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By William Allen
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I’m new to this (needed a hobby since retiring out of military), I ordered a bundle of 5 sundews and once they arrived, I followed instruction that came with to pot them. They are looking kinda sad, lol. I’m sure they are going through some “stress” right now due to being mailed and repotted. I’ve got them under a grow light due to the house not having a great window for constant sunlight so I’m sure that another issue with what type of light they are receiving. Being in Colorado, the humidity isn’t really spectacular either.
I’m thinking about putting them in a 3.5 gallon tank for maybe help with humidity. I’m going to give them time to acclimate to conditions here. I know they are resilient little plants. Anything else I should be aware of? Should I trim off the leaves that have died off or would those drop off naturally? Thanks for any advice and help.
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By evenwind
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Can you put up a pic? As I said in the other thread, different species will often have different requirements.
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By MaxVft
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I second both evenwind and Cphunter, pics would be really helpful.

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By William Allen
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Yep. Sorry. I work nights so my brain still trying to wake up. Lol
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By CPhunter101
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Two of your sundews are buried too deep, the ones next to Drosera Capensis 'Red'.
The cape sundews in your orange pot are too overcrowded, you might want to seperate them.
Lastly, I don't think your lighting is sufficient. Can you leave them outside in natural sunlight?
Natural sunlight is much better than artificial lights (especially for your pitcher plant which requires full sun).
Acclimate by starting in a shady location and slowly bring them to more light.
I hope this helps you with your new collection!
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By MikeB
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In the first pic, you might want to put a layer of LFS (after soaking it in water) on top of the soil. That will stop the peat moss from splattering all over your plants when you water them.

Also, how long have you had these plants? In my experience, most sundews are very cranky about being shipped and take 2-4 weeks to get over it.
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By evenwind
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So a bunch of Cape sundews - that's a great place to start. Did the small sundew in the pot with the Albino Cape have a name? Looks like it could be a Spatulata?

BTW, if you read up on these, they're all considered "(sub)tropical".
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By William Allen
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CPhunter101 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 4:32 pm Two of your sundews are buried too deep, the ones next to Drosera Capensis 'Red'.
The cape sundews in your orange pot are too overcrowded, you might want to seperate them.
Lastly, I don't think your lighting is sufficient. Can you leave them outside in natural sunlight?
Natural sunlight is much better than artificial lights (especially for your pitcher plant which requires full sun).
Acclimate by starting in a shady location and slowly bring them to more light.
I hope this helps you with your new collection!

I’ll try to maybe surface them a little bit. The one towards the back are liked “forked” looking so they are super tiny and hard to handle. I work nights and get back at 2 in the morning and sleep the better part of the morning to the afternoon. By doing this, what’s “too cold” when it comes to leaving them outside? Like if I just left them out there until it starts getting too cold here in Colorado.

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By William Allen
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evenwind wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:44 pm So a bunch of Cape sundews - that's a great place to start. Did the small sundew in the pot with the Albino Cape have a name? Looks like it could be a Spatulata?

BTW, if you read up on these, they're all considered "(sub)tropical".
Yes I believe it is a Spatulata. Looks like it just lays out on the ground.

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By William Allen
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MikeB wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 5:26 pm In the first pic, you might want to put a layer of LFS (after soaking it in water) on top of the soil. That will stop the peat moss from splattering all over your plants when you water them.

Also, how long have you had these plants? In my experience, most sundews are very cranky about being shipped and take 2-4 weeks to get over it.
. I can put a top layer down. It hasn’t been over 2.5 - 3 weeks since I’ve gotten them. I figured they could be irritated from moving from comfort to somewhere they aren’t used to.
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William Allen wrote:By doing this, what’s “too cold” when it comes to leaving them outside?
I recommend leaving your pitcher plant (Sarracenia Purpurea) outside since it's cold hardy and winter tolerant.
As for your sundews, artificial lights will have to suffice. They're all subtropicals so they should be good inside.
What artificial lights are you using?
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By evenwind
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William Allen wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:35 pm Yes I believe it is a Spatulata. Looks like it just lays out on the ground.
I thought that maybe it had a plant tag like the Capes. There are a lot of similar looking rosetted sundews. Luckily, most of the common ones also have similar growing requirements. You'll know more once it's settled in and new, fresh, leaves start to grow.
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By William Allen
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CPhunter101 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:45 pm
William Allen wrote:By doing this, what’s “too cold” when it comes to leaving them outside?
I recommend leaving your pitcher plant (Sarracenia Purpurea) outside since it's cold hardy and winter tolerant.
As for your sundews, artificial lights will have to suffice. They're all subtropicals so they should be good inside.
What artificial lights are you using?
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By h3r0
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Hi there,

I also reside in CO and just started with sundews. I would like to point out that the sundews with white hairs on the leaves are starving for light. At least that is what I have read. If the leaves are drooping and are only green with no prominent red leaves then that is light starvation.

Despite the low humidity here my sundews are generating some dews. They are a bit stressed from shipping themselves so I am hopeful, like you, that they will recover. Good luck.
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