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Anonymous
Dear /an/,

I bought a purple pitcher plant (pictured) and a sundew plant. Both are carniverous and are fairly quick in capturing their prey.

I chose 2 of the healthiest plants from Lowes (yes...I know, not a real greenhouse) but they're not eating any insects that crawl all over them. Should I bring them back or how should I take care of them?
>> Anonymous
My troll sense is uncertain.

Maybe I'm getting interference from a nearby trolling weather balloon.
>> Anonymous
>>271814

No. OP is serious. I've had these for 4 hours and the entire time insects have been climbing all over the plants and not one has been eaten. They look perfectly healthy, and they're soil is moist and the weather is humid here, just like they need it to be.

Maybe OP just can't keep plants alive...?
>> Anonymous
Maybe OP's plants are full. Most things that eat things on this planet don't over-eat. Also as plants that don't move, they don't need as much energy as, say, animals who have to move around and expend energy. They will probably eat a few times a year, once or twice a month at MOST.
>> Anonymous
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No idea about the pitcher plant, but it takes days for a sundew to eat anything. Also, incorrect care ruins sundew's glue.
>> Anonymous
>>271834

The pink things on your picture are white on mine. Good or bad?
>> Anonymous
just put some meat in the pitchers. i put sauseages in mine
>> Anonymous
I thought pitcher plants just wait for bugs to fall in and digest them that way? I didn't think pitcher plants move like a venus flytrap or some other carnivorous plants. In which case your pitcher plant wouldn't actively "eat" insects. Right?
>> Anonymous
you should just stick a fat johnsonville sausage in one of those babies... Yeah!
>> sage
>>272160
hawt
>> Anonymous
>>271810
>>271819

Insects are supposed to climb inside and get trapped. There won't be any noticeable eating from a pitcher like there is for a flytrap.