Tips For Taking Care of Your Temperate Sundew
Many people are wondering if it’s okay to grow temperate sundews in pots. The answer is that it is completely fine as long as you follow certain plant care tips. Most plants enjoy a warm sunny climate. Some require more heat while others prefer a cooler climate. Just keep in mind that plants like other plants also have needs for nutrients and water so make sure to provide those things during the proper season.
To begin with, you should know that most temperate carnivorous plants like cool, moist soil. Of course, they want more than just moisture but most of the time they could be under partial or full shade or sunlight for most of the day. For most indoor plants, winter dormancy can occur during January through March. During this time, the leaves will turn color to a darker green as well as the foliage may experience some loss of leaves. This is also the perfect time of year to fertilize.
During the winter dormancy period, it’s important to fertilize your plants because they need all the nutrients they lose during the winter season to grow. Fertilizing your plants in the fall will also help you avoid many diseases that may be deadly to your plants during their winter dormancy period. However, temperate sundews tend to have issues with disease after the winter dormancy period, so make sure you give them the nutrients they need before the first frost.
When it comes to potting conditions for plants in general, pots are at the top of the list. For temperate sundews, however, the soil that you use for planting them is very important. Earthworms love to consume earthworms. If you’re willing to farm your own compost, it will make a difference in the health of your plants. Also, if you do plan on hand picking your plants and planting them into the garden, make sure that you know exactly how much you need to plant each plant in order to provide it with everything it needs to grow and flourish.
Although most plants prefer temperatures that are warm to moderate, temperate sundews are a different story. They require extremely warm temperatures in order to grow well. You should plan on placing them into an area that receives an average amount of heat during the day and a cool touch at night. During the hot summer months, it’s a good idea to move your plants to an area with cooler temperatures, but not too cool as to cause frost.
When it comes to air circulation around your plants, you should try to provide your plants with as much natural sunlight as possible. Sundews don’t like being in direct sunlight because their leaves will dry out. The best thing that you can do is to provide your plants with indirect lighting. This means that you should place them in a group of six to eight plants, facing one another, and you should place a piece of tin foil or some similar material on the bottom of each group so that they will have enough light to grow properly.
For your temperate plants to grow healthily, you should know how to keep them from being eaten by predators. Most insects will prefer foods that are high in sugar. You should place sugar-water fish food in your terrarium, but you should also have an insecticidal soap or insecticidal powder available. These will deter predators from picking off your plants. You can also try putting some milkweed or gardenia inside the enclosure as well.
If you want to attract more insects to your home, be sure to provide them with some humidity. You should only use dew that has been soaked for at least five hours, because this will help to moisture the roots. Dew that is left to sit will become moldy and you might end up with a sickly plant. Molds that grow on your plants are actually diseases that can harm your pets, so you should take care to avoid them if you can.