Yossu Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Hello, Amongst my extensive collection of CPs (ahem ), I have a Sarracenia Maroon (well, two actually, but this question is mainly about one of them)... I got this a while back from an online seller. It came bare rooted, and I potted it in a strange mixture. The lower half of the pot is Hant's COM1 mixture, and the upper half is live sphagnum moss... I'm not sure offhand why I did this, but there must have been a good reason for it! Anyway, it sits in a tray of about 1"-2" of rain water, along with some other CPs. I took it out of the tray and held it over a bowl for the photo. I don't normally cuddle it like this! The problem I have is that all of the pitchers that were on the plant when I got it are starting to dry up, as you can see from this close-up... The top of the moss is wet to the touch, so that's not the problem, and it gets misted (manually by me, I'm not up to Welshy's fab automatic system yet!) whenever I remember. Admittedly, this isn't that often, but the humidity around the plants is generally between 40% and 75%, so I don't think that's the problem either. Also, most of the other plants seem to be OK. Don't know if it's relevant, but I've never seen any water in the bottom of the pitchers. I asked about this a couple of weeks ago, and was reassured that this isn't an issue, but I thought I'd mention it in case. During the course of that discussion, I did add some water to the pitchers, but when I looked the next day, it had all gone. Anyone any ideas why the leaves on this one are drying up? As you can see from the pictures, there are new leaves growing, but I'm concerned why the old ones are drying out. Thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 its probably due to acclimatising to your conditions and being repotted in different conditions. The roots originally were totally in compost that is at the bottom of the pot,now the plants roots are mainly in sphagnum which is damp/wet but this isn't the same as being in wet compost.so the old pitchers can't get enough uptake of water to maintain themselves. so they dry up.however the new pitchers look healthy so they are o.k with the new conditions which are wet enough for new healthy growth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossu Posted October 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Thanks ada. Do you think there's any point in repotting it in compost? I don't want to disturb it too much, but if that would be better for it, it would be worth it in the long run. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incursion Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Hi Yossu, generally speaking since your plant is showing new growth and the new growth appears healthy, I would avoid repotting it again for a while since you'll possibly send it into another state of shock, and possibly in its weakened state it may not recover as well, if at all. Best way I can describe this is imagine someone forcibly moving you from your home town, giving you a brand new job that you have no experience in, and feeding you on a totally different diet, and drinking water from a source your immune system is not used to coping with. Think of where you're going to find food (local supermarkets, potentially not speaking your language) - This being an example of how the roots are having to adjust to find different nutrients and water that they need. The results are bound to be somewhat stressful on you Although this of course is a very different example as we are mammals, you too would have some difficulty adjusting. If the plant had not been showing signs of growth, I probably would have changed its media as that would seem to be the root cause (excuse the pun). You are also getting extremely close to dormancy period, and despite S.purpurea species being more hardy and thus retains more of its pitchers, you could really damage its ability to recover next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossu Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hi Yossu, generally speaking since your plant is showing new growth and the new growth appears healthy, I would avoid repotting it again for a while since you'll possibly send it into another state of shock, and possibly in its weakened state it may not recover as well, if at all. Best way I can describe this is imagine someone forcibly moving you from your home town, giving you a brand new job that you have no experience in, and feeding you on a totally different diet, and drinking water from a source your immune system is not used to coping with. Think of where you're going to find food (local supermarkets, potentially not speaking your language) - This being an example of how the roots are having to adjust to find different nutrients and water that they need. The results are bound to be somewhat stressful on you Although this of course is a very different example as we are mammals, you too would have some difficulty adjusting. Oh, is that all? No problem then If the plant had not been showing signs of growth, I probably would have changed its media as that would seem to be the root cause (excuse the pun). Groan, that's as bad as one of mine! You are also getting extremely close to dormancy period, and despite S.purpurea species being more hardy and thus retains more of its pitchers, you could really damage its ability to recover next year. OK, I'll leave it alone. Do you think it would be worth repotting in the spring, or will it have established itself in its new surroundings by then? Thanks for a great reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossu Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Any comments on whether or not I should repot in the spring? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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