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Question by djsizzahands: Can I grow a venus flytrap hydroponicly?
I just got a small hydroponic tetrarium,
id love to grow a venus fly trap , but im not sure how. like do i use nutrients in the water, or just feed bugs?
do I buy a plant at the at the store, wash the soil from the roots and plant it in my medium.

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Answer by RScott
A Venus Flytrap “is” a hydroponic plant. They grow in wet areas lacking nutrients, hence their need to get nutrients from trapping insects. If you grow them hydro you must not add any nutrients to the water. If you do, it will burn the roots and the plant will die. You can leave the soil on in this one instance. Other insectivores might work in the same set-up. RScott

Question by “0-6 DEEGAN”: what are the best way to grow indoors without spiking your electricity bill?
my wife just decided that she wanted to start a mini nursery in our basement with the kids to grow cherry tomatoes cilantro and peppers. im know this fad wont last long but she pretty stuck with this. so its a hydroponic setup she saw on youtube. so what should i tell her what bulbs she should buy?

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Answer by Ryan
get a t5ho lighting fixture designed for aquarium use and use 6700k spectrum light bulbs. these fixtures are low energy/high output and will do the job quite nicely. you’ll be looking at spending a few hundred dollars though. i’d check ebay for cheap or used fixtures. depending on the area you are planning to grow the plants, you will probably want at least a 4-bulb fixture.

Answer by Arlene N
Just use CFLs. Target sells a floor lamp that has 5 sockets on it, and they are on flexible arms so you can bend them down to point the light directly at the plants. It costs . Purchase one or two of these and get some 100 watt output CFLs (they only use 26 watts of power), some cool blue light, some warm red light, and some soft white ones. Mix them and it will give the plants a full spectrum of light while using 75% less power than regular bulbs. And a lot less power than high output bulbs. I have an indoor garden and was afraid to see what my electric bill would be and it was actually the lowest it’s been this year. They work great, the plants are thriving very well. Hopefully you will have a green thumb. Good luck.

Question by Christopher D: If a pepper plant loses its blooms will they ever grow back in the same location on the plant?
I sprayed blossom set spray on hydroponic peppers and it burned the leaves and caused all blooms to drop. Will they ever re-grow where the bloom dropped or only on new foliage junctions?

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Answer by Megan C
I have never used blossom set spray and therefore am not sure if it injures the plant, but I have had blooms drop and leaves burn from another cause. My experience has been that the area where the blooms dropped (if it’s a large one that is affected – I can’t say that every exact place you had a bloom will have another) will bloom again. I have 5 pepper plants and when the blooms fall off, they seem to keep reblooming in the some of the same places as well as the new foliage junctions. I’ve thought about trying the blossom set because I’ve had tons of blossoms and only 7 fruits set so far, but now I’m thinking that wouldn’t help. Good luck!