4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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I chat to Peter D’Amato, founder of the nursery California Carnivores, one of world’s leading experts in venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews and more. We talk about how his obsession began, find out what happens when a rate gets stuck in a giant pitcher, and discover what a ‘crapivore’ is. Plus - I answer a question about repotting an Anthurium.
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0:54.4 | Hello and welcome to On the Ledge podcast, the podcast that makes you passionate about house plants. |
1:02.2 | I am your host Jane Perrone and this is episode 93. This week I'm talking to a man who is |
1:09.6 | God in the world of carnivorous plants. Peter DeMarto, |
1:14.6 | founder of California Carnivores Nursery and author of bestselling book, The Savage Garden. |
1:22.0 | You all know that I'm addicted to the house plant expert by Dr David Hesseon, but I have to say I've got my copy of the Savage Garden in about, well, the early 90s when it came out. |
1:33.9 | And this book really was the Bible for me when it came to carnivorous plants. |
1:38.5 | So I was very much fan-girling when I interviewed Peter. |
1:43.8 | But he gave such a wonderful interview and we ended up |
1:47.3 | going on for over an hour. So I'm going to split his interview into two episodes so you don't miss a |
1:53.1 | thing. And I'll be answering a question about repotting and furiums. My 100th episode is looming on the horizon and I want to hear from you. |
2:04.8 | I would love to have some of your voices in that 100th episode so I can find out what on |
2:10.6 | the ledge podcast means to you. So if you're the kind of person who's been listening to the show |
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