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Posted: **Mon Mar 21, 2022 6:55 pm**

Sundews

Drosera oblanceolata

Drosera schizandra (it grows in sand and sphagnum)

Drosera glabripes

Drosera capensis

Drosera serpens, prolifera and madagascariensis

Drosera nidiformis

Drosera affinis

Drosera curvipes

Drosera regia without any sand, just in water

Drosera scorpioides

Drosera hamiltonii

Butterworts:

Other CP

Cephalotus

Genlisea

Heliamphora x midoxa

Roridula gorgonias

Posted: **Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:17 pm**

Update
It was difficult to grow sundews in fully inorganic medium because there were different kinds of nutrient deficiencies developing. I potted most of my sundews in peat. Mexican butterworts and flytraps still grow in water but a have replaced sand with basalt gravel. It is black so it looks better and it is much more algae resistant than sand.

To avoid nutrient deficiencies I water my plants with diluted Hoagland solution containing all essential elements except for nitrogen and phosphorus. Lack of nitrogen and phosphorus in water helps to restrict algae growth. To supplement these elements to plants I use foliar fertilization with diammonium phosphate (with concentration calculated as 100 mg of P per liter).

Flytraps did not have cold dormancy during 2022/2023 winter, they just had shorter daylength.

I may add more photos or information if You are interested in the experiment.

Posted: **Fri Jun 02, 2023 8:19 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:38 pm**

Would love to see the images but I don't have the time to wait at let all the large images load. The number and size of the images are too much for my slow connection.

Posted: **Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:53 pm**

Intheswamp wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:38 pm Would love to see the images but I don't have the time to wait at let all the large images load. The number and size of the images are too much for my slow connection.

Well, I can help you with that. They all look fantastic.

Posted: **Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:55 pm**

Edit, disregard please.

Posted: **Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:32 pm**

Huntsmanshorn wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:53 pm
Intheswamp wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:38 pm Would love to see the images but I don't have the time to wait at let all the large images load. The number and size of the images are too much for my slow connection.
Well, I can help you with that. They all look fantastic.

Glad to hear it.

Posted: **Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:06 pm**

Intheswamp wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:32 pm
Huntsmanshorn wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:53 pm Well, I can help you with that. They all look fantastic.
Glad to hear it.

Posted: **Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:29 pm**

Is it possible to do this using silica sand?

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