The Bog Blog
A community of home gardeners learning carnivorous plant cultivation
Month: April 2026
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Let’s get one thing out of the way first: you cannot use regular potting soil for carnivorous plants. I know it’s tempting, it’s right there at the garden center, it’s cheap, and it looks fine. It is not fine. Most potting mixes are packed with fertilizers and nutrients that will straight up burn the roots…
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Everyone knows the Venus flytrap. It’s basically the celebrity of the plant world, flashy, dramatic, snaps at things. But the carnivorous plant family is massive, and some of its lesser-known members make the Venus flytrap look totally boring by comparison. Here are some of the most bizarre carnivorous plants on the planet. The Waterwheel Plant:…
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