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Managing Excessive Sphagnum Moss in Outdoor Sarracenia Bogs

A grower's outdoor bogs have 4-inch deep sphagnum, burying Sarracenia bases so new pitchers must grow 4 inches to reach light.

Advice

Common in humid climates. Pull back, push down, or trim with scissors. Large plants handle it fine; S. purpurea and D. rotundifolia naturally grow in sphagnum. Live sphagnum often correlates with larger, more colorful plants. Trim only if growth is impeded.

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