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Warm temperate sundews: best soil mix and feeding guide

Warm temperate 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 and cautions, with a mix that suit it.

What the warm temperate sundews guide covers

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

  • Feeding3
  • Spotting problems3
  • Cautions2

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

Mixes that suit warm temperate sundews

The classic carnivorous mix

The classic carnivorous plant mix, kept free of any feed, since everyday potting mix and fertilizer kill these plants. The standard pick for plants that feed themselves.

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: drosera capillaris, drosera brevifolia, pink sundew, dwarf sundew and warm temperate sundew

Questions

What is the best soil for warm temperate sundews?

Living Soil lists 1 mix that suit warm temperate sundews, each from a published reference. One is The classic carnivorous mix. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.

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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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