Is there any chance for this little one?

[swemike]

This one hasn't delivered anything "green" since this summer. This is how the root looks.
Is it still alive? The root is something between dark red and very dark green. It's now in a pot with perlite/peat.

[peterhewitt]

that is not good, i doubt that this one will survive, toss it.

[tonge50]

Give it a chance. One of my VFTs, Akai Ryu, totally died back last summer (perhaps due to rot) and it is making a great recovery this spring. No harm in letting this one try to recover. Good luck ;D

[peterhewitt]

I have also had some miraculous recovery's so you can try, but as i said, its not looking good, i dont see any green.

[Alexis]

I think you need to start again Mike! Get the credit card out!

[unstuckintime]

I once heard a very wise saying from here, "Where there's green, there is hope," and you may be pushin your luck with hope on that one... Oh well, take it as an opportunity to rescue some from Wal-Mart and Lowes and the like!

[ICPS-bob]

Apr 30, 2010 12:10:46 GMT unstuckintime said:

...take it as an opportunity to rescue some from Wal-Mart and Lowes and the like!

In Sweden?

[Not a Number]

Apr 30, 2010 14:35:34 GMT ICPS-bob said:

In Sweden?

PDF: Sweden Welcomes Wal-Mart Superstore











The Town of Sweden in New York that is

[swemike]

I took up the root and tried to remove as much soil as possible with a water can. My camera isn't the best one but one piece of the root is red and it has light green parts on the both "sides". I put it back in the peat/perlite mix. Sorry for the bad photo quality! :-(

[peterhewitt]

I applaud your optimism, you just might get tiny plantlets forming from whats left, but i would keep it on the dryer/damp side, to prvent further rotting. Try and treat with some diluted Superthrive.

[swemike]

It stands in my greenhouse on my balcony. But I will try to just keep it a less damp, not wet and hope for it will grow up. This one gave my a flower in January last year. I had it in a window and gave it no dark hibernate. I didn't knew then it should have a rest period in darkness.

[peterhewitt]

Sarracenia and Dionaea do NOT need a dark Winter rest. the reduced photo-period of winter initiates Dormancy. Some people in extreme climates such as your own, overwinter these plants in a non freezing garage or some protected place, this is only acceptable and not optimal. in your situation, the trick is to know when to bring them in and keep less wet, and when to put outside again.
In my own climate i leave them alone in there benches and keep less wet. They always go dormant even if the sun shines bright in winter.
Photo-period is the key dormancy initiator.

[Alexis]

I don't know why you don't bin it and buy another. You'll only be wasting months looking at a pot full of peat - it's chances of survival are slim, if it's not dead already.

In that time you could be growing a healthy plant and getting enjoyment from that.

[swemike]

I have bought another one which will prehapps arrive with the postman tomorrow or on Friday. It's a dingley gigant. :-)

[tonge50]

Excelent post peterhewitt. I have observed the same thing regarding photo period and dormancy with my VFTs in the moderate, SF Bay area climate. It was the short daylight periods that told my plants to chill-out for the winter rather than the temperature. Swemike, I'd say your photos are very good and the new pics show what I thought I saw from the first photos you posted; new traps forming from a very weak plant body. With some TLC this one may make a comeback. There is no shame in watching a pot of moss grow. I think moss is pretty cool in it's own way MT