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Can i use ericaceous soil for growing Venus Fly Traps, if i can; do i mix perlite with it aswell?

what is it that makes the undergrowth green on some Venus Fly Traps - is it the peat moss or can i achieve the same effects with ericaceous soil

ericaceous soil - the soil is a high in acid pH soil

"Ericaceous

This refers to plants, such as heather, pieris, rhododendron, camellia and vaccinium, which all like acid soil. These plants are also known as lime-hating or calcifuge plants.

Lime or chalk in the soil will often turn the leaves of ericaceous plants yellow and they may even die. They are best grown in peaty, lime-free soils. If your soil does contain lime, you can still grow them in containers or beds filled with lime-free, ericaceous compost."

i checked it said it does contain peat moss

but one thing im not sure is that it said it has "soluble nutrients" is that good or bad

never heard of it.
please try and discribe this soil?
What is the p.h. and most important of all, Does is contain any nutrients?
Just remember flytraps will die in the smallist amount of fertile soil.
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