newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria

newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#418990

By John W -  Sat Aug 27, 2022 12:56 am
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- Sat Aug 27, 2022 12:56 am #418990

Doesn't look like salt burn - I use RODI water with 0 ppm. Had also read it could be nutrient deficiency, but I usually give osmecote pellet to the pitchers. The only other thing I can think of is I have been foliar feeding everything in this box with a stronger dose of maxsea - at between 100-150ppm twice a week. I can go out and take a better picture too if that would help, I know these pictures aren't the greatest

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#418995

By John W -  Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:26 am
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- Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:26 am #418995

Some better pictures

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#418998

By Bluefire -  Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:41 am
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- Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:41 am #418998

So, no previous leaves have come out like that? I have noticed new, emerging leaves tend to be lighter in color.
Perhaps the fertilizer is too much?

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419000

By John W -  Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:50 am
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- Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:50 am #419000

No, and both plants are identical in that their newest leaf is white. It's almost pure white, not light green or anything. I am going to re-pot tomorrow morning. Only variable I can think of is fertilizer - but wondering if anyone recognizes if this could be some type of pest as well. Or maybe root rot. Usually root rot in my experience is black leaves but I am still learning

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419025

By Bluefire -  Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:10 pm
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- Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:10 pm #419025

Well, if you've had these plants a while then the light, water and humidity should be good. I don't think I've ever heard of fertilizing plants that strongly that often. But I don't really fertilize (besides with insects) at all so what do I know?

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419029

By John W -  Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:45 pm
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- Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:45 pm #419029

So I took a better look in the daylight, and it's actually just one that doesn't look great, although the other one might be a little lighter in color https://imgur.com/a/4LI5CNI/

went ahead and repotted in fresh media hopefully that helps

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419030

By Camden -  Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:51 pm
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- Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:51 pm #419030

Possibly variegation genes that have just decided to come out???

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419032

By John W -  Sat Aug 27, 2022 11:02 pm
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- Sat Aug 27, 2022 11:02 pm #419032

The leaf doesn’t feel dead or soft, it feels pretty sturdy as well. I don’t think it’s variegation, the mother plant was not advertised as

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419058

By Supercazzola -  Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:48 pm
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- Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:48 pm #419058

Just be aware that even a careful repotting will still cause the plant some level of stress shock. Slip potting reduces but doesn’t eliminate this. Sometimes it’s better to leave things alone until the plant gets over the shopping shock and is stronger. Hopefully yours continue to improve.

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419062

By John W -  Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:48 pm
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- Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:48 pm #419062

I’ve had it for around 8 months now- i was talking to someone on a different forum and they said they thought it might be the beginning of root rot taking hold potentially. I ended up putting it in a lot bigger pot and used 50+% perlite as well. The original pot was pure sphagnum and was from the original attempt at rooting (successful)

I will definitely post an update if there’s improvement

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419123

By Nepenthes0260 -  Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:31 pm
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- Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:31 pm #419123

Very interesting- don't believe I've seen that before, except for in etiolated plants stuck in a box for several weeks.

Keep us updated! Closest thing that I've seen is some weird spontaneous variegation mutation.

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419161

By John W -  Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:13 pm
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- Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:13 pm #419161

Absolutely!

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419167

By Panman -  Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:11 pm
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- Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:11 pm #419167

You might want to isolate the plant for a while in case it is being caused by a virus. I have heard of various diseases and viruses that show up as variegated leaves.

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#419169

By John W -  Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:37 pm
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- Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:37 pm #419169

Great idea I’ll give it the bag treatment. Was just reading about houseplants with viruses that cause variegation

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Re: newest leaf turning white on N. Ampullaria#420080

By John W -  Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:09 pm
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- Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:09 pm #420080

Just posting an update to make sure I keep tabs. It does look worse at this point. Last pitcher never opened and growth point is the same white as the last leaf. White leaf has developed some brown spots

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