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/shrug I got 15 dead fruit flies in my Sarracenia. YMMV I guess.

• phito 3y ago
  Well if that's enough to keep up with the infestation then great! I never noticed fruit flies getting attracted by Sarracenia but I don't grow that genus a lot, so I could be wrong. Still, I would recommend getting a Mexican Pinguicula (for example Pinguicula "Tina"). They do better in lower light and the sticky leaves work much better against fruit flies and gnats :)
  • jacquesm 3y ago
    > Well if that's enough to keep up with the infestation then great! I never noticed fruit flies getting attracted by Sarracenia but I don't grow that genus a lot, so I could be wrong. sits at odds with: > I can assure you these Sarracenia will not do anything against your fruit flies problem. Maybe instead grow a bunch and test and see if you can find out why the author has success where you do not? Otherwise the 'assurance' bit seems a bit thin.
    • empyrrhicist 3y ago
      It doesn't really, it expresses skepticism as I read it, along with acknowledgement of an outside chance that the original claim was wrong.
    • phito 3y ago
      I just chose to believe him, even tho his experience goes against mine and most other carnivorous plant growers'. We're dealing with living things here and exceptions can happen, I guess? I'm still certain that carnivorous plants are not a good pest control option, I would not recommend it to anyone (even tho it would be great for my business). Even if OP's plants can keep up with the flies' regeneration rate, they will quickly die in that setup. I see posts like these very often, and they never show any real long term results for some reason... Rather, they are just sharing their excitement about putting cool plants in their house while having common misconceptions about them, I can't be mad
• empyrrhicist 3y ago
  Did that drop them below replacement rate? Seems unlikely.