jimscott
Tropical Fish Enthusiast
I have horrible luck and skill with Darlingtonia californica. My first one I lost (literally) when I tried to give it cool, flowing water from the stream that runs behind us. Unfortunately, a few inch rainstorm raised the water level significantl and turned the gentle stream into a raging river, carrying off the plant and all, never to be seen again.
I bought another and when I opened the Lowes cube I found the media to be bone dry - sawdust. I repotted and put it outside, open tray. Within hours all existing pitchers withered. I tried putting in the path of an AC water discharge pipe - again, cool flowing water. It produced a few new traps - all of them black and just never recovered.
I got some seeds from a 13 year old newbie and tried sowing, after stratification, in a plastic pipette dispenser. Forue months later - nothing. The newbie's sprouted just fine. I just got a new packet of seeds.
HELP!!!!!!!!
I bought another and when I opened the Lowes cube I found the media to be bone dry - sawdust. I repotted and put it outside, open tray. Within hours all existing pitchers withered. I tried putting in the path of an AC water discharge pipe - again, cool flowing water. It produced a few new traps - all of them black and just never recovered.
I got some seeds from a 13 year old newbie and tried sowing, after stratification, in a plastic pipette dispenser. Forue months later - nothing. The newbie's sprouted just fine. I just got a new packet of seeds.
HELP!!!!!!!!