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title: "Not sure what’s going on with this little guy (unknown sarracenia…"
description: "Not sure what’s going on with this little guy (unknown sarracenia maybe a purpurea) just started withering away. Soil is always wet and under a grow light. My…"
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author: "Botanista"
published: "2024-05-12T16:07:15.050239Z"
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# Not sure what’s going on with this little guy (unknown sarracenia…

_Posted by Botanista on 2024-05-12_

Not sure what’s going on with this little guy (unknown sarracenia maybe a purpurea) just started withering away. Soil is always wet and under a grow light. My other sarracenias are doing fine. thanks for any tips!

![Attachment 1 of 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/RYx0KhUIVN5Gvdde9iVOcoW5dmmdZZOnJvSI_dcaEuI/DxRzJwJbRWO2PwlrYeYuZw.webp?size=large)

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## 5 comments

### Khadija commented on 2024-05-12

𝙋𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙨𝙤𝙞𝙡 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙩. 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨

### Khadija commented on 2024-05-12

𝙁𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙪𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/drso2WQWgQVFmAL19RRe7agX2KR1D-zk0aAOarxy1Dg/3H7uEWhIQkmJz4UAHkunQw.webp?size=large)

### c.cat commented on 2024-05-12

i agree with Khadija, with the watering. you can keep it inside, but just make sure it gets as much light as possible :)

make sure to use distilled water if your tap is hard! the chemicals and other contaminants will cause the leaves to crisp up and eventually die.  
good luck!!

### Kaitlynn commented on 2024-05-15

Maybe pack in some Sphagnum moss on top to hold on to additional moisture

### nepenthomancer commented on 2024-05-25

I have a suspicion that the soil is too nutrient rich and that’s causing the deformities and weakness. Try plain peat or milled spagnum with perlite like 70:30

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