They weren’t very happy to begin with, but in the last few days, they really look awful. Especially my ping.
I’ve read they both like lots of light, so I placed them into my growtent.
But this certainly isn’t the answer. For me, it doesn’t look like sunburn. Sure, the colors now look more bright, but I’ve also put them a few times outside into the sun.
My problem is, that the lower leaves constantly get mushy, and that both often don’t produce lots of dew.
Is the surface/ substrate too dry?
The Drosera alicae is sitting in its original substrate, which was peat with perlite, and I’ve put a layer of LECA to fill up the rest, which is about 2 cm (1"). It’s often sitting in a bit of (pure) water, but I regularly flush it out and let it dry up a little bit in between (spongy texture).
The Pinguicula (probably agnata, unspecified) is looking worse.
I have it sitting in LECA, and water it with a heavily diluted fertilizer (about 1/3 of what my other houseplants get) and regularly soak and flush it with pure water.
It looked way better a week ago, but is slowly declining, even before I put it into the light.
Is it rotting?
Thank you so much for your passionate answers!
I found them very helpful.
Your plants (and pictures too) also look absolutely beautiful!
It’s always a pleasure to see people like you, who are so enthusiastic about niche hobbies, showing or explaining me stuff.
I wanna see more of that. Please do a few posts about your collection in this community, I would probably not be the only one wanting to see it!
I find carnivorous plants very fascinating. Especially their metabolism and environmental conditions they withstand (or: need and thrive). It would be so cool if more people had these amazing plants, especially in how easy they are to care for in theory!