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Post by gregantula on Mar 25, 2015 17:29:31 GMT -5
So, my P. moranensis hybrid is still dormant, probably ready to wake up. The problem is that it has eight crowns, and they seem to be pushing on eachother, heaving the whole plant out of the substrate. If I carefully move the bottom leaves, I can see underneath it, and the whole plant forms a dome over the substrate, with roots shooting down, from the top of the dome... It's not actually securely planted into the medium anymore...
I'm not really keen on chopping it in half, but at the same time I don't want it to suicide...
Can the plant survive like this, or should I most certainly chop it into two or three seperate plants, planting each part firmly back into it's own pot?
I just want to get this sorted before things really kick into high gear with the impending spring/summer.
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Post by hal on Mar 25, 2015 17:36:39 GMT -5
I'd break it up into as many whole plants as possible. Try to keep each crown with some roots on it. You will undoubtedly end up with many single leaves and these can be used for propagating more plants. Based on experience you should be able to get 5 or 6 plants and at least a dozen leaf pullings. It will be 3 months or so until the plants grow back into a rosette, about the same until the leaves grow little pings.
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Post by gregantula on Mar 25, 2015 17:42:58 GMT -5
I have a leaf pulling from late summer, last year. It has THREE crowns... I don't really need more plants. lol....
That aside, You're reccomending a breakup, I take it.. It probably wouldn't be good for the plant to live, the way it is now?
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Post by lloyd on Mar 25, 2015 18:46:27 GMT -5
It will keep pushing it's way out of the soil if you don't split it up. Remember the more extras you have, the more you can trade/sell/give away. That's how you get brownie points on the OCPS.
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Post by gregantula on Mar 25, 2015 18:51:35 GMT -5
lol... I'm not big on networking but I suppose that if someone was nearby I wouldn't mind a quick trade or something I know some friends who may like a plant, but I'm really selective when deciding whether or not that friend will likely kill it or not.
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Post by shoggoths on Mar 25, 2015 18:51:49 GMT -5
You have all the info you need to go. Just do it smoothly.
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Post by gregantula on Mar 25, 2015 18:58:58 GMT -5
I'm thinking I'll push it to seperating it into three plants (I was initially going to keep it as two 4-crown plants, if I HAD to seperate)...
Who in the heck is going to offer me something drafty-window-hardy for a boring old P. x moranensis... lol
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Post by gerry on Mar 25, 2015 19:47:17 GMT -5
I hear money is pretty cold hardy And is good for trading for other things!!
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Post by lloyd on Mar 25, 2015 21:39:23 GMT -5
There's almost always somebody who wants some plant. Even if you give it away or for SASE, you will eventually get something in return. I've given away lots of plants (not as many as some) and I've gotten so much in return over the years. Some stuff I've gotten free, some for postage, some for trades and some for very reasonable amounts of cash. Plus it's fun to have people enjoy your stuff and bask in the warm glow of being loved by everybody here.
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Post by corinac on Oct 3, 2015 11:23:05 GMT -5
I have those 2 pinguicula moranensis that since the spring had one single rosette and did nothing the entire summer. Since 2 weeks ago when the temperatures start going down they start self multiplying themself, one has 2 divisions, one 4, can you please explain me this? is it good? it is bad and my plants are suffering? Thank you in advance for your answers
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Post by kiwipete on Oct 5, 2015 3:03:44 GMT -5
.......... they seem to be pushing on eachother, heaving the whole plant out of the substrate. If I carefully move the bottom leaves, I can see underneath it, and the whole plant forms a dome over the substrate, with roots shooting down, from the top of the dome... It's not actually securely planted into the medium anymore... This what I call tumbleweed mode. I seems that the plant wants to get up and move to a new spot. I wounder if any pings do this in the wild. KP.
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Post by hal on Oct 5, 2015 8:26:45 GMT -5
I have those 2 pinguicula moranensis that since the spring had one single rosette and did nothing the entire summer. Since 2 weeks ago when the temperatures start going down they start self multiplying themself, one has 2 divisions, one 4, can you please explain me this? is it good? it is bad and my plants are suffering? Thank you in advance for your answers Pings just do that after a while. It's not a problem and you can get more plants from it. See the posts above on how to divide them.
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Post by corinac on Oct 6, 2015 18:29:23 GMT -5
Thank you for your answer Hal, I don't mind having more plants, but they never did this in this season to me in the past. My concern is that they were in those pots for some time and the medium kind of went down, the plants look so much above that they are almost unstable and I was thinking that gave an warning to the plants, since their roots are so fragile I am thinking they don't reach for the water. I should take some pictures and show them to you. About the pictures you recommended to see about how to divide, I am not sure what you mean, in this topic? I don't see any photos, please let me know since I am so new on your forum.
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