The best way to grow Drosera leaf cuttings.

[caseyhoo]

Originally Posted by Richard Hole

Hello

I have had some Drosera leaf cuttings growing plantlets in water.

Some of the leaves have only produced one plantlet after about 6 weeks.

Do you suggest cutting the plantlets off the leaf cuttings soon after they produce roots and then putting the leaves that they have been cut from back into the water again so new plantlets may form? Note, the leaves may have some parts cut from them where I remove the plantlets in order to avoid damaging the plantlet.

Or alternatively should I leave the plantlets grow until they are fairly large for a few months so that more plantlets will get time to form and then cut them all off together to plant?

Your help is appreciated
Regards Richard.

Last time, I take out those plantlet and leaf together from water and plant it when they reach around 5mm size.

I never put back those leaf into the water after remove those plantlet. Please try and share with us

Below is my previous post
http://carnivorousplants.wordpress.c...-water-method/

[Richard Hole]

Hello

I put some Drosera leaf cuttings in water over 3 months ago. Some of the plantlets are about 1 centimeter long but have produced few if any roots. Should I wait a couple more months for roots to form before I plant them out or after this length of time would you suggest planting them even if the plantlet has no roots? I am happy to wait so long as it is not best to plant after a certain time period and so long as the plants continue to grow in the water. If there is a maximum time limit in the water you suggest what is it? We are currently in the Autumn.

I could plant the ones out that have roots and leave the others that do not have roots if you suggest that? I have had Drosera Capensis, Adelae, Spatulata, and Venusta to strike in water by leaf cuttings.

Your help is appreciated
Regards Richard

[edwardyeeks]

I have never tried using water method to root Drosera leaf cuttings. I find that wet peat moss is just fine. I think it would be best for a little root to form.

[kepikimut]

my leaf cutting (drosera filiformis)

[Richard Hole]

Hello

In my recent experiments I have found wet peat to be better than water. In water I found the plants started to grow but then stopped growing rapidly and with some species they stopped growing and rotted. The plants did not grow very strong in water. However, in wet peat or sphagnum, strong plants grew. I think this was probably because there was some medium for the roots to grow in. Another advantage of growing in peat over water is that the plants could be hardened off before potting and the amount of water the pots standing in could be reduced. Initially I found them to grow well when the water level kept the peat or sphagnum wet where the level of the water was about 1 centimeter below the top of the peat or sphagnum. My very recent experiments indicate that sphagnum based peat may be better than sphagnum. However, I have not done many comparisons yet and other factors may have affected the results. With peat there is more contact between the medium and the leaf than with sphagnum and this may help. I find the cuttings grow well under foggers that produce a fine mist every few minutes in drier weather.

I am interested in hearing from any other people that have compared using water to peat and sphagnum.

Your help is appreciated
Regards Richard.