I feel like these two sundews are getting browner. When I move away the sand, the substrate feels dry. So are they drying out? Should I put that back into a plastic pot and bowl like the small one in the back that's covered in dew? Initially they weren't getting good enough light so I bought this sansi. But they're both becoming brown. Only one was brown before. The light is on for 12 hours a day. Neither of the two are making dew. They atarted to when I got the light but now they're not. I put the horticultural sand to prevent any leftover gnats from coming up. When I first bought these, they didn't help because the flies never went on top of the plant only in the dirt. These pots I got pretty recently and they are in 50/50 peat moss and perlite with of course distilled water.
by invisibleryuna
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Ummmm is that pure play sand?
Actually thinking the pot is slightly too big for the plant so maybe the water isn’t reaching the root of the plant.
No idea, but why do you have so much sand on the top? Just put them in a pot with 1:1 peat to perlite and sit them in a tray of water.
These pots are generally meant for standard houseplants, not swamp plants. They aren’t meant for keeping the soil actually wet.
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It’s quite amazing how many people don’t read the actual post. It’s in 50/50 peat moss/perlite for those who don’t feel like reading and think they know everything based on a photo. Like I said, the sand can be moved away from the substrate. It’s about half an inch just on top. Regardless, it’s now back in nursery pots and water. I don’t think it’s fully dead so hopefully it will make new sprouts from the roots.
Go with a nursery planter, get BTI for the fungus gnats, and ditch the top sand – it’s too fine.
BTI/mosquito bits are bulletproof. GL!