In reciprocal transplants experiments, plants from fens, planted in sphagnum take the form of typical sphagnum bog plants after 2 or three years, and sphagnum plants planted into a marl media, take on the characteristics of the typical marl grown plants. Our marl plants are grown in live sphagnum. We have not experimented with types of alkaline media. We use this mixture only for adult plants. To germinate seeds and to grow seedling plants to adults, we plant them in chopped live sphagnum moss.
Plants tend to mature much faster in live sphagnum.
See the section Growing Sarracenia from Seeds below for more information. As far as pots go, Sarracenia should be planted in plastic pots. As a general rule plants should be put in pots large enough to accomodate the full sized plant and its roots. The pots should be large enough to allow room for the rhyzome to elongate and divide. Anticipate keeping a specimen in a pot for 3 years before it is repotted.