Division and repotting of Darlingtonia californica

[werds]

The day finally come, the undo of this nice pot...super crowded pot. Once one of the big attractions in APPC exhibitions, hope soon the new pot will be better ande better :) 

 

The pot, completely full, even asking for a breath of fresh air  :) 

 

 

Shoots that I pulled out around the pot

 

Pot removed to start separating everything    

 

What a mess...

 

What poor air circulation and a crowded pot may do..rhizome in very bad condition

 

I think this must be the mother of them all lol, just look at the size of this rhizome:

 

Cleaning all divisions..done

 

Dried leaves and withdrawn substrate

 

The "cobras" all together and clean, contains a total of 17 individual plants without counting stolons

 

Plants submerged in water + small portion of polysect ultra SL to kill any pest that there are in the plants. Staying like this 48h.

 

 

Notes: Transplanting and division thereof should not be done at this time, but in the early spring or winter, due to my availability can only be done now.

 

Edited August 11, 2016 by werds

[danthecpman]

That's a lot of cobras in one pot!

[werds]

 

Same clay pot in 15/01/2013

[Botanical Ninja]

Awesome! My has that darlingtonia grown like crazy in 3 years :)

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[werds]

Part 2

 

So finally repotting some individual plants..

 

A bigger pot for more 3 years or so...

 

Let´s do this! First a small layer of perlite for a better drainage.

 

Next the soil, first... osmosis water and sphagnum moss

 

+ silica sand

 

After that, perlite + pieces of volcanic rock

 

And for the last, peat

 

Mixture as homogeneous as possible

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For the end, some pics with the plants i choosed for the new house

 

I hope you liked this topic and hope it will help many people ;)