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Post by tael on Jan 3, 2009 11:02:22 GMT -5
Wow, how did I miss this post? Beautiful pictures, varun! Or should I say beautiful plants? How about both. Great job with them either way, nice colouring.
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Post by vraev on Jan 3, 2009 19:07:41 GMT -5
Thanks Kelly and K.
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Post by tael on Jan 3, 2009 19:12:25 GMT -5
Welcome, thanks for sharing!
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Post by fragrantphals on Jan 3, 2009 19:50:16 GMT -5
Very beautiful! I think they have grown a lot in a year. What advice do you have to someone starting out with rooted cuttings? What pot size and mixture do you recommend? I still need to read more, but I am thinking a 4 inch pot with peat/perlite. I would use superthrive, and maybe physan 20 as a preventative for rot - what do you think? I can't wait to get mine!
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Post by vraev on Jan 3, 2009 20:52:23 GMT -5
I used no superthrive or whatever. I used a mix with peat, perlite and orchid bark. Since they are rooted..the only thing u need to worry about is to make the media not too dense. I used a lot of perlite in there to make it light and open.
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Post by fragrantphals on Jan 4, 2009 0:14:31 GMT -5
Good advice. Thanks! What about pot size for rooted cuttings?
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Post by vraev on Jan 4, 2009 2:50:28 GMT -5
hmmm... I would suggest actually a big pot by which I mean around 6 inches or so square or atleast a 4 inches circle. 4 inch circle would be a pretty good size. This would give you atleast 2 yrs to let it grow to a massive size. Don't use a ceramic pot or things like that. I would suggest a pot with good drainage holes at the bottom. These are generally the STOCK square pots u get at ANY garden center like home depot or rona lansing's isles. THose pots are flimsy but in my opinion very good. They are made of thin plastic but the drainage holes are numerous and all my plants in them have done great.
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Post by dvg on Jan 4, 2009 12:19:03 GMT -5
And I would add to that, a deeper pot would be helpful for their roots which do not like to be constantly water logged. I use one part peat to 1.5 parts both perlite and coarse silica sand, as my soil mix. I have been growing mine without cover, a few inches under a 2 tube t8 fixture. The cephs are putting out new green growth, but the pitchers are nowhere near as lush looking as V's. I am seeing that these would be a little happier with a vented propagaion dome over them, just to boost the humidity a little.
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Post by vraev on Jan 4, 2009 14:55:59 GMT -5
yeah! I basically use a little bag around the plant which is open at the top to raise the humidity a little bit and it makes a difference. Cephs require a moderate amount of humidity. Generally in homes without humidifiers, humidity is around 20% or 30%. This is not sufficient for the ceph which requires humidity around 60% to 70%. So even a little bit of adjustment to raise the humidity by either: 1) planting the plant deeper in the pot (by that i mean the media level is not to the brim) 2) grow the entire plant in an open bag.
These are the techniques I use and you can see them in the pictures I posted where all my new smaller cephs are growing in pots where the soil level is not to the brim of the pot.
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