VFT Growth Point To Deep?

VFT Growth Point To Deep?#455700

By Bill Phoenix -  Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:48 pm
Location:  League City, TX Zone 9a
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- Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:48 pm #455700

Hello all. I decided to come back into the world of carnivorous plants and purchased a b52 from Amazon from Joel’s Carnivorous Plants. I repotted it in LFSM, but I realized now that I might have it too deep. What do you guys think? Is this of any concern? I also used a talller styrofoam pot instead of the one it came with bc where I live can get pretty hot

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Re: VFT Growth Point To Deep?#455701

By andynorth -  Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:58 pm
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- Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:58 pm #455701

It looks to be a tad too deep. The top of the rhizome should be exposed. You can just peel back a bit of the LFSM and that should do the trick.

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Re: VFT Growth Point To Deep?#455702

By Bill Phoenix -  Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:06 pm
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- Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:06 pm #455702

Since I just potted it could I remove it and add more moss back

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Re: VFT Growth Point To Deep?#455713

By Hedonista -  Sat Sep 07, 2024 2:58 pm
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- Sat Sep 07, 2024 2:58 pm #455713

Bill Phoenix wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2024 11:06 pm Since I just potted it could I remove it and add more moss back

IMO, since you just potted it you could go ahead and redo it.

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Re: VFT Growth Point To Deep?#455733

By LazyDaisy -  Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:51 pm
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- Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:51 pm #455733

Even if you repot it, you might still have to remove some moss from the top later. From experience, some plants will sink as they settle into the media. I've had to dig out some lfsm on a few of my vfts creating an interesting bowl effect in some of my pots.

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