Dirt

[Droserafan]

There is a lot of dirt on the leaves of my sundew!  Any ideas how to get it off?

 

[Joseph Clemens]

Several options come to mind:

1. Wait, new leaves will grow.

2. A gentle spray of the same water you water with.

 

[adnedarn]

depending on the type of sundew and the amount of dirt on the botom level of leaves. perhaps if you leave the dirt. more sundews will grow from those leaves. this doesn't mean cover the plant in your potting mix!

later,

 

[noah]

I second what Pinguicula Man said. If the dirt isn't too thick, you can always wash it off but usually the best option is to let the plant continue to grow. After all, it's always fun to have the contrast of nice dewy drosera leaves arching above dirty ones:

 

[cephalotus88]

nice dew noah, is it a venusta?

 

[Darcie]

I like how in the dew section photos spark spiecies ID's and compliment. Now I just need to get you guys into VFTs so their are more "nice plant" posts and less "you need to do blah blah blah", over their lol

 

[noah]

Zach,

yes, the plant is venusta. Good ID work

Darcie,

if you think this is good, check out the ping forum. They sound three times as smart as us sundew people, plus they post more pics. hmm, I'll have to start growing more pings....

-noah