Date: Fri, 13 Nov 98 17:53 EST From: dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3577$foo@default> Subject: Re: Re: Nitrozyme
> (By the way, I am not talking about just getting a dormant but to break. I
> now have 2 plants which I sprayed 4 days after cutting the tip, that now
> have 4 dormant nodes breaking. Sorry Steve this is not the normal
> progression of a Nepenthes plant after cutting the stem, and even if it is
> a once and a while occurance, you do not get this response on every plant
> in question.)
Dear List,
I'm not sure who wrote this, but that doesn't really sound very
impressive. My Nepenthes do grow like this too (with only poor old
Superthive to boost them up, but I think it only really helps the
roots--so that shouldn't increase 'bud-breakage'. Mostly, after
taking a cutting, some of the buds that break out will become
dominant and the weaker one(s) can go dormant again (or die, I'm
not sure). Wait to see if all these buds continue to grow. But
then, I have found this is a special trait and some species will let
more buds grow at once than others, at least in my conditions.
? Do you really think it would be a good idea to kick start so
many dormant buds at once, anyway? Also, with kiki paste, you
get to choose what bud, or there abouts, you want to grow out.
Very handy, in my opinion.
Oh yeah, someone also mentioned a much faster growth rate for
the treated plants. Once, after using Superthive on a N.rajah,
it starting growing very fast, up to two leaves a month. Then
it stopped. Dead. Not the plant, but it's rate of growth.
Using Superthrive again did not help, so I don't know what to
think of this. Perhaps all the changes had to do with soil and
temperature more than any additives that I added. That's why
you have to use a control (and this doesn't mean one individual,
but a sufficiently sized group called the control) for your
experiment to have any true value.
Dave Evans
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