What going on with my sundews?!

What going on with my sundews?!#428839

By Sundews69 -  Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:43 am
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- Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:43 am #428839

Lately I've been noticing a lot of my plants (specifically my sundews) have been looking sad and shrinking back. I accidentally let them dry out but don't think it would effect them so hard. My binata "small red form" lost all of it's foliage and flowers. Can someone help me figure out whats going on?

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Re: What going on with my sundews?!#428857

By Nepenthes0260 -  Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:01 pm
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- Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:01 pm #428857

Temps might be off (I've seen similar symptoms for too warm and too cold) and the excessive flowering may be drawing too much energy from the leafy rosette of the plant. Whenever my dews are looking funky I give them a repot + bag... I'm going to say that around 50% of the time it completely fixes the issue.

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Re: What going on with my sundews?!#428870

By Sundews69 -  Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:22 pm
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- Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:22 pm #428870

I added some cooler lights to my wish list (my current ones are very hot) but I haven't received all of my gifts yet. I'll order them myself if I don't get them. Do you find that the dews that need repotting are plants that have been in that pot for a while? Mine have only been in their current pots for 6 months. Thanks for the help!

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Re: What going on with my sundews?!#428961

By Nepenthes0260 -  Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:33 pm
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- Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:33 pm #428961

Usually, yes. Although certain environmental conditions can speed up peat degradation, resulting in bad media earlier than anticipated.

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Re: What going on with my sundews?!#429075

By Barlapipas 6 -  Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:48 am
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- Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:48 am #429075

They kinda look like my capensis but yours are a bit worse. I suppose it’s the temperature or the sunlight. Mine for some reason don’t like too much sun and they turn red and the tentacles become crispy without dew on them.

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