[Wolfn]

Originally Posted by Bluestar

hmm, that means natural sunlight would still be less than they're usually have and probably need. How do you feed them?

Guess i'm not too big on the idea of going to that much effort, i just live by the motto that if it doesn't happen naturally then it shouldn't happen at all but each to his own

You could use artificial lights. If you want to feed them, find a spider or an ant or bug somewhere in the house. But CPs don't need to eat bugs to survive.

Here's the butterwort I have growing in my dorm room:



And here it is digesting a spider. The spider literally melts away to a pulpy mass:

[YOUSUFofSD]

my god is that a womans face on the plant leaf?

[shsh]

yeah....dude...there is a lady's face tehre...woah

[YOUSUFofSD]

she seems sad

not the greatest place to grow.

[Wolfn]

Originally Posted by YOUSUFofSD

she seems sad

not the greatest place to grow.

She's sad because she's slowly being digested alive....melting away to a pulpy mass......the burning acids slowly dissolving her body.......


Yeah, I would be sad too.

[Wolfn]

Here's my new Pitcher Plant:


And here it is on my windowsill next to my other CP:

[Purple_alien]

I used to have a venus fly trap. It was cute, I loved watching it catch flies and stuff. Of course this was in my teen years, I watched bugs for fun. Jeez, I was a loser

[albano]

Escuse my ignorance I don't know much about plants
Do these plants eat bugs? If so isn't that cruel? Why would I care about feeding plant? If that happens in nature that's fine but cultivating it doesn't seem to me fun. By the way I don't like keeping piranhas either.
By the way long time ago I lived with a nonmuslim roomate who had iguana and used to feed him with alive rats. That was cruel and disgusting!

[Wolfn]

Originally Posted by albano

Escuse my ignorance I don't know much about plants
Do these plants eat bugs? If so isn't that cruel? Why would I care about feeding plant? If that happens in nature that's fine but cultivating it doesn't seem to me fun. By the way I don't like keeping piranhas either.
By the way long time ago I lived with a nonmuslim roomate who had iguana and used to feed him with alive rats. That was cruel and disgusting!

Yes, carnivorous plants eat bugs. However, the plants catch most of the food themselves. Every now and then, I swat a mosquito that bit me and I feed it to the plants. It's nice that they eat what bugs me.

[Wolfn]

[albano]

Originally Posted by Wolfn

If your plant doesn't catch any bug keep away the quarters because it might swallow those too

[Wolfn]

Originally Posted by albano

If your plant doesn't catch any bug keep away the quarters because it might swallow those too

I actually feed my indoor plant potato chips and my nail clippings.

[vegetables]

Originally Posted by Wolfn

I actually feed my indoor plant potato chips and my nail clippings.

can you feed it itself? like put one of those pouch thingies inside the other... try it see what happens



i remember sticking keys in electrical sockets when i was small

[Wolfn]

Originally Posted by vegetables

can you feed it itself? like put one of those pouch thingies inside the other... try it see what happens



i remember sticking keys in electrical sockets when i was small

Yeah, I've also fed it it's own leaves before. It just turns the leaves brown. Nothing special.

[Spice]

Wow, those things are so ugly. I would be very, very afraid at night if they were anywhere near my room.
Edit: can you feed them fruits?