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American pitcher plants: best soil mix and feeding guide
American pitcher plants is in Living Soil's Carnivorous plants group. Plants that catch their own food, and are killed by ordinary compost and feed. Its guide gathers what published references say about feeding, spotting problems, cautions, mixes and where the sources differ, with 6 mixes that suit it.
What the American pitcher plants guide covers
Every item carries the reference behind it. Where references disagree, the guide shows both.
- Feeding4
- Spotting problems6
- Cautions6
- Mixes5
- Where the sources differ2
The count is how many sourced items each part of the guide holds.
Mixes that suit American pitcher plants
5 mixes are made just for American pitcher plants, inside its guide.
Feeds made for it
Each mix comes with the reference behind every figure, measured for your batch, pots or bed.
Good to know
- The mistake to avoid: Mineral rich tap water, and any fertilizer at all. Use rain, distilled or reverse osmosis water.
- Also known as: pitcher plant, sarracenia, trumpet pitcher, yellow pitcher plant, sarracenia flava, sarracenia leucophylla, parrot pitcher plant, sarracenia psittacina, sarracenia minor, sarracenia rubra, sarracenia alata and sarracenia oreophila
Questions
What is the best soil for American pitcher plants?
Living Soil lists 6 mixes that suit American pitcher plants, each from a published reference. One is The classic carnivorous mix. 5 are made just for it. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.
Is the American pitcher plants guide free?
Its overview is free: what the guide covers and which mixes suit it. Opening the full guide takes credits, and the app shows the price before you confirm. Credits never expire.
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