- Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:37 am
#383609
I bought my first cephalotus plant and it arrived almost two weeks ago (see picture 1). I potted the plant, small peat + perlite plug and all, in a larger pot with approximately 50:50 LFSM and pool filter sand with pool filter sand as a top dressing (see picture 2). I tried to keep it in a ziploc bag to "harden it off" to my growing environment (sunny window sill), but then gave up after 1 day because I was worried about mold and mildew. I water it once every 3-4 days, twice a week, from the bottom. I place it in a shallow tray (0.5-1cm) of distilled water for 20min to an hour and then I dump any excess water left on the tray.
Almost all the juvenile pitchers dried out over the course of 2 days approximately 1 week in (see picture 3a and 3b). They were such a dark purple that it was hard to tell until they shrivelled up. There are two pitchers left (see picture 4a), and while I was watering it today, I saw a white powdery substance just under the lip of the largest pitcher (See picture 4b). Is this mildew?
Is this normal transport shock or should I have acclimated it better? Should I trim away all the dead pitchers? Repot the whole plant? Bust out the fungicide? Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
Almost all the juvenile pitchers dried out over the course of 2 days approximately 1 week in (see picture 3a and 3b). They were such a dark purple that it was hard to tell until they shrivelled up. There are two pitchers left (see picture 4a), and while I was watering it today, I saw a white powdery substance just under the lip of the largest pitcher (See picture 4b). Is this mildew?
Is this normal transport shock or should I have acclimated it better? Should I trim away all the dead pitchers? Repot the whole plant? Bust out the fungicide? Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
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4b - potential mildew?
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4a - two remaining pitchers
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3b - juvenile pitchers completely dry
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3a - juvenile pitchers drying off
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2 - potting
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1 - arrival plug
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