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Dew

im not sure what type of sundew i have because im more of a VFT man myself but my sundew is a more of a tree looking kinda thing it long medium sized leaves and is not producing any dew at all... any idea on how to encourage production of the dew?
 
Could you post a picture of your sundew?
Each group of sundews requires different growing conditions. They will not produce dew if there conditions are not right.
 
more Humidity
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Dew production doesnt always depend on humidity (although it is an important factor)
the most important i think is sunlight, as i have learned with building my minibog. my sundews were making ample amounts of dew, but not even enough to subdue some fruit flys i fed them. My D. filiformis tracyi was extra trouble. it was starting to wither, and not a drop of dew was to be found. i debated wether it was the sunlight or humidity. atfirst, i started misting my drosera daily. but they still kept doing what they were doing, nothing less, nothing more. i decided to put them outside. now, my D. Spathulata are doing amazing, and some of the leaves are strating to turn a nice reddish bronze (not sunburn, or death of the leaves, they have tons of dew on them) and my tracyi is starting to pick up, and is putting out 2 small new leaves.
hope this has helped,
Hellz
 
you probably have a d. adelae, I had one that was like a tree and it never made "dew". The root-offshoots had dew tho.
 
Hard to determine which sundew you have with "a tree kinda thing" for a description, but IF it is, they require pretty high humidity. All of mine are grown in tanks, in LFS and are kept very wet.
 
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