Alien Plant Being Repotted - New Moss Garden Started.
Okay, there's another Sarracenia that needs to be repotted. It has actually been long overdue. @riverflows called these plants Alien - I thank RF for the title.
We have all we need, which is whole moss on the left, perlite in the middle, and minced moss on the right.
The new larger pot has holes at the bottom already and the whole sphagnum moss has been sitting all winter because I buy this in bulk. It looks like the Spagnum moss has started to grow inside the bag.
I always buy sphagnum moss, and I have never thought of growing it myself. But since it sat all winter and started its own farm, I'm going to start growing my own sphagnum moss.
in the bag
now in a tray to be farmed
So I have my sphagnum farm, my sphagnum moss farm in a tray and I put whole sphagnum moss at the bottom of the new pot because it keeps the holes at the bottom from clogging.
Then I add perlite to help hold the moisture when things dry out up top. A lot of perlite at the bottom. Sparse toward the surface.
Then we add ground up sphagnum moss and sparse perlite to the new pot up to the desired level.
This 'new' pot is being used again and so I'm going to line up the markings for north of the old pot and the new pot before moving the plant over.
Sadly, I am alone in my garden and nobody is here to take a picture of how I lift it out of the old pot. Basically, I put my four fingers of each hand at the top edge, and my fingernails are pressed out against the plastic walls of the planter as I push to the bottom.
Then I squeeze inward and cradle the plant with all eight fingers and lift it over to the new pot.
Now I want to center the tubular leaves so that they look nice and then I will backfill around the edges of the pot up to the base where the stems come out.
We now have north facing north and it's back on the shelf with the other adult plants and I'm ready to do the next one. I hope you've enjoyed this view at how to repot a Sarracenia.
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I used to have one of these plants! I repotted it soon after I bought it but it didn't last very long. I don't remember what medium I used... I may have used a mix of moss and coco coir but I'm pretty sure I didn't use perlite. Clearly this isn't your first rodeo! I thought the plant would be good for my home since we seem to have a naturalized population of fungus gnats living and breeding in the normal soil of the rest of the plants.
I got started in carnivorous plants due to a fungus gnat infestation in a basement apartment I rented years ago. They will nest in moss as well as regular dirt. The plants cleared up the gnat problem for the most part. Those things are super nasty and so annoying. Try the Droseras, they all do really well with bugs and those are the easiest to grow and propagate. Thanks for your comment.
There are a couple adult Drosera Red plants in the background behind the one I repotted - Final Photo.
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