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N. ventrata propagation cuttings or division?
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seedjar
Let's positive thinking!
Some people say that basals are a drain on the mother plant, but that's never been my experience. The only time I've had plants with basals die are when the mother was already extremely stressed, I.E. already on the verge of death. I don't think crowding is much of a factor unless you're using small pots. I have some Neps in three- or four-inch diameter pots, but all of my big ones are in 10" square net pots, and they throw up basals and branching stems like crazy. I think the biggest thing to worry about with crowding is light penetration - I did lose one basal on my N. sanguinea group planting when five vines sprang up within the same square inch. The poor thing's leaves could hardly unfurl, and it was shaded from all sides. I assume the mother plant figured it wasn't worth the trouble. But that's the only time I've lost a basal when the cause wasn't obvious and long-term stress.
I think that unpotting the plant to divide up the basals will slow it down more than taking cuttings, but I don't cut or repot my Neps often so that's just an educated guess.
~Joe
I think that unpotting the plant to divide up the basals will slow it down more than taking cuttings, but I don't cut or repot my Neps often so that's just an educated guess.
~Joe
jimscott
Tropical Fish Enthusiast
I recently took a gangly (at least) 4 year old plant and made 3 cuttings from it. And then I took the mother plant and put it into a pot. I'm sure I set it back by all that surgery and displacement but there are two green shoot / leaves growing. So.... it certainly has the potential to with stand a bit of hacking.
