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Sundew Growth


Question
Okay, well my latest sundew has lasted now 3 weeks,
I tried to poke 1/4 inch holes and found it to be a bit big, I had about 4 of them and a pretty big cracked space that was open.... It caused my plant to go into humidity shock...So i taped up the gap a bit and its been getting better slowly but surely. i am using natural water, I collect it from plastic bags on my trees which provide beautiful clean water. right now the sundew has been growing many leaves, and the dew isnt as good as i was expecting, it has small droplets still,  i have yet to let it catch anything outside in fear humidity shock will happen again, So my question is, what can i do to help get my sundew strong enough to get it outside before march 20th and which side of the window should i place it? Like north east south west... Right now its sitting in the east window and isnt complaining... um the real question is how much water should be in the sundew water dish?

-Regards
Kain

Answer
Hello Kain,

Keep the plant in an east facing window for now and keep an eye on how hot and intense the light is. Domes tend to trap heat and intensify the effects of sunlight so far as cooking plants. Once you get the dome off completely it should be fine as a houseplant.

Provide the plant with up to 1/4 of its pot depth in water in an overlarge tray.

Christopher

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