Question
nepenthes damage
Hey guys, It's been a pretty good spring except for two problems that I seem to have #1. My nepenthes Sanguinea has been having some trouble over the past few days, it has this brown spot that could be crown rot, I donot know how to treat it, although i did spray the plant with some neem for preventative meausures. i grow it in a east window with 2-3 hours of morning sun and my house is at room temperature 24/7 #2. my sarracenia dainas delight (which is a 1/2 inch in diameter from the rhizome) has had slight wind damage which has torn some of the leaves(which i supect are from the previous season) stunting the new gowth i need help to know if this is serious or not and what i can do to prevent it and if i could cut off the leaves (since they act like wind socks in rain storms thus the leaves are getting peeled at the rhizome that is why i want to cut them off) , i repotted it in a 6X12 pot a week or two ago(or in other words a humungous pot too large fot its size)it gets 8+ hours of light and it has 3 new growths one growth is starting to burn at the tip for some reason. so now my sarracenia does not look too good. thank you again,
Nelson Perez
AnswerHi Nelson,
1) It could be rot, but judging from the photograph, it could also be just a mild leaf imperfection. Sometimes imperfections will occur from slight damage. I wouldn't worry about it. I sometimes see this on our plants. The growing tip of the leaf and the rest of the plant looks healthy. If the imperfection seems to grow rapidly and spread, then write back with more information about how you're caring for your plant.
2) If the wind is excessive in your area or you know of an approaching severe storm system, shelter your plants. Other than that, there's not much you can do. That's part of growing plants outdoors. Sometimes you are at the mercy of Mother Nature. All you can do at this point is give your plant time to recover. Fortunately its' early in the growing season, so your plant will have lots of time to produce new leaves for summer.
Good growing!
Jacob Farin
