Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 00:27:55 -0400 From: "Semanchuk, Phil J" <pjs20347@glaxowellcome.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1690$foo@default> Subject: RE: More on underdeveloped sarrs.!
> Does anyone know what I can do about this? Can it
> spread to the other plants?
Steve,
In my limited experience about 1 in every 10(?) pitchers gets chewed on at
some critical point in its formation, resulting in a malformed pitcher. My
plants (and any healthy plant) can tolerate this degree of loss. Sometimes
it looks like damage done by some random beetle or catepillar who came by,
had a snack and moved on. But insects can and will happily attack more than
one pitcher, especially scale and aphids who tend to stay put. You should be
able to determine what kind of insects you're dealing with -- if it is
insects at all -- by visually inspecting the plant. Sometimes scale is
easier to find with your finger. The scale I'm familiar with comes in little
(1mm) dots that might escape the inexperienced eye but will rub off of the
pitcher onto your finger when present.
Hope this helps,
Philip
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