WHEN PLANTS ATTACK CARNIVOROUS PLANT NURSERY

If it eats bugs to sustain itself, it’s a carnivorous plant. Now fortunately, these plants are rather small so there is no danger to pets or children, however, if you’re a fly in the wetland, you’re in danger!

Carnivorous plants are great fun to grow in a plant nursery. Carnivorous plants typically grow in peat, found in wetlands, which are lacking in the nutrients needed for other plants to grow. The insect eating is a remarkable adaptation of evolution to counter this deficiency. There are over six hundred carnivorous plants.

The Rainbow Plant, Pitcher Plant, Venus flytrap, and Waterwheel Plant are all bug eaters and are all terrific fun to grow in your plant nursery. Given as a novelty gift or cultivated as a wetland exhibit, carnivorous plants are a great addition to any plant nursery.





More Than Just Pest Control.
Not only do many carnivorous plants have brightly colored blooms but also, several of these, are used in preparing a number of traditional medicines and mixtures. Asians use fluid from young Monkey Pitchers (Nepenthes) for drinking, antiseptic for wounds, treating incontinence, and relieving pain or distress, which makes carnivorous plants a valuable addition to the Asian plant nursery.

Butterworts have been used for preparing cheese and yogurt from milk and also for treating sores. Sundew plant has medicinal importance for its use in expectorants. Research is underway in discovering anti-cancer properties of Venus flytrap extract. A carnivorous plant nursery, therefore, provides more than one benefit for humans.

Splish, Splash, I Was Takin' A Bath! Water Conditions For Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous plants thrive in soggy conditions; that means they require lots of water all the time. Setting a simple carnivorous plant nursery requires simply placing pots of the carnivorous plant in a tray and adding water to it a depth of ¼ of an inch. It is important to add water to the tray instead of directly watering the plant. Another crucial point in watering carnivorous plants is that these grow well only in mineral-free water and therefore, it is best to use rainwater or distilled water for these plants.





Lighten Up!
A carnivorous plant nursery is ideally set in place that receives lots of sunshine. They flourish outdoor; most species do well indoors provided it is brightly lit. At least twelve hours of artificial light, preferably fluorescent tubes, supports their growth well.

Anybody Seen the Broom? Soil or Sand
Carnivorous plants are naturally accustomed to growing in soil with few nutrients and minerals and more sand and peat. While using a soil mixture of sphagnum peat moss and horticultural sand (usually 50-50) is recommended for carnivorous members of a plant nursery, the sand should be free of clay, silt, or minerals of any kind. Beach sand should not be used on account of its salt content.

I'm Melting! Or, Too Much Humidity
While too much of direct watering may harm a carnivorous plant, growing in an open terrarium yields best results. Alternatively, a modifier can be used to compensate for any humidity deficit in your plant nursery.

Do You Smell Something? About Fertilizers.
Don't fertilize your carnivorous plants. They make enough nitrogenous compounds out of their insect quota.