- Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:34 pm
#340595
So I mentioned this a few times here and I’ve even got a whole thread about it on the sarracenia forum, but I thought it’d be good to make a write up here.
For years, I’ve had problems with my flytraps during mid-summer when they much afternoon sun. I don’t have a location with enough morning sun for them, so I just lived with the fact that my flytraps looked terrible in July and August.
Thinking the problem was the heat because I didn’t have issues until July/August, I finally decided to do something about it. Last year, in August, I built a shade structure for my flytraps from 30% shade cloth and some PVC and zip ties. I noticed my flytraps began looking better almost immediately, but I hadn’t seen if it would keep them good looking.
This year, I put my shade structure out around the end of May, and I’m very, very pleased with the results. In the past, by this time of year, all my flytraps are putting out smaller traps no more than 3/4" and only hold onto a few leaves in each growing point. They continue to grow, but they lose most of their coloration and the traps get burned.
This year, my big seedgrowns are still pushing out traps over 1" long and my plants have better coloration, despite being shaded. This is by far the latest in the year I’ve had traps this big: that has stopped in early June in the past.
The structure itself: Some mature seedgrowns with big traps (these all flowered this year and are in standard gallon pots): Seedlings from 2017: Rocket farms typical: All red seedgrown: It’s even kept some Drosera capensis and D. paleacea happy, despite highs close to 100°F with warm nights in the mid 70s.
I’ve been very, very happy with the results.
For years, I’ve had problems with my flytraps during mid-summer when they much afternoon sun. I don’t have a location with enough morning sun for them, so I just lived with the fact that my flytraps looked terrible in July and August.
Thinking the problem was the heat because I didn’t have issues until July/August, I finally decided to do something about it. Last year, in August, I built a shade structure for my flytraps from 30% shade cloth and some PVC and zip ties. I noticed my flytraps began looking better almost immediately, but I hadn’t seen if it would keep them good looking.
This year, I put my shade structure out around the end of May, and I’m very, very pleased with the results. In the past, by this time of year, all my flytraps are putting out smaller traps no more than 3/4" and only hold onto a few leaves in each growing point. They continue to grow, but they lose most of their coloration and the traps get burned.
This year, my big seedgrowns are still pushing out traps over 1" long and my plants have better coloration, despite being shaded. This is by far the latest in the year I’ve had traps this big: that has stopped in early June in the past.
The structure itself: Some mature seedgrowns with big traps (these all flowered this year and are in standard gallon pots): Seedlings from 2017: Rocket farms typical: All red seedgrown: It’s even kept some Drosera capensis and D. paleacea happy, despite highs close to 100°F with warm nights in the mid 70s.
I’ve been very, very happy with the results.
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