Q&A for How to Feed Carnivorous Plants

No - especially if it's filtered tap water, since it wouldn't have gotten rid of all the bacteria and chemicals that can harm the trap.

Yes, although I guess it would depend on how you got the flesh in the first place.

Yes. It should not harm your plant. If you are concerned, just collect rainwater in a bucket.

It depends. If it's tap water, then boiling the water will not eliminate the minerals that might otherwise be present in the water. For example, tap water may contain trace amounts of sodium and calcium, not enough to affect you, but enough to potentially harm or kill your plant. On the other hand, if you decide to boil rain water, that would help by potentially killing any bacteria picked up on the way to your bucket, in which case that would be a benefit. However, this is typically overkill and not necessary. The best kind of water to use is distilled water, which is usually inexpensive, available at most grocery stores, and should last you and your hungry plants quite a while!

Yes, you can use distilled water, clear rainwater, reverse osmosis water or dionised water.

No. "Carnivorous" means meat-eating, and leaves are vegetable matter.

If is dead because you just killed it, yes; if not, no.

If you have a garden that's infested with insects and other small animals, put your pitcher plant/ sarracenia close to the garden. If it still doesn't catch anything, buy dead or live insects in a pet store and feed your plant those insects.

That’s generally not a good idea in the plant world. Stagnant water often grows bacteria or algae you don’t want, from siting still. And pouring that all over a plant may not harm it, but it certainly won’t benefit it.