Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:21:53 -0500 From: "Dave Evans" <dpevans@rci.rutgers.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg338$foo@default> Subject: Re: dormancy problems
> I have a S. purpurea with densely clustered pitchers
> which is being kept outside for winter (I live in San
> Francisco). When I last checked it, some of the pitchers
> are rotting near the base, and there's a powdery green/gray
> substance over the crown and the bases of the pitchers.
> Is this what's called "powdery mildew"? I've cut off all
> the unhealthy pitchers and am wondering what else I
> should do. Should I wash the plant thoroughly and repot?
> Is it necessary to look into fungicides? Should I try
> to keep the plant in a drier place? (It's been raining
> on and off.) Thanks...
To all your questions, yes. Use some garden sulfur, it is fairly good
at preventing this. Also, yes, the leaves of S.purpurea can grow too thick
and cut the air flow promoting rot.
Dave Evans
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