This thread inspired me:
http://www.terraforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107934&highlight=turned+2+vfts
i decided to do my own little experiment a week or 2 after reading the thread in late April.
I went down to the local nursery and paid $16.80 for a single pot of VFT. Then I plucked up the courage to pull the whole thing apart after paying $16.80 for a nice healthy VFT.
I dumped the leaves in water and snipped off every trap.
Then I waited. And waited.
After a month I saw roots. A week later I laid them out on to the substrate. Then I moist them daily morning and night. I had 1 bulb from the main plant that I replanted directly and 2 pups. ( I didnt pull apart all the way to the core of the VFT, I left the little bit of main bulb cause if all the leaves failed at least I still have the bulb to regen for my sunken cost of $16.80. ) All other growth is from those leaves. I think I have some 20 odd clusters or so right now. I'm on my way!
Now if each cluster multiplies two plants I'll be doing as well as Presto when he did this. If not, I'm still happy! With some luck at least one of these will survive dormancy or I could rip em all apart before that happens and end up with quite a bit of leaves to propagate when they grow up!!
Image 1 is when I first planted them. Image 2 is some time later.
Image 3 is the original bulb and 3 pups that came with the plant. I just replanted those straight away while the leaves soak.
Image 4 is a smaller container containing some nep seeds and I put some VFT leaves in here. These leaves turned brown the first week. Good thing I didnt throw them out! Some grew!
Image 5 is the main pot, taken today!
Thanks to Presto for inspiring me! And thanks to Cindy who inspired Presto!
Its going to be some time before mine mature to the size of Presto's, but I'm glad I didnt end up with a bunch of dead leaves. This really worked out nicely. But I cant count them all yet. They need to mature before I consider this a success
Shot with unknown at 1969-12-31
Shot with unknown at 1969-12-31
http://www.terraforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107934&highlight=turned+2+vfts
i decided to do my own little experiment a week or 2 after reading the thread in late April.
I went down to the local nursery and paid $16.80 for a single pot of VFT. Then I plucked up the courage to pull the whole thing apart after paying $16.80 for a nice healthy VFT.
I dumped the leaves in water and snipped off every trap.
Then I waited. And waited.
After a month I saw roots. A week later I laid them out on to the substrate. Then I moist them daily morning and night. I had 1 bulb from the main plant that I replanted directly and 2 pups. ( I didnt pull apart all the way to the core of the VFT, I left the little bit of main bulb cause if all the leaves failed at least I still have the bulb to regen for my sunken cost of $16.80. ) All other growth is from those leaves. I think I have some 20 odd clusters or so right now. I'm on my way!
Now if each cluster multiplies two plants I'll be doing as well as Presto when he did this. If not, I'm still happy! With some luck at least one of these will survive dormancy or I could rip em all apart before that happens and end up with quite a bit of leaves to propagate when they grow up!!
Image 1 is when I first planted them. Image 2 is some time later.
Image 3 is the original bulb and 3 pups that came with the plant. I just replanted those straight away while the leaves soak.
Image 4 is a smaller container containing some nep seeds and I put some VFT leaves in here. These leaves turned brown the first week. Good thing I didnt throw them out! Some grew!
Image 5 is the main pot, taken today!
Thanks to Presto for inspiring me! And thanks to Cindy who inspired Presto!
Its going to be some time before mine mature to the size of Presto's, but I'm glad I didnt end up with a bunch of dead leaves. This really worked out nicely. But I cant count them all yet. They need to mature before I consider this a success
Shot with unknown at 1969-12-31
Shot with unknown at 1969-12-31