📚 ℹ️ How to take care of a pitcher plant (Best tutorial ✅ 20 questions answered!)
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0:00 - I decided to do the best tutorial on growing Nepenthes on a windowsill :)
In this video, I will cover the 20 questions every beginner ask.
To make it easier for you, I'll cut this video into several parts:
01 - How are Nepenthes different from other carnivorous nursery plants? - 4:14
02 - What is the best soil mix for a pitcher plant? - 9:47
03 - How to repot a nepenthes pitcher plant? - 11:08
04 - What is the cheapest water for carnivorous plants? - 13:09
05 - How often should you water your Nepenthes plant? - 15:25
06 - How much light does a pitcher plant need? - 17:21
07 - Can Nepenthes plants grow in low humidity environments? - 18:53
08 - How to raise humidity for your pitcher plant? - 20:11
09 - Should you add a supplement light during winter? - 21:10
10 - How to fertilize Nepenthes pitcher plants? - 22:50
11 - How to know if a Nepenthes plant is getting enough nutrients? - 24:43
12 - What is the optimal temperature range for growing Nepenthes plants? - 25:44
13 - How do I propagate pitcher plants from cuttings? - 30:07
14 - How do I propagate Nepenthes plants from seed? - 32:09
15 - What is the lifespan of a Nepenthes plant? - 34:14
16 - How to troubleshoot common problems with pitcher plants? - 35:07
Can you grow Nepenthes in full sun? - 35:16
What cause Nepenthes root rot? - 35:30
Why all the pitchers of your Nepenthes are dying? - 35:40
The problem with repotting a Nepenthes - 37:05
Why a Nepenthes leaves are dying? - 38:28
Why a Nepenthes is not making any pitcher? - 39:57
Why Nepenthes pitcher are dying fast? - 41:42
17 - What are the easiest pitcher plant to start with? - 43:01
18 - How to create the best growing conditions for my Nepenthes plant? - 47:00
19 - What should you buy for your pitcher plant? - 48:38
20 - How to better grow Nepenthes? - 52:40
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Why this channel?
I plan to show you how other nepenthes growers from around the world grow their plants on their windowsill and grow tent.
If you are interested and want to show us your plants, contact me so that I can set an interview.
(All you need is a recent smartphone and a good WiFi, I'll take care of the software).
Happy growing everyone!
Remy.
To make it easier for you, I'll cut this video into several parts:
01 - How are Nepenthes different from other carnivorous nursery plants? - 4:14
02 - What is the best soil mix for a pitcher plant? - 9:47
03 - How to repot a nepenthes pitcher plant? - 11:08
04 - What is the cheapest water for carnivorous plants? - 13:09
05 - How often should you water your Nepenthes plant? - 15:25
06 - How much light does a pitcher plant need? - 17:21
07 - Can Nepenthes plants grow in low humidity environments? - 18:53
08 - How to raise humidity for your pitcher plant? - 20:11
09 - Should you add a supplement light during winter? - 21:10
10 - How to fertilize Nepenthes pitcher plants? - 22:50
11 - How to know if a Nepenthes plant is getting enough nutrients? - 24:43
12 - What is the optimal temperature range for growing Nepenthes plants? - 25:44
13 - How do I propagate pitcher plants from cuttings? - 30:07
14 - How do I propagate Nepenthes plants from seed? - 32:09
15 - What is the lifespan of a Nepenthes plant? - 34:14
16 - How to troubleshoot common problems with pitcher plants? - 35:07
Can you grow Nepenthes in full sun? - 35:16
What cause Nepenthes root rot? - 35:30
Why all the pitchers of your Nepenthes are dying? - 35:40
The problem with repotting a Nepenthes - 37:05
Why a Nepenthes leaves are dying? - 38:28
Why a Nepenthes is not making any pitcher? - 39:57
Why Nepenthes pitcher are dying fast? - 41:42
17 - What are the easiest pitcher plant to start with? - 43:01
18 - How to create the best growing conditions for my Nepenthes plant? - 47:00
19 - What should you buy for your pitcher plant? - 48:38
20 - How to better grow Nepenthes? - 52:40
Great video! I bounced off this one initially due to slow start & overall length, but it really is one of the most informative and helpful available on the subject. Once I'd mostly wasted well over an hour on various less informative videos I returned to this one, strapped in for a real listen and actually learned a great deal.
