Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:02:49 -0700 (PDT) From: michael pagoulatos <michaelpagoulatos@yahoo.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2301$foo@default> Subject: TO: John Green
>Regarding your S. flava barely making it, you are
correct: the culprit is the intense temperatures of
this year. When the temperatures drop in late
summer/fall, your plants should recover and produce
new pitchers; I go through this almost every summer
here in Texas; my flavas always come back.
You write: "...and will have to use the hose (tds
probably around 300ppm).".
>Well, your water should have fewer than 150 ppm. In
addition, your municipal water propably contains
chlorine which is deadly to CPs (the content varies
with municipalities - check). If you let the tap
water stand for a couple of days, the chlorine goes
away. Consider an RO filter from Kent Marine (make
your own pure water).
You write "My question is:would it be better to dig
the plant up and bring it inside? ...".
> If the plant was 'impossible to replace' I would not
take the risk of it not recovering.
You write "...I've already lost a rubra, minor, and
alata, (probably due more to late transplanting than
the heat) ...".
> These plants may only be in shock (due to late
bare-roots transplanting). I would leave them alone
because they may recover later in the season or even
next Spring.
Take care,
Michael PAgoulatos
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