manders 612 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) I decided to compost my bad talangensis clone. Emptied the pot out and what i saw looks very odd indeed... Edited September 13, 2015 by manders Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Evans 97 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Maybe you don't want what ever that is in your compost.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manders 612 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Dave, i think its the clone, not some outside factor. Every commercial talangensis plant ive had has been hopeless, my seed grown one grows just like any other nep... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCurrell 75 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 My talangensis is awful but it the only one i have so i'll grow it until i get a decent clone. Haven't seen a pitcher on it since i've had it, it just outs out leaf after leaf. It's in my corner of shame! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manders 612 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 My talangensis is awful but it the only one i have so i'll grow it until i get a decent clone. Haven't seen a pitcher on it since i've had it, it just outs out leaf after leaf. It's in my corner of shame! Yep, sounds all too familiar! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
North West Neps 645 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Coincidentally, i received my 2nd talangensis just last week. I'm hoping for better luck this time, as my 2 year old plant hasn't made one pitcher either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christian Voss 74 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Hi there, interesing behavior of that talangensis clone(s) that I can confirm. I had no real pitcher since some years, only some miniatures ones. Some of them are drying out during forming. I tried different conditions and repotet it many times but couldn't get a better result. My seedgrowns, still small, in contrast to the above mentioned clone do grow and pitcher without any problems. Maybe there's one (or two or more) very bad clone circulating in cultivation. Regards, Christian 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Evans 97 Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Manders, if all the rubbish talangensis are from the same TC batch, perhaps they all have the same exact infectious disease? Just because they got the disease in TC or soon after leaving TC doesn't mean TC is the cause of the condition... That plant really does look messed up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
manders 612 Posted September 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 These dodgy talangensis clones have been around for at least a decade and whatever it is, it doesn't seem to be infectious. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amori 35 Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 And there's me thinking my growing conditions were bad all those years ago. It's somewhat reassuring I wasn't alone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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