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Temperate butterworts: best soil mix and feeding guide
Temperate butterworts 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 3 mixes that suit it.
What the temperate butterworts guide covers
Every item carries the reference behind it. Where references disagree, the guide shows both.
- Feeding1
- Spotting problems4
- Cautions3
- Mixes3
- Where the sources differ1
The count is how many sourced items each part of the guide holds.
Mixes that suit temperate butterworts
3 mixes are made just for temperate butterworts, 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: common butterwort, temperate butterwort, pinguicula vulgaris, pinguicula grandiflora, pinguicula longifolia and winter bud butterwort
Questions
What is the best soil for temperate butterworts?
Living Soil lists 3 mixes that suit temperate butterworts, each from a published reference. 3 are made just for it. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.
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