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title: "Pete update! I removed all the leaves and placed him where I put my…"
description: "Pete update! I removed all the leaves and placed him where I put my plants for dormancy. He is looking green and is even growing a bit during dormancy.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/nCqjNmswTlS-vtdufEldHw/2TmR-kXIRiOFMBeaOKYgeA"
community: "Carnivorous Corner"
author: "Cowro"
published: "2024-11-30T02:36:00.673055Z"
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# Pete update! I removed all the leaves and placed him where I put my…

_Posted by Cowro on 2024-11-30_

Pete update! I removed all the leaves and placed him where I put my plants for dormancy. He is looking green and is even growing a bit during dormancy. Probably going to repot soon since when he had lots of leaves he was running out of room. He’s small but healthy and looks like he will be very happy in spring!

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## 8 comments

### Ezzeldin Yaqoub commented on 2024-11-30

Don’t put it all purpose potting mix the nutrient richness of it will kill it. You should be putting it carnivorous plant soil or sphagnum moss.

#### Cowro replied on 2024-11-30

It is peat moss and perlite don’t worry

#### Ezzeldin Yaqoub replied on 2024-11-30

Oh sorry Never Seen It Like that before.

#### Cowro replied on 2024-11-30

No problem

### BotanicalBookworm\_13 commented on 2024-11-30

I always was lead to believe Peat Moss had stuff in it!?

#### Ezzeldin Yaqoub replied on 2024-11-30

You mean peat which is compressed organic matter.

#### Cowro replied on 2024-12-01

Peat moss is the product of sphagnum moss and other organic materials that decompose in peat bogs over thousands of years. Both sphagnum and peat moss are fine for carnivorous plants and peat moss is actually closer to what a carnivorous plant would live in naturally. There is other stuff but it isn’t man made. It is natural and found in bogs.

#### Ezzeldin Yaqoub replied on 2024-12-01

Also highly compressed and heated peat is where coal comes from.

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