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Post by coldcoffee on May 20, 2011 3:11:44 GMT
OK guys, I feel super stupid asking this but I want to learn from my experience and never have this happen again. I bought a small garden mini green greenhouse not too long ago to put seedlings and things in. I decided to put some of my CPs in it including some VFTs. Everything was going just fine, all my plants were doing great in it. The VFTs were in a watering tray in the top shelf and everything else was in the lower ones. They have all been out there about a week. About 20 minutes ago, I went out to check on all of my plants as I noticed the condensation had disappeared from the sides and some non-CPs had gone dry. I got a bottle of RO water and walked out there, much to my chagrin, 3 of my VFTs were dead. Luckily my oldest VFT is fine, and the saraccenia purpurea looks unphased. The water tray they were in was dry but I checked the moss in the pots, it was still damp. These plants are all new, rescued from Lowes. One looked bad when I got sit-in I bought it on clearance to try revive it. (The middle one in the picture) Any ideas? I have been growing VFTs for years and have never had a mass die off like this before. I should mention too, it was not that hot today. Attachments:
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Post by ICPS-bob on May 20, 2011 5:21:52 GMT
The photos are too fuzzy to tell what the p-lants look like. What is a "small garden mini green greenhouse"? An enclosed "greenhouse" can get very hot in a few minutes in the sun, even though it is not hot outside. Also, did you slowly adjust your plants to their new environment?
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Post by coldcoffee on May 20, 2011 7:06:56 GMT
Sorry about the blurry picture, I will retake it tomorrow. The "small garden greenhouse" is similar to this one one amazon.com: www.amazon.com/Gardman-R687-4-Tier-Mini-Greenhouse/dp/B000NCTGQE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1305874071&sr=8-2Except mine is a different brand and only 3 tier- same idea though. Normally, I would not have put VFTs in such a thing because of the heat here in Central CA, but since we have had very cool days I thought it would not be a problem. After I posted that question, I did ask my girlfriend about the heat- she said she did notice pockets of heat throughout the day. Looking at the Sarracenia and the Drosera that were in there as well: although they are ok- they do seem to have some burn spots(I did not notice this when I posted my initial post). I do think this is likely temperature related... like I said, I really did not think it got that hot today but then again I have been working on Algebra all day. Live and learn... The good news is that I took another look at the 3 VFTs a couple of hours ago and I am not confident that they are truly dead or without hope, I think one may be able to come back (It does have juvenile leaves which appear undamaged- if it can hold out long enough, the bulb looked ok at quick glance), I am pretty sure one is toast(but then again, I have seem even the most hopeless plants come back from the dead before), the last one I cant really call- we'll see. I will put all three under T5s and see what happens. Fingers crossed.
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Post by peterhewitt on May 20, 2011 9:24:19 GMT
As Bob said, small greenhouses like this can reach lethal temperatures in minutes even on a cloudy day, so a door/window or vent must be employed. If there is any form of Rhizome left it should recover in time.
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