THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was planning to get sundews again and try them out again since the last time I tried keeping a sundew, it lost all of it’s dew since I live in a tropical country and that means we have intense direct sunlight and hot temperature which could evaporate their dews..and in my area, we have low humidity so that’s why I lost interest since I thought that they’d die in my place! But now I’ll try again and use a shade net and acclimate them better! Thank you so much for this video! Very helpful!
That’s a good question! And is what I try to explain and show in newer vids lol. If it’s winter and they’ve been growing outside, they’re dormant (if they’re a plant that actually goes dormant). Your plant will not make any new leafs, and the whole plant will go brown/black (the old leafs). It will die down to a little black / red / brown / white / green bulb depending on the species that sits on the top of the ground. That’s how they generally look. Do you have a specific species? I’ll be able to explain how it looks if I know the species.
I live in California and it's very dry climate most of the time in my opinion... So what would you suggest that I do as far as the humidity goes. Because when you put your hand up on you cape sundew so that we could get a good look.. Mine also looks the same way smh.. I wish I could send a picture. I'm new to drosera so I think I'm killing her.. I need help
my main concern is temperature for my sundews. So sites tell me 40 -90 degrees . So I am stumped and confused . What do any of you folks think is the best temperatures ?
Hi- I found your channel by searching "drosera spatulata care". I received two plants today. I live in AZ where it's been 100º + F for weeks. These plants will be living indoors in AC. I started growing African Violets and they were doing fine until spider mites found them. But I got the Sundews for the tiny black fleas or flies or whatever they are that are here now. I am confused about the water. Can I use the Brita pitcher that we filter our water for coffee? We don't have any rain here, distilled water seems expensive and we don't have a reverse osmosis system. So what do you think about the Brita? And should the plants sit in it for the summer, or should they be watered from the bottom in a saucer which is emptied after a specific time has elapsed. My 2 plants are very little. I guess they are in good health. I sent pictures today to ask the seller if they look OK after traveling across the US to Arizona. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Hi! Thanks for reaching out I hope the channel gives you good info about these plants! Make sure that your plants are getting good sunlight where they are inside. They need as much sunlight as possible. About the water, I’m not sure about the britta pitchers, but zero water ones work perfect for carnivorous plants. I have links to them in my newest videos Incase you want to get one of those. Otherwise you can get a TDS meter and check out how good your britta water is. And with that meter you can check your tap water too. It may be fine for your plants but won’t know until you check. If you need any more info I’m happy to help.
I will be placing grovel, a textile and then 5 inches of soil in an aquarium. How much water do I need? I will only have one plant. Do I need to acclimate it in any way? I need help
The plants don’t need to be fed, they will catch good by themselves. If you feel like you have to feed them, you can feed them fruit flies or a little bit of fish flakes once every 2 weeks.
What I did for my cape sundew was this: got a 5L round jar, put gravel at the bottom about an inch off the bottom , poured distilled water to almost the top of the gravel, put a terrarium designed mesh on top, put peat soil lightly into the jar half an inch layer, got the adult plant and got it out of the plant pot and spread gently its soil without harming its roots inside the jar, put sphagnum moss on top of the peat moss and sealed the jar with a cork, my sundew is now 1 and a half years old. oh and I almost forgot , while adding the peat moss i added springtails to be its food source. I literally only need to do maintenance each year, or even less.
Hello, I dont know if you'll ever see this but I want to get one of these plants but I have a question about the food, would it be ok if I fed it little black ants? and if so is just 1 ok every 2 weeks? Or since they're so small should I go with more than 1?
So if I have a Venus Flytrap and a Sundew all potted in one bog ... How do I care for their simultaneous needs? Do I just care for my pot as if it is a Venus Flytrap and the Sundew will automatically get its needs aswell?
I also live in South Africa. Eastern Cape. So Summers and Spring tend to see temps of 30-40 degrees outside and Winters and Fall getting as cold as -2 - 15 degrees outside.
Great video, btw, I just received my drosera capensis on 31 may. my sundew have been producing dew but then it evaporates later in the day. Is this normal or is it just acclimating? And should i move my sundew to get morning light only? It’s really hot and humid here - around 30+ °C everyday, humidity 80%
Do I need to do something to acclimate it? Red colour meens it has the right light? How often do I water and feed it? So sorry for the many questions but I really need help
@@TheFlytrapGarden I am also planning on getting a lowland nepenthes Hookeriana and a sarracinia Leucophilla. I will be keeping them in the pot they will come until they grow bigger. Any tips?
Great video but I don't agree with the feeding part. It does not have to be live insect as the plant can sense if there is nutrition in the thing they catch. In my case I feed them with fish food and they curl over it. Obviously its not better than live bugs but works. My plants are in the middle of opening their flowers and an other stalk just started to grow on each. I do the same with my vft without stimulating them from the outside and they stay closed for over a week but if I give them live mosquito for example they reopen in 1-2 days. It is my experience.
