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@plants this is the first trim of the year for the Sarracenia. I removed a lot of the old/dead growth and trimmed off the tops of the pitchers. I do that since the whole plant needs fresh air this time of the year and the tops tend to close up over the pitcher as it dries up. I had planned on dividing it as the pot is getting crowded, but now I think I should have done that earlier, so maybe I'll slip-pot it into a larger container if needed. This was the first year with outdoor dormancy.

@plants the tricky part is now that we have warm days, freezing nights and I have also trimmed it (a lot of the old growth was protective) I will need to bring it inside and move it outside during the day for the next few weeks. I was using the frost cover before and leaving them outside but now a lot of the growth points and flower buds have more exposure than before.

It will also look scraggly for a while until the old pitchers have fully dried and then the next pass of trimming after that.