linuxman Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Hi, I've only had my DC for just over a year and these are the first stolons it has produced. My question is what to do with them? Should I just leave them and wait for the plantlets to mature and then detach them, or train them back into the moss so they take root there, or something else? ATM they don't seem to have any roots of their own. Sorry for the bad photo, but it's the only shot I can get. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates666 Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Hi Martin In that sort of position I would put a seperate pot of your usual medium next to the pot (if you can) and plant the plantlet in it. Leave the stolon and plant connected whilst the new plant develops its own root system, then cut it off (next year). You can put it back into the original pot if the stolon will bend enough without breaking, but then you will presumably have to dig it up at a later date to repot it anyway. The stolons will grow to seemingly unfeasable lengths, so they generally end up going round and round pots throwing up plants as they go, if you can train them into other pots so much the better as it will give the mother plant and babies more room, but it is a bit of a faf in know. Looks like a happy healthy chappie though. Best of luck cheers steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted August 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Thanks Steve. Can't really get to the plant without dismantling the greenhouse, so they'll have to wait until winter. As you can see from the photo there are at least 3 plantlets growing there. Do you think they come from the same stolon or are the ends of 3 separate ones? The moss has grown really well since I started using a solar powered pump in the water tray. I wonder if that's helped the production of babies? Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates666 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Hi Martin If you have to wait till winter that will be fine as long as you dont cut the stolon but perhaps more importantly if it starts to make roots they will need to be kept wet or they will wither, and I'm not sure how good they are at making endless sets of new roots even when still attached to the stolon, something I've never tried so cant say I'm afraid. Mine always appear somewhere in my bog ready planted and rooted. They could be the result of a single stolon growing round the outside of the pot, or multiples, you wont know till you dig them up, but it shows that the plant is happy that they are there at all. You could well be right about your solar pump and water tray encouraging growth, all the percieved wisdom is that this helps greatly, but they also say it should be cold running water and I assume yours is a recirculation system in a greenhouse, which would indicate warmer water temperatures so it shouldnt contribute as much as cold water. Again one of the many things I dont know, perhaps the growth rate has more to do with entrained oxygen in the water rather than temperature? Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Those look like two separate stolons to me,a small tug should tell you if they are the same one,you'll feel the other one move. Usually when darlingtonia are repotted,the first thing they do when rooted back in is,send out stolons to the egde of the pot.I think they do it just to see how much space they have. As Steve said,in a pot the stolons go round and round and round,but in trays of moss they do much better.I think its the bigger surface area that keeps it cooler and allows the roots more oxygen because they are spread out more,rather than being cramped together in a pot. ada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxman Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Those look like two separate stolons to me,a small tug should tell you if they are the same one,you'll feel the other one move. Usually when darlingtonia are repotted,the first thing they do when rooted back in is,send out stolons to the egde of the pot.I think they do it just to see how much space they have. As Steve said,in a pot the stolons go round and round and round,but in trays of moss they do much better.I think its the bigger surface area that keeps it cooler and allows the roots more oxygen because they are spread out more,rather than being cramped together in a pot. ada Ada, you are right, they are separate stolons. There's also another going to the other end of the tray. As suggested I've placed a small pot of sphagnum under each plantlet in case roots develop. Hopefully should get 4 or 5 new plants from these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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