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Terrestrial bladderworts: best soil mix and feeding guide

Terrestrial bladderworts 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 terrestrial bladderworts guide covers

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

  • Feeding1
  • Spotting problems2
  • Cautions2
  • Mixes3
  • Where the sources differ1

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

Mixes that suit terrestrial bladderworts

3 mixes are made just for terrestrial bladderworts, 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.

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: bladderwort, terrestrial bladderwort, utricularia, utricularia sandersonii, utricularia livida, utricularia bisquamata and utricularia calycifida

Questions

What is the best soil for terrestrial bladderworts?

Living Soil lists 3 mixes that suit terrestrial bladderworts, 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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