What about INTENCE HEAT DURING THE SUMMER??!?!?!!---- I have these EACT PLANTS, my concern, is, HEAT WAVES DURING the Summer. Yes, there is 2 inches of water, but what about those day's in the Summer, that are 91 to 94 degrees for 7 plus days during a HEAT WAVE???---Won't that hurt this plant???
@@TheFlytrapGarden Red and green, But I ALWAYS CUT THE STEM FLOWER, I was told many years ago, The stem flower takes engery away from the plant, BESIDES, you WILL get bIGGER TRAPS! when you cut them!! ---I use a fish net to catch flies to feed them, but it does not always work....I've been doing this now for 15 years...
I know I’m late but the plant at the end is a mimosa pudica, also known as a sensitive plant
Here in the Philippines we call it "Makahiya" which derived from the word "hiya" which translates to "shy"
In my country is common named by "dorminhoca" it means something like "sleepy"
Makes sense!
In our country it is called Makahiya which means "seem shy"
Sensitive plant
it is called Mimosa pudica, common in our country considered as a weed.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was planning to get sundews again and try them out again since the last time I tried keeping a sundew, it lost all of it’s dew since I live in a tropical country and that means we have intense direct sunlight and hot temperature which could evaporate their dews..and in my area, we have low humidity so that’s why I lost interest since I thought that they’d die in my place! But now I’ll try again and use a shade net and acclimate them better! Thank you so much for this video! Very helpful!
Goodluck :)
11:05 that's a bashful plant but here in Philippines we call it makahiya(bashful) they grow everywhere here in our country
Subscribed! Thanks for the great video! I just got a Sundew Plant as my first ever carnivorous plant today! I am quite excited to see it grow.
Kelvin Ty congrats! I’m sure you will do a great job 😁
@@TheFlytrapGarden Thanks again!
Mimosa Pudica or Shameplant. We call it Makahiya and grows wildly here in the Philippines.
Very interesting!
Very educating video.
Thank you!
In my country, we call them the Makahiya plant
Interesting name what does it mean?
Means shy
Wrong, makahiya plant is Mimosa pudica, what is on the video is Drosera sp.
Mimosa pudica!! I love those plants!
They’re so cool!
Sensitive plant! Mine is named Fernando.
Nice :D
I have a dead sundew plant still in its pot and observed to be attracting roaches. How do I revive it?
how do i know it is going through dormancy like actually How do they LOOK when they are Dormant?
That’s a good question! And is what I try to explain and show in newer vids lol. If it’s winter and they’ve been growing outside, they’re dormant (if they’re a plant that actually goes dormant). Your plant will not make any new leafs, and the whole plant will go brown/black (the old leafs). It will die down to a little black / red / brown / white / green bulb depending on the species that sits on the top of the ground. That’s how they generally look. Do you have a specific species? I’ll be able to explain how it looks if I know the species.
Turn on CC and go to 0:13
I live in California and it's very dry climate most of the time in my opinion... So what would you suggest that I do as far as the humidity goes. Because when you put your hand up on you cape sundew so that we could get a good look.. Mine also looks the same way smh.. I wish I could send a picture. I'm new to drosera so I think I'm killing her.. I need help
fast and simple info. thanks
my main concern is temperature for my sundews. So sites tell me 40 -90 degrees . So I am stumped and confused . What do any of you folks think is the best temperatures ?
Hi- I found your channel by searching "drosera spatulata care". I received two plants today. I live in AZ where it's been 100º + F for weeks. These plants will be living indoors in AC. I started growing African Violets and they were doing fine until spider mites found them. But I got the Sundews for the tiny black fleas or flies or whatever they are that are here now. I am confused about the water. Can I use the Brita pitcher that we filter our water for coffee? We don't have any rain here, distilled water seems expensive and we don't have a reverse osmosis system. So what do you think about the Brita? And should the plants sit in it for the summer, or should they be watered from the bottom in a saucer which is emptied after a specific time has elapsed. My 2 plants are very little. I guess they are in good health. I sent pictures today to ask the seller if they look OK after traveling across the US to Arizona. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Hi! Thanks for reaching out I hope the channel gives you good info about these plants! Make sure that your plants are getting good sunlight where they are inside. They need as much sunlight as possible. About the water, I’m not sure about the britta pitchers, but zero water ones work perfect for carnivorous plants. I have links to them in my newest videos Incase you want to get one of those. Otherwise you can get a TDS meter and check out how good your britta water is. And with that meter you can check your tap water too. It may be fine for your plants but won’t know until you check. If you need any more info I’m happy to help.
I will be placing grovel, a textile and then 5 inches of soil in an aquarium. How much water do I need? I will only have one plant. Do I need to acclimate it in any way? I need help
As I said I do not recommend you use a terrarium 😊
It's mimosa pedica or usually called the tickle me plant or sensitive plant
what species of sundew is the most hardy?
I was listening very intently and then burst out laughing at the sudden "BORB BORB BORB"
How do you give them so much water without root rot?
Can I use fish food instead of insects in winter? (Or in any time of the year)
The plants don’t need to be fed, they will catch good by themselves. If you feel like you have to feed them, you can feed them fruit flies or a little bit of fish flakes once every 2 weeks.
What's the plant touching and where can I get one
Mimosa pudica?