Glad it was helpful! Yes, it's long but I wanted beginners to get ready in 1 video. 😄
@@WindowsillNepenthes All good. In retrospect the video is great. The initial difficulty was all mine! Thanks again for the detailed info.
The effort you put into these videos is remarkable! Thanks a lot!!
btw i love that truncata you have in the background
Thanks! This took me a crazy amount of time for sure, but now it's done 👍
The best Nepenthes care video on CZcams. Thank you so much for making these guides!
Thanks! Happy you enjoy it 😁
My plants are not vegan that is an awesome t shirt sir cheers from Australia
Thank you for the information. First time grower from Ontario.
Great info! Thanks!
Thank you so much. My husband bought me two for mothers day and a few pitchers started turning black. Love this plant so much because I hate flies (he bought me a salt gun to shoot flies for christmas lol) love from Australia 🇦🇺
Excellent video, really! Thank you
great videos as always :)
Super great timing, I just got into Nepenthes, best video so far for care guide!
Thanks 👍
Thank you so much for adding video chapters. Great video, congrats on this new sub!
Thanks 👍
Thank you you are the most helpful fore these plants😊
Thanks for the kind words :)
This was a great video, thank you so much!! so much great info, you're awesome!!
Thanks 🙏 glad to be helpful 😊
Great vid as always
Thanks :)
Thanks for the video just repottet my plant as it was still in the earthy soil from the vendor i got it from. used about 60-70 spagnum and 30-40 perlite!
That's great. :) the roots will have good drainage.
Great video. My Ventrata hasn't Pitchered all year so I think it may well be light. Silly me being the pot is in light but the plant has extended away from the window. So cuttings and moving the plant now :)
That would help 😃
That shirt!!! I need one!!!
It's on my Etsy shop 🙂
I really love this compressed collection of facts! Would love more specific topics in this format such as seedlings/small plants with leaves less than 2 inches and below, and also caring for older plants with vines and basals and how it differs from young plants. One of my main concerns is in a few years my truncata x spectabilis might vine to an extent that is unwieldy for my tiny studio and I will need to cut it off and would like to know all my options on what to do with the vine (cut the whole vine? make cuttings and sell/give away? throw it away?) and how it will affect the long term health of my plant. Or should I let the vine grow and somehow make a trellis for it to hang from (have you done this? How?)
This kind of long form video are super long to make so yes I will try but it won't be anytime soon ;) And about cutting vining plants, I could do another video for sure but long story short, if you cut it down to 3-4 inch, the stem should activate dormant nodes and/or a basal. And you will root the cuttings too. :)
@@WindowsillNepenthes Thanks for the advice remy!
You mentioned at some point how you are unsure how to tell if a nepenthes is lacking nutrients
Im no expert on this but i encountered something interesting that might be an indicator of this.
I stopped feeding my windowsill Rebecca Soper, at all. A new pitcher opened, fed it nothing.
After a while of not feeding it, it made a pitcher and it came in a bit weird. It was orange in colour instead of purple, and it was not firm at all. It was super thin and brittle, me simply moving it out of the way caused it to almost tear open.
I asked around and some people said that not feeding a nepenthes alot could result in weaker pitchers. The plant wont die or anything, but there could be visual and tactile differences.
I thought this was interesting, and just wanted to put my thoughts out there lol.
I heard if the rainwater is collected off your roof, then you need to be especially careful, because it may contain some nutrients/minerals. I've just ordered a TDS meter to test this.
You are right and mine is always between 30 and 70 ppm, so perfectly fine for Nepenthes.
True, I live in a big city and concerned about the smog in the air and possibly getting contaminated rainwater from the roof of my building or power lines above me. I only have a handful of CP's so I just buy distilled water from the grocery store. 1 gallon lasts me a couple of months and it only costs about $2.
I came here just to verify this. I have used a cheap TDS meter from amazon and a branded TDS Vivosun at work. I've collected from the roof drain spout at my apartment and even a bucket for fresh rainwater. Both of these meters read somewhere between 10-20 PPM, which is great for all CP's. I've used this for my nepenthes, fly traps, Drosera, and Sarracenia for over a year now and they're all doing great. Zone 10 west central FL USA.
