Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:35:53 +0100 From: Phil Wilson <cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2114$foo@default> Subject: Re: dividing darlingtonia
In message <200007131730.KAA12830@tlaloc.sfsu.edu>, William Tsun-Yuk Hsu
<hsu@tlaloc.sfsu.edu> writes
>My darlingtonia put out two new clumps of baby pitchers
>away from the main plant. Is it safe to divide them
>during growing season, or should I wait till dormancy?
>If it is possible to divide them now, what precautions
>should I take? Thanks!
>
Darlingtonia quite conveniently self propagate by sending up runners
which surface and then produce a new plant. Often the runner will
continue to produce another plant.
You should be able to gently pull the new plants free from the soil in
the pot without disturbing the parent plant. As long as the new plant
has some roots you can detach it from the runner without risk of harm to
it or the parent plant.
Its better to take the new plants now rather than wait. The sooner you
take them the smaller their roots will be which means less disturbance
for them as well as the parent plant.
Regards,
Phil Wilson
Email: cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk
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