Is this grown indoors? If so that's one reason. Is it sitting in a water tray? If not that's another reason. How much SUN does it get?

im having the same problem with mine its a scarlet belle i have it growing in a terrarium with other cps and it keeps getting the pitchers but they never open the shortly there after it browns over and dies what can i do its in a tray and i was told only to water 1 a week and have very lil water in tray basicly water from above after it sucks all the water up and is on a 14 hour light setting right now

here is a pic of what mine is doing thanks for the help

Your problem is it's in a terrarium and not outside. It also needs to be in a water tray with rainwater or distilled water during the growing season. You're growing it all wrong.

ok cool ill change it up to outside and c how it does thanks

Mine is outside, I just take it into an unheated room for the winter because I'm in Chicago.

It only gets distilled water and rainwater, it's sitting in a cachepot. Lots of roots growing out of the bottom of the grower's pot now...

Ok cool good know so why is a terarium so bad for them when the others seem to grow great in them I have moved mine outside but I don't get a lot of light threw out the day

Some tropical CPs may do o.k., (none need a terrarium) but sarracenias and flytraps are not tropical, they are temperate. They need strong Sun during the growing season and winter dormancy to live their best. They are not houseplants.

Thank you! What do you recommend in zone 5?

Here is a link that might be useful: Carnivorous Plants

This post was edited by zusya on Tue, Sep 9, 14 at 0:53