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Spring Pruning of Sarracenia: To Cut or Not to Cut?

A grower asked if all Sarracenia pitchers should be pruned in spring; some look viable.

Video Demo Available

Jacob Farin: best answered in video podcast "Ask the Carnivorous Plant Guys - Episode 5" (Cobra Plant). Demonstrates both cutting all leaves and keeping some.

Carnivorous Plants: Sarracenia Division Protocol: Peroxide, Sulfur, and Thrips Management; Trimming Sphagnum Moss on Sarracenia and White-Lidded Hybrids; Spring Trimming: Phyllodia and Overwintered Pitchers on Sarracenia; Sarracenia Division Gone Wrong: Saving a Rootless Rhizome Piece; Identifying a Mystery Sarracenia Hybrid; Should You Cut Off Old Sarracenia Pitchers? A Species-by-Species Guide; Allowing Sarracenia Flowers on Recently Divided Plants: Species-Dependent Risk; Saving a Sarracenia alata from Root Rot; Pruning Damaged Sarracenia Pitchers for Recovery; Spring Cleanup for Hostas

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