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Post by wallsg7 on Aug 17, 2007 18:46:40 GMT
This is my first full year of growing sarras ,which are the love of my life, but i seem to have a recurring problem with many of them.First they grow their pitchers then they catch many insects but when they fill with fluid to digest their prey the area of the pitcher where the prey is concentrated becomes brown and dies off.This invariably slowly but surely kills the pitcher.Is this normal? or am i doing something wrong?When visiting other peoples collections their plants look great.Any advice on this matter would be most welcome.
Thanks
Gary
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Post by Hailstorm Project on Aug 17, 2007 19:13:12 GMT
This is perfectly normal and it's a part of the plant's life... filled pitchers die off, new (and often bigger) pitchers replace them.
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Post by Alexis on Aug 17, 2007 19:50:12 GMT
Some plants can eat tons of insects and never go brown. Others go brown very easily.
It may be down to luck, genetics or the fact they are being grown outside their native climate.
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Post by Hikenyura on Aug 17, 2007 22:14:50 GMT
I heard that going brown means it ate too much
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Post by Alexis on Aug 18, 2007 16:33:20 GMT
Sarracenia can devour insects until they are coming out of the tops of the pitchers
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Post by Dave Evans on Aug 19, 2007 3:45:33 GMT
You can avoid the leaves trapping too much prey by using cotton balls to block access. Just take them out before it rains.
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Post by trimen1000 on Aug 23, 2007 4:53:08 GMT
Let the pitchers eat all they want. Just enjoy the new pitchers.
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