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Post by hal on Aug 1, 2012 18:08:15 GMT -5
For the past couple of years I've struggled to raise some of the smaller round pings and the long-leaved varieties like medusina and gypsicola from leaf pullings. They strike, they grow a bit but when I plant them out in pots, they wane and about 80% die.
I thought it might be lack of food, too much peat in the media or keeping them too wet but experiments with those variables didn't produce favourable results. But now I think I've found a solution which works for me: cover the pot with a clear plastic cup and create a little humidity dome. I have some gypsicola pullings which have doubled in size in the past two weeks since I did this.
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Post by dvg on Aug 1, 2012 18:14:09 GMT -5
Great to hear that is working out for you Hal.
Keep us updated on your successes.
dvg
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Post by lloyd on Aug 1, 2012 20:44:44 GMT -5
Sounds good.
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Post by shoggoths on Aug 1, 2012 22:00:26 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing the info. It's funny, I did the exact opposite test. I took a small gypsicola that was at 90 RH and put in on my windowsill (with extra artificial light) and it turned in succulent form almost immediatly. It didn't get a lot of food before doing this so I'm pretty sure it will die soon
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Post by hal on Aug 1, 2012 22:18:12 GMT -5
I find if they go succulent when they're tiny it's really difficult to keep them alive until they're ready to sprout again. They get smaller and smaller and just vanish.
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Post by 31drew31 on Aug 2, 2012 13:44:28 GMT -5
I should try this out. I grow them quite humid anyways, but have a few pullings that turned to succulent leaves and like you said, have been stuck that way for a year. They are barely over 1mm wide though. For me, once they get over the 5mm mark they are set though.
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