Fertilizer and Pings...

[DarkRose]

I have some pings that I want to re-pot. The only peat I have found is from Miracle Grow and naturally has fertilizer in it. Will the fertilizer harm my pings?

I have one that is really struggling as it is. When I bought it, the pot had a lid over it, keeping it humid I guess. The top of the pot all around the plant was slimy and smelt bad. I tried to carefully remove the slime-substance but it still smells odd and doesn't look like it's going to hang on much longer. I just don't know what exactly to do.

Any suggestions?

[jeff]

what species or hybrids ?

temperate-mexican others ?

repot with a more mineral substrat may be , but tell us their name for a adapted substrat

jeff

[DarkRose]

I apologize, I'm still very new in this world.

I have Pinguicula lutea.

~Amber

[jeff]

ok then use blond peat and river sand 20/80 ,the substrat just slightly wet with a very good light .

'in situ' they grow in a peaty sand .
jeff

[ICPS-bob]

This might give you a bit more information:
www.pinguicula.org/A_world_of_Pinguicula_2/Pages/pinguicula_lutea.htm

[DarkRose]

Thanks guys!

[jeff]

for me his substrate is too peaty , 'in situ' it is more sandy ,like BRIAN talk , an other web site from this specie, mine, here
fern72.free.fr/siteweb/donnees-monographie/lutea.html in french but with google no problem for the translation

jeff

[DarkRose]

Cool thanks!

[w03]

As a note of warning, some of the so called "P. lutea" at garden shops are actually P. primuliflora. Pictures would help us confirm the ID and see the condition of the plant


In any case, the fertilizer in the peat moss will harm the pings.

Try to find peat in large bales from garden stores (they are large, packaged blocks of peat about a meter tall and a foot or two wide). These usually have no fertilizer.

Pings usually like to have a more well drained and airy soil than the rest of the CP world, so get some perlite or sharp grained silica sand to mix with the peat.

As mentioned before, P. lutea grows in very sunny, sandy, and rather dry habitats. (However, be careful about acclimating it to full sun and water carefully).

Good luck!

[DarkRose]

This is the one that is struggling. Probably not the best picture but their are some shrived green leaves left, but barely. When I got it they all had a clear plastic cup over the top of them. When I took the cup off of this one, their was some sort of slimy odd-smelling substance over the top of it. Most of the slime was attached to the cup and I peeled it off as gently as I could.

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[DarkRose]

Here is the pic of the healthy (at least healthy looking) plants. The only thing the plant insert said on it as far as 'names' was "Yellow Butterwort" with brief instructions.

Also, I don't know how well you can see this, but a couple of the plants have like a pretty moss growing and I know you don't want that stuff to cover the plant. Should I trim that stuff?

If the plants do not have the pretty mossy stuff, the soil is more of the dark, slimy looking stuff as I described in the first one.

(I do apologize that I use simple descriptive words as I am very uneducated in the plant world. This is my first serious attempt at growing anything, however I am willing to learn.)

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[DarkRose]

And thank you w03 for the info. It has been most helpful. Now I just need to find a plant store that actually carries peat in blocks like that. (And now I need to figure out what to do with the other soil I bought lol!)

[jeff]

for me your lutea is rot , the substrat is not adequat., too wet .

what name for these 3 others : primuliflora and the others ?

jeff