Sarracenia rhizome damage??? Please help me identify problem
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:54 am
So I have been growing sarracenia for a year and this time is the first time I did the fridge dormancy method, with slight modification of glass door cooler and good airflow, controlled watering every week. I have this excellens rhizome that I took out on friday, looking really promising after 3 months of dormancy in the fridge like this
Then since I had to go away for a biz trip for 3 days, I decided to take it out at night for cool temp and did not repot at all, rather leaving it in full sphagnum moss like that, in that cup and just watered with a tray underneath, spraying a couple of times before leaving.
I came back on Tuesday only to find the a lot of green parts have been blackened and the green shoot doesn't grow at all.
I started to clean it up a bit, trimming off the dead leftover leaves and only to find the rhizome is so soft, and then I freaked out craving out the dead parts until what is left is this. The only thing looks good for me is the root and that is it.
I think it is pretty much done for this one yet I really want to investigate what might cause this, and what is the real problem so I could prevent for other rhizomes that I have not taken out yet.
For now I just repot it into 50/50 lsfm and perlite, hoping for a miracle in vain. There is no way this one can recover right?
So far I have gathered what I did wrong in this was, not adjusting temp gradually up enough, like from 10C to 28-30C in the day out, full LSFM, too much water (?), and perhaps some other shocks I didn't know? Somehow I also feel that it looked like the roots could not absorb water, causing the leaf to turn black so fast? I really can't decide what is the problem
These are some other healthy looking rhizome of sarra excellens and exornata that I have and I really don't want to repeat this problem with these babies. These ones still look ok right?
A rather long post but
Please help me out in identifying the real problems of this, I just learn and learn by mistakes and really want to improve my skills in taking care of these CPs
Thank you guys so much,
Steve
Then since I had to go away for a biz trip for 3 days, I decided to take it out at night for cool temp and did not repot at all, rather leaving it in full sphagnum moss like that, in that cup and just watered with a tray underneath, spraying a couple of times before leaving.
I came back on Tuesday only to find the a lot of green parts have been blackened and the green shoot doesn't grow at all.
I started to clean it up a bit, trimming off the dead leftover leaves and only to find the rhizome is so soft, and then I freaked out craving out the dead parts until what is left is this. The only thing looks good for me is the root and that is it.
I think it is pretty much done for this one yet I really want to investigate what might cause this, and what is the real problem so I could prevent for other rhizomes that I have not taken out yet.
For now I just repot it into 50/50 lsfm and perlite, hoping for a miracle in vain. There is no way this one can recover right?
So far I have gathered what I did wrong in this was, not adjusting temp gradually up enough, like from 10C to 28-30C in the day out, full LSFM, too much water (?), and perhaps some other shocks I didn't know? Somehow I also feel that it looked like the roots could not absorb water, causing the leaf to turn black so fast? I really can't decide what is the problem
These are some other healthy looking rhizome of sarra excellens and exornata that I have and I really don't want to repeat this problem with these babies. These ones still look ok right?
A rather long post but
Please help me out in identifying the real problems of this, I just learn and learn by mistakes and really want to improve my skills in taking care of these CPs
Thank you guys so much,
Steve