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Please help!! So I’m trying my hand at carnivorous plants.. I have… | Pests, diseases and problems | Communauté Planta

Lacee

Please help!! So I’m trying my hand at carnivorous plants.. I have done a significant amount of research and I’m not sure why some of my pinguiculas are losing their bottom leaves. I bought a specific soil for them (from the shop I bought them from) and keep them in about an inch of water (zero filtered water/reverse osmosis) I even test the water before use. I noticed my leaves are slowly being mushy and slimy and falling off underneath the plant. The top leaves look great. I have only had them a few weeks and have no other issues. They have caught a few bugs but I was instructed to feed them dried blood worms every two weeks if they are not catching anything. They are under 2 grow lights that I picked specifically because other carnivorous plant owners use them with success. I thought maybe they were sitting on “too wet” of substrate so I led their reservoir dry out for a few days and then refilled. Since then I have notice that specifically my Hannah ping that was flowering, developed dried wrinkly leaves underneath/botttom of the plant that touches the substrate. I added water back to reservoir and my cyclosecta has mushy leaves underneath her 😭 I cannot find a balance!! What am I doing wrong ?!

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  1. max

    unfortunately i can’t be of any help, but i would recommend posting about this in the carnivorous plant group! they might be able to give you some tips

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  2. Ari

    nothing to worry about!! pings do that, as they grow new leaves their bottom leaves shrivel up and die to make room for the new ones. that’s the circle of life, my friend. those are some incredibly happy looking pings, you’re doing an awesome job caring for them. you have nothing to worry about :)

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