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Hello,

Being a novice with carnivorous plants, I am looking for advice on my Sarrenia's downturn. I got it in the mail about 10 days ago. When I received it, the plant had 3 pitchers. One partially dried and the other two looking healthy. I tried to let them acclimate to the light for a couple of days, and then I put them in my terrarium. The whole time, the one already wilting continued to die. I didn't think anything of it since it was already not doing well. However, a couple of days after putting them in the terrarium, one of the green pitchers started developing a hole and wilting where the hole was. I figured the plant was receiving enough water, and I increased my misters output by 20% and my fans' humidity threshold. Still, the hole got bigger. Today, I noticed the other pitcher developing a hole. What is so baffling to me is that I have two sets of butterworts and venus fly traps in the same terrarium that are thriving. Is there some condition for this plant that I'm not meeting. Or, is it just suffering from shock? I included some pictures to help with diagnosis. Any guidance would be appreciated.

Everything @ChefDean says but also, how are you watering and with what type of water? Distilled or rain water is best. If your tap water has a low TDS you could also use that but I would recommend (Thanks for the tip, @Panman) getting aquarium test strips to be sure there is nothing else in the water that would harm your plants. Sars like their soil damp but not wet. Most people use the tray method. I find that is a suitable way to water also. What type of soil are you using? I was using a mix of LFSM, Perlite, Peat and Silicon Sand and I lost several Drosera because I did not check the soil TDS and PH. They were both off the charts so (Thanks to a tip from @Intheswamp) I switched to a mix of 50:50 LFSM and Peat. I am using that for all my Drosera and Sars and they are thriving. I have bought several Sars over the past couple of weeks and after putting them in my grow tent to get acclimated they are doing awesome. Hope this helps. I am sure others will chime in here soon.

new_sheriff_n_twn wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 4:17 pm I got it in the mail about 10 days ago. When I received it, the plant had 3 pitchers. One partially dried and the other two looking healthy.

One more thing to consider: If the pitchers contained dead bugs when the plant was unpotted and bagged, then those bugs started rotting during shipping due to the lack of airflow. I would expect all of the pitchers to develop a brown ring at the dead-bug level and die off. This happens with every tall Sarracenia that I get. The short, tubby pitchers like purpurea and rosea usually don't have this problem.