I heard some where that you are supposed to pour water into the pitchers. Is this true? and if so how much should I pour in?
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Pour water in my Sarracenia?
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DK,
most people only add water to purps, I have added it to all my sars with no ill effect, simply because texas is so freakin hot the pitcher fluid evaporates!
Never fill the pitcher more than 3/4ths full... you need to have some 'trapping zone' and you don't want it to be top heavy.
fill it with distilled water.
I never go more than 1/2, and unless it's a purp, I never even go that high... staying in the 1/8th or so range...
if your pitchers have fluid in the bottom, then you probably don't need to do anything.
most people only add water to purps, I have added it to all my sars with no ill effect, simply because texas is so freakin hot the pitcher fluid evaporates!
Never fill the pitcher more than 3/4ths full... you need to have some 'trapping zone' and you don't want it to be top heavy.
fill it with distilled water.
I never go more than 1/2, and unless it's a purp, I never even go that high... staying in the 1/8th or so range...
if your pitchers have fluid in the bottom, then you probably don't need to do anything.
Here in Southern CA one is lucky to see any fluid in sarracenia pitchers once they have opened
. I usually fill the pitchers at least halfway, as long as the pitchers can hold it. the main reason I put water in is so that the ants don't steal the insects.
Peter
Peter
i agree about the heat in texas! Yesteday, it got up to 111*F real fast!!!!!!!!!!
Nearish to dallas. About 2 hours away. Nope, not the heat index. It's currently 102*F, yesterday, 111*F but only for about a minute.
Yea that is definatley a bit on the warm side
I figured it wouldn't hurt my sar so I put a few drops of distilled water in the pitchers, we'll see what happens I guess
thanks for the tips. This is my first pitcher, so I am a bit unfamiliar with them. I have been growing my VFT's for about a year, some two. They are doing excellent. I just didn't want to kill my first pitcher.