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Post by daniello on Aug 13, 2007 23:19:26 GMT -5
my new sundews started to produce dew a couple of weeks after they were received and potted up. unfortunately i was stupid and attempted to top-water them a few times, which pretty much washed away all their dewiness. now it has been about a month, i have been giving them as much water, humidity and light as i can provide, and they are still dry and dew-less. the babies i have grown since then are all nice and dewy, but the original plants which had their dew washed away don't seem to be producing any more. how long does it normally take for a plant to begin to produce dew again? should i be worried about them yet? what else can i do? light, indirect misting maybe? cover them with plastic for a while?
thanks for any suggestions/reassurances.
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Post by daniello on Aug 13, 2007 23:22:42 GMT -5
also, has anyone else looked at their sundews or photos of others' sundews and had the urge to taste that sticky, sweet-looking dew? it looks so tasty -- i imagine that's what the bugs think, too! but really, has anyone tried it to see what it tastes like? is it actually sweet at all, or does it taste horrible?
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Post by Rug on Aug 14, 2007 10:49:36 GMT -5
Well you give it a try and let us know!LOL I really don't think you need to worry about them too much. They will come around as long as the plant looks healthy otherwise.
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Post by mabudon on Aug 14, 2007 11:07:29 GMT -5
I actually started a thread about tastin the plants a while back- I'll see if I can find it
It doesn't taste too bad at all- a bit like lickin a battery, but sweet-like. The nectar on Neps and Sarrs actually tastes damn good tho. D.capensis flower stalks have a mild "green" taste, not bitter like I would have imagined at all. Hope this helps- you could always try yourself!!
As for how long it usually takes- if the plants is healthy, it should take only a day or two- I messed up my D.adelae jungle pretty bad when re-potting some of them, and they looked AWFUL right when I was done (I thought I actually damaged them a bit, but they really needed to be divided) The next day, everything was back to normal. I am at a loss to explain the lack of dew on your plants daniello, hopefully someone else has more insight, but it sounds like something is wrong somehow in your setup... We'l get it figured out eventually
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Post by daniello on Aug 14, 2007 12:21:15 GMT -5
haha, if you can find a link to the plant tasting thread let me know, it sounds like a good read.
i know my setup isn't totally ideal -- my terrarium is large and lid-less, so i don't think it actually retains that much humidity at this point. but it seems like lots of people on here just put their sundews in a window, and as long as they get enough light and are sitting in enough water, they develop dew anyway. the plants don't look terribly unhealthy -- the leaves around the bottom edges are starting to look like they're going brown, but there is lots of new growth too. they naturally have some leaf die-back as new leaves form, right?
actually a couple days ago i put the two dew-less sundews into a smaller terrarium *inside* my big terrarium, which i thought might help retain more humidity, and today when i checked up on them i noticed the spathulata has started to produce a small amount of dew on a few leaves. so maybe they are on their way to recovery, just taking their time about it.
i'm not too worried, like i said, the plants seem to be growing okay. i just want to be the best cp grower i can be (which probably means making a lid for this dang terrarium, i'm sure that would help things along...).
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Post by lloyd on Aug 14, 2007 12:36:05 GMT -5
I let my spathulata dry out a week ago and it still has no dew although it looks Ok otherwise. I think the new leaves will have dew.
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Post by mabudon on Aug 14, 2007 16:09:42 GMT -5
Ask and ye shall recieve, HERE is the thread- feel free to bump it back up if you have anything to add And yes, older leaves do die off and form a "skirt" under the new growth, nothing to worry abot there
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