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Post by sherkas on Jul 27, 2009 16:47:15 GMT -5
Ive had a cpeh now for a while, (4-8 months Idk) and its all full of mature pitchers with an offshoot doing mini pitchers and they are starting to pitcher ontop of pitchers of pitchers.
Like with VFT where you can trim dead leaves/spred them out and with dews you can just clean off dead leaves, is there a way to prune/keep a ceph tidy in some fashion?
Its alteast not obvious/doable when I look at it but maybe someone has some advice? Should I cut off all small pitchers if mature ones are coming from the point? What about leaves? Can I spred the pitchers out to get a nice rosette?
Any advice is welcome, and I know I dont have to... but I will clean this plant to make it look pretty!
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Post by dvg on Jul 27, 2009 17:16:13 GMT -5
Well Sherkas, that's what healthy Cephs want to do, form mounds of pitchers on pitchers as they slowly spread outward. Because the pitchers last so long, there is little pruning needed. Occasionally an old pitcher will turn black and dry out. You can take those and gently pull up on them and they will detach very easily, once they are ready to come off. If you want to kind of tidy it up, and it does sound like you have multiple growth points on it, you could break off one or two divisions from the mother plant, and stick those in your regular ceph potting mix. That way you will have more plants for sale or trade. I find that someone is always looking for a ceph, be it a crooked CP vendor impersonating someone else, but mostly it'll be the honest OCPS members.
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Post by hackerberry on Jul 27, 2009 17:21:29 GMT -5
Hahahahaha!!!!! That made my day....
hb
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