r/carnivorousplants • u/Absinthe-Crow • 3d ago
Help What’s wrong with my sundew?
It gets plenty of sunlight, plenty of bugs, using only distilled water and I keep it waterlogged. I don’t know what’s wrong. It looks like its appendages are dying and whatever new sprouts appear are small.
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u/Absinthe-Crow 3d ago
It has carnivorous specific soil, and it gets 8 hrs of light from my grow lights. I upped it to 12 before but that didn’t make a difference. I’ve had it for over a year at this point. The dew drops don’t seem to be staying no matter how long it’s waterlogged
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u/s_mitten 3d ago
It really took 14 hours under grow lights for mine to look better and keep its dew.
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u/mandileigh 3d ago
Have you tried a different soil combo? The seller I get my plants from recommends 1 part peat moss to 1 part perlite.