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Post by sykosarah on Nov 15, 2013 8:38:11 GMT
A friend of mine had decided to buy a Venus flytrap from the local grocery store (never a good idea, those plants are never taken care of). It has been a couple of weeks since they had it, and all the leaves began to die. They asked me for help so I checked the base (the word I like to use in place of rhizome, because that reminds me of fungus). It was as black as the peat it was growing in. I don't blame my friend, because a plant just doesn't get like that that quickly, not without obvious disease. I blame grocery stores, which buy the plants in bulk in containers they cannot water them through. It was already probably near death when they bought it. RIP helpless victim.
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maiden
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Heliamphora, the magic plant from the lost world.
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Post by maiden on Jan 11, 2014 0:33:04 GMT
What was the growing condition you provided to the plant at home ?
I mean:
What kind of soil mix?
What kind of water u use?
You feeded the plant ?
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Post by sykosarah on Jan 17, 2014 21:37:58 GMT
This plant was owned by a friend, watered with distiller water, but they do like their house on the chilly side. But even if the flytrap was attempting early dormancy, it would not have turned black below ground. Illness that advanced after only two weeks of purchase usually means the plant was sick prior to purchase.
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maiden
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Post by maiden on Jan 18, 2014 12:51:30 GMT
Its always sad losing a plant :-(
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Post by sykosarah on Jan 19, 2014 9:24:51 GMT
That it is. I lost two of my 4 sarracenia seedlings to botrytis before I was able to move them to a different container.
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