “.
Thank you so much for this episode. I’ve had a few sinds this past summer and they’re thriving. My venustrap is still making babies. I love carnivourus plants and my youngest son (4y) helps me take care of them. He warns me when the water level drops down in the cup 😊🌱💗🌱
It's my understanding that Distilled water is best because they don't like minerals in tap or spring water & they prefer to stay wet. I keep mine inside a glass and having it sit inside as the roots from the plant can reach the distilled water & in near a South facing window. I've had it a few months & it's doing well so far
Such a great video! I live in the US and I’ve had my King Henry Venus flytrap for about a year and half now, and it’s been really happy sitting in a cup of distilled water in front of a sunny window! When I was researching the plant, and later talking to the staff where I bought the flytrap, they didn’t recommend giving it tap water. I’m not sure if it had to do with the California tap water, or maybe just common things found in tap water across the US, but I just thought that I’d add to the carnivorous plant conversation here in the comments! :^)
Just got one of these plants today. Glad I've seen this as I would of put fertiliser in the water. X
Good video and plants. A million likes for all.
Besides Orchids...these are my favorite
yasss Dutch eye candy. Great video as always!
A life like this, heaven❤
Nice video. Awesome greenhouse.
cool video ^^ thanks for sharing.
Beautiful plants
Interesting, thanks!
Love this video, i got some Carnaflora plants :)
Just bought a starter kit gonna try growing from seed
For being such a large producer of carnivorous plants I expected this guy to know so much more. I live in NH and all my CP’s spend all year outside, no greenhouse, no terrariums, just full sun.
Darb Snardy yeah... and when he said high humidity for the VFT, I grow many different cultivars In Texas with desert conditions and they do just fine, of course always kept wet.
NIGHT he just ownes the place I don’t think he does all the work there
@@potatopoii2720 He doesn't own the place, he manages the commercial side of the company like PR. By the sounds of it he also has limited knowledge of the English language and is being put on the spot. He's got a lot of trouble finding his words. If they were to interview his father who owns the place they'd probably have a lot more info to share. Besides, growing them like this evidently works for them as they're one of the biggest producers and exporters of carnivorous plants in the world.
I think he's more interested about how many sold for the business, in the uk, even in the finest plant shops, you'll be lucky if you see 1 of these plants their and it is usually a big example of the species and will cost you £70-£100.
And they have thousands of them here.
I love those plants
I have kept a nepenthe going in my home now for two years! Cool plant
Has yours produced lots of new pitchers? I have 5, and though the leaves all appear very healthy, they never keep the pitchers that they came to me with for very long. They also have trouble producing new ones. The two plants I bought from a grower have developed new pitchers, but not the plants I bought from a big box store. I only use distilled water, mist them several times a day, and keep the growth media damp. I'm curious how you keep yours happy?
Tracey Glimmer I put mine outside in the summer and It catches a lot of bugs in the pitcher, then it makes more pitchers. It doesn’t do much in the winter but maybe get a new leaf or two, no new pitchers in winter. Also I keep very moist with RO water and mines planted in spagnum, perlite and charcoal mix
Thank you for responding! should try moving them outdoors, because that's one thing I haven't tried and maybe mine stay dormant for that reason :)
Tracey Glimmer there are many different nepenthes species. Some make new pitchers quite easily others are really hard to grow indoors.
The Nepenthes Bloody Mary is our easiest plant to keep indoors which I would recommend to anyone starting to grow Nepenthes.
For the harder to grow varieties growth often can be improved by raising humidity. Placing a bowl with water under your Nepenthes may be sufficient. It may raise the humidity near the plant just enough.
Thanks so much for this tip! I learned from watching your interview here that I might be wrong in keeping some of my nepenthes in hanging pots which could be keeping them too dry. I'm going to try your suggestion instead because I really love these plants!
You look good together haha 😉
I love your videos!~
Actual tips for care start at 4:56
Awesome.
They should plant some of the native species back into the environment
People would just poach them.
The Netherlands are a really bad example of environmental destruction
Not necessarily. I study Conservation and people reintroducing plants of their own accord is a real problem. Can easily mess up some ecological equilibria.
In this modern era they will not survive for some reason
Hector Montecino Campagna you also have to think about how most plants produced for commercial sale are not going to be seed grown, they’ll be tissue culture. So every single plant that is tissue culture will have the same exact genes as it’s parent. This could be a problem as you’d be introducing a mass mono genetic population into the natural gene pool. Unfortunately it’s not as simple as re introduction.
