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Carnivorous plants

Roridula: best soil mix and feeding guide

Roridula 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 2 mixes that suit it.

What the roridula guide covers

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

  • Feeding1
  • Spotting problems3
  • Cautions2
  • Mixes2
  • Where the sources differ1

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

Mixes that suit roridula

2 mixes are made just for roridula, inside its guide.

Feeds made for it

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.

Roridula leaf spray

A leaf spray for roridula growing without their helper insects, which usually break down what they catch. Test it on one branch first.

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: fly bush, roridula gorgonias and roridula dentata

Questions

What is the best soil for roridula?

Living Soil lists 2 mixes that suit roridula, each from a published reference. 2 are made just for it. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.

Is the roridula 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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