Date: Wed, 19 Mar 97 19:02 EST From: dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1001$foo@default> Subject: Re: Re: rooting Nepenthes
> Has anyone tried rooting Nepenthes in just water, or is this the sort of
> thing that everyone tries for themselves and gets dead cuttings?
Yes, you can root in water.
> How well does gibberillic acid work for CP, especially Neps.?
It breaks dormancies (useful), and promotes long internodes (almost
always bad). No use for Neps that I know of.
> I believe that I overfertilized last August but now I am getting
> frustrated. I have it in a pot of peat:vermiculite:sand in a 2:1:1 ratio
> with live sphagnum on top. There is always 1-2 inches of R/O water that the
> pot sits in and I sparay twice a day. I have two orchids as well as the
> other CP, and the orchids are verry happy.
> My N. ampullaria which I received in the mail in January died back to 1/2
> of one leaf and a shoot that just sits there.
That's an Old Wives' tale. Perhaps if you burn the roots with too
much fertilizer, you will get poor results... Anyway, it sounds
like the plants (N.mirablis and N.ampullaria) could use more heat.
Often, lowlanders that don't pitcher, will after an increase in
temperture.
Dave Evans
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