Growing carnivorous plants is an excellent hobby. I’ve become addicted to carnivore plants such as Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, and sundews. As such, these are the varieties that I know most about, and will be posting about the most. I hope to learn more about many of the other types of carnivorous plants and will soon own a larger variety that what I currently have.
So, welcome to the site www.growingcarnivorousplants.com. I hope you enjoy your visit here and I look forward to reading your comments. If you have any suggestions for future topics, let me know below!
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love your site it helped my 7 year oud daughter to do her 1st grade science fair project
Thanks
Glad to hear I helped your daughter and maybe even inspired some scientific fun in the meantime!
-GCP
I am setting up my first cp terrarium and have been reading your guide, my question is about using charcoal under the second layer of burlap, is it a good idea to help keep the water sweet and clean, or will hurt more than help?
Hi Rob,
Thanks for writing in. I wouldn’t bother with charcoal personally. Activated charcoal is often used in aquariums to remove organic molecules from the water column. Unfortunately the surface area of the charcoal eventually gets filled (in a way) by the stuff that is removed (ie sweetening the water as you put it). Once that happens you need to replace the charcoal with fresh activated charcoal (which I believe can be done by putting it in an oven for a bit). This would be very difficult to do in a carnivorous plant terrarium. This is just my opinion though…
Hi Admin.,
First of all, thank you for the advice,it makes great sense and keeps me from wasting money.
My next question concerns my terrarium, it is an oblong 30gal. tank, how many plants should I be planting without causing myself some major headaches. Also, which of the cp’s like a terrarium more than others, I hope I am not wasting your time with so many questions. I have been reading every thing I can get my on, but none answer these perticular questions.
Thank You for your time.
Hi Rob!
No problem with the questions.
The number of plants will most likely depend on how big they each are. I have only actually tried a terrarium once and went with a 10 gallon one with a few VFT, a pitcher plant (small type), and some sundews sprinkled throughout. I tried putting seeds in it as well and those didn’t work out for me. Your best bet is to research species you are specifically interested in and finding a group that all share similar habitats/environmental requirements and picking out a few that way, rather than someone just saying broad advice about general carnivorous plant types. There is so much variety between different species that it’s unfair to generalize…