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feeding sarracenia and growth exploaded

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:46 pm
by optique
This spring i was looking at this alata x minor i noticed it had the smallest growth point on top, and snapped it off and placed it in the same pot. well it had 1 small half dead pitcher. I clipped off the brown and waited a month not much growth at all. so i was feeding some sundews fish food so i squirted some in the open pitcher and growth exploded. what do you guys think just weird timing, or the fish food caused it?

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Re: feeding sarracenia and growth exploaded

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:00 pm
by Dionae
Nah, you're on to something. I feed mine crab meal after a transplant to help with shock.

Re: feeding sarracenia and growth exploaded

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:13 pm
by optique
hrm. ill keep feeding that half dead pitcher every 2 weeks just to see what happens..

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Re: feeding sarracenia and growth exploaded

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:51 pm
by dewyray
Definitely the fish food!

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Re: feeding sarracenia and growth exploaded

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:24 am
by itsLogieBear
once the pitchers are developed on my sarracenia and I notice nothing has crawled in, I hydrate freeze dried blood worms, throw a little in there and my plants have been growing really well

Re: feeding sarracenia and growth exploaded

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:10 pm
by optique
Ok i fed this thing all the way into fall. this spring i moved to a larger pot and put the smaller plant in its own pot.

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the small plant also 1st open flower of spring.
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the mother plant in a 12 in pot, same day
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