- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:19 pm
#449174
Hello, long time lurker first time poster.
I've cared for carnivorous plants for a few years now and managed to successfully keep them alive.
However I just can't seem to figure out why the same care does not work for dionaea full red varieties (at least in my case) and have lost a few throughout the years following this same behavior.
Was wondering if someone had any idea why this might be since I couldn't find an answer:
I bought a couple of small Reds along with some typicals two months ago, yet they grow ridiculously slow comparatively, one seems stunted while they other one does grow but then the traps don't open at all, they stay closed, even the old traps closed and never opened again.
(I added a picture of a bigger typical I bought along with a rhizome division I did around the same time in the same tray which seem to be doing fine.)
I grow them on my roof, lots of wind, 85% full sun
Peat/perlite soil, no ferts
I water them plenty every second day and let the water tray stay dry for like half a day.
Distilled water around 15-30 ppm.
Thank you for your time! .
I've cared for carnivorous plants for a few years now and managed to successfully keep them alive.
However I just can't seem to figure out why the same care does not work for dionaea full red varieties (at least in my case) and have lost a few throughout the years following this same behavior.
Was wondering if someone had any idea why this might be since I couldn't find an answer:
I bought a couple of small Reds along with some typicals two months ago, yet they grow ridiculously slow comparatively, one seems stunted while they other one does grow but then the traps don't open at all, they stay closed, even the old traps closed and never opened again.
(I added a picture of a bigger typical I bought along with a rhizome division I did around the same time in the same tray which seem to be doing fine.)
I grow them on my roof, lots of wind, 85% full sun
Peat/perlite soil, no ferts
I water them plenty every second day and let the water tray stay dry for like half a day.
Distilled water around 15-30 ppm.
Thank you for your time! .
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Bigger typical (bottom) and division(top)
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Traps not opening, ever
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The 2 red varieties
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