Hi EricMd01, Welcome to Garden Web! Please see the link below for setting up your Member Page email link so that you can easily be reached for trading. You might want to also update and fill in your zone and location. See I am 5/6 S INdiana. Some members won't reply if there is no known location shown...because of postage costs, days in shipping, temperatures etc. Here is a link that might be useful: This form allows you to set various preferences for your GardenWeb membership.

I am looking for any kind of the carnivorous plant seeds and cactus seeds. Lets make a trade. Faye!

I have only bought from www.cobraplant.com. I am chomping at the bit to buy from : www.cpjungle.com www.wistuba.com (Germany) I have kind of stopped buying from nurseries lately because there are three forums I frequent that members either sale or offer plants for trade. 1. (I cannot mention this one on this website apparently???) 2. www.cpukforum.com (there is a sale/trade thread for USA) 3. http://pitcherplants.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=trade I highly recommend these sites to expand your collection. You can get some of the more common plants for very cheap and sometimes for free (cost of postage). Even some of the more rare plants can be cheaper than what you would pay at a nursery. Also, seeds, cuttings, leaf pullings, etc can be found. I recently got a young Cephalotus for a very good price. I also have two Cephalotus Hummers Giant leaf pullings that I am hoping will root soon. There is also a wealth of knowledge on these sites for all things CP.

carnivorous plants are pretty easy to care for. but their growing requirements must be met if you want to grow them successfully. 1) During the growing season ( Late February - Late October) these plants appreciate atleast 4 - 6 hours of direct sunlight, Yes Some shade is fine. They also love having their soil moist, also a semi-flooded condition can be benefitial. I grow my flytraps, sarracenias and sundews outdoors all year round, they love the full sun they recieve and they love the humidity in their soil. When fall and winter approach, flytraps, sarracenias, temperate butterworts and temperate sundews fall dormant during this time of year. Their soil must be kept moist but not soaked during this winter period.(feeding is not required either) But then after around february, they begin to grow again. 2) I never built an artificial bog garden before. But there's people in the forum that do have built bog gardens. they will gladly help you out. However, If i ever built one iwould still grow my plants outdoors all year round still. 3) No fertilizer is needed. Peat moss, perlite, vermiculite, sand, sphagnum peatmoss, live sphagnum Are the types of soil you may use for carnivorous plants. When watering your plants, ALWAYS use purified water, or rain water. Most locations have tap water that contains salts or chlorine. i personaly avoid tap water for my plants. You may fill gallons of water at your local supermarket for 25 cents a gallon. it's easier this way. Everytime you water your plants make sure that they have a tray below their containers. fill the saucer atleast 1 1/2" inch tall of water, then sumerge the pot/container above the water and let the container sink into the water slowly. This will keep the plants' soil moist at all times during the growing season. this is called the "tray method" watering. never allow your plants' soil dry out during the growing season(late february - late october) ***venus' flytraps, Sarracenias, butterworts, and sundews can definatly grow well in your Area, These Plants can be growned outdoors all year round. Nepenthes, butterworts, sundews, blatterworts can be growned indoors in a bright/sunny windowsill. I bought some carnivorous plants from online stores, but most of my carnivorous plants were bought in local hardware stores such as Home Depot. You may find reputable carnivorous plants nurseries online. Here's a few websites: www.flytraps.com www.cobraplant.com www.californiacarnivores.com