Standard peat/sand CP soil mix works well.
Keeping the plants alive can be a problem unless you feed them enough. For the plants to grow well and bloom you need to feed them regularly if they are not catching enough insects on their own. Generally when the plants are small they need to gorge on springtails to do well. Larger plants appreciate small flies. Small pieces of hydrated dried blood worms and/or a dilute foliar fertilizer will work.
It is also important the plants continue to get cold temperatures at night until they are large enough to bloom. Siggi Hartmeyer reports the plants start blooming when the nighttime temperatures are above 8°C (46°F). Growing the plants outside in a Mediterranean climate violates this regularly during the winter. Although the plants do want full sun, keeping the plants in the shade during a warm spell helps keep them from blooming too early.
-- John Brittnacher
Keeping the plants alive can be a problem unless you feed them enough. For the plants to grow well and bloom you need to feed them regularly if they are not catching enough insects on their own. Generally when the plants are small they need to gorge on springtails to do well. Larger plants appreciate small flies. Small pieces of hydrated dried blood worms and/or a dilute foliar fertilizer will work.
It is also important the plants continue to get cold temperatures at night until they are large enough to bloom. Siggi Hartmeyer reports the plants start blooming when the nighttime temperatures are above 8°C (46°F). Growing the plants outside in a Mediterranean climate violates this regularly during the winter. Although the plants do want full sun, keeping the plants in the shade during a warm spell helps keep them from blooming too early.
-- John Brittnacher
