Pitchers drying up

Pitchers drying up#109415

By Joey8375 -  Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:22 pm
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- Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:22 pm #109415

When I got my pitcher plant Some of the pitchers were brown and dry. One was dry on the rim and another has a slit in the bottom of the pitcher.
Now the pitcher with the slit is all dry and the pitcher with the dry rim is half dried up. Is there a way to help the already dried up ones? Is there a way to prevent this?

P.s I don't know what species it is.
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Last edited by Joey8375 on Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Pitchers drying up#109417

By bananaman -  Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:29 pm
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- Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:29 pm #109417

The new growth will replace the ones drying up.
Drying up is normal, so there is no problem.

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Re: Pitchers drying up#109592

By victor -  Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:49 pm
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- Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:49 pm #109592

Well did you recently get the plant? If so it's probably adjusting to it's new environment which takes about a month or so.
Drying up pitchers are completly normal in this case. You'll just have to wait a bit and eventully your plant will put up
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