New cuttings
 

Hi guys.....Well im kinda and sick/not well soo i have nothing to do at home...Just to waste some time i decided to try and cut some of my neps and try to make cuttings out of them..So far i've not been lucky with the cuttings except 1 ventrata so now im trying again....I have a big pot filled with peat/perlite so my as well just use it instead of leave there..

I cut of 4 vines....They are gracilis/viking and 2 ventratas...I'm really worried bout the gracilis cos its stem is SUPER THIN!!!:spinning::unsure:

Here are some pics of the 4 of them
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/RIMG2470.jpg

Chop...
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/RIMG2471.jpg

The loads of extra peat
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/RIMG2472.jpg

And the cuttings in they're new home
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/RIMG2473.jpg

Ken

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ken, have u try to propagate them using water tray method? I have some ventrata waiting to try, i need to make sure the success rate is high b4 i dare to cut, I have lost some xmiranda for the last few months, only 1 cutting survived.

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Hi Ken,
Normally I'll cut away 2/3 of the leaf to minimise the respiration, or else the stem dry out quickly which resulted in lower success rate. Place the pot in a bright spot, keep it humid and water every day.

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Hi CBK....I've never really tried the water method......And TS thanks for the advice...I already cut half of the leaf of but the picture was taken before i cut them off

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Good luck Ken, don't worry about the gracilis, they're super tough :laugh:

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Hi guys....At the beggining of August i added 1 more cutting which is an albo penang red...

Now After 1 month + out of the 5 cuttings 3 have rooted....2 of the ventratas have quite a lot of roots and the albo which is about a week younger then the other cuttings is already showing tiny roots...As for gracilis it doesn't look good...Viking cutting is still healthy but no roots...

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Don't worry bout them Ken.Just put them in shade until the new shoot grows.All my viking and gracilis cuttings never fails to root for me especially the ventrata.

When rooting neps,remember only one thing.DO NOT MOVE THEM OR DISTURB THEIR ROOTS.You don't need to pull the plant out to see whether the it has rooted or not instead you can see when they grow new leaves.(which shows they are roooted)

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Yes I agree with Aliam, actually I was going to ask you ken, how do you know that Ventratas have rooted, and some has small roots! You pull them out don't you? :( :)

If I were you, I stick the cuttings in the potting mix, and let them be, you know that they have established, once they produce pitcher, or at least 2 new full leaves. Do not observe them too much or else you disturb them too much and you might kill them.

You realize that most nepenthes do not like their roots to be disturbed some species are so sensitive that even an established plant might die because the roots were disturbed. I think Bicalcarata is one of these at the least. There are other species too.

ken if you disturb your cuttings again, I hit your hands with a stick! hehehe! :) joke of course!

TTFN
Arvin

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Hahahahaha well the curiosity in me was too strong and it took over...Yea i know about not touching them..Muahahahah albo penang red coming soon...

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Have you guys heard a private grower killed his old rajah when he repotted it?I believe in US.

These species dislike their roots to be disturbed:

bellii
bicalcarata
rafflesiana (they will stop pitchering but will grow healthily)
villosa