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Hi all,

I've tried growing some Sarracenia purpurea from seed. Some of them were doing really well, but there was a fairly steep die-off of the plants mid-season, and I'm afraid the ones that looked OK are now in decline, too. (see photos)
These plants stay in a sunny greenhouse, and they are watered with rainwater. I'm in USDA zone 5b.

Any ideas as to what might have caused this? Could it be contagious to other plants?

looks like aphids, but I need a more zoomed in pic to be sure

Check for anything along the surface of your plants and then remove anything that doesnt belong

PlanT640847401 wrote:looks like aphids

Not what I would have guessed. Out of curiosity, why do you think this is aphid damage?

It’s not aphids that have caused the death they seldom can get to sufficient numbers to do that.
It looks like mineral burn or perhaps drying out, could be some root damaging pest or a pathogen. Did they do into decline very quickly? within days or a slow lingering death? Check the soil PH and TDS if you can that will eliminate a couple of likely candidates.
Cheers
Steve

black dots all over it