FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

I am going to a plant show this weekend and there will be people there who aren't experienced with carnivorous plants. I am putting a link up with grow instructions. If you could review it and give me feedback, I'd appreciate it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1baX ... p=drivesdk

One very small quibble is that you should make it very, very, clear that the silica sand you mentioned needs to be silica sand or 95% of the people that use sand will just use whatever crap sand they can lay their hands on. That said, I sure that 50%+ will still use whatever crap sand they can lay their hands on.

My 2¢ worth:

1. Water
" the water needs to be very soft."
I would change "soft" to "low in minerals". Some people have whole-house water softeners, and those ion-exchange units produce soft water that will poison carnivorous plants.

3. Soil
Add "Don't use Miracle-Gro products in your carnivorous plant soil; that company sprays fertilizer on everything (see the item below)."

5. Dormancy
I would change "just keep them damp" to "keep them just damp".

Thanks, y'all. I appreciate it.