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I have some aquatic utric. in my tropical fish tank.> it's growing like crazy but blocking light to the other plants. do they form roots? I need to know how to secure it to the bottom of the tank. can I just plant it in the gravel? thanks, Zero :)

great video!

UPDATED 5/25 I transferred the plantlets to there pots yesterday here is a pic of the mother plants and the pullings. soil used was 1:1:1:1 peat-pearlite-vermiculite-sand with a top dressing of chopped lfs. everything seems to be going well so far and I will gradually be introducing the plantlets into more light to speed growth up. I'll add some closup pics tomorrow peace, Zero

in my post on leaf pullings I added some pics of the mini terreriums they are in. 5/19 peace, Adam

some new pics of the mini terr. they are in plus a couple others I will be starting to transfer these tommorow some to new pots others to the pots the mother plants are in closed open other pics peace, Adam

what Stu said is right. something like vermiculite will not easily grow molds, fungus and bacteria something like peat can be overun with differn't molds, fungus, or bacterias very quickly. peace, Adam :cya:

Michael- yes it seems most mexican pings form plantlets from the point of attatchment to the mother plant. I also know that I have seen a few pics of other pings forming plantlets all over the leaves, I guesss it just depends on what ping you are trying to propagate. can any other more experianced forum members shed some light on this question? PEACE, Adam :)

Stu the 1st and 3rd pic is Pinguicula ehlersiae leaf pullings the 2nd pic is Pinguicula jaumavensis. I also have a few leaf pullings of Pinguicula moctezumae X kohres in another pot not shown in the pics. thanks for the replies Peace, Adam :poked: :reappear:

so the plants will survive on the vermiculite for a while longer? it seems some of the plantlets have actually lifted the mother leaves of of the verm. :) :?: Michael, it was easier than I thought to get to this point with the pullings. I bought 3 mexi pings and they arrived bareroot so all I did was pull about half the leaves off from each plant. the entire leaf comes off with Very little effort. the mother plants have fully recovered in just a few weeks. I just put moist verm into a 4 inch drip tray placed the leaves on top of the verm then put another 4 inch drip tray inverted on top to make a mini greenhouse. they have been kept at room temp with some light from a cpf lamp. I'm pretty sure sunlight would roast them at this point. if these plants take when I repot them I'll have some for free or trade. Peace, Adam

I started these leaf pullings when I got the plants just following some Very basic info I found on-line. The leaves were pulled off whole, they are from mexican pings and these I think were the succulent winter leaves. they where placed on 100% vermiculite that is damp, in a mini humidome. I need to know if they look ready to plant and how do I PLANT them this small. they are at 100% humidity and I was hoping to transfer some of them into the pots with the mother plants, but humidity is a lot less at 50- 75%. the rest I am open to suggestions. do I just plant in regular mexi ping soil and expose them to the completely differn't enviroment the mother plants are in? should the soil be kept very wet to begin with? I have killed every ping I have gotten so far except for these mexi pings which I only got a few weeks ago pics of the cuttings Are these large enough to plant on there own? I transferred the plantlets to there pots yesterday here is a pic of the mother plants and the pullings. soil used was 1:1:1:1 peat-pearlite-vermiculite-sand with a top dressing of chopped lfs. everything seems to be going well so far and I will gradually be introducing the plantlets into more light to speed growth up.

Hi, thanks for the responses. I grow them in a window where they get a few hours of morning sunlight, then bright light the rest of the day. My other neps are doing great so I don't think it's the growing conditions. Peace, Adam

I recieved these n ventricosa cuttings about 10 monthes ago and they have not done hardly any growing. they came rooted on these long pieces of stem and I was wondering if I could cut the part that is growing out of the old vine off and stick it in the soil to grow pics thanks, Adam