Pitcher twisted and burned
 

Hello everybody,

I really need someone to help me with my plants, I dont know what is happening to them. At the beggining of spring I repoted my Sarracenia. I did a mix of sphagnum with coco peat for the soil. At the beginning of spring they were doing quite well. New and strong pitchers grew but now it seems that the development has stopped and I don't know why. The new pictchers seem to be kind of twisted, much smaller and burned at the tips. This is also happening to a drosera I repotted with the same soil mix. At the beggining was doing very well and growing fast. However it has also stopped growing with the new leafs being kind of twisted, burned and much smaller.
I dont know what is the cause of this. I always keep them moist with rain water so I am afraid that it may be the soil. I really need some advice, I dont want to loose my plants.
Thanks

Re: Pitcher twisted and burned
 

It may be a salt problem. Coco peat can have a high salt content. It cerrtainly sounds like it sould be salt as this can cause stunted growth and burning at the extremities. A really usefull mix that will suit the majority of plants is a 50:50 mix of peat moss and sand. Many plants will also be very happy in pure sphagnum poss. If you only have access to sphagnum moss then try and get your hands on perlite. This is a manufactured product that helps to aerate the soil.

If you can take a picture it may help diagnose.

Re: Pitcher twisted and burned
 

Thanks, I am not at home right now but I surely post a couples of photos as soon as I can.

Re: Pitcher twisted and burned
 

Oh, mine kind of look like this too....

Re: Pitcher twisted and burned
 

So... This is how they look like,
I hope they are helpful

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Mine is growing the wrong way.
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Re: Pitcher twisted and burned
 

When my sarra gets dehydrated they get twisted and some of them turn brown.