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Old 16th November 2008, 03:07 PM
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Well i just realised that my N ventricosa (main plant/mother plant) is not doing well even after the highland conditions i try to give it....But it has 2 basals and has consistenly give me pitchers which get slightly bigger by each leaves.So since the mother plant is not doing that well (i know sounds weird) I want to cut of the whole mother plant straight down to the moss but not touching its roots.The question is after i do this will it affect my basals????The basal is well probally a few months old i forgot how old probally max 4 months...If it will not affect anything i will just cut it off since my main plant is like a horror site hahaha.

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Old 16th November 2008, 03:09 PM
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Hi, ken

Why would you want to cut of the mother plant? I mean, its not dead yet, right?

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Old 16th November 2008, 03:38 PM
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Well it is not dead sounds weird but i just wanna take down the mother plant so that the basals which are way better looking can be grown by me slowly to a big size plant again.

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Old 16th November 2008, 07:06 PM
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Sure you can cut it off Ken but it's best to prune it and not cut it.
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Hi Ali

What do you mean by prune it?????The leaves of the main plant are fine........Its just that its not pitchering.But the basals are pitchering very nicely.Anyways will cut the whole stem off when i got time.

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Old 16th November 2008, 07:35 PM
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Hi Ali

What do you mean by prune it?????The leaves of the main plant are fine........Its just that its not pitchering.But the basals are pitchering very nicely.Anyways will cut the whole stem off when i got time.

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is the mother stem supported?
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