We are a specialist carnivorous plant nursery based in Hampshire UK . We have been growing these fascinating plants for over 40 years now so we know a thing or two about them and how to grow them successfully.We have been awarded 21 consecutive RHS Chelsea Gold medals and over 140 Gold medals from all other top flower show across the UK over the last 25 years Check out our website www.hantsflytrap.com
Stunning plants! After being 25 years without carnivorous plants, I started a new collection last year ad recently got a few Sarracenia. They are amazing! I recently found your channel and of course, subscribed. So much knowledge and informtion! Thank you 🙂
Looks amazing Matt. What medium are they all growing in or is it peat as used in smaller pots? How do you stop the greenfly trashing the pitchers as when i tried with a belfast sink mini bog garden they pitchers were ruined.
thank you, thanks to you mine is magnificent, I have hundreds of sarracenias, dioneae, sundews, and pinguiculas growing naturally. the plants have huge, strong feet
I love your bogs Matt. They are simply amazing. I wished I had the space to have such large ones. My first proper bog is doing well though. Thanks for all your advice.
They are amazing! I have a "small" one and I love it! Seeing yours growing so full of plants is such an inspiration to try this kind of setups. How long do you suppose the Spaghnum moss will last before it starts to decay and need changing? Mine is almost three years old and seems very healthy
Hi Matt just came across your fantastic channel has I’m looking to make a small bog garden, do you put drainage holes in and what ph peat do I need you use please? Thank you
I got a dingley giant from you a couple of weeks ago, and thought i'd have a check to make sure im caring for it properly. But i must be, its grown 2 whole new traps already!
Hi Mat, I keep watching your videos and was wondering if I could divide my Carnivorous plants as they have filled the pot and would like more than one pot! Take care, Margaret
Thank you for explaining this in detail. Can you clarify something? I only have one pitcher plant and it has two flowers developing. Are these plants self-pollinating? Or would I need another pitcher plant to get seeds?
Great video,I’m new to this after buying Venus fly traps . Very well explained and your passion and experience shines. I will definitely like to pass by soon, make a few purchases and would hope to meet the the no.1 award winner in person 👏👍
If there are white new growths under the soil, are these the start of new root growth? My plant still looks dormant, but when repotted has lots of new white growth under the soil/rhizome. Assume this is a good sign I haven't killed it during dormancy?
Thank you for the introduction video. I've just bought a Venus fly trap from yourselves and looking forward to a successful time with it and hopefully be able to take cuttings in the future once its big enough
Hi matt what sort of sarracenia would you recommend for outside (Nottinghamshire/lincolnshire boarder area) of the larger types as we have alot of mosquitos/flys,i have taking a big interest in these after getting my first purprea as i couldnt keep venus flytraps when i was younger and tbh im surprised i havnt got an over weight purprea as all the pitchers was near 3/4 full,any info would be greatly appreciated
You are so natural and informative. I love VFTs and am glad JL have featured them and hope other people will watch this and learn how to care for them properly!
Hi Matt, this is going to sound like a stupid question because I’m sure you’re asked it all the time. In past bog videos you’ve mentioned you removed the soil where the bogs lay and backfilled it in the liner. Have you had any problems with the nutrients in the soil affecting the plants? Everyone online always stresses about using nutrient poor soil like peat, so I was curious how you pulled it off. Especially with such beautiful bogs like yours, seems counterintuitive to what most people say. I love your bog garden tours and i’m always looking forward to the next, have a great day! -Roy
Hi Roy No , we back fill the soil from the footing into the centre and level out , then we lay the liner on top and fill with sphagnum peat only , first time I’ve been asked this , hope this helps , 😀
Hi Matt what a fantastic video, I would like to start my own big garden, but I’m stuck with the peat, nobody around by me stocks just peat, all they sell are bags of compost, can you suggest what I use, very much appreciated
Do you have any problems with birds? I live in Denmark and here the blackbirds love to dig in the wet peat and sphagnum moss. And they just rip VFT and small droseras apart.
I have massive success with sundews for many years, by using boiled water allowed to cool down. I probably have hundreds growing splendidly, however I have always had disastrous results with the Venus using the same technique. Are they much more sensitive to water?
So, I have no idea about anything else but I have some sundews, capensis.. I reported then into a 50-50 mix of perlite and blended up sphagnum moss. Also most to the point of powder but it looks similar size to normal porridge oats. They have been losing it so far after about 3 months. They are under lights and have been divided a few times. I would love to see you trial peat alternatives. Fine coco coir I've heard can be good as long as it's had the salt washed out which, the slightly more expensive stuff has. Thanks for the video.
