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I have some frozen bloodworm cubes I feed to my fish, but there are so many worms in a cube, it's too much for my fish. So. I was wondering if I could feed some of these to my tropical pitcher plants (and maybe my purple pitcher plant and vfts). The indgredients on these cubes say: bloodworms, water, and guar.
I thaw them out and then fish the worms out in a cup. Obviously, dipping the worms in purified water may be in order, but I'm not certain what "guar" is.

I've heard of people feeding plants with hydrated bloodworms, but i myself have not tryed it, nor do i know what Guar is...

Are these quite small, or will you cut them up?

they work perfectly for sundews but im not sure for other genuses

I dont suppose I'll cut them up. They're about an inch long.

Ive fed the frozen (i let them get room temp first) bloodworms to my pitcher plants and they are good months on

I just used a few drops of rain water to make sure they slide down the pitcher.

Oh my, dont ever cut them, it is so cruel and bacteria may enter the worms body

@beckhamlin24: The worms are freeze dried (dead).

PeatMoss wrote:@beckhamlin24: The worms are freeze dried (dead).

But i thought that bacteria may still enter the body?

I don't think bacteria will hurt the plant.

I used to like the FD Bloodworms, but have recently changed my mind. If you have to feed them by hand, live crickets are best. Even better is leaving them outside and let them catch their own flies.

Bacteria is not an issue especially if it is freshly killed or freeze dried.

I do still use them on Drosera and Nepenthes without any problems.

stitz25b wrote:they work perfectly for sundews but im not sure for other genuses

The plural form for genus is genera.

But for venus flytrap, when i cut or just leave it there and the next day then i feed it, the trap will just become black and die