- Wed May 10, 2017 3:08 pm
#292304
Hi everyone,
I had bought a VFT about a month ago and kept it in its original container. It was doing great with new growth all over and even flower stalks on two of the plants (it started to divide). I decided it was time to repot the VFT and followed direction I found on this site. However where I am from I have a really hard time finding soil ingredients that aren't miracle grow and have extra nutrients and fertilizers in them. For some odd reason I could not find peat moss anywhere unless it was miracle grow, I searched everywhere for sand with nothing in it but couldn't find any and I have had issues finding perlite as well. I read on a site that using sphagnum moss would be okay if you just cut it up into small pieces. I did this and repotted the VFT. It has been a couple of days now and all of the leaves on the VFT are turning brown and the plants appear to be dying. I have no idea what to do as the VFT is in the same location it was in and I use distilled water. I really don't want this plant to die but I have limited access to soil ingredients for this plant.
Please help!
Thank you
I had bought a VFT about a month ago and kept it in its original container. It was doing great with new growth all over and even flower stalks on two of the plants (it started to divide). I decided it was time to repot the VFT and followed direction I found on this site. However where I am from I have a really hard time finding soil ingredients that aren't miracle grow and have extra nutrients and fertilizers in them. For some odd reason I could not find peat moss anywhere unless it was miracle grow, I searched everywhere for sand with nothing in it but couldn't find any and I have had issues finding perlite as well. I read on a site that using sphagnum moss would be okay if you just cut it up into small pieces. I did this and repotted the VFT. It has been a couple of days now and all of the leaves on the VFT are turning brown and the plants appear to be dying. I have no idea what to do as the VFT is in the same location it was in and I use distilled water. I really don't want this plant to die but I have limited access to soil ingredients for this plant.
Please help!
Thank you