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Post by Syble on Oct 27, 2006 20:22:10 GMT -5
I wasn't concerned overly and it has worked out well, I have a ton of plants now. None of the species involved go dorment. Thanks, Sib
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Post by Syble on Nov 14, 2006 10:06:29 GMT -5
Well, now that I have procrastinated enough, here are the pictures I long ago promised! Agnata: This is what I had to start off with, notice the more compact growth at the top and roots below it. after the dissection, I have the base of the plant, several leaf and stem cuttings as well as the top. only the base of the plant got to stay out, the other 2 pots are kept in a ziplock bag. well rooted top that gets potted up by itself. 'sethos'F2 Poor stretched bugger. this is what happens when they get no additional light for a long while but hey, tough as nails! I was orriginally going to treat this the same as the others, but afterwards decided that 6 plants would be more then enough, notice the roots already growing. And the finished product! I don't know what happened to the pics I thought I took of the 3rd one or the close up shots of stem sections, oh well, but for future reference, pinching pings work quite well, I went from 3 to just over 40! Thanks, Sib
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Post by tom on Nov 14, 2006 10:36:35 GMT -5
Nice finished products, someone has a greenthumb overthere! What is your potting media? 1:1:1: peat:perlite:sphag?
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Post by seedling on Nov 14, 2006 11:34:09 GMT -5
Syble ,
Nice job on those pings... you have inspired me! I think I am going to go pinch a few more.
Andre
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Post by mabudon on Nov 14, 2006 11:41:54 GMT -5
Yeah, good job on that, some of the "before" pics look like strange new species, very unique, but they are turning out beauty!! And I, too, have been put in a pinching kinda mood, maybe later on I'll see what would be a good candidate
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Post by Syble on Nov 14, 2006 20:29:27 GMT -5
Thanks! Tom: My potting mixes are ecclectic at best! I've taylored them to my conditions so they are often heavier on the peat because I don't leave my plants in standing watter. the 2" pots 3 have a 1:3:2 pearlite:peat:sand and the others are 2:1 peat:sand. I only use Sphagnum in with neps, occasionally VFT and sarrs, and I use milled sphagnum when seeding. Mabudon: I'f you really want a good canidate, barely water one and leave it in a dark room for a month or so! Does anyone find they have a hard time getting leaf pullings to strike? I probably have a 95% success rate. If I'm very carful when pulling they'll all sprout, I find 9 times out of 10 that failure is a result of an injury sustained in removal. What do you guys think? Thanks, Sib
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Post by lloyd on Nov 14, 2006 22:17:32 GMT -5
I find the leaf pulls take most of the time, I just sort of tease the leaves off. The little Ping leaves pretty well fall off to the slightrest touch.
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Post by seedling on Nov 16, 2006 12:14:14 GMT -5
Only had one kind of ping to play with but out of two leaves sucess with one! The other is still green so I have not given up hope. Andre
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