Hi Remy, that Video is very good 👍
Thanks! I hope it will helps lots of people 😃
@@WindowsillNepenthes Remy id would be great if you make a Video and show one time how you care the Nephentes and the Spaghnum on the Windowsill every day or every week. Greets 👍😊
I recently purchased a nepenthes alata, and this video was SO informative. I have mine in a south-east-facing window and it’s early summer in KY, so the humidity is about 50%. I also mist several times a day, and it’s in a sphagnum moss mix. The new pitchers have been very small compared to the ones it came with. Is it not enough light? I water with distilled whenever the moss feels like it’s starting to dry out a bit. I’ve thought about just bringing it outside for the summer, but in a shaded portion by the house.
Lack of light is possible... if you got the plant 3 months ago. But I think the plant is just adapting to your condition. I know the hardest part is waiting 😄
Hi Remy quick question regarding fertilizer and live sphagnum. You mentioned towards the end of the video that you spray on your fertilizer. Does your live sphagnum have any reaction (growth speed). I know on dried sphagnum if I spray the fertilizer I get tons of algae, so I’m also wondering if you have problems with that?
The sphagnum grow quickly and there is a good airflow on the windowsill, so I don't have any algae. :) Even on the grow tent, the live sphagnum outgrow any algae.
Thanks for the information it’s very useful and simple to understand , but sir do you use only the water tray method to raise humidity ? I just wanna know if it’s efficient enough for a large number of plants
On my Windowsill yes, but I also spray the moss twice a day, and I have selected species that tolerate lower humidity.
Do they evin come in pods lol how many seeds shuld I get in a pod
For your water tray system to provide humidity. Do you use distilled water or tap water?
If the water isn't touching the pots then regular tap water. But when I water with rain water, some also drop in the tray. I really only use tap water when the trays go dry
Hey Remi, i have a question about artificial lighting:
I bought a 36W Sansi light (at your channel's recomandation and good reviews) for my couple of ~20 Nepenthes and i turn it on after 3/4 PM (because the sun hides over the building's corner after that point.
And it stays on till 9:30 PM.
How can i tell if there can be too much light or too little?
Some of my Nephs get really red coloring on leaves but no pitchering (Bloody Marry), some stay green (Hookeriana, again no pitchers) and some thrive ( like Gaya, Ventrata, Sanguinea)
(The humidity is good, 50-60%)
What is a good indicator that a Neph gets too much or not enough light?
Because some are pitching and some don't, maybe it's the temperature. How long do you have the not pitchering ones?
@@WindowsillNepenthes About temperature, considering that it was chillish for the past few months, the temperature range was: 18- 22 (celsius) so far on the windowsill.
Now that the sun comes out more often, it stays at 19- to 28/30 peaks (22 on average).
Not pitchering over the cold season, i guess it might be the low temps and i might see progress from now on?
Hello Remi .. please do a Video about the pots you use in your backround .. how do they call and wher we can found some of them . thank you
You can find them in hydroponics stores, that's regular square pot, but maybe I'll do a video next time I visit this kind of stores :)
Is n.truncata easy to keep? Like in front of a window in my house towards the south? Greeting from NL🇳🇱
I find it quite easy, yes 🙂
is 90% too high humidity? my house stay at around 35% so i bought a tent and it stay between 80 and 95% but mostly is at 90%...
Oh 90% humidity is fine in a grow tent. :)
Check the Grow Tent growers interview I did and the second interview is coming. Growing on a windowsill or a grow tent is quite different (watering).
I was wondering I’m pretty sure my tendril on my Veitchii has stopped growing. It is pressed against the inside wall of the pot. Could that be why because the rest of the plant is growing and doing fine. It’s like it hit a brick wall and stopped
That's not the reason, I'm sure it's just slow but not stopped. It arrived to me many times ;)
Hey remy! was wondering where you got your live moss and what is it called?
This is live sphagnum moss, and other growers generally have some for sell.
is the led light you use a grow light or just a normal one? thanks for the video
Yes, they are grow lights: czcams.com/video/qz4B-_sSzog/video.html
Great video. Thank you so much. Just a quick question, if I take my plant from the greenhouse and drive it home, how long should I keep it under the dome for it to adjust to my home conditions, do I water it normally while it is adjusting? Sorry, I am preparing myself to adopt some plants next week. They will be under sansi grow lights, since it will be multiple plants I got 2x 40 (they are separate heads 10 each, 40 on one). How should I dose artificial lightning at the beginning since they are coming from the greenhouse I would assume they had plenty of lights. It's a very reputable carnivorous plants nursery. Thank you in advance, sorry for ranting.
