😵 What Happens When You Forget to Water a Nepenthes? 💦 (how to spot a plant is thirsty)
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- What happens when you forget to water a Nepenthes?
How to spot a tropical pitcher plant is thirsty?
Sometimes, for one reason or another, the substrate of one of our nepenthes will dry out and the plant will therefore become dehydrated.
If leaving the pot into water will allow the substrate to rehydrate, it is equally important to find why it happened.
I will explain to you in this video what happened to me...
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Hey Remy, I have several kinds of nepenthes and all are doing well. They're in the same conditions, but one of them is getting burned lids/pitchers. Most of my pitcher plants are hybrids, so perhaps they require different conditions?
Yes they are all different, a hybrid between 2 lowland will be different from a hybrid between 2 highlant. ;)
Maybe check the needs on the Nep that is burnt?
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@@WindowsillNepenthes I'll do that, thank you! I think one of these may have different fertilization requirements as well; none of my other plants burned though, so I'll switch it to my darker spot. Thanks so much!!!
@@WindowsillNepenthes Ah, oops, it was actually my Nepenthes Sanguinea. It arrived pretty bashed up with some pitchers with substantial bruising and a few with *tiny lid energy*. I'll avoid fertilizing since they catch enough (and I feed them insects occasionally) and see if that helps!
@@DeaDiabola Hey, so what'd you learn about your sanguinea?
I learned that she really likes it when you mist her leaves and pitchers!!! They get huge when I do hehe @@haveagreatday6952
Thank you. Great video and advice. Thank you for sharing and being honest about your plant journey.
I use a backpack sprayer with a long wand it makes it easy to get under the leaves to water the media. also great video :D
That's smart! Thanks for the tips
Sometimes the lids drop downwards if they are thirsty (or too hot).
Good info. Thanks 😊
cheers from brazil, good info, keep it up 😁
Thanks for the support!
Interesting to see that you use the plastic grid under your pots! I have been using that stuff since I started growing neps; it works great!
I had some extra laying around from making tops for [certain] herp cages, but I don't have any more. The only way I could find to buy it was in multiple large (like 3' x 5', or something like that). Do you know where I can get it in more reasonable (smaller) quantities? Thanks! -pt
I get mind in home depot or any store for DIY home improvement ;)
Hi ! Thanks for your useful videos !! I check them every time I need to do something to my plants !!
Yesterday I forgot to water my Nepenthes, which I have it hanging below an avocado tree in my garden, and today I found the substrate compacted, the leaves dry, stiff and somewhat deformed. I watered it over immediately. Will I have to water it more often ? Do you think it will recover ? Thanks for the info !!
It will recover for sure. :)
To be sure, you can even put the pot in water for 30 minutes to let the substrate fully soak.
Then hang it back and the excess of water will drop out of the pot.
Hi Remy
I'm very new to the pitcher carnivorous plants I have get a Nepenthes I brought from a garden centre.wen I got him home I repotted him and used carnivorous soil and placed him. Outside and used distilled water but now a few weeks later I have noticed one pod is completely brown and one is going black please help wot do I do and thay are all small
Bernadette from England
You probably miss this video because it's one of the first I did ;) but your plant is fine 🙂 ua-cam.com/video/BsNXH6lRgu4/v-deo.html
Hi Remy, i have a ampullaria black mirracle in sphagnum perlite and ive read to water 2 to 3 times a week. I wanted to know how many days you go before you water. Should i do every 2 days? The media is well draining. Ty again and cheers from florida.
Thanks for saying you're in Florida. I was about to ask you because watering depends on the humidity. Your humidity is probably 50% so every 2-3 days it's good. Me in Canada I would have less drainage and more watering. ;)
@@WindowsillNepenthes ty good sir 🤌
@@WindowsillNepenthes my ampullaria rafflesiana x black mirracle is showing some signs of over watering on its new leaf so i guess every 3 days is too much
Hi,I live in Quebec,how do you keep the humidity up,I am growing mine in a tomotoe grower,i can get the humidity,but insects and bugs cant get to it (my cat is catching flies which i feed to it) if I take the plastic dome off,the humidity drops to below 37,can you help me?
thanks
Your house is very dry! Mine is 45% everywhere and as on the whole windowsill I have 10 trays of water (to put all the pots) it's 50-55%.
Maybe you will need a humidifier...