Great you was in my country
I feel like the girl knew more about the plants than he did, she was juast letting him say the things for the interview, but helped him quite a lot... it's kinda funny considering he has probably the biggest production of CPs
BlueTori I don’t think that’s the case. He’s not fluent in English, that’s why she’s helping him out
@@joyceyeh1826 he speaks a really good English xD I am just saying, I own a small collection of carnivorous plants and if someone asked me about them I could speak hours about the plants
BlueTori I think he is saying a lot of uhh and ummm and was just thinking of how to convey his thoughts in English. That’s just how I see it haha
Idk but his like thinking how to convey things and is probably nervous? But I got to see those plant tho so got no problem with that.
He's not a native speaker and doesn't seem to be used to be in front of the camera. I'm sure he knows a lot about this type of plants, he just seem a little insecure due to having translate everything on the fly while being "watched" by the camera.
4:29 “oh shit im in the shot”
Fun to learn hes dutch, bought a plant from his company yesterday im dutch too
I could happily live in that greenhouse
there is one of these shops in Srebia and our Biologicaly teacher is going to buy it for kids who want it, yay
Gde ima ovakav shop? Ja ih inace gajim i obožavam ih. Pozdrav
Wow wow wow
. are these plants for real? They are so colorful.
Love your vids
I own a vft in las Vegas nv.. They withstand anything with good care
Awesome🎉🎉❤❤
That was fun
I've recently bought a Sarracenia and it arrived to me growing out of a moss ball. It is hanging inside a plastic pot, not fully covering the inside area of the pot. Should I replant it in potting soil? Should I place it (the moss ball and the pot) inside a bowl with water?
venus flytraps are not so hard to care for, you just need te follow a few basics and it will be doing fine
Dutch Flytrap but many people don’t know how to keep them and they put them inside in the shadow so the DONT get any sunlight
@@thin-arrcinn1898 but People buying them for the first time dont know anything about them
@@potatopoii2720 You literally have tons of info at your fingertips. You have no excuses for killing the plant because you didn't know something.
@@LonelyBlackWolf96 🖕finger tip
@@LonelyBlackWolf96 and its a plant. Who gives a shit if someone kill them
You didn't hold the plants up to the camera so we could see it better, I love your road trips.
Vft are one of the easiest cps to grow, im surprised he would say otherwise, its all about full sun, constant moisture, and a good winter rest:)
Compare that to a zz plant, which is basically just water it once a month or every two months, and have some light. Venus flytrap is definitely difficult, also very different conditions to a more common houseplant
@@Amaling They can be difficult if you try to grow them indoors. Too many people insist on treating them like a jungle tropical plant (high temp and humidity). The usual end result is a dead plant.
@@Amaling of the CPS family, not all plants
NICE
Summer Rayne, best name ever
I just bought a venis fly trap at a home depot yesterday, I wanna learn how to care 4 it and make it grow big N strong. It has got 3 moths in it now.....I'm happy it's eating
When your teacher loves you and wants you to pass no matter what
Great video. So nice to get advice from a pro that sells millions of plants. So much information online is incorrect.
Just found and bought a pitcher plant in my local supermarket (Louisiana) -so immediately I came to your channel !! 🤍
Samesies!
I got a plant from them by a shop in Luxembourg lol
Cheers i just got myself a Carnivorous Plants as well
Now find a decent guide on growing it properly. This video is NOT a good guide, regardless of the title.
@@buggsy5 cheers friend
Have you ever started seeds for plants like peperomia's?, if so do you have tips for starting your house plants by seed rather then purchasing plants that have already been started? Also your recipes in your book are really good! Singed: Prairie Girl Saskatchewan
Vancouver Urban Gardener most insectivorous plant seeds can take a while to germinate, it’s not recommended for novice growers. For example with Sarracenia you’ll have to stratify for 3-4 months, then sow them and wait for another 4-5 weeks for them to actually start growing. And they’re very slow growers. You’ll also have to deal with mold and other things along the way. Once again not recommended for novice growers
I wish they shipped here.
Heliamphora are very highly specialized for its environment, not arcane by any stretch of the imagination!
Nice sarracinea
I have a Saracenia that didn't die back in the fall, nor over winter. It's now spouting a flower and toms of new growth. Wondering, though, if I should cut back the 5 remaining large pitchers, or leave them there to photosynthesis and provide energy to the plant.
Thoughts?
Yes, cut off the old pitchers - being careful to not damage the new growth. The exceptions are S. rosea, S. purpurea and their hybrids - as those tend to be very slow growing. Wait to cut off the previous years growth when it starts to die back in June or July.
How lovely. But I think it isn’t easy to keep these plants for a long time
Kdiemstyle NTB yeah it is.. do your research and verify it’s correct.. lmao
Would love to order from them
Looks like a Green pitcher plant🪴
How can I fertilize my sarracenia in a flat where there are no insects?