What I did for my cape sundew was this: got a 5L round jar, put gravel at the bottom about an inch off the bottom , poured distilled water to almost the top of the gravel, put a terrarium designed mesh on top, put peat soil lightly into the jar half an inch layer, got the adult plant and got it out of the plant pot and spread gently its soil without harming its roots inside the jar, put sphagnum moss on top of the peat moss and sealed the jar with a cork, my sundew is now 1 and a half years old. oh and I almost forgot , while adding the peat moss i added springtails to be its food source. I literally only need to do maintenance each year, or even less.
Hello, I dont know if you'll ever see this but I want to get one of these plants but I have a question about the food, would it be ok if I fed it little black ants? and if so is just 1 ok every 2 weeks? Or since they're so small should I go with more than 1?
You don’t need to feed them, they catch their own food. Otherwise you can feed them one ant every week if you wish. It’s not necessary though
@@TheFlytrapGarden ahhh ok thank you for the help
Do I leave water under the Dundee plant pot all the time? Or no?
Carnivorous plants should almost always have access to water in a tray that they’re sitting in
I need help! Can I grow this plant in a 30x20x20 fish tank?
Which plant? There are many types of drosera. However, very few can be grown in a terrarium, especially if you are a beginner
So if I have a Venus Flytrap and a Sundew all potted in one bog ... How do I care for their simultaneous needs? Do I just care for my pot as if it is a Venus Flytrap and the Sundew will automatically get its needs aswell?
I also live in South Africa. Eastern Cape. So Summers and Spring tend to see temps of 30-40 degrees outside and Winters and Fall getting as cold as -2 - 15 degrees outside.
This depends on your sundews. If it’s a capensis, spatulata, binata or other South African species their care will be nearly identical
Great video, btw, I just received my drosera capensis on 31 may. my sundew have been producing dew but then it evaporates later in the day. Is this normal or is it just acclimating? And should i move my sundew to get morning light only? It’s really hot and humid here - around 30+ °C everyday, humidity 80%
Any good places to buy a sundew? Wanna get into growing carnivorous plants again.
If you’re in Australia I sell a few otherwise this depends where you live
@@TheFlytrapGarden Sorry never been to Australia. Lived in America my whole life.
Do I need to do something to acclimate it? Red colour meens it has the right light? How often do I water and feed it? So sorry for the many questions but I really need help
Depends on the type of plant you have :)
@@TheFlytrapGarden A sundew
Yes, I know. I’m asking, which type of sundew. Each one has slightly different care requirements and light etc
@@TheFlytrapGarden Oh sorry! It's a Capensis
@@TheFlytrapGarden I am also planning on getting a lowland nepenthes Hookeriana and a sarracinia Leucophilla. I will be keeping them in the pot they will come until they grow bigger. Any tips?
Here in the ph, we call that makahiya fern
11:17 that's called makahiya here in the Philippines i usually just see it behind our house 😅😅.....
It’s called makahiya in my country
Mimosa. When we were kids, our neighbor had a mimosa tree and we'd make the new leaves scrunch up by touching them.
Core memory 😁
So “stick around” haha.
Mimosa Pudica sensitive plant
It is called the touch-me-not, mimosa or sensitive plant here. It looks so delicate but is quite a tough plant here. 🌱
Great video but I don't agree with the feeding part. It does not have to be live insect as the plant can sense if there is nutrition in the thing they catch. In my case I feed them with fish food and they curl over it. Obviously its not better than live bugs but works. My plants are in the middle of opening their flowers and an other stalk just started to grow on each.
I do the same with my vft without stimulating them from the outside and they stay closed for over a week but if I give them live mosquito for example they reopen in 1-2 days. It is my experience.
Yes, you are correct. I have since changed my viewpoint on this, the plant can sense if there's nutrition :D
What about INTENCE HEAT DURING THE SUMMER??!?!?!!---- I have these EACT PLANTS, my concern, is, HEAT WAVES DURING the Summer. Yes, there is 2 inches of water, but what about those day's in the Summer, that are 91 to 94 degrees for 7 plus days during a HEAT WAVE???---Won't that hurt this plant???
Which species do you have ?
@@TheFlytrapGarden Red and green, But I ALWAYS CUT THE STEM FLOWER, I was told many years ago, The stem flower takes engery away from the plant, BESIDES, you WILL get bIGGER TRAPS! when you cut them!! ---I use a fish net to catch flies to feed them, but it does not always work....I've been doing this now for 15 years...
That's Makahiya plant :) we have lots of that here in Philippines .
Very cool :)
The plant is mimosa :)
Hello
Hi 😊
It’s called a tickle me plant there's many different names for it
The plant at the end is a touch-me-not, aka shame plant, scientific name mimosa pudica
that plant is a mamosa
I don’t know the scientific name, we just call them Sensitive plants and here in Florida,USA they are everywhere.
This plant is called Makahiya one of my best friends has one growing in her greenhouse 😁
10:55 and the plant is the. Zombie plant
Mimosa!
Mimosa pudica
Touch me not......plant
Touch me not plant
Sensitive or touch me not