Hi All,
I have a many year old Nepenthes (I believe it's a ventrata, but I honestly am not sure (a subject for another thread)). A few years back, it was vining and got knocked over and broken. I took what cuttings I could salvage, and potted them up, but the main "plant" had nothing left but a woody stem. I left it be and managed to get it to form a new shoot, but it's a basal shoot (I think), and it's a good 2" above the soil line (it only started barely above the soil line). This is largely due to the length of the woody stem I had to deal with once there was nothing left.
It's growing super slow (makes sense). I'm curious if I should attempt to repot it, and get that basal rosette down into the soil. If so, should I treat it like a cutting and bag it, or just normal growing and hope it'll grow some new roots out of the base of the rosette? Or just leave it as is, and live with it?
For reference, it's in LFS, Charcoal, and Bark. I think about 2:1:1-ish. Pot is a relatively small Rand Aircone pot (I love these things).
See attached picture.
Thanks!
I have a many year old Nepenthes (I believe it's a ventrata, but I honestly am not sure (a subject for another thread)). A few years back, it was vining and got knocked over and broken. I took what cuttings I could salvage, and potted them up, but the main "plant" had nothing left but a woody stem. I left it be and managed to get it to form a new shoot, but it's a basal shoot (I think), and it's a good 2" above the soil line (it only started barely above the soil line). This is largely due to the length of the woody stem I had to deal with once there was nothing left.
It's growing super slow (makes sense). I'm curious if I should attempt to repot it, and get that basal rosette down into the soil. If so, should I treat it like a cutting and bag it, or just normal growing and hope it'll grow some new roots out of the base of the rosette? Or just leave it as is, and live with it?
For reference, it's in LFS, Charcoal, and Bark. I think about 2:1:1-ish. Pot is a relatively small Rand Aircone pot (I love these things).
See attached picture.
Thanks!
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