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By LazyDaisy
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Hello! I'm a new Ping owner who decided to add a cute, little Florian P. debbertiana and P. esseriana hybrid to my growing menagerie of plants. My plant has been growing nicely in the past few months, but I can't seem to stop it from getting bumped over. It's been at least four times now that the wind pushes it over, exposing its roots to the air sometimes for a good few hours before I notice and fix it.

I bought this from Rainbow Carnivorous plants, and they offered an add on of soil specifically for pings, but it is very loose. Most of the time it seems like the ping is only sitting on top of the substrate with the roots barely digging in. Here is the soil in question. I haven't had issue with it otherwise, the plant seems happy enough.

Long story short, I'm wondering if there's something I'm doing wrong or if this is simply the nature of the small, dainty ping and to keep the poor thing far away from open windows.

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