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What's up with my ceph#420283

By Sundews69 -  Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:41 pm
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- Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:41 pm #420283

Hey everyone,

My ceph lost all of its pitchers pretty quickly and it newest pitcher which is still growing has also started turning brown/dark blue a couple weeks later. Any idea what's happening? I know these are rot symptoms, but I only water after the top layer of dead sphagnum is completely dry so I doubt rot is the problem. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I want to be sure. Thanks for any help in advance!

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420285

By Camden -  Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:01 pm
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- Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:01 pm #420285

Could be that you’re under-watering it. Idk, I’m not experienced with ceph’s. I think you’d find this thread interesting though- https://terraforums.com/forums/threads/ ... le.145178/

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420286

By NightRaider -  Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:03 pm
Location:  Cookeville, TN (7a)
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- Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:03 pm #420286

What's the rest of the substrate?

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420287

By Sundews69 -  Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:28 pm
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- Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:28 pm #420287

NightRaider wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:03 pm What's the rest of the substrate?

Idk. It looks like lfsm, perlite, and something else.

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420291

By NightRaider -  Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:50 pm
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- Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:50 pm #420291

That could definitely be the problem then, lfs stays much wetter when cephs really need/do best in a sandy, well-draining soil. I don’t remember exactly what I used for mine, but I’m sure it was heavy on sand and/or perlite with a top layer of gravel from my creek out back.

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420296

By Sundews69 -  Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:36 am
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- Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:36 am #420296

Ok, maybe I'll try repotting it. I know they get stressed out from repots. Is there a way to reduce the amount of stress?

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420299

By NightRaider -  Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:45 am
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- Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:45 am #420299

No idea, I'm not all that well versed in cephs. I know mine came bare-root and didn't have near as much of a fit as I was led to believe, but that may well have just been an exception. Hopefully someone who's grown them for longer will chime in.

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420315

By Nocturne -  Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:56 am
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- Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:56 am #420315

I’m using a chunky soil mix of peat, pumice, pool sand, coco fiber and perlite, also made sure the pots are a bit elevated so theres airflow at bottom. Keeping it on dry end. Its under 12 h led into the night. The small eden black is growing well in it.

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420317

By Nepenthes0260 -  Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:14 am
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- Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:14 am #420317

Pics! Is it in moss?

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420318

By Nepenthes0260 -  Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:16 am
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- Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:16 am #420318

Oops, didn’t read through the rest of the thread. I’ve had terrible luck with cephs in a LFSM/perlite media long-term, and have correspondingly switched the majority of my specimens to a very sandy/peaty media.

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Re: What's up with my ceph#420322

By Sundews69 -  Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:43 am
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- Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:43 am #420322

Ok, I'll definitely repot into a more sandy mix with peat. I can get pics tomorrow I think, but it's too dark and my moms phone has the best camera and she's probably sleeping by now. Thanks

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