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Brown Leaf Tips on Nepenthes alata: Time to Repot in Fresh Media

Question

ventrata I've had a large DeRoose alata for almost a year. Actually, its like 5 plants in one pot I think. Its been growing leaves and getting taller, but won't produce any pitchers for me. The tips of the leaves are turning brown, see photo. Any ideas on why thats happening with the leaves and how to get some pitchers out of it?

I water it twice a week, and it gets 4 hours direct sun from a SW window that it shares with a ventricosa, miranda, copelandii and a veitchi hybrid (all of which get same water and sun and have been producing pitchers).

Answer

Thank you for submitting the photograph. This helps me out a lot. While it's normal for older leaves to turn brown, when it occurs on newer leaves, this usually indicates that something is amiss in the soil. The soil could be breaking down, which will change its properties and promote bacteria growth and root rot.

Repot the plant in fresh media. You can use the media mix that we have on our website, or you can make your own. Regardless of what you use, the soil needs to have lots of drainage. Read the care sheet on our main website for information about Nepenthes soil:
https://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets

Good growing!
Jacob Farin

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