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Post by paulkoop on Jul 28, 2015 22:17:51 GMT -5
I was looking threw some sar pics of peoples plants and i noticed many of them arnt staked or anything. Mine r flopping everywhere growing well but sometimes bend and fall over??? I got some small ( i wanna call them peonie rings lol) from dollar store but there tooo wide. Wondering what people use to stake them up. If its already here i couldnt find it and i looked back a year ish
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Post by paulkoop on Jul 28, 2015 22:19:26 GMT -5
Im thinking i need to plant em a bit deeper
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Post by paulkoop on Jul 28, 2015 22:46:35 GMT -5
Im thinking of just a stake and some flexy coated wire stuff for plants. There all growing very well i dunno ill see how they do next year when there mature mature cuz i got them as juveniles for cheap from urban bog last year
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Post by H2O on Jul 28, 2015 22:49:43 GMT -5
Pictures will help solve what your problem is. Floppy pitchers often comes with lack of light, in proper lighting pitchers should, for the most part, support themselves.
The wind will often bend over pitcher on the edges of the tray and some plants (rubras in the spring, flags in the fall etc.) just produce floppy pitchers. I have a flava var. atropurpurea that could be grown in the middles of a field with nothing to support it and it produces perfect upright pitchers, I also have an alabamensis that supports it self about as well as a college frat boy on St Patricks day not matter what I do.
Are your pitchers colouring up really well or are they green and etiolated?
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Post by paulkoop on Jul 28, 2015 23:01:42 GMT -5
Its bright bright sun full sun from 10 am till 6 (out side)at night at least i doubt its light lol Some of the flavas have fell in half when forming and i just lift it up and its gg Guess its just normal
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Post by lloyd on Jul 28, 2015 23:54:07 GMT -5
I didn't read the question right. Some of my Sarrs flop around too. I take a string and tie it around all the pitchers and they sort of all support each other. Your way sounds more elegant.
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Post by paulkoop on Jul 29, 2015 1:59:50 GMT -5
Well i thought i was over doing it lol
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 29, 2015 7:04:04 GMT -5
The majority of my plants are outside in bogs all year so do get blown over in strong wind and bad rain conditions without some staking, so the taller plants have either a bamboo cane with wire tied around it to form a very loose loop to stop them falling further than 45 degrees, or stiff plastic coated wire made into a stick and loop for the same purpose.
Cheers Steve
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Post by bince on Jul 29, 2015 9:42:21 GMT -5
I think the 'peonie ring' would work just fine. Even if they are a wee bit on the big side they will still keep the pitchers in an upright position(with in the 45 degrees Steve mentions).
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Post by allcanadianboy on Mar 20, 2016 20:59:28 GMT -5
Mine were flopping around until I moved them to a spot where they get sun from sunrise to sunset. They still get blown over when it's gusty but no harm has ever come from that.
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