pulsar Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 As I've 2 large quite old cephalotus decided it was time to split them Here's a few photos before they were split up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wozzen Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Great stuff pulsar - really good roots. What was your mixture?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsar Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 50/50 peat and perlite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 How many plants did you split them down to pulsar?. Keep us posted on your success mate as many feel that re potting / splitting plants is risky at best!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tish Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Nice healthy roots pulsar. How deep were the pots. And what is the new pot height? Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapperhead51 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 yes they grow well for you , lots of good white new rhizomes and tap roots, hope you did this in very early spring or last bit of winter, as they will go back wards for a time , and need to spring time grow time to get going again in most causes, show us some photos in a month from now please ,would be very keen to see what they do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsar Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Got 8 quite good divisions with some root system on them all maybe 4 not so good sections,and about 20 leaves for cuttings but most of those were pichers.I tend to have less success with rooting pitchers than I do non carnivorous leaves They were split a few days ago later than I normally split but guess half should be ok.I would normally split around December and move them into a heated propagator The pot was about 6 inches deep originally but moved them to much smaller 8 cm pots till they establish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tish Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) 8 diversions. Nice! Maybe I should split my 2 pot of small cephs since they seems to have 2 to 3 diversion now. Thw last time I split the main pot was last nov I think. Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk Edited May 7, 2014 by tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsar Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 id leave them as they are if they are split on a regular basis they never really develop large pitchers or fully mature the one i split was about 4 years old 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 I have found that splitting small plants can set them back a few years, compared to the plants left whole until they mature. You are better off waiting until it develops long enough rhizomes to have separate root systems with each growth point. It only when they get to be fairly large that I take divisions regularly, and that amounts to separating off the shoots that come up away from the main clump, as they start to mature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tish Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) This was aug 2013 when i split my ceph into 3 After the repot. Many pitcher dried n died as expected due to disturbance in the roots. I'm sure I accidentally pull out some roots. In 3 to 4 monts later in dec 2013 they look like this. I think some growth did slow down. But luckily 1 diversions wasn't affected much and seems to be growing well. Dec2013 Yes I think I should not split my pot now. Let it grow bigger. Perhaps I'll take more leaf to grow. Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk Edited May 8, 2014 by tish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veek Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Got 8 quite good divisions with some root system on them all maybe 4 not so good sections,and about 20 leaves for cuttings but most of those were pichers.I tend to have less success with rooting pitchers than I do non carnivorous leaves They were split a few days ago later than I normally split but guess half should be ok.I would normally split around December and move them into a heated propagator The pot was about 6 inches deep originally but moved them to much smaller 8 cm pots till they establish With cuttings from pitchers I tend to have more succes if I put the pot in a closed plastic bag keeping the humidity high that way. The pitchers don't dry out as easily as they would normally do this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 With cuttings from pitchers I tend to have more succes if I put the pot in a closed plastic bag keeping the humidity high that way. The pitchers don't dry out as easily as they would normally do this way. i just fill the pitchers,seems to work for me in sphagnum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsar Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 yes they grow well for you , lots of good white new rhizomes and tap roots, hope you did this in very early spring or last bit of winter, as they will go back wards for a time , and need to spring time grow time to get going again in most causes, show us some photos in a month from now please ,would be very keen to see what they do here are a few photos after about 2 months the vast majority did survive and seem to be growing or rooting fine got a few leaf cuttings and pitcher cuttings to root,but not a great deal as it was a little late in the year for cuttings at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolpenthes Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Great work! Use any hormone/fungicides? Ng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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