Carnivorous plants

Cobra lily: best soil mix and feeding guide

Cobra lily 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 soil pH, feeding, spotting problems, cautions, mixes and where the sources differ, with 7 mixes that suit it.

What the cobra lily guide covers

Every item carries the reference behind it. Where references disagree, the guide shows both.

Soil pH1
Feeding2
Spotting problems4
Cautions5
Mixes7
Where the sources differ2

The count is how many sourced items each part of the guide holds.

Mixes that suit cobra lily

7 mixes are made just for cobra lily, inside its guide.

Feeds made for it

Carnivorous plant dilute leaf spray

A dilute leaf spray growers use for pitcher plants, sundews and other carnivores. Sprayed only on the leaves, and never on dormant plants or into the pitchers.

Carnivorous plant seaweed leaf spray

A nursery's own leaf spray for pitcher plants, sundews and more, worked out over months of trials. It did not harm live moss, though growers dispute it for flytraps.

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: cobra plant, darlingtonia, darlingtonia californica and california pitcher plant

Questions

What is the best soil for cobra lily?

Living Soil lists 7 mixes that suit cobra lily, each from a published reference. 7 are made just for it. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.

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