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[flycatchers]

Hi
One of my two Drosophyllum has gone into stress in these last few weeks :cry:
Up to them it looked healthy and happy in my unheated greenhouse. It grows in a large 12 inch pot with a mix of perlite & vermiculite and has been kept fairly dry in the winter. It has already developed a woody stem after been grown from seed April last year.  In the last week or so which have been nowhere near as cold as it has had in the bulk of the winter a lot of its new growth has lost its dew and in several cases have gone limp and died back. I lost my first attempt this time last year as well.. Just when spring seems to be arriving and the plant should be starting to put on growth. I do have a second slightly smaller plant which still looks good growing alongside it. Any ideas where things may have gone wrong?

cheers

bill

[gardenofeden]

when mine go limp it is usually lack of water when the weather picks up and they start drying out more quickly

[Dunc]

Lost mine this winter after four years (longest time I've kept one going yet!).  Will have to try some of the seeds I collected that are in the fridge :)

[flycatchers]

Well the larger of the my two Drosophyllum is a goner! :cry: It had started to sprout lots of little stem growths but these are going dew less and wilting also. The main growth has that awful rotten lok to it now. My other slightly smaller plant growing alongside looks fine (for now!!).

I am puzzled as to why with both plants in identical compost, pot size, location and having the same amount of water, the bigger of the two should die? I know that people have said this plant does not send out an inhibiting chemical as originally suggested- but I wonder? Any other ideas?

I have some more seeds so will try other ways of growing this plant this year including the Slack Pot method.

cheers

bill