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Re: kltower: How tall can Sarracenia grow?
I have a tallish S. Leucophylla now, and would like to check what to do or what is wrong if the Pitchers do not stand on it's own? Too little sunlight? etc. The photo of Sunbelle with the 4 foot pitchers showed that they can grow tall without falling over. So I wonder if it might be because of winds in my area, nutrition or lighting that is not allowing my Sarracenias to stand on their own.
As of now I use a stick and a loop of wire tie similar to the photo posted by Choong at the bottom of this page to keep the pitchers bunched together and to support them. Other than leaning to one side, the pitchers seems to be green and healthy and new growth are obvious. TTFN Arvin |
Re: kltower: How tall can Sarracenia grow?
Hi Arvin, I think the main reason why our S.flava toppled is because of the wind and rain. When the pitcher toppled once (by rain or by wind) especially when the pitcher is still young, the "bruise" will be permenant, it'll never stand by it's own again, probably will need some support by then. But I found that when the pitcher gets older, the pitcher wall gets thicker and tougher, normal wind will have no effect on it, unless strong wind or heavy downpour.
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Re: kltower: How tall can Sarracenia grow?
Thanks TS, I guess I should try taking them of the hoop/support from time to time and see if they can stand on their own. I just measured my S. Leucophylla and it's about 2 feet long, I think it can stand on it's own if there is no wind. Will try and then take a photo of it to show you guys. They are in a 3 inch high pot, around 3 inch wide, not sure if time to repot, but they seem to like their current environment (aside from leaning). I can also try to lower them more so that the wall of the veranda will protect them from wind.
This is CP topic in general, but though we always see people saying something like put them under 2 inches of water, they really don't have a standard on how tall or big the pot is. If the pot is say 5 inches high, 2 inch will mean 3 inch of not soaked medium. While my 3 inch pots basically only have 1 inch or maybe even 1/2 of inch which is not soaking. Still the Sarras love it. I will post a question about soaking D. Capensis though (in the right topic/forum), I have a feeling they don't like to have their feet wet too much. TTFN Arvin |
Re: kltower: How tall can Sarracenia grow?
I personally prefer the water in the tray to totally dry out before I water again, I think by this way, firstly, promote aeration in the soil, secondly, solve mosquito larva problems. Thirdly, most important one...
Sarracenia or VFT roots may be happy being soaked in water during the growing season but one thing we must be very careful, in our climate, these plants may go dormant anytime throughout the year, we won't know it some times until we realized it, it may be too late, the roots rotted because they are supposed to be dryer during dormancy. Don't let your happy growing plant distracted your attention on this matter.:2thumbup: |
Re: kltower: How tall can Sarracenia grow?
Hi Arvin, your pitchers will self support if they have too. i.e. if you remove the hoops you may find that your oldr pitchers will fall over as they are not used to supporting themselves. You will find however that the new pitchers will support themselves if they develop without the support.
TS, You make a good point about the Sarra being drier during dormancy. It is obviously more difficult for tropical growers who don't have the defined seasons. While in active growth though Sarra's do require very wet soil. Species such as purpurea and psittacina are often submerged for periods during their growth period and minor can grow on sphagnum floating on a swamp. Often pitchers are smaller and weaker if insufficient water is given. |
Re: kltower: How tall can Sarracenia grow?
In the picture above where the sarracenia grow so tall,there is only few sarracenia in it.So could sarracenia grow tall due fever plants from the base.The ones i saw here got many plants in one pot.I think it can grow tall if we trimmed those small plants.
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