- Sat Sep 19, 2015 6:33 am
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I recently stumbled onto a new kind of pot for Sarracenia, Drosera, and other plants that typically like it a little wetter than VFTs. I was at Goodwill recently (a second hand store, for those not familiar) and saw that they had a white glass globe for a light fixture that mounts flush against the ceiling. It was basically a large bowl (about a foot and a half wide, and around 6 or 7 inches deep, with a small hole in the middle. "Perfect!" I thought. Especially for five dollars, instead of the 20 or 30 they cost new at Lowes or Home Depot. So I snagged it, and a week later they had another similar one, which I also bought. So now I have my newest Pitchers and Sundews in them, and they're beautiful! I always cover the surface of the soil with marble chips because I discovered years ago that for some reason that discourages the #^%& birds from digging stuff up, which they can't seem to resist when it's just covered with moss. But I also think that in these wide, shallow pots it may help prevent overheating in the full sun, and slow the evaporation at the surface, so they don't need so much water.
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It's just my email address and an expression of the oxymoron that I often am.
Call me Tim, if you prefer.