Growing conditions after removing Sarracenias from the fridge and mold.

[Richard Hole]

Hello

I had placed by Sarracenia bulbs with the roots in the fridge wrapped in moist paper towel in a bag over winter. I then potted them about 10 days ago. I placed them in a greenhouse with white Solarweave plastic on the roof and sides. It blocks out 50% of the sun. I have shade cloth on the western side of the greenhouse that blocks out about 70% of the sun. However, I plan to remove this soon as it may provide too much shade. Eventually, I plan to put the Sarracenias out in full sun again. However, I thought that it would be best to put them in the greenhouse for a few weeks to harden the plants off. Is that a good idea or could it be better to get them into full sun now to perhaps reduce fungus? A problem is some of the crowns of the weaker or dying plants now have mold on them. The plants are sitting in trays of water.

Do you think putting a fungicide on them could help, or would the ones with the mold be an indication that they are going to die anyway? I thought the ones with the mold may be going to die anyway so fungicide may not make any difference. The healthy ones that are going to live may resist the mold naturally. Do you know of any ways to kill the mold that would not harm humans or the plants? It would be good to find a fungicide that is affective where no glove or face mask is needed. I heard that Betadine could work and I could try watering a dilute solution of that on the top of the plants. On one of my earlier posts about mold I mentioned some other alternative fungicides and received some feedback. See http://icps.proboards.com/index.cgi?...nt&thread=3995
Please let me know of anything that works well


Your help is appreciated
Regards Richard.