Howdy all, I got an N. fusca cutting from this year's NASC auction and somehow it just doesn't seem to be working out for me and it. The bottom part of the stem just blackens and dies without rooting. I don't feel too worried about the plant itself because it's GROWING. The cutting has formed two or more leaves since I've had it. While that's great and all, I suspect that it could be a symptom of the same thing keeping the cutting from rooting:
My guess is humidity is too high. It gets to be in the 80's in the tank on warm days, and there's not much air flow so the humidity shoots up. It also cools down at night. The whole time I've had the cutting put in pure lfs. Despite using rooting hormone, this doesn't seem to be working...
So, as it stands, if I were to get no replies I would: Cut off the black part, make inscisions along the bottom inch or so, dip it in rooting hormone, put it in a media that that wont hold as much moisture (perlite, I guess,) and leave it out of the tank where the humidity is lower and it could be protected from the night time temp drops (because I dunno how grand that is for a cutting)- BUT since I hope to get replies, I'll probably deviate at least a little bit from that plan. So, can someone help me get my cutting to root?
Thanks to all that reply.
My guess is humidity is too high. It gets to be in the 80's in the tank on warm days, and there's not much air flow so the humidity shoots up. It also cools down at night. The whole time I've had the cutting put in pure lfs. Despite using rooting hormone, this doesn't seem to be working...
So, as it stands, if I were to get no replies I would: Cut off the black part, make inscisions along the bottom inch or so, dip it in rooting hormone, put it in a media that that wont hold as much moisture (perlite, I guess,) and leave it out of the tank where the humidity is lower and it could be protected from the night time temp drops (because I dunno how grand that is for a cutting)- BUT since I hope to get replies, I'll probably deviate at least a little bit from that plan. So, can someone help me get my cutting to root?
Thanks to all that reply.