But with a cat, you have to be careful with the nepenthes. ;)
@@WindowsillNepenthes thanks,but the cat is not in the same room as my nepenthes :-)
ps I dont know what type it is,on the label it just said nepenthes asiatique
@@iandoyle2215 it could be very few species if it's labeled this way. Try to research images of Ventrata, Miranda, Gaya, and lately some "lowii x ventricosa" appeared in classic nursery.
Let me know if you found the species ;)
Why all my new pitcher seem dry out at very small size.. I live in South East Asia, and I give 3-4hours direct sunlight with spray of mist to make sure it’s always moist on the leaf which it dry up fast with winds and sunlight.. I am having a common Pitcher plant that is home grown plant in Singapore… it keep growing lot of leafs.. but the pitcher is not growing at the tip of the leaf..
I don't know the humidity where you live but inside an house, it's 80% a lack of light. (maybe this video will help you: ua-cam.com/video/pWVpSNdVIgo/v-deo.html).
Can you protect it from the wind?
The area I stay comes with constant 30 to 32DegC in the day and 25 to 27Deg C in the night with relative humidity around 70% to 80% Rh.. the plant is always at outdoor.. the only thing I do is shifting to the direct sun area for few hours and shifting back to sun shade but very bright area daily.. I suppose I do not need a greenhouse like you did..
@@andywong7969 is very hot... I confess I never grown nepenthes outdoor, or at this temperature...
If I hang it at the windowsill with direct sunlight onto plant, it will be about 32DegC.. if I hang it under shade, it’s about 29degC directly facing cloud.. if that’s the case, then I will not pull it under direct sun..
Would you recommend the tray watering method for nepenthes?
I recommend to put the pots on the tray filled with water, but raise the pot so it don't sit into water. :)
@@WindowsillNepenthes Sounds good! I got a lot of river rocks(tested with no minerals)
@@weirdboyrox Did you put a drop of vinegar on it? If if don't make bubbles then it should be good. ;)
@@WindowsillNepenthes That is exactly what I did :)
Hey what kind of insecticide do you use for Nepenthes ? And can I use it on Sundew an sarracenia too?
For Nepenthes I never faced pest yet but back in France I used a pyrethrin systemic insecticide.
It was effective but I never tested on "skitky plants".
@@WindowsillNepenthes thanks 😊
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Pardon me for asking.
Do you know why my nephentes pocket(?) Lack digestive liquid? At first it has decent amount of digestive liquid inside but there's none at the moment, the pocket looks healthy with no sign of dry skin but there's some red spot on it, is the red spot the one causing it? (My nephentes is currently growing more leaves do you think that's one of the reason it lack digestive liquid in it's pocket?)
If you are sure the liquid was not dropped (like a kid or an animal putting the pitcher up side down),
Then it's probably too dry.
If you have new leaves then it's not the soil that is dry, so probably the air. Do you know if your humidity is more than 40%?
It could also be that the temperature is too hot, like more than 35°c.
What temperature and humidity do you have?
PS: Please don't 'sir me ;)
@@WindowsillNepenthes forgive me for reffering you as that, i'm not really fluent in English so please forgive my lack and tense choice of word.
The humidity in my area is most of the time above 40% and the temperature at this time of season at noon is below 35°C (33°C is the highest)
@@agungyoga4520 So maybe put the pot above a big plate of water to raise the humidity?
I believe you got your plant locally so it should be used to this hot temperature.
@@WindowsillNepenthes i already done so since i bought it.
@@agungyoga4520 so I believe the temperature is too hot. The plant may adapt over time. I never grew nepenthes is these conditions so I'm afraid I can only recommend you to ask growers from hot area like Philippines, India, Asia...
Can you tell me why my nepenthes leaves are more reddish than greenish color , please
Sure, it's because it's getting a lot of light. But as long as the leaves don't have brown spot or dry, it's good.
Thanks, what a relief :)
should we fill the pitch with water too?
If you live in a humid area you can, but it's not mandatory. ;)
@@WindowsillNepenthes i've watering my nepenthes today and i figured out if the pitch doesn't has a fluid. Is it still can trapping insect?
@@riyadhuladha3155 Trap, maybe... but not digest. Is it an old pitcher or a new one?
@@WindowsillNepenthes i think it's old pitcher because when first time i unboxing, it's already there. So i'm still curious where's the fluid inside nepenthes come from.
Je suis névrosé sur l’arrosage des nepenthes...
Dsl je n’ai pas réussi à le dire en anglais ;)
Haha 😄
Je ne sais pas écrire en français, alors j’ai utilisé mon traducteur pour faire ce commentaire.
Thanks for the effort!
But feel free to write in English so more people understand ;)