I’ve read/ understood that any minerals are a big problem for these plants, and I bet the leca provide enough minerals to cause issues. I’d repot asap into a peat/ horticultural sand mix and hope they bounce back, but do more research to confirm my thought process.
I am, and I have them under a grow light but their leaves have been turning black. I think I’m just frying it with the direct sun that comes through the window, but I’ve blocked that so hopefully they turn around.
I’m not sure what else could be turning the leaves that black color before they even mature, but if you had any tips that’d be great. Hopefully closing the blinds on that window are all I need to do.
I’ve thought about doing that so thanks for the tip!
Can I ask why they need to be plastic pots and trays? I have mine in a glass tray and they aren’t doing well so this could help.
Hi, take it or leave it because I’m not very knowledgeable but I did do something like this with my partner. We used a shelf mounting system like this: https://a.co/d/60pkQw2 although I am not sure which exact one we used. I can look if you’re interested.
We determined the location of the support beams, which mapped where we placed the vertical shelf supports. Drilling those into drywall anchors is not an option. Then, we determined the shelf lengths we’d need to fit the space we tried to fill. They sell numerous shelf lengths, so it was a puzzle of where we could support it, how long we wanted it, etc. We have a tv stand below the shelving for our entertainment center stuff and our TV. I’m happy to share more if it helps.
None of this works if you really want to build the whole thing. But, it is easier than doing so and relates to what other commenter have said, this one travels a bit easier because you can use any parts that do fit your next place (which I know isn’t important right now).
That’s fair, I hadn’t even heard of it till I came across this post: https://mander.xyz/post/28051700
It’s possible that even though you washed it, the leca are “leeching” minerals. I totally agree on the pumice thing, in theory they should both work. But I don’t know if that works out in practice, for instance horticultural sand is also branded as “inert” media but is absolutely safe for carnivores as well as pumice. Either way, best of luck figuring out what’s going on. That’s pretty frustrating, I’ve certainly killed some drosera and not known why.