Cobra plant from Lowe's

[eou812]

Hi i bought two cobra plant from Lowe's what should i do

So far here is what i have done acclamated it out of death cube and put in right soil mix and slowly put outside and i water it once evry two day i will do it more often in summer and i have it growing in ful sun am i doing anything wrong?

 

[SirKristoff]

Soil mix? Define soil mix....as it gets warmer in spring your going to need to figure out how you are going to cool it's roots down... Darlingtonia need cool roots.

 

[eou812]

I put it in a soil mix of one parts peat moss one parts perlite one parts orchid mix and the orchid mix does not have any fertilizer in it. and i will poor cold distelled water once or twice a day depending on how hot it is.

 

[jonnyq]

I'm shocked to find out that Lowe's would have Darlingtonia! Besides the fact that they're difficult to maintain (or, at least, that's my limited understanding), I thought were rather difficult to find...

Are these seedlings?

The Darlingtonia instructional video on the DVD by Jacob Farin and Jeff Dallas actually suggests using a sort of "dripper" hooked up to a water pump, which essentially provides a constant flow of water to keep roots constantly cooling... If memory serves, they recommended pool supply stores to find some of this equipment...?

Good find! Very good luck to you!

 

[eou812]

yeah i have that video to and no they are almost mature plants not near seedlings.

 

[jimscott]

Send them to Liz, in Florida!