Re: Need medical advice for VFTs

dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Fri, 31 May 96 17:16 EDT

> From: Brian Heikkila <bheikkila@POBOX.COM>
>
> If anyone can direct me as to how to get them to turn back to their old
> shade of green while growing outdoors, I'd be grateful.

Hi,

Have they grown any new leaves while outside yet? It may be,
the old leaves are simply unable to adjust to the sun and have
been burned... I have not had much luck growing VFT in Sphagnum.
They generally like it a bit drier and 1:1 peat:sand does well.
Water from above before it dries out. I have taken to growing
them in the same manner I grow Cephalotus but I don't let
Cephalotus stay out over the winter. The one I tried last year
didn't even make it until the hard freezes before dying.

Dave Evans