can you tip it out of the pot.. and look at the roots ... thats usually better than guessing if the roots rotted off ... and then slip it back into the pot ..

i would probably just stick the pot somewhere.. outta sight out of mind ... and look for it in a few months.. and see if it surprises you ...

ken

A few weeks maybe, but not months.😁

i have 5 acres ... i have stuff hidden out there that i havent looked at in 10 years .. lol ... not that i think it worth walking out there to look now ... lol .. im rather sure they were dead when i put them there .. lol ..

i was trying to be optimistic for OP .... and to not fixate on it ...

and i highly doubt a little fert will help .. lol ... nor any snake oil mumbo jumbo scam garden elixer ...

ken

I guess there's always hope... until you dump it.

Just out of curiosity did you keep it wet all winter? Mine die quickly as soon as they dry out.

Mmm, I can't say that I was perfect with it... I had it in an unheated greenhouse and mostly relied on the condensation to keep the soil moist on everything.

I did keep the 2" saucer underneath it, though, and only took it out when temperatures were below freezing because I figured that sitting in ice would be worse than dry.

@ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5 , I pulled it out of the pot but unless I pull the soil apart I can't really see the roots :-( So I guess I'll just leave it alone and see what it looks like in a few weeks. It's not exactly hurting anything so I can let it go for awhile and hope for the best, but I'm planning to build a water bog this year and it was going to be a focal point so I HOPE to see some growth soon!

a plant coming out of dormancy in a pot.. in spring.. whould show new white active root growth around the pot ... if you dont see that.. i presume its dead ...

you should have snapped a pic .. or go take one now.. and let us see the roots ..

just fyi.. tipping it out of a pot and sliding it back in.. does not involve tearing it apart ... unless you plan on planting it .. or throwing it away ... lets call it a last ditch effort at learning something ...

ken

Sarracenia are built similar to iris... so you should have a horizontal tuber right at the surface with roots below. It looks dead in your photos though. The tuber should be firm and have a green live corner area all year long.

Oh, I didn't realize that the part around the edges of the pot were root growth, I thought it was part of the potting soil :-/ I took some pics; to me it all looks to be light brown, so I'm leaning towards being pessimistic on this.

But it's not going to hurt anything to let it sit around for awhile, just to see. The only real question is whether to buy another one at the local nursery; this one was like $30!

Those are nice healthy looking roots. I would be optimistic about its survival.

Running with that logic, then... in the second picture you can see that there's an offshoot with roots growing next to the container. Is that a separate plant that I should be dividing?

if the tuber of the sarracenia is dead.... roots don’t matter at all. Poke down in the crown and you don’t find a solid hard uber. It’s dead.

ive been collecting and raising sarracenia for years.