Questions on media used for Drosera.

[strath76]

The majority of my plants grow in a mix of peat and sand. You can also use perlite as mentioned or vermiculite. You need to be carefull with coco peat as it can have a high salt content and may harm your plants. If the plants are in a mix with coco peat look for signs of salt damage, burnt leaves or stunted growth, and repot. Cheers.

[Cheng]

Originally Posted by strath76

The majority of my plants grow in a mix of peat and sand. You can also use perlite as mentioned or vermiculite. You need to be carefull with coco peat as it can have a high salt content and may harm your plants. If the plants are in a mix with coco peat look for signs of salt damage, burnt leaves or stunted growth, and repot. Cheers.

Thank you for the heads up! I was just recently informed by another member about the salt content as well. I used a mix of cocopeat+sphagnum moss for D. Binata and they seem to love it more than pure sphagnum moss mix.

Thanks for the replies. Now I have a general idea of what to get as media. Thanks a lot!