Hi
I saw your carnivorous plant video so my query is what is the processor courier bin india?
The fact that in Venezuela we're not able to find those in Plant Shops or anywhere "legally" saddens me :'(
You could ask for leaf cuttings. As long as you contribute to their conservation, assuming they are native there because of “legally”.. join their programs and help around with conservation!
what...! thats sad...
Hey! I bought one of their traps from Internet reptiles
I have 2 of there plants!
Would plants that large be quite expensive? I want to use them to take care of insects naturally
Which varities is good for Indian temprature
J adore les plantes carnivores malheureusement je n ai jamais réussi à les garder. ...😢 peut on les mettre dans un terrarium ? 😘🌿🌿
Good job the lady knew what she was doing as he wasnt that good in giving out information!
Nice visit! I've always found Venus FT difficult but way back I didn't know about the dormant period. I am successfully keeping a large clump of sundew alive on a south-facing windowsill in Scotland by never allowing the plant saucer to dry up and always using rainwater. Some are destined for a terrarium jar.
Do the sundews a favor and don't put them in a terrarium. If you do, make sure you have continuous good air circulation from a fan. It is better to just keep growing them in the South facing window.
@@buggsy5 Thanks. Well they are doing ok under glass. I open the terraria occasionally and give a misting of rainwater. The south facing window is for winter. In summer even the north window can get the jars too hot so sometimes remove the tops.
@@TerryMcGearyScotland Don't you think that the overheating, even in a North facing window, might be an indication that present growing conditions are not correct? Also, the plants can overheat in a terrarium even when there is no top on it. North windows do not provide enough sunlight and East/West windows are marginal.
Sundews tell you when they do not have enough water - the "dew" drops disappear. This only seems to occur when the growing media is getting too dry - I have never had it happen with low humidity.
By growing them in a closed terrarium, you are depriving the plants of all the small flying bugs that they catch for food.
I would highly suggest keeping those plants that are not in a terrarium/ jar in the South facing window. As usual, keep the plant pot in a shallow saucer of water. Then next year, after all the plants are growing well after coming out of dormancy - compare the two growing locations to see which plants do better.
@@buggsy5 Yes thanks, not a bad idea to do a wee experiment. Actually my grandson has son has some in a glass bowl with no lid and it seems to be thriving. My south-facing terraria were geting very warm to touch during our our unusually long sunny summer. I took the lids off but on one (behind the curtain) I forgot to replace the lid: the result was a lot of brown tipped leaves.
@@buggsy5 Actually, they don’t _need_ to catch insects for food. You can give them fish flakes and it works just fine.
In North Carolina in my old school Bellamy elementary the have wild Venus flytraps growing
It is illegal to pick in NC.
Cathy Hughes ok
He seemed nervous. Maybe he wanted to plant one on you, lol. Can't say I blame him.
Poop
The subtitles are hilarious lmao 😂🤣
11:22 😂
Where did you find that?
So I have to fly to the Netherlands to buy that plant and bring it home in my suitcase...
No
The sarracenia is the one that's supposed to be easy to care for and I killed it in a matter of a few weeks. Lol. I live in the Netherlands too, and used tap water and I kept it on a saucer with watealso never fertilised it, just like that guy said. I just want to know what I did wrong? I thought a carnivorous plant would help me get rid off fungus gnats.
I've had the same issue. Tap water can apparently be a problem because of the chlorine so distilled water is recommended. Full sun is also recommended. Other than that I have no idea bc I have killed three. I live in Florida in the US so I thought maybe it was too hot.
Ken Donsky Tap water was your issue, most residential tap water is above the ppm limit that insectivorous plants have and it will cause a build up of minerals and nutrients in the soil that will kill your plant. Uhm you got a sarracenia which catch larger prey.. it’s not gonna help at all with a gnat issue.. get a sundew or treat your gnat problem with a natural insecticide. For the love of god please do your research when investing in a plant and killing it a week later and being like “iDk HOw iT diED????? “
Yeah!!!!! I'm from the Netherlands
A Buijtenhuis ik ook!! Ik heb zelf ook planten van hun bedrijf, ze doen het zo goed!
En ik ook A Buijtenhuis
Iv'e had my Venus Fly Trap for 18 months, still going strong.
I subscribe your chennel (from Bangladesh)
So...... Do they need Sunlight????? And In the winter do I need to make it cold so they enter the dormant stage or do they not have to enter it??? Please Answer, Thanks!
I bought a baby venus from lowes and i think? Its thriving???
I discovered that my balcony doesn't get enough sunlight so i had to order a growlight and all of the adult traps died off except one...but i do have 6 or 7 babies growing in 😃 they're growing very slow but i think i am doing something right 😁