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How to keep a carnivorous plant healthy if there aren't any bugs around?
Does bug eating improve the health of bug eating plants, or is water and sunlight enough?
Should I allow a few flies and mosquitos around for those types of plants to be healthier?
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Do NOT feed them hamburger. It is not an adequate substitute and can kill them. I have listed several sites below. However, I would suggest a pet store that carries bugs as food for pet lizards and such.
Source(s): http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq2160.html http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1998/12-11... - 1 decade ago
You can feed the plant very small amounts of raw hamburger meat. Typically around the size of a pea per plant, once or twice a week. Should be fine.
Source(s): Me -- former venus fly-trap owner - saaanenLv 71 decade ago
It is unnecessary to feed them insects. Any commercial fertilizer will do the same thing.
