FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

I make up my own media and reuse takeout containers for pots. I am afraid I cannot help you.

I'm not sure what you are asking. Firstly, flytraps and Drosera venusta have different growing requirements so they cannot be grown in the same container. Flytraps require a winter dormancy period. Venusta does not. Secondly, self watering pots tend to cause more problems than they solve. Because of the reservoir you can never be sure where the water level is. You are better off with a pot in a tray. Thirdly, neither of those plants require extravagant mixes. Peat/perlite 50:50 or the carnivorous plant mix you listed above would work for both of them as is.

most people re pot them why they are dormant.

christov11 wrote:Is dormancy absolutely necessary?

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This will start a debate. Technically, dormancy isn't necessary if you force it through dormancy. This means keeping the plant at high light levels and feeding it regularly. It also should not experience any temperature drops, including those that you may see indoors from summer to winter. Even with the artificially forcing it to continue to grow, the plant stands a good chance of eventually becoming exhausted.

That being said, generally speaking you can get away with skipping one dormancy cycle as long as it returns to a regular schedule the next season. Seedlings can usually take two dormancy skips as long as they are fed. It is also possible to do a "soft" dormancy by just reducing the light and temperature levels and not feeding the plants. If you can keep it below 60 degrees with lower light and lower water, the plant should trigger its dormancy and wake up when the light is increased.