Beginners Guide to Creating your Own Carnivorous Plant Potting Mix
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- čas přidán 6. 05. 2024
- Tired of being over charged for the potting mix that you need for your Temperate Carnivorous plants like Venus Flytraps, Drosera, and Sarracenia? Follow me as I show you just how easy it is to creat your own mixes for you carnie babies!!!!
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Organic Peat Moss www.lowes.com/pd/Premier-Prem...
Sand www.agrisupply.com/coarse-san...
Organic Perlite www.amazon.com/PVP-Industries...
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I like video's like this
I appreciate your feedback. I just want to provide all the details to the community
I make my own as well. Easy peesy, and cheeper.
So much cheaper!!!!!! Thanks for checking the video out
Lookin forward to making an outdoor planter for Minnesota. We’ll never get through a whole bag of perlite 😅
Hahahahaha this is my second big bag and it’s almost empty 😅😅😅😅
Hi Insecticidal151, thank you for the video. NOTE: Orchid Moss and other bagged Moss products are not necessarily Sphagnum moss. If a person was to use those other products they may have poor results. A "potting mix" is a bit of a new concept to me though regarding carnivorous plants. I don't recall ever purchasing a CP that was in a mix with maybe the exception of something like a Dewy Pine or maybe a Butterwort. Maybe there are certain varieties that would be better suited to a grow mix such as you have shared as apposed to just standard Long Fibered Sphagnum? May be something I try testing in the future. Your plants look healthy and happy. Good Job Sir!
Hey I apologize for the late reply. This mix, and other comparable mixes, are better for North American temperate carnivores (Sarracenia, dionaea, Drosera) in particular. I'm not a fan of longer fibered sphagnum as a growing medium because when it comes time to repot them, the roots become really entangled and typically break off. I use long fibered sphagnum as a top dressing for my pots and I also use a food processor to mill it down to almost a fine dust. I have found that this works perfectly as a mulching solution. The experimentation is the best part!!!!!!! I really appreciate you watching and commenting!!!
G'day mate. I like medium like this but I prefer to separate the spaghnum between top and bottom. The bottom spaghnum stops the peat leaking out and the top is for moisture retention.
I typically mulch the top with shredded sphagnum. I have a bunch of window screen that I’ve been using in the bottom of pots to stop it from leaking out of the bottom.
I live in Michigan Zone 6a . I have noticed that a Peat rich mix in my area leads to rot . What state are you located and Zone please ? A Mix of 1:1:1 peat, sand, Perlte works Great here . One thing I have noticed in spring , I can't let my plants sit in 2" water like summer . It builds Anaerobic Bacteria which as you know smells like a septic tank . Anyway, Great Video . Keep them coming .
I'm in NC zone 7B. If it helps, my plants are in 12+ hours of full sun per day. The only shade they ever get is from cloud cover so the surface stays a little drier
@@insecticidal151 well that Great weather really help . Need to find a sunnier spot . I just get 5 hrs of direst light . And got to remember to let my water dry before filling .