Post by Jonathan Mejia on Apr 12, 2016 12:40:43 GMT -5
It is a sad day here in my household.
Earlier this month, I went out to clean out one of my 4 outdoor trays of carnivorous plants. The plants were mostly okay, but I did lose 3 or 4 to root rot.
Then came the cold weather. 2 weeks of on again and off again cold/near freezing temps... It kept me away from cleaning any more of the trays.
I went out today to clean out another one, and I lost 18 out of the 20 plants due to root rot. The last two only had small divisions which I tried to salvage. Unfortunately, growing in pure sphagnum here doesn't seem to be the best option. The medium remains too wet and it seems to be the perfect breeding ground for this horrid disease.I planted the small divisions in turface/pinebark chips/perlite, and a small amount of sphagnum. I need to leave for work in half an hour, so I decided to write this post.
I assume the other trays have the same results, which means, for my outdoor collection, I am guessing I have about 75 % loss of plants.
I do not plan on purchasing any more until I get this under control. At least one or two years with minimum casualties.
I still have my "tank plants" which are at home and doing fine. My flytraps, and utrics, and many pings.
SIGH... I am so tired of this shit. If this continues another year, I might have to redo my collection starting fresh. I am hoping the new media helps, as it will certainly be less wet. I know the NYBG has Sarracenia growing in their rock garden near an artificial pond, so I hope my media closely mimics those conditions, as they had a HUGE tarnok growing there just fine.
I will update when I do the other trays. Most of these plants were in smaller pots. The larger pots are lined up in "tray" planters.
Earlier this month, I went out to clean out one of my 4 outdoor trays of carnivorous plants. The plants were mostly okay, but I did lose 3 or 4 to root rot.
Then came the cold weather. 2 weeks of on again and off again cold/near freezing temps... It kept me away from cleaning any more of the trays.
I went out today to clean out another one, and I lost 18 out of the 20 plants due to root rot. The last two only had small divisions which I tried to salvage. Unfortunately, growing in pure sphagnum here doesn't seem to be the best option. The medium remains too wet and it seems to be the perfect breeding ground for this horrid disease.I planted the small divisions in turface/pinebark chips/perlite, and a small amount of sphagnum. I need to leave for work in half an hour, so I decided to write this post.
I assume the other trays have the same results, which means, for my outdoor collection, I am guessing I have about 75 % loss of plants.
I do not plan on purchasing any more until I get this under control. At least one or two years with minimum casualties.
I still have my "tank plants" which are at home and doing fine. My flytraps, and utrics, and many pings.
SIGH... I am so tired of this shit. If this continues another year, I might have to redo my collection starting fresh. I am hoping the new media helps, as it will certainly be less wet. I know the NYBG has Sarracenia growing in their rock garden near an artificial pond, so I hope my media closely mimics those conditions, as they had a HUGE tarnok growing there just fine.
I will update when I do the other trays. Most of these plants were in smaller pots. The larger pots are lined up in "tray" planters.