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Yes, especially if you just threw it in full sun.

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tmann51 wrote:

ZeGamingCuber wrote:Here’s an Image: It is still in the same media and same pot it came in, I've not tried to look at the roots. Either way, your plant looks lots better than mine. Perhaps I over-watered it but I also will say that California Carnivores media retains water almost too well, IMO, it almost becomes 'muddy'. Sorry, not much help for you.

You haven’t repotted it? MAYBE it is root bound? Drosera Capensis does have a good amount of roots, maybe it’s time for a repotting?

Here’s a photo of my sundew.. It is growing under a T5HO light approximately 4+ inches away from it, the T5HO light is being supplemented by a south window that gets light from 4-6pm.

Here some of my capes. Comparing the ones grown inside and outside, the former have more dew on them. For some reasons, i think the plants outside hasn’t fully recovered yet. We had a heatwave in Germany. As far as my observations and readings, humidity does play a role. The capes in my bathroom are growing really great! Lots of dew and very reddish tentacles (except for the alba). Also, mine flowers on its own, even with less frequent feeding. If there is balance on its growth reqs, i believe they will be healthy.


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Totally different story with my filiformis. With a short time to acclimate, they went all dewy when placed outside.


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I don't see anything wrong with your plant from the original picture. If anything it will need replanted and there are several options or ways to do this. I have grown cape sundew for almost 10 years, it is easily one of my favorites as it takes a beating and keeps going. One thing I have noticed makes a big deal is the media it is growing in. With peat mixes it grows great at first when the soil is fresh but add a year or two of erosion from watering and elements and the growth slows even in the best of conditions (also remember to flush your pots every once in a while to reduce any mineral buildup). Growing in living sphagnum moss seems to stop this, if even a small top layer of it. The moss will grow with your plant and is beyond easy to send new roots through. Your plant looks to be in one of the peat mixes, if you can try putting it in a sphagnum mix next time and see if it does better for you. You could also just leave it in that pot and go for the palm tree look but the giant crack in the side of that pot worries me. As for size I have noticed the albino form seems to get larger than any other form for me, but yours looks to be fully grown for a typical.