- Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:05 pm
#316030
So... recently I noticed that the new growth on my VFT had considerably shorter traps and leaves. The new growth was also growing from a different point than the older growth. It seemed to be dividing and I was going to post about it.
Unfortunately...
When I got home from work earlier this week I found him uprooted laying on top of the sphagnum moss with the rhizome ripped apart. A chipmunk has been coming up on to my deck looking and digging for seeds and has been drinking water from the CP water tray (I use it on hot sunny days while I'm at work for 10 hours). Ironically it seems to have split the dividing plants from the mother plant. Most of the older growth has died back sadly. the newer growth that was coming in seems to be fine and the rhizome looks like it survived for the most part, only a bit more red after being exposed to the sun. I repotted them all in different sides of the pot so hopefully they recover.
In other news, I rescued another VFT and a Sarracenia from a Lowes death cube, I couldn't resist. they're etioliated from trying to find sun in their plastic bag of peat prision and the VFT grew a bit topsy-turvy. They are recovering well though since they're responding to the sunlight they've been getting. They're both turning red with bigger leaves and neither has formed traps yet. I am now keeping the water tray and plants up on a plant stand to hopefully discourage the chipmunk. And that was my CP update.
Unfortunately...
When I got home from work earlier this week I found him uprooted laying on top of the sphagnum moss with the rhizome ripped apart. A chipmunk has been coming up on to my deck looking and digging for seeds and has been drinking water from the CP water tray (I use it on hot sunny days while I'm at work for 10 hours). Ironically it seems to have split the dividing plants from the mother plant. Most of the older growth has died back sadly. the newer growth that was coming in seems to be fine and the rhizome looks like it survived for the most part, only a bit more red after being exposed to the sun. I repotted them all in different sides of the pot so hopefully they recover.
In other news, I rescued another VFT and a Sarracenia from a Lowes death cube, I couldn't resist. they're etioliated from trying to find sun in their plastic bag of peat prision and the VFT grew a bit topsy-turvy. They are recovering well though since they're responding to the sunlight they've been getting. They're both turning red with bigger leaves and neither has formed traps yet. I am now keeping the water tray and plants up on a plant stand to hopefully discourage the chipmunk. And that was my CP update.
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