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Post by NavyBrush on May 26, 2011 3:29:25 GMT
Can someone please tell me what happened? I was growing my plants indoors for the winter under very ideal conditions and it was green and fine. Now its turning this yucky brown color when i took it back outside for the spring. It did not experience a temperature under 60 degrees. It seems to get worse when it rains. Attachments:
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Post by lilly7430 on May 26, 2011 4:50:28 GMT
Is it getting more sun outside than it did indoors? Because the leaves look a little sun burned to me. This happened with my neps so now I use a 30 percent shade cloth in the summer months while my plants are outside on the east facing side of my house.
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Post by peterhewitt on May 26, 2011 18:15:36 GMT
Unfortunately your picture is a bit blurry, but it could be a couple of things. If you have put the plant in to much more sun than it was in, it could be sunburn. But i have seen similar damage caused by over watering. How often do you water the plant? You might be better served with a much more open and free draining mix, remember that Nepenthes like to be damp, but not wet all the time.
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Post by nepenthes77 on May 27, 2011 21:08:09 GMT
I would suspect it is shock from a change of environment. It might be over exposed to outside conditions such as pests, heat,too much light, or low humidity. If you watered it before the rain that might have rotted the roots. Nepenthes don't live in bogs like most other carnivorous plants so they don't like to be overwatered, they like damp conditions as peterhewitt suggested.
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Post by NavyBrush on May 28, 2011 1:56:21 GMT
Thank you for the help. I think it might have been over watered since there was so much rain. I think i might want to do a repotting with more loose soil. The soil I have is getting a bit compact. And the change of environment shock could have also contributed.
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Post by nepenthes77 on May 28, 2011 13:06:18 GMT
Just be careful with repotting because being uprooted could also cause some shock.
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