Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?

Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391252

By Bill Phoenix -  Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:11 pm
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- Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:11 pm #391252

Can sundews be fed milk?

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Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391253

By Panman -  Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:46 pm
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- Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:46 pm #391253

I wouldn't recommend it. Sundews are equipped to handle small amounts of nutrients at a time. I think milk would be too nutrient rich.

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Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391259

By MikeB -  Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:47 pm
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- Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:47 pm #391259

Even though Charles Darwin did as an experiment, I wouldn't recommend doing it if you value your plants.

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Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391260

By MaxVft -  Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:51 pm
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- Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:51 pm #391260

Some old TerraForums posts had mentioned that this worked (tofu was also tested with flytraps with high success rates) but I wouldn't recommend risking the health and safety of your plant. Just go the easy route and buy a container of betta pellets at the pet store.

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Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391306

By elaineo -  Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:15 am
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- Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:15 am #391306

MikeB wrote:Even though Charles Darwin did as an experiment, I wouldn't recommend doing it if you value your plants.

Yeah, Darwin also found that drosera enjoy urine
https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letters ... ous-plants

This is the first time I saw this, but apparently Darwin pinned a live fly a quarter inch from a filiformis leaf to see if the leaf would reach over and grab the fly, and it did!

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Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391317

By optique -  Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:24 am
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- Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:24 am #391317

I don't think plants handle animal fats well in most forms. They do respond well to Betta fish food in small amounts. I use a paste made from "Tetra Betta Small Pellets" $2.12 on amazon

Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391383

By MikeB -  Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:41 pm
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- Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:41 pm #391383

I've had people at the farmers' market ask silly questions like "Can I feed it some raw hamburger?" My response is "Stop and think about this for a minute: How often do you think a wild flytrap catches a cow?" That answers their question and makes them smile.

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Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391411

By Bill Phoenix -  Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:30 pm
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- Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:30 pm #391411

MikeB wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:41 pm I've had people at the farmers' market ask silly questions like "Can I feed it some raw hamburger?" My response is "Stop and think about this for a minute: How often do you think a wild flytrap catches a cow?" That answers their question and makes them smile.

but what about fish food?

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Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391419

By Panman -  Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:41 pm
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- Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:41 pm #391419

Fish food contains similar nutrients to the bugs that the plants catch. Bloodworms are actually fly larvae.

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Re: Can Sundews Be Fed Milk?#391467

By MikeB -  Sat Oct 30, 2021 2:59 am
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- Sat Oct 30, 2021 2:59 am #391467

Freeze-dried bloodworms from the fish-food section are great food for carnivorous plants. Sprinkle some into a small bowl, add a few drops of water to rehydrate them, and they're ready to go.

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