Compost for carnivores

[RizzoTheRat]

I need to repot my sundews, but I gather carnivorous plants need a specific type of compost, and I can't see anything that looks right in the local garden centre. Any advice on what to get (or where to get it around the Hampshire/Surrey border area) before i go and spend a fortune buying it online?

[Astacus]

Sure someone will be along in a mo to give you the exact stuff, but since they are swamp plants I would go for a peat compost with very low nutrient an no Nitrogen added. If I remember correctly, nitrogen based furtilisers kill them. They are evoled to live in very poor nitrogen soils, hence the fly eating


ETA, yup, this is the one. Peat plus sand. Since you've got them as far as a repot, I imagine you already know to water them only with rainwater.................

http://www.easycarnivores.co.uk/shop/5-lt.-Compost...

Edited by Astacus on Monday 31st May 13:40

[thinfourth2]

A pound of good quality steak mince

[RizzoTheRat]

They're not quite big enough to manage a pound of mince yet

Grew them from seeds and they're doing pretty well, getting pretty crowded in thier current pot so I'm thinking if I repot them I can probably split them in to a couple of pots and use one to keep the flies down in the greenhouse.