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Hi, what is wrong with my Sarracenia Purpurea? This plant has been in my collection for four years. Why is not growing no more? It started to wake up this spring and is there winter damage? They live outdoors all year around.


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That looks like root rot. You need to check the rhizome. Plus, the seeds shouldn't be ripe yet. The flower stalk looks like it has dried out. If it is rhizome rot, at this point it is likely a goner.

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I dug it out to see. Can it be saved?


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I hope this repotting can save this poor plant.


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What did the rhizome look like? Ignore the roots, they are the last part to die and sarrs won't come back from that. Of the rhizome is at all mushy, you need to trim off any brown parts. If lost two plants to rhizome rot this summer. It comes with the territory.

I checked also the new growth and is soft.


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You have my sympathies. Rhizome rot is insidious. The rot spreads along the rhizome and cuts off water flow to the pitchers. By the time they shrivel and droop, the rot has already undermined the growth point. Like Panman, I too lost a couple Sarracenia this year due to rhizome rot, and I'm keeping a close eye on my big pot of Hummer's Hammerhead because it's looking suspicious right now.

So it died


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Did it dry out at any time? They look like that when they dry out, or if the medium is breaking down and releasing nutrients to the plant.
Unfortunately either way, it is an ex purpura.
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Steve

It happened late last week.


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I got the seedpod and what should I do with the seeds in August?


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Split the pod and either keep in a paper envelope in a cool room or in a ziplock in the fridge till you want to stratify and sow them in spring.
Cheers
Steve

Thanks


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I suggest stratifying at least a few and attempt to germinate them to see if the seeds fully developed.