- Mon Sep 02, 2024 2:31 pm
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Good morning all,
I’m hoping one of the experts may be able to tell me where I went wrong. I got some Drosera spatulata fake ultramafica from the seed bank and they really took off. I repotted the 4 most vigorous ones and they’re struggling. I do have many more in the seedling pot, but want to know what I did wrong so I don’t keep murdering the plants.
Basics:
-LED grow light 13 hours on a timer. Also get some morning sun through the window. The light was sufficient to grow the seedlings as well as fly traps in The early spring.
-Reverse osmosis water reading 0-5 TDS
-sprouted in peat/perlite (excessively rinsed)
-transplanted into deeper pot. bottom layer LFSM. Middle peat/perlite. Top inch or two LFSM. (All excessively rinsed)
-I have cut all flower stalks to conserve energy for the plants.
-plants get fed dried bloodworms
Problem on repotted plants:
-the new leaves are shorter (forgive my lack of terminology or if it is incorrect). The petiole is shorter and the lamina is not formed.
-It has been a month or so of continuous shrinkage.
Thoughts/additional info:
-They are a few inches closer to the lights, but the spatulata x ultramafica next to them is fine.
-could it just be stress from repotting? One of the seedlings was uprooted and repotted in the peat and is exhibiting the same symptoms.
-I recently noticed a fungus gnat problem in the pot (2 days ago). I have mosquito bits on order and have tried to knock them back with what I have laying around. While the insecticide (permethrin) may cause burn/damage, it does not explain the past month.
The first 2 pictures are the seedling pot with the uprooted one exhibiting the same symptoms circled in blue. The next 2 are the repotted plants looking sick.
Thanks!
I’m hoping one of the experts may be able to tell me where I went wrong. I got some Drosera spatulata fake ultramafica from the seed bank and they really took off. I repotted the 4 most vigorous ones and they’re struggling. I do have many more in the seedling pot, but want to know what I did wrong so I don’t keep murdering the plants.
Basics:
-LED grow light 13 hours on a timer. Also get some morning sun through the window. The light was sufficient to grow the seedlings as well as fly traps in The early spring.
-Reverse osmosis water reading 0-5 TDS
-sprouted in peat/perlite (excessively rinsed)
-transplanted into deeper pot. bottom layer LFSM. Middle peat/perlite. Top inch or two LFSM. (All excessively rinsed)
-I have cut all flower stalks to conserve energy for the plants.
-plants get fed dried bloodworms
Problem on repotted plants:
-the new leaves are shorter (forgive my lack of terminology or if it is incorrect). The petiole is shorter and the lamina is not formed.
-It has been a month or so of continuous shrinkage.
Thoughts/additional info:
-They are a few inches closer to the lights, but the spatulata x ultramafica next to them is fine.
-could it just be stress from repotting? One of the seedlings was uprooted and repotted in the peat and is exhibiting the same symptoms.
-I recently noticed a fungus gnat problem in the pot (2 days ago). I have mosquito bits on order and have tried to knock them back with what I have laying around. While the insecticide (permethrin) may cause burn/damage, it does not explain the past month.
The first 2 pictures are the seedling pot with the uprooted one exhibiting the same symptoms circled in blue. The next 2 are the repotted plants looking sick.
Thanks!
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Last edited by Dan J on Mon Sep 09, 2024 4:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.