- Thu Jun 25, 2020 4:38 pm
#357587
Hi everyone - Can anyone help me figure out what might be causing these black/yellowing areas that have been developing on my flytrap over the past few days?
(see the yellowing/browning along the leaf edges)
(hard to make out, but that's a newly forming flytrap that's gone black)
(brown stripes running along either edge)
I purchased this flytrap from the store about a month ago and for a while was just keeping it inside under an LED. It's been getting increasing amounts of direct sunlight since June 8th - starting with 45mins/day and then gradually working up to two hours' worth on June 19th, after which I took it back down to 90 mins per day for every day since then. The smaller flytraps seemed like they were having more difficulty with the sun from the very beginning, but only these past few days have I noticed any damage to the flytrap's larger leafs. Could this be sun damage?
A few days this past week I've also been spraying it with distilled water in the evening. Is it possible that that's been the cause?
On the other hand, I'd started watering it because I'd begun to notice patches of sphagnum inside the pot that were looking sort of dry. So maybe it's getting *under*-watered?
Would appreciate any insights as to what might be going on here, and if there's anything I can do to ameliorate the situation. Thanks very much for the help!
Zach
(see the yellowing/browning along the leaf edges)
(hard to make out, but that's a newly forming flytrap that's gone black)
(brown stripes running along either edge)
I purchased this flytrap from the store about a month ago and for a while was just keeping it inside under an LED. It's been getting increasing amounts of direct sunlight since June 8th - starting with 45mins/day and then gradually working up to two hours' worth on June 19th, after which I took it back down to 90 mins per day for every day since then. The smaller flytraps seemed like they were having more difficulty with the sun from the very beginning, but only these past few days have I noticed any damage to the flytrap's larger leafs. Could this be sun damage?
A few days this past week I've also been spraying it with distilled water in the evening. Is it possible that that's been the cause?
On the other hand, I'd started watering it because I'd begun to notice patches of sphagnum inside the pot that were looking sort of dry. So maybe it's getting *under*-watered?
Would appreciate any insights as to what might be going on here, and if there's anything I can do to ameliorate the situation. Thanks very much for the help!
Zach