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Expert: - 10/1/2011


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I am growing a Cephalotus and two pitchers are dead on the plant. The other pitchers are completely healthy. I am wondering if this is normal or if its something for me to be worried about, also how I can prevent this from happening. I am using distilled water and t5 lighting and the soil is what it came with when I bought it which I believe is a mixture of sand, moss, and perlite. I have been growing this plant for about a month.

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Thank you for uploading a photo.  That helps me out a lot.  There's nothing wrong with the plant.  It's very normal, and sometimes unavoidable, for some of the pitchers to drop off during a transition period.  Usually it's the older pitchers that will do that.  The much newer ones tend to keep.  Even at our nursery, older pitchers will die off as new pitchers emerge.  All of the other pitchers and new growth in your plant look very healthy and have very good color.  I don't see anything alarming.  Your plant is growing fine.

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Jacob Farin

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