Lucy68 covered it well.
Always check the on the back of the bag to see if any fertilizer has been added in the ingredients.
If it product is made by Miracle Grow, it's not for CP's!
I noticed the best growth I have with my VFTs, is equal parts peat moss and pool filter quartz sand. If you have any pool stores near you, you can get a 50lb bag for around $10.00. I'm almost out of my sand, and that bag I probably bought at least 4 years ago...price is probably double by now.
This is all the plants I got out of the triangular planter in front when I thinned it out. 3 flats = 96 plus whatever I left in the planter.
I will collect rain water for my CPs.
When all I grew was CP's I would sometimes run out of my 25-30 gallons I would store and would have to buy RO or distilled water.
Never use tap water. Some people say they can, I would not... I've actually tested my water with a TDS meter. My mineral count is higher then I'm willing to try on my plants.
I think you can keep VFT's drier then most people grow them. When I say drier, keep the soil moist, but does not need to be totally saturated.
If you ever visit the natural growing areas, they are typically in drier areas.
The thread "Green Swamp Preserve" in
Carnivorous Plants forum
Are you able to grow the VFT outside?
Mine grow outside in full sun all day.
They come inside to an unheated garage (typically stays around 50 degrees F), no light, barely moist soil, when the daytime temps are not getting above freezing anymore.
They stay in the garage till the daytime temps are consistently above freezing in the Spring.
Because my plants grow outside, they eat whenever they catch there own bugs.
I only ever fed my plants when I made a video of them eating.
Looked for the video...holy cow, 13 years ago. LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
