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charlie wrote:going back to immature pitchers means that the plant is RECUPERATING from stress. Though it will get smaller as long as it's still producing pitchers it should be fine. It might take a little while till it gets to producing pitchers the size it used to for a little while.
Hope you found that helpful,
Charlie

Right on the money
Patience and it will be fine

oh man. Well, i hope it likes the fogger and recovers quickly.

It will likely recover but not quickly lol.
Most heli's grow in super slow motion.

Cory wrote:Most heli's grow in super slow motion.

At least for a while. Then sometimes they'll seemingly burst into "rapid growth mode"

Matt wrote:

Cory wrote:Most heli's grow in super slow motion.

At least for a while. Then sometimes they'll seemingly burst into "rapid growth mode"

That's true and when it finally does he will know it's recovered lol

I have had mature heli's push 3-4 adult pitchers at once before

Matt wrote:

Cory wrote:Most heli's grow in super slow motion.

At least for a while. Then sometimes they'll seemingly burst into "rapid growth mode"

Seems o so similar for most species, yet i have one that trippled in size within a year!

So I haven't done anything drastically different but when I move most of my sundews outside for the summer I'll have an "open" terrarium to try and modify for the heli. I'm thinking or raising the "egg-crate" a few inches, filling the bottom of the tank with water and putting in an ultrasonic fogger, and just making a big humidifier out of the aquarium itself.

Does it look like it needs stronger grow lights?

Could this Heli be put outside for the summer or is it better to just leave it as is?

You don't need an unit ultra sonic fogger just put some air stones in the water basin it will make some airflow and skyrocket your humidity


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Cory wrote:You don't need an unit ultra sonic fogger just put some air stones in the water basin it will make some airflow and skyrocket your humidity


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I have both so I guess I could just use them together. I just need to figure out how to raise the crate. I might look into a glass cover too.

Just flip empty pots upside down to raise the crate


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Hope they like this new setup. It actually seems to have worked!!! Its open top and the humidity gauge is reading 75% after about 10 min.

They should grow just fine in there


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New mature pitcher is on the way! Guess the terrarium worked...or maybe it was just a matter of time?

Good job!
It was most likely a combination of the two but I think the higher RH made a big difference


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Looks great!