Living SoilCarnivorous plants
Forked sundews: best soil mix and feeding guide
Forked sundews 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 and mixes, with a mix that suit it.
What the forked sundews guide covers
Every item carries the reference behind it. Where references disagree, the guide shows both.
- Feeding3
- Spotting problems4
- Cautions2
- Mixes1
The count is how many sourced items each part of the guide holds.
Mixes that suit forked sundews
One mix is made just for forked sundews, inside its guide.
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: forked sundew, fork leaved sundew, drosera binata, drosera multifida and staghorn sundew
Questions
What is the best soil for forked sundews?
Living Soil lists 1 mix that suit forked sundews, each from a published reference. One is made just for it. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.
Is the forked sundews 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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