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Post by Syble on Oct 3, 2007 19:44:44 GMT -5
I will be taking some back bulb cuttings from my B-52's and other VFT cultivar/forms to grow on this winter under lights. I've done it before on typicals with no problems. Just curious on timing though. They are growing in my outdoor bog currently, do I need to wate for them to go dorment or can I do it now? Thanks, Sib  |
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Post by Rug on Oct 3, 2007 19:49:17 GMT -5
I'd luv to know myself. I'd try both! I took one yesterday and I may take a few more to see what I can get out of the one I have outside. If you try both we can make a post documenting how each performs and in what , if the same, medium!
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Post by vraev on Oct 3, 2007 19:55:14 GMT -5
Basically if u have healthy plants...they will recover no matter what. I took pullings off my VFT's when I repotted and they all turned out fine. I never had success with weak stressed VFT pullings though.
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Post by Syble on Oct 3, 2007 20:24:03 GMT -5
thats pretty much what I figured Sib |
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Post by eql on Oct 3, 2007 21:16:44 GMT -5
once you've made the cutting, what medium do you use?
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Post by vraev on Oct 3, 2007 22:18:03 GMT -5
well....I just put the cuttings in the same soil as my adult plants. No other special needs or no special requiremnts...no rooting hormone or anything.
It just starts growing. But it takes around 2 months or so though.
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Post by Syble on Oct 7, 2007 19:26:43 GMT -5
i use some general medium same for the rest of my plants. depending on what i have on hand, and/or premixed, it is peat mixed with perlite or sand. I have taken my cuttings, think i will have a good crop if I'm lucky!!! Sib |
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Post by vraev on Oct 7, 2007 21:51:57 GMT -5
well...I am waiting to see the differences between cuttings in peat and cuttings in living sphagnum  |
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Post by Syble on Oct 7, 2007 22:40:45 GMT -5
probably have less rot in the live sphag
sib
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Post by Syble on Oct 23, 2007 20:02:23 GMT -5
well all is looking good, looks like i'll be getting atleast 10 per varriety! I'm a happy camper! Sib |
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Post by vraev on Nov 1, 2007 23:13:02 GMT -5
You might be getting even more if you make 10 cuttings. Many of my cuttings turned out to make CLUMPS of growth points. |
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Post by Flytrap on Nov 2, 2007 0:33:58 GMT -5
This is so cool! ... and we hear that VFTs have a reputation of being difficult! ;D
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Post by vraev on Nov 2, 2007 0:55:48 GMT -5
actually IMO the most difficult part is dormancy. I have lost 2/3 vft's I tried using fridge dormancy method last season. I am hoping the ones this time pull through with some good rest. VFT's are hard in comparision to regular house plants. But, once u get them the lighting and water figured out, thats it. They are going to be on autopilot. |
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Post by Syble on Nov 2, 2007 6:02:07 GMT -5
ypu, I have multipe strikes per plant, i only had, one or 2 plants per varriety to make cuttings from so I don't hav tons of cutting, more then happy though. Hopefully by spring I'll have good sized plants to trade to help get my VFT collections to where it used to be. sib |
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Post by titom on Nov 3, 2007 13:27:01 GMT -5
I did cuttings on my akai ryu 3 mnonths ago, and I did other cutting 1 month ago, they are usually sucessfull in sphagnum. If I have a lot of plants, I will trade a few at spring, like flytrap. But now, the first plants I have from my cuttings are automaticly to give to the SCAPI.
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