How to keep a carnivorous plant healthy if there aren't any bugs around?
Question:Does bug eating improve the health of bug eating plants, or is water and sunlight enough?
Should I allow a few flies and mosquitos around for those types of plants to be healthier?
Answers:
Do NOT feed them hamburger. It is not an adequate substitute and can kill them. I have listed several sites below. However, I would suggest a pet store that carries bugs as food for pet lizards and such.
You can feed the plant very small amounts of raw hamburger meat. Typically around the size of a pea per plant, once or twice a week. Should be fine.
it will help them out too eat bugs
It is unnecessary to feed them insects. Any commercial fertilizer will do the same thing.
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