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bohdisatfa, I cut off the vines as long as they have 2-3 basals growing well for them. I grow my plants at my balcony so I am have limited vertical space.
Sometimes, I bend the vine over the edge of the pot to encourage more basals. And even pot new plants leaning at an angle.
After reading this, I decided to try Cindy's "bending method" with my 2ft long N.ventricosa. I let the vine hang over the pot the day she posted (September 5th) and upon inspection today (September 22nd) there are already basal shoots forming! I didn't believe it would work but now I have shoots forming on just about every other node. I can't believe it! This definately needs to be put somewhere so that others can try!
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Wow, so that's why my bellii and judith finn sent out shoots...they both got a little top heavy, because of the way that the previous owners trimmed them, (and they aren't even that big) they bent over, and now they both have basal shoots at the base...may I suggest that this could be a great way to save a sickly nep?
thanks for the info!
-Gabe
Thats a great illustration of vine bending Cindy. Another alternative to vine bending to encourage basal growth is to simply let the vine go! If the vine does get extremely long (I had an N.x Rokko with over 10 feet of vine and and N. glabrata with over 6 feet) basal should sprout up all over the base. the N. glabrata had about 5 that all had mature pitchers which were also a bonus "biggie" size due to the basal status.
Both were in a mix of chiefly sphagnum moss as the primary component. The N. glabrata had some perlite and coconut chips in as amendments. It also received overhead watering 2 times daily.
Personally, from what I have experienced I do not believe the media has a direct effect on basal shoots, but rather an indirect effect. If the media is correct and the plant takes well to it, becomes large and vigorous, then the chances of basal shoots forming are greater. So I guess you could say an indirect effect due to the result of the plant being healthier, increasing chances for auxiliary growth to occur.
Yes, yes, yes. I see this thread hasn't had a reply in 4 months; however, I thought that this would be a relevant update instead of creating a new thread.
I have further support of Cindy's suggestion. Today when I was watering my Nepenthes I noticed not one but two basals growing on my N. 'Medusa'. The plant is leaning a lot, as the pictures will show.
This is such an odd coinsidence this thread has been revived, I recently received a good sized (6-8") N. aristolochioides and the growing tip had been snapped off during shipping. Remembering this thread I repotted it on its side hoping to promote good basal replacement growth. Luckily it was quite easy to do since it was rather long and viny already, sometimes with tighter rosetted neps its harder to get them to bend over to thier side.
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