FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hi,
I don’t have much experience with sarracenia, I’ve only really kept sundews and pings indoors. I recently helped my dad build a bog garden outdoors, it gets 6 hours of direct sunlight, is kept very moist with rainwater, and has a peat perlite soil mix. About 3 months ago we planted it out, it has about 10/15 pitcher plants in there along with a few sundews and Venus fly traps to fill in the gaps. They were ordered online and delivered cut back right to the base. In the last month or so most of them have shot up in the summer weather, however, a lot of the pitchers are looking “deformed” slightly twisted and pretty thin for the most part and we’re trying to figure out why. Here are some photos attached. Some look better than others it’s hard to capture them in a photo.
Any ideas on what’s going on, or other general bog garden help?

Had a closer look, can’t see any pests but that doesn’t mean they’re not there. There are a few small discoloured looking spots on some of them though and One of the purpurea has been nibbled at but that seems to be a slug or something that I’ll try to have to block off somehow.
I’m in the UK so Bayer 3 in 1 is not really available (certainly not cheaply) so if you’ve got any alternatives that I can get I’ll give that a try.

Hi - Im in the UK and use Provado Ultimate bug killer, its a systemic and kills everything, so be selective if you can.
Cheers
Steve

Great, I’ve ordered him some of that. Hopefully it is a pest and this will kill it off. How long does it take for the plant to recover/see results so I know it’s worked?
Thanks

The bent and twisted traps will remain that way, the new traps will be normal so it will depend on how fast they grow in your conditions and whether the sun will ever come back in the UK.
You can rest assured that from the moment you spray the plants the job is done, so long as it doesn't rain for a couple of hours after you've done it.
Cheers
Steve