Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:50:55 -0400 From: Tom Massey <massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3330$foo@default> Subject: RE: RE : My Sarracenia question
David:
Water level may be something to consider. I certainly hope that tray
watering Sarrs. is not a contributing factor. I am somewhat reassured in
that it only happens to a few plants and that a plant that "catches the
rot" may have lived for four or five years with the same water level
before succumbing.
And in response to both your comment and Gary's, one of the problems for
me is that this does not occur with young plants that have just been
repotted. In fact, it seems to happen just as often with older, mature
plants with large rhizomes that have had several seasons to adjust the
depth of their growth. I had considered repotting my mature Sarrs.
thinking that perhaps leaving them in the same pot for too long might be
encouraging some kind of fungus. I just hate to disturb them more often
than is absolutely necessary.
Tom in Fl.
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I don't have experience with the problem but could the problem exist from
burying the rhizome rather than positioning the rhizome partially exposed,
or keeping the water level too high? The later seems unlikely based on
your
post. I think the use of sulfur is an excellent idea. I use it when
dividing rhizomes to increase numbers.
David
Atlanta
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