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Post by Syble on Sept 5, 2006 20:11:22 GMT -5
I have a few pings that have been very much light deprived as of late....at anyrate, they are quite extended, should I pinch them or would that be a horrible idea? Thanks, Sib
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Post by lloyd on Sept 5, 2006 21:16:25 GMT -5
Are they mexican pings? I find that any leaf or cutting that touches the medium tends to form a new plant. I'd try pinching pieces off and putting into the medium.
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Post by Syble on Sept 5, 2006 21:25:28 GMT -5
various kinds really, If I pinch them, the pinched peices will go towards multiplication, just want to make sure it won't kill them in the mean time. Thanks, Sib
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Post by sdeering on Sept 5, 2006 22:13:27 GMT -5
Is this something I haven't hers of before? Do you mean like cutting 1/2 a lief off? Is that your frog? Stephen
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Post by Syble on Sept 5, 2006 22:41:05 GMT -5
that is my frog, and I'm talking about cutting an elongated stem. Sib
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Post by mabudon on Sept 7, 2006 7:06:39 GMT -5
I say go for it, Sib, just don't take all the leaves- tho if they are real etiolated, you might take almost all of them and let the new growth come in under proper light, that way you can correct the ones you have AND make new ones. Make sure to let us know what you do and how it works!! (and yes, I know you're a mod too so using my "mod voice" will not work on ya )
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Post by z on Sept 7, 2006 19:59:45 GMT -5
I have the same problem with my pings, months without water or lights have a lot of deformation. I'm trying to revive them, but the stem is still waiting to be pinched. I'm afraid that any more damage to it will kill the plant....
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Post by Syble on Sept 7, 2006 21:24:01 GMT -5
I'll do it to one of the pots of my sethos F2...see how things go and let you guys know, I'll snap a couple of photos too. I feel the need to stress that it's not so much the leaves that are elongated it is that there is an actual stem....sorry, but pings don't normally have stems, Every hear of a stem forming......!? Thanks, Sib
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Post by mabudon on Sept 8, 2006 7:22:58 GMT -5
I think it sounds pretty safe Sib. I am thinking that Pings are similar to hens-and-chicks (what's that, Echeveria or somethin??) in the "stem" regard- I have some indoor hens-and-chicks and if they get too little light, they make really long stems rather than tight clusters, they recover after being exposed to better light... I would imagine that they may form new plants off the stem, maybe?? around the base??? These are just conjectures tho, as my failures with Pings are well documented
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Post by mabudon on Sept 12, 2006 7:43:02 GMT -5
Anything yet, Sib??
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Post by Syble on Oct 4, 2006 18:20:11 GMT -5
I had been leaving them to see what would happen. now that they've gotten real amounts of light, they are putting compact proper growth out. And I've kicked their butts, decapatated them, and plucked the remaining leaves in between to try back up cuttings. so I've got 3 different ways that I'm trying to bring them back to show state, hopefully atleast one way will work, who know, may get action on multiple fronts in which case I will have lots of pings to trade! Thanks, Sib
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Post by Syble on Oct 6, 2006 19:34:25 GMT -5
I should also mention that because I waited a bit for their regular compact growth to resume, that when I decapitated them, they all had formed some roots behind the compact growth. For leaf cuttings, I took just leaves and some leaf and stem cuttings (yeah you heard right, it was just that bad!). Thanks, Sib
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Post by Syble on Oct 24, 2006 20:01:46 GMT -5
Update: Sethos F2 ; because this one had 6 growth points, I just decapitated them, and disregarded the extra. all are well rooted and have taken off growth wise, and really need to be potted up individually. others; the other 2 had the 4 methods. decapitation, leaf pulling, stem section with leaf, and the base left over. Both plant tops that I cut off are well rooted and need to be potted up seperate. The base plants are now sprouting from the leaf axis a single bud/leaf per remaining leaves, so I'm looking at 2-3 rosetts per plant now. Now the 2 different leaf cuttings (the one that was just a leaf pullig, vs. the one with a small segment of stem) were really interesting! I'm getting a fair amount of strikes on both, but the forms their taking are truely interesting. the pullings are producing multipe small plantlets that are barely visable at this point. The ones with a bit of stem are acting very much like the base of a plant in that they are only producing one plant, but it's considerably larger and faster growing then the others. So as it turns out, I'll have a ton of pings to trade...well alot of three atlest, come spring I guess. Thanks, Sib
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Post by insectivore on Oct 24, 2006 22:54:52 GMT -5
Remind me by PM in spring i'll have some plants to trade! cya
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Post by PingKing on Oct 27, 2006 18:20:38 GMT -5
Sib I found out with experience that the best time to do soo is when they are dormand. At one point I had soo many ping i did not know what to do with them. the tropical or subtropical pings usually get babies at the end of the leaf. By the way this plants are very tough believe it or not. they will not die by you taking some leaves off.
later
Xavier
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