What the crap? Weed in Sarracenia pot

[Kayota]

There has been a tiny green weed with two roundish-leaves at the top of the stalk growing all over in my S. "Dana's Delight" pot since I got it. I pulled them all today, but what can I do to keep it from returning?

 

[upper]

i'm guessing its a clover. i'm also guessing that you're using Long Fibre Sphagnum as i almost always get these in my pots. i dont know what you can do to prevent them, as it just take one light pluck to take them out.

 

[Kayota]

I only have long fibre sphagnum in my S. leucophylla plant as far as I know

 

[Drosera36]

Usually I just leave the suckers in there. You stop caring after a while .

They don't really do anything harmful.

-Ben

 

[Kayota]

They're ugly. >:

 

[Jefforever]

Yeah, you might wanna get rid of it if it's a clover.

 

[Kayota]

I'll take pics next time one pops up.

 

[T-D]

IS it oxalis? Horrible weed that appears some times in our orchid sphag.

 

[Kayota]

No idea.

 

[jimscott]

Just pluck them when they get long enough. I'm constantly plucking sedgegrass from LFS and clover.

 

[joossa]

I don't bother pulling them out until they get big. I do however, pull them out immediately if they are growing right up against the plant.

 

[Not a Number]

Ha! I had wood sorrel (shamrock) growing in one of my Sarracenia pots. I let it grow because it was around Saint Patrick's Day and it was starting to flower. Ok, a few weeks afterwards it finally flowered and I decided to pull it out. The whole dirt ball and Sarracenia came up with it. Talk about extensive roots.

Never again. Any weeds get pulled out ASAP.

 

[Brokken]

Put a layer of top dressing on it. It doesn't have to be sphagnum - it can be perlite, peat - or even decorative stones.

 

[Kayota]

I'm just pulling them out as I find them, has become a part of my daily routine to look

 

[JB_OrchidGuy]

unfortunately it is almost impossible to keep the weeds out. Plucking is you only fix. You should see my bog. The grass is crazy in it. I pluck it when I get time. easy to do when it is dormant too.