Hi,
I posted this process on 14th of October in the German Forum (Hart im Nehmen - tough)
https://forum.carnivoren.org/forums/topic/50111-hart-im-nehmen/
It is almost unbelievable that the plants survived, but they are as I wrote, tough.
Harro
Hi,
I like to show you some pics of my tuberous Drosera.
D. browniana
D. collina
D. erythorhiza
D. lowriei, giant form
D. aff. stolonifera, mini hills form
I want to show you my Giant Dr. König, got it as a small offshoot. So far I have found that leaf cuttings grow very fast.Roots has formed within 3 weeks. Other clones sometimes
need month to do this.
Harro
I`m growing my sarravenias outside in a bog without any protection . Here in the Black Forest/Germany I had temperatures down to - 15°C. At the moment -11 C. I had no losses due to the low temperatures over the years.
The best is you start with heads of shagnum. For a tray of 60x40 cm you need about 4 litre of them. Drill 2 holes about 3 cm from the bottom. My tray is outside. The holes prevet that the rain covers all the shagnum. The first time it takes about 2 - 3 month till the moss reaches the top of the tray. Then you can cut it with a scissors. The rest which stays in the tray recovers and it starts all over again. Don`t use any soil only the pure shagnum with rainwater.
Oh, there is a misunderstanding. I use these cups only for rooting Cheph. rhizomes and in connexction if you repot. All the other are without it . So what I have heard about Ceph, in Australia. They always groe near or beside swams or very wet areas.
Hi,
it is hard to say what causes this trouble. I grew Ceph. for many years. In summertime they are in a tray with a steady waterlevel of about 2-3 cm. In the winter I spay them. The substrat is only wet then.
My substrat consists of mainly lime free sand of different grain size, perlite and a bit of peat (about 10%) and Seramis. More and more here in Germany using this substrat.
If I had the problem you have I would repot the plants in a different substrat and use maybe smooties Cups or something else like that. You can see it at the pics.
Mak