I recently mentioned that my second hamata just produced a dud pitcher and the plant growth slowed way down. It turns out that the NZ sphagnum became too compacted and caused the roots to rot away. The tap root is still long and healthy looking and there is no foliage die-back so I re-potted using rooting powder and with a soda pop bottle greenhouse over the top in reduced lighting. This has worked for me on other plants but I wanted to check here to see if I should continue to place the plant in cool conditions at night or just leave it in the regular rack with the other plants until growth begins again? I like the look of the green moss growing on the surface but after reading that it can cause problems I decided to let it go. Hamata #1 is growing vigorously so I will leave the moss in place unless a problem is detected.
QUESTION: Would it be wise to repot every six months or so as a rule in order to keep fresh, loosely packed NZ sphag' around the roots.
Here is a picture taken today just before re-potting, the plant is about 2" across leaf tip to leaf tip:
QUESTION: Would it be wise to repot every six months or so as a rule in order to keep fresh, loosely packed NZ sphag' around the roots.
Here is a picture taken today just before re-potting, the plant is about 2" across leaf tip to leaf tip: