TommyRan said: I would hit it with SULFUR based fungicide. DO NOT use copper based!
Sarracenia are not houseplants. 99.9% of the time that someone has a problem with their sarracenia it's because they're growing it indoors. They don't last long indoors. They need 6+ hours of direct outdoor Sun a day minimum and indoor Sun isn't as strong as outdoor. And they need 3-4 months of winter dormancy. Water with distilled water, rainwater or reverse osmosis water only. NO tap water (unless the TDS is below 50ppm) or other bottled waters. During the growing season they should be sitting in a water tray of one of the above water types. Taken care of properly they will multiple easily.
antsinmypants said: What do you do with them during the winter?
antsinmypants said: @TommyRan
I don't have room in the fridge I recently acquired 2 4-inch pots of Sarracenia purpurea. I currently have the pots sitting in about an inch of rainwater. I'm unsure if the pots or the plants must be in the water.
Ewintczak said:
This pitcher plant is the lone survivor of my original carnivorous plants - a small family/variety I bought ~4 years ago. So it has sentimental value for me to save.
Unfortunately it's companions succumb to soil gnats. This pitcher plant barely survived the onslaught. It's sickly appearance in these pictures began during this attack... it's only become worse with the mold.
The mold first appeared after my treatment for the soil gnats: I mixed Neem oil extract and sprayed the soil surface, thoroughly cleaned the water basin the plants pots were in, and then let it all dry out for a few weeks. The whole room stank of the oil for a long while, but the gnats quickly disappeared.
As it was drying, this white fuzzy mold appeared all over the soil and moss (the other plants were too far dead at this point; I waited until too late to treat them apparently). The mold doesn't appear to be on the plant itself (just the moss and soil), but it is not doing well nonetheless.
I've watered it maybe 3x over a few weeks since this treatment, letting it dry between. The mold shrank a bit but is still pervasive, and the moss is all but gone. New shoots of the pitcher plant seem to be struggling out and die quickly before even developing a head.
I use filtered or distilled water and keep it insde in a bright south facing window.
Any advice for a care plan to help this guy revive would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Eric
It's former glory.