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Signs of over watering cape sundew?
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:09 pm
by Ewreck
The top of the soil is kinda slimy and a little green. And it forms in the water tray after a while can I just spray a little alcohol on the soil for that? And my cape sundew..the biggest one anyways(there’s 5 altogether in one pot)on the newly formed leaves there’s a black tip. And they are kinda deformed and shorter than the leaves it was making. It is only the biggest one doing this. Could this be from me over watering or possibly the green stuff? Green stuff Cyanobacteria? Thx
Re: Signs of over watering cape sundew?
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 5:29 pm
by optique
As long as the pot can drain, I don't think it can be over watered. I keep my capes in LFSM that i top water twice a week, or peat/perlite that sit in a 0.5 to 1 inch of water full time. I have never had a issue with anything growing on the media, I blame high amounts natural sunlight for that.
Re: Signs of over watering cape sundew?
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:02 pm
by VinylSock
I have had a slime issue in the past on the surface of my pots and asked the same questions you did. The replies I got at the time were that alcohol was not a good idea and that letting the pots sit in more direct sunlight would help a lot. Also check your water levels, higher than 1 inch has caused me issues like this too as the top of the pot soil was almost soupy wet. There was a recommended algicide also called Physan 20 that helped as well but was terrifying for me using around my plants.
