Carnivorous plants! How to build your own Bog Bowl with horticulturist Paul Blackmore
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Today we catch up with our friend Paul Blackmore from the Atlanta Botanical Garden who is an expert in carnivorous plants! Paul is a wealth of knowledge and his passion for gardening is an inspiration to all who have the pleasure of talking plants with him.
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Today Paul is going to share with us some of his vast knowledge of carnivorous plants and we'll be walking you through the steps involved in building your very own bog bowl. A bog bowl is a great way to enjoy these moisture loving unusual plants and its super low maintenance too. He's selected four wonderful selections for todays planting. The first is Sarracenia psittacina or The Parrot's Head pitcher plant. Another selection in the same family is Sarracenia purpurea which is native up and down the east coast of the US and provides a great pop of purple to our planting. Next we have the uniquely beautiful Drossera, or Sundew that adds a delicate and wispy texture to our bowl. Last but not least we add the fascinating Venus Fly Trap. Did you know that it is only native to a small patch of land in South Carolina? Fascinating. To make our bog bowl we'll start by putting a liner in the bottom of the pot that allows it to hold more water yet not so much that it creates a swamp. The ideal soil mixture is achieved with a blend of sterile peat moss and mason's sand. We mix the two with water until it is evenly wet and then add it to our bowl. Now its time for the plants to go in! Make sure you don't plant them too low and that the crown of each plant is above the soil. To finish the planting we put a thin layer of dry sand down around the plants and pop in some moss to create a lush green carpet under our plants. Keep your bog bowl in a sunny spot. It's that simple. Remember, carnivorous plants do not like fertilizer and prefer to be watered with water that is pH 7 or lower (more acidic). As always, just have fun with your gardening. A bog bowl is an easy and rewarding addition that will last for years.
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Flytraps are from NORTH Carolina and some patch's of South Carolina.
Very true Jesse. It’s a small region indeed but definitely includes North Carolina. Thank you for the correction. Happy gardening!
Yeah when I learned that I lived where they originated, I immediately started growing them outdoors and realized how easy they are to care for. I live near plant delights nursery and they have so many awesome varieties to grow. Check them out!
"rooted" (as written on your T-shirt) in Australian slang means completely broken way beyond repair, exhausted, or to have sex with (past tense) as in: "I rooted that chick who works at the local nursery"
"Was she a good root?"
"Yeah, she was a bloody good root!"
Bog bowl: in Australian slang means toilet.
All of that aside, I'm interested in starting my own carnivorous "bog bowl" and I learned a lot (hope you did too!).
Very interesting! Definitely didn’t know any of that. Thanks for sharing the fun facts. Best of luck to you on your bog bowl!
@@rooted-gardeningfoodlife1708 My sister gave me a pitcher plant and it died within a month. I found that tap water has too many minerals and chlorine. That is what eventually killed my carnivorous plant. I should have used distilled water or rainwater.
P.S. did you know that the far south west of western Australia is home to over one quarter of the world's carnivorous plant species and then there are the many species endemic to the east coast.
I love the tropical pitchers and the Venus flytrap is the undisputed king of carnivorous plants.
@@davidlillecrapp2960 Very true. They really don't want any kind of nutrition outside of what they get from the insects they trap
water with tds 50ppm and below for vft.
I wish I could catch Eric in my venus fly trap
Haha! That would be a very large fly trap indeed
How do you put your venus fly trap through dormancy like this?
My guess is you either cover with straw or dig them up and fridge them over winter
From what i've heared you can plant living peat moss right around where the growth point of the venus flytrap is because it'll protect the plant during dormancy.
I had one in a small pot and last winter we had temperatures down to -5 degrees Celsius.
It's not much but the water still froze, yet the plant survived (but some of the old leafes died
did anyone catch the name of the liner he used?
Permilawn I think?
@@thatonedog819 Thank you!
Those poor plants lol. What a gawd awful way to make a mess and smoosh plants into a new pot lol. ~♡~