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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Jul 24, 2015 8:51:31 GMT -5
Right now Someone here told me a 2 inch pot is not good for growing anything so I went to transfer it to a larger pot and it fell apart literally with leaves and roots falling off( I think it was root bound or something the roots were longer then the pot was deep) I managed to save 3 leaves with white tips so I planted them in damp sphagnums like a leaf pulling so in a few months after the leaves rot I expect to see baby VFT's Its staying outside. so everything is on hold Willyckh offered me a Sundew that will die in sun.,but lives in shade so it can take a dormancy even though it don't need one and can be kept in a terrarium its a D Adelae.
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Post by hal on Jul 24, 2015 21:51:36 GMT -5
Sounds like the VFT succumbed to crown rot which can happen when they are kept too wet. Was there any of the white bulb left after the leaves all fell off? If so, you can trim back the dead bits, replant it, and it should sprout new leaves. Treat it like a leaf pulling for a while: covered and in damp sphagnum until it picks up again. If there's any black still on the leaves you are trying to sprout, trim it off.
2" may be a good pot for a baby VFT but you need something larger as they grow. It's more about the depth than the diameter. The roots need to go down. If you see a VFT in the wild, the soil may look fairly dry. But it's very well drained and it's damp down deep and the roots reach all the way down there to get water. If you have a shallow pot and keep it soaked all the time, rot occurs.
A good, cheap pot is a styrofoam cup. Punch some holes in the bottom.
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Post by amanitovirosa on Jul 24, 2015 21:53:55 GMT -5
...I believe that someone was me and what I said was you can't grow anything successfully in a two inch pot. Now the reason I said that was because a two inch pot is not condusive to a stable media for the plant. It will dry out too fast, it will get wet too fast. In my opinion, there is not enough media in a two inch pot to promote the healthy growth of any plant.
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Post by hal on Jul 24, 2015 22:06:08 GMT -5
D. adelae is a great sundew for an indoor terrarium. Spreads like crazy and doesn't need a ton of light. My soil recipe was 1/2" of aquarium gravel, 1" of LFS and some live sphagnum on top. Keep damp and covered, maybe pull back the cover glass a bit for some ventilation if it gets too funky in there. Mist every month or so. I had a 5 gallon aquarium full of it, plus D. prolifera and schizandra and all I did was trim the live sphagnum and add some rainwater with dilute fertilizer every couple of months. It's a very rewarding plant and I'd highly recommend it.
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Post by lloyd on Jul 24, 2015 22:42:15 GMT -5
I have a number of plants like dews and Byblis growing for months or years in tiny pots sitting in trays with a few mm of water. Also Mexipings growing in little pots. A number of succulents, too can grow for years in small pots. So small pots can work sometimes.
However vigorous temperate plants like VFT's like their space and don't like to be cooped up in small drowned containers.
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