No don't. If you are ever going to repot, don't repot it till a few years...
IMO, I don't think you can make blanket statements like this w/o knowing the situation. I typically start my Cephs in small 2.5" pots (from leaf propagation) and sometimes I have 2 separate plants in one of those pots. 2 of the plants I traded this spring had 2"+ roots growing out of the bottom of the pot and had adult pitchers over 1.5". IMHO, both of these should be repotted soon after people receive them. The Cephs I traded that had 2 small individual plants in a 2.5" pot should also be repotted into individual pots asap to avoid major root entaglement.
... and make sure it's a big pot where it can grow for awhile. I've heard that when you repot, you should take it out with the whole thing of soil (like transplanting regular plants for gardens) and put it in the new pot and fill the space left. Hope that helps
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Agree with the bigger pot thing (as quoted & also as Rattler describes above).
However, I have been frequently seeing posts on all of the forums that give the impression that
"Cephs are scary and need to be treated super carefully" . I believe this is garbage.
Like most plants - listen to what they're telling you. As for repotting, if you remove the plant from the original pot and it's roots are running in circles around the pot - it probably makes sense to untangle them and spread them out in the new pot - rather than leaving them alone. As for them being 'sensitive' to repotting, have you read Steve's (elgecko) thread where he hacked a nice plant into 5-10 smaller plants (some w/o roots iirc) - and all the pieces lived?
Somehow, somewhere, I think the hype over the difficulty growing these guys has far exceeded the reality. Unlike Heli's, Petiolaris dews (or schizzy's for that matter), I do not hear much about folks actually losing Cephs. Sure, they can take a while to get past the small pubescent pitcher stage (or not) - especially if they're not getting any food - but if they don't sit in water 24/7 or dry out for weeks - then - they grow.
Also unlike the plants mentioned above, Cephs are very adaptable to a wide variety of conditions and temperature ranges and
don't need to be babied. I grow some outside all summer, some on windowsills, some under lights - some are in 100% peat, some are in airy mixes with sand, perlite, & live LFS and some in-between. All grow like little weeds .... and in-addition, they are one of the easier plants to propagate. For the past several years, I've propagated 20-40 and had close to 100% success w/ each plucked leaf (I say close to 100% because I didn't pay attention enough to know or remember my success rates before 2 years ago. For at least the last 2 years - it's been 100%).
As for this mythical 'shortage' - I can't figure that out either - especially with how easy they propagate. Heck, I've had multiple plants available for trade on my growlist page for years.... with few takers...
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