All the best,
K
Depending on the species, but IF it adapt, it can take between 2 to 6 months. Water them once a week and see how it goes. (again, that depends on your humidity + your substrate). For the light, because we are in spring, try to have them ON for 14 hours and see if how the new leaves that will grow at home react. The old leaves will look bad because they aren't adapted to your conditions. ;) Give it some time. :D
@@WindowsillNepenthes thank you so much, I hope your family project goes well and I really look forward to more videos! All the best from London x
@@WindowsillNepenthes also, the conditions are quite similar, 50+ humidity with an occasional humidifier on so it does not drop, and temperatures around 18 to 23 C. Lights, I have Sansi 40 x2, but unlikely I will keep them all on for little babies (unless I get a surprise). The substrate is a little heavier for the moment with German peat moss (it came with it). I am a little afraid to repot since I do not want to completely shock the plants. Thank you so much again
Remi, where do you get your square pots for your mature nepenthes ? some of mine need a repot and I'm trying to find the best ones to save space but square pots seem fairly small when I look around. are these 10 inch pots ? thanks !!
great video
My big square pots are 7.5 inch (at the top). I don't them in hydroponics stores where they sell grow tents. ;)
@@WindowsillNepenthes thanks for the info !
Hey I know that mice poo in to some pitchers and provide them with nutrient. Do you think that I can use the droppings from my house rats as fertilizer and drop it into a pitcher?
I don't see why not. You will have to test how much you can put before the pitcher dies. But that should work
@@WindowsillNepenthes I put one into a dying pitcher as you said in your video when a new one is forming and why not make most of a dying pitcher right.
How do you get the required temperature drop? Either on a windowsill or a grow tent?
On the windowsill, it's natural during winter but air conditioning during summer. For tent, it's also natural as I extract the hot air (at night when the lights go off), but I need to be careful in winter as the furnace will make it hot at night while heating the house.
@@WindowsillNepenthes The problem I have is my room is East facing. It gets hot first thing in the morning. 30 degrees by noon and doesn't drop below 20 degrees at night.
@@jonathanchapman4700 that would be good for lowland species or hybrids, but you may need something to cool down at night if you plan to grow other Nepenthes. I'm not an expert on cooling grow tent.
Is it ok to keep nepenthes alanta outside in hanging basket? And is distilled water good to water plant?
Distilled water is great. and for outside, it will depends on the temperature, if it's in full sun, if there is a lot of wind, etc.
@@WindowsillNepenthes Thanks for replying. I’m not really sure if I have a nepenthes alanta or a nepenthes ventrata bc they look alike. I have it hanging on corner part of my porch which gets shade most of day and sun towards evening for about 3 hours. The temps here in Greenville, SC now are about low-mid 50’s at night and highs in day of high 70’s-low 80’s. Humidity right now is about 40-50% but it will get more humid here as we get closer to summer. I water it once a week but mist it everyday. Does this sound ok?
@@francesfinnerty3753 I have no knowledge about hanging pots nor outside growing. You can try to have it outside and see, it won't kill it but check the substrate as it can dry fast when hanging
is N. Maxima also easy to grow in low humidity?
Yes, maxima is quite adaptable ;)
Im from the phillppines its summer now im begginer for nepenthes i have 1 i place it in surrounding plants...
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Hello Remy, I have one question. I'm monitoring the temperatures on my windowsill. But the daytime temps (in winter) are to low (max 20C). I want to heat locally. I'n thinking about "infra-red" does anyone have some experience?
I would be afraid burning and drying the leaves. What about a heatmat?
@@WindowsillNepenthes Thanks, didn't think about the burning...But will that work underneath a tray containing a layer with clay pebbels (+ water) and on top the pots
Hey do you have any nepenthes seeds
Not for sell right now, I need seeds to experiment on way to improve germination rates ;)
It was kind of sketchy to be honest haha 😢😂
Oh no is it hard I bought 4 pods from Philippines lol who know how long that can take aperently they are trunkata
If they were fresh, 2-4 months and you should see some germination. ;)
trying to learn but those pitches in the back are distracting me 😵💫😵💫😵💫