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Filling Nepenthes pitchers?
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I have never filled the pitchers on mine, and they fill with liquid themselves pretty easily. I just feed it flies.
Do you know how the mechanism works?
Does it work in reverse too? If I fill them with nutrient solution, will they drink it up too?
Is my humidity too low, so the liquid they produce themselfes evaporates?
How high should the level be?
And is the filling process triggered by something?
I think they'd drink up the nutrient solution but I've never tried it TBH. I just feed mine flies when they're available. I do think humidity can be a factor so keep an eye on that, but I think that's more of a matter of keeping the plant well watered. Mine seems to fill the pitchers as they grow and also seems to keep them topped off.
Point being, I just feed mine flies and water it regularly and that seems to keep it happy. I don't mess with it much outside of that.