Sarracenia - Re potting & Dividing
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Sarracenia (North American pitcher plants) need to be divided and re-potted around every 3 years or so. Why? Over time Sarracenia form woody tissue around the center of the rhizome. When you divide them you have the opportunity to remove the woody tissue. You can also divide and separate the fleshy rhizomes. The rhizomes can then be potted into fresh peat moss. This allows the plant's roots to grow in open peat moss resulting in healthy pitchers. This is the first of a 2 video series examining how to best divide and re-pot North American pitcher plants and Venus Flytraps.
Best Time To Divide Sarracenia
The best time to divide and re-pot North American pitcher plants is late winter or early Spring when they're just awakening. The plants have had the time to replenish their energy reserves. The plants seem to recover quicker during these times and are less affected by the 'trauma' of rhizome division.
Understanding How To Divide Sarracenia Successfully
In this video I demonstrate the best way to divide Sarracenia. Learn what tools and techniques you need to be able to divide / re-pot Sarracenia successfully and with minimum stress to your plants. Learn why sterilization is so important and how you can effectively sterilize your tools.
Finally learn how to re-pot your plants resulting in less stress to your plants and faster recovery for the growing season ahead.
Stay tuned for part 2 where I demonstrate how I divide and re-pot Venus Flytraps quickly, effectively and with minimum stress to your plants.
Happy dividing and growing to you all!
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Clear and well done - Thanks !
You're welcome......I'm glad you enjoyed the video....
I'm no expert. After using the tap water to clean the roots, do you soak them in soft water?
2nd question: What is the best time to so this process? I was assuming mid winter would be ok, but agian I'm no expert lol.
Hi there .....yes I like to rinse the roots in soft water. Ideally you want to divide the plants when they're dormant with no new pitchers emerging from the rhizome. If you divide them later in the season when new pitchers start emerging then its a lot harder to divide the plants without breaking the fragile new shoots.
Hi, Happy New Year. I had to do this with my Sarracenia Dana's Delight. It got way too big. Do you plant right away? What about the fresh cut? Should I wait for it to heal before burning? Hope you're doing well.
This is an old question, but there has been no response.
Planting right away is best. You can spray the cut/break with a sulfur based fungicide if you wish, but I never bother.
Many species do not require cutting - they either naturally break apart or can be broken apart fairly easily by hand. When you do so, it is good to trim off any ragged part of the break - but even that is not necessary.
I have hundreds of plants that need dividing every late winter, so cannot take the time for all the gentle care shown in the video - I don't have that luxury. I just unpot, agitate vigorously in the water tub, then break apart or cut divisions as desired. I then wash again in the tub and clean up the rhizome - then finally replant.
I am in Zone 8 and my plants seem to do fine with the cavalier treatment I give them - they are a lot more hardy than most people believe.
@@buggsy5 Cool thank you for the tips. Would be cool to see videos of your plants. We need more hobbyists just showing and sharing their plants.