!@#$ bugs!

[FlytrapGurl]

When I checked on all my cps this morning, I looked inside the newest pitcher on my purpurea, which is almost all the way open, but still new and tender, and guess what I saw! <span style='color:red'>A HOLE!!!</span> The hole is about a half of an inch from the bottom of the pitcher and is about a quarter of an inch wide and tall. A bug is obviously the prime suspect of this horrible crime. Yet I see no bugs. The edges of this round hole is not black, brown, crispy, or anything. I know it couldn't have been a drowning bug that chewed itself out, because, well, I haven't poured any water in it yet. What the heck did this and what the heck can I do about it?

Thanx!

 

[Alvin Meister]

Just leave it, it will be fine. But always put water in purpurea pitchers!

 

[FlytrapGurl]

I always do put water in them, but not until they are fully grown and open. This one is only just over half way open.

Thanx!

 

[Tim]

Oh dear, this is my day for learning things.

As a general rule, do I need to put water into my Sar pitchers? If so, how much and how often? Don't they produce thier own fluids?
Thanks

 

[gardenofeden]

only put water in purpurea (&Heliamphora)

 

[Darcie]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tim @ Mar. 31 2003,01:47)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Oh dear, this is my day for learning things.

As a general rule, do I need to put water into my Sar pitchers? If so, how much and how often? Don't they produce thier own fluids?
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no, purple pitchers are the only ones that don't have their own digestive system. They need a bacterial cess pool to eat (lovely though yes, lol)