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By Adelaide
Posts:  538
Joined:  Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:05 pm
#101398
So I ordered my first drosera the other day, when it gets here, am i supposed to soak it in distilled water before planting it? I thought I read that somewhere.
By dantt99
Posts:  5045
Joined:  Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:48 am
#101399
You definitely can soak it, and I would or wouldn't depending on how much dew got all over it and how it looks when it arrives. It won't hurt the plant to soak it though :)
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By dmagnan
Posts:  608
Joined:  Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:37 pm
#101555
You can definitely do that with flytraps. As for drosera: I just got a drosera binata, and I soaked it, and it ended up losing all of the dewy parts of its leaves. It's growing new leaves and seems fine, but I was worried that losing all the dewy parts was due to the soak (and potentially, the plant basically eating itself). Hopefully someone with more sundew experience will chime in.
By Grey
Posts:  3255
Joined:  Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:48 pm
#101572
If nothing else, you could always just dip the roots. I do this when I'm waiting to repot plants to keep their roots damp while I set up their pot.
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