Miraclegro fertilizes all of their products. That mixture will kill your plants if you use it... causing root rot again. The moss and perlite to use are dry bales wrapped in plastic and with the legend "Premium Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss." Never use little bags of moss and perlite as the companies that sell that stuff do not have have carnivorous plants in mind. I even saw a poor collection of Flytraps on a store shelf today, yes inside in no light with silly domes on them, and read the care instructions... Those instructions must have been written by some sadistic Venus Flytrap hater. They indicated that the plants should be placed in indirect light, fertilized occasionally, watered only occasionally with no tray, and repotted in Orchid medium. I know of no bog that has bark mulch and coconut husk in it.

The bales of moss will be about 1-2 feet across and completely dry. Never trust a fertilizer company to make unfertilized carnivorous plant products.

Well I haven't repotted it yet... And now I don't plan to, unless that rotted plant miraculously grows again... Which I highly doubt now.

What is suggested that I do? Refund my dirt?
What CAN I do with that dirt? Sand castle?

Is it possible to de-fertilize Miraclegro products?

Where can I get some non-fertilized stuff?

Is Perlite bad?

I feel like I have failed again.

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No, its not failure, its just all those blasted fertilized products. The bales of dry unfertilized moss can be found at nurseries and hardware stores. Perlite is fine for Flytrap drainage, it is just that it is sometimes fertilized too, especially anything by Miracle Gro. I think they even fertilize the plastic bag the stuff comes in, just kidding.

The perlite can be bought dry and unfertilized in bales too.

You can also just buy premixed moss and perlite from specialty growers online.. the same companies that sell the plants themselves, Sarracenia Northwest, California Carnivores and so forth. They would not tolerate fertilizer in their mix.

Is there any way I can get a Small package of the moss and perlite? Bales sound way huge...

Absolutely! You can buy small bags of moss & perlite at the local nursery/hardware store....whatever sells plant stuff like potting soil in smaller quantities. They usually have something like 1 or 2 lb. bags of perlite and the same of moss, by volume.

Just remember that some, if not most, of those small bags might be fertilized or contain some "special mix" that carnivorous plants would object to. If you can find any unfertilized bags of specific brands that don't kill your plants, give us a heads up. We can't find 'em.

I would also recommend the small bags of the dried LFS (Long Fibered Sphagnum) for ~$4. They thrive in LFS, mixed with sand and peat.