Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 14:13:17 -0500 From: "Judy Clark" <jclark2712@email.msn.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg308$foo@default> Subject: Propagation of Mexician PINGS
Hello all With the onset of colder weather and lower light levels its time
to propagate the Mexician Pinguiculas . First of all you will have noticed
that they srank down three or four inches .This is there winter rosetts or
resting buds. Besides removing plants that have clumped up into seperate
pots I grow them in shallow flats so I can have more room to grow a entire
season without having to be moved again.First dig up the ping carefully (the
roots are very fragile) I use a pencil or like object next you carefully
break off the lower leaves with a downward motion lay them top side up in a
8" pot at random over the soil surface . Do NOT bury them they will rot very
fast . Put them in the best light available and around 60 to70 degrees .In
about two weeks you see small plantlets growing from the ends .At theend of
the first year they will be about as big as a US half dollar.It takes two
years to become adult plant and the cycle becomes complete and you can do it
all over again . They do respond to fertlizer very well. Mist sprayed with
Miracid ect. one half tablespoon per gallon mist about every two weeks while
actively growing.The soil mix I use is 2 parts vermiculite 1part peat moss
.I might add ,the adult plants sould be barely moist during this winter
growth period. These are wonderful litte plants that if you have alot of
them will be in FLOWER all year long.They always bring a smile to my poor
face in the dead of winter when everythang else is asleep. David
Crump@Carolina Carnivorous Gardens.......
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