Gabe 0 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 So my drosera capensis' dew gets dried up a lot and most of the old tentacles don't get dew only the new ones do. Is this normal? It's in the sun for about half the day and looks kinda burnt, that's why it's not in the sun all day. It's kept watered all the time and it's eaten some bugs. So if someone can tell me if this is normal I would appreciate it. Here's a picture of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SFLguy 23 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 When did you get the plant? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SFLguy 23 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Also, I know you probably know this but l think it's always good to remind people that tap water is no good for cps, rain, distilled, or r/o water is needed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little-Bacchus 19 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Mine ended up looking a lot like this but it was because I was moving them outside in the day and in at night so environmental change had done it to them. I'm guessing it is a stress response so need to make it a little more comfortable and should bounce back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gabe 0 Posted July 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I got it like a week ago so yeah that's probably right Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Bunn 427 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Just find a permanent location for it with full sun and leave it there to adjust. You'll lose some leaves probably but it will recover into something lovely. At the end of the day it's a capensis so it's practically bomb proof. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ordovic 26 Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Looks reasonably healthy to me. The older leaves will die off after a while anyway. Add more sun I'd say -you really can't give it too much (provided you keep the substrate wet) there's a clue in the name -Sundew Is it standing in water all the time as it probably should be? Is it exposed to the elements or under/behind glass? Is it free of aphids? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest paul y Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 not just aphids, whitefly can be an issue and I recently had an all red capensis from giffberg sa have a small caterpillar bore its way into the core of the plant and kill it off from the substrate up, not to worry though as it will regrow from the roots, which would probably still apply if I fired it into the sun or sent it for a swim to the marianas trench. when you absolutely positively have to live for ever, be a d capensis paul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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