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So, uh, what now?

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Getting There...
A few months ago I was extremely lucky that a member of this forum traded me some cephalotus leaf pullings. I potted them up in damp shredded LFS with sand mixed in. I bagged em and put them under 16h/day grow lights. While 3 of them succumbed to fungus/mold, one marched on and today I noticed I have 3 small healthy cephalotus leaves emerging from the LFS!

So, my main question is, what should my next step be? Should it stay bagged up, should I be transplanting it perhaps? I've never grown a ceph, but am excited for the new opportunity.

Thanks for any advice,

Kyle
 
I would wait for it to grow a few leaves and then start to open the bag a little over time. How slowly, well I used to open it more like every week or two.
 
It will be under T5HOs on an open air grow rack, eventually. Any suggestions on media? OR should the LFS/sand serve it well for now? Thanks again!
 
I have been using both sand+peat and perlite+peat. Recently I've been using perlite+peat because my sand is too fine I think. Both work well enough.
 
I have read about a technique for acclimatising heliamphoras, they will cut a piece of the bag away every few days untill it's totally exposed

as for media, currently my favourite is peat and sand, but i feel like for a un established cutting, LFS(with perlite?) might be superior.
 
I would agree with others who suggest allowing the plants to develop a bit more. Recently, I uprooted a very old plant and divided its rhizome into a dozen or more pieces; and I have no intention of disturbing them until next Spring; or even later, if they seem to be thriving. At last count, there were fifteen. The young plants are currently tented with a large ziplock bag with its corners trimmed away, supported by bamboo skewers; and when it is excessively hot, I remove it entirely . . .

Cephalotus follicularis "Hummer's Giant" Summer 2015


My favorite, go-to compost, is still one, originated by Charles Brewer, years ago:

45% dried sphagnum moss
45% medium perlite (or pumice, my preference, since perlite is concentrated pure evil)
8% peat/sand mixture
2% wood charcoal.
 
That's an interesting mix. Is the LFS finely chopped or just "as is"?
 
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