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Should I do something about this?

  • #21
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Last night I got a second opinion and was told it looks like star moss. So I removed it from all the plants. But these pics show you what I'm talking about. It's real tiny with hair like stems in the middle.
 
  • #22
I fertilize twice a month with half strength fertilizer in the pitchers. Just fill 'em up.
I wonder if once a week with quarter strength would be better or not.
 
  • #23
Gasp! If it aint broke dont touch it!! You dug out a healthy ceph @_@x
Everytime I dig out a ceph I lose it!!!

I've never lost a Ceph to repotting. I have dug out quite a few too. I find them to be quite the resilient little CP's.
 
  • #24
I plant my Cephalotus on a small mound, that way the pitchers are above the moss.

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  • #25
In an earlier topic, Plantakiss brought out that Cephs do well mounded, top-watered, and kept from having the center wet. Works for me!
 
  • #26
In an earlier topic, Plantakiss brought out that Cephs do well mounded, top-watered, and kept from having the center wet. Works for me!

The plant above is planted in a glass bowl so my only option is to water from the top and it's growing really well.
 
  • #27
Here's an update of my ceph getting overrun by the moss... It produced a really large non carnivorous leaf off late.

 
  • #28
If you don't want to remove the moss, then just trim it with some scissors. Be careful not to cut the Ceph. I did this prior to repotting my Ceph, and it actually looked pretty nice, kind of like a well manicured lawn. I repotted my Ceph because my moss had an extensive root system and it clumped up the soil and inhibited aeration. I have other types of moss growing in my other Ceph pots and these don't seem as invasive as the type you see in my pictures. A major reason the moss in my pictures grew out of control was because I accidentally used miracle-gro peat which contains fertilizer. In my other pots, I used non-fertilized peat and I have not had issues with moss choking out the plant.

Similar to your plant, my plant began to put out a lot of non-carnivorous leaves when it had previously not put out any. I believe this may be due to the decreased light levels as the moss blocks out light (non-CP leaf growth started when the moss was rather tall). My other Cephs (I have like 5 different potted clumps) do not put out these non-CP leaves, and they are not covered in moss. Whether or not that is a direct correlation I am unsure, however once I repotted the plant and removed the moss I noticed the non-CP leaf growth stopped.

Good Luck... (perhaps you can even do a leaf pulling on that Ceph and make another :))
 
  • #29
I would also take pullings of the winter leaves as backups.
 
  • #30
Remember that a plant has leaves for a reason - to gather light which is eventually converted into energy for the plant - so personally I like leaving some non-carnivorous leaves on small Cephalotus.
 
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