Thank you! I’m very surprised about how much I success I got on just the kitchen towel this time round. The last few years I’ve just used sphag with varied success. Hope you’ll be able to get some of your ehlesiae! I’ve propagated some super tiny rotundiflora leaves recently which have just started to work😁
With Mexican Pinguicula you can do leaf pullings any time of the year but you tend to have more success when the plant is dormant and has entered its succulent phase where the leaves do not have dew. But personally I have success year round
Have you ever added any limestone grit or calcium to your Mexican Pings? From research it seems most of them grow on Limestone rocks in situ, wondering if it will help. Also looking at growing them on a pumice or lava rock sitting in a dish of water 👍🏼. Great content as usual!!
Thanks, I don’t keep my Mexican Pinguicula in the greenhouse during the winter. However this year I kept a couple of weser in the Greenhouse which are still alive. I keep the pings in there usually just for the warmest seasons and being them in as temperatures lower. If keeping outside they are kept dry in order to prevent rot
I honestly have not found any difference at all between new leaves and old leaves and personally like to take older leaves. However there is obviously differences between healthy leaves and those half spent. So as long as the leaf is healthy you have a good chance of success
I just started with fly traps, sarracenia pitcher plant, sundew (drosera capensis) and butterwort (pinguicula tina) My Venus fly traps have died but the sundew and butterwort is doing fine. I have them around 6months now. I have taken 4 leaf pulling from the butterwort and 4 leaf cuttings from my sundew. I noticed you have a lot of green moss around your plants. What kind of moss is this? Do they prefere to have some moss with them? Can I put the new growth (hopefully in few weeks) together with other plants? Like a little sendew or butterwort in the pot where my pitcher plant is? Or do I put all the little ones together in a dish like you? Cause I haven't bought any peat moss or pearlite yet, but if they won't grow with another adult plant then I will buy some. I'm enjoying my new hobby and I want to make sure they are happy plants 💕🌱
Welcome to the hobby! The moss which grows in my pots comes naturally over time and I often use it for support and decoration. However for most of my propagations I use sphagnum moss to aid seedlings, which can usually be found at your local garden centres or DIY stores. You can transfer them into pots with other plants however I like to keep my younger plants together but doesn't have to be a dish, a small pot will do. Hope this helps! Any more questions just ask! :)
That would be a preference thing, they could definitely grow with your other plants so long as it isn’t to crowded that you lose air circulation. Some people like the clean/specimen look of just one plant in a pot, personally I prefer the natural look and do mixed plantings when I can
Ok thanks guys. My pullings became black, I tried again and last week I got a hit in both plants. My pitcher plant died because of scale 😭 My citrus tree got them and now they're both dead. (Citrus hopefully savable) But how weird why don't they consume the scale? They eat other insect tho
@@jessica-ov6js scale is on the outside usually, imadocloprid is your friend, just make sure you dilute it for carnivores. Saved my collection from a nasty mealy bug infestation this summer. Wouldn’t recommend it for flytraps though, the traps started coming out really wonky after
Mexican Pinguicula are rather odd and will just go dormant whenever suits them. I don’t influence dormancy with them and will go dormant whenever they feel like it
If you cover the pullings then it will keep relatively moist without the need of much watering. I usually get a spray bottle and dampen the outside of the kitchen towel to keep it moist, this is also what I do with media as well
I've tried propagating some sundews using the root cutting method. It worked well, but they didn't last too long after repotting. I'm trying this method (with pings), but still afraid of the repotting step.
When doing my Drosera, I just take the leaves out of the water when the babies have little roots and put them into a large nursery tray with spagnum moss on the bottom (No holes in the tray) I cover the dried spagnum moss with my dirt mixture of; spagnum peat moss, pererilite, and sand. Wet the medium and put the leaf with babies on top, making sure the roots get into the dirt. I cover the nursery tray with the plastic high cover lid and put in a warm (not hot) place with indirect sun and mist with rain water when needed. They grow into nice small plants 3 inches the I plant into their own pots of dirt mixture. For me it's been 100% . Now I have too many!
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I want to thank you for your wonderful tutorials! I have learned so much from you! You are great! Lori
Thank you 😊
I just want to thank you for all the content you make, Keep up the good work!
Thank you for watching and your comment. I’m glad you’re enjoying the content 😁
I will give that a try with my cuttings. Great video 📹 👍
Thank you! Good luck with your attempt 😁
Terrific video. I’m giving this a shot with some cuttings from one of my pings. Thank you!
Good luck 😁
Thank you, I'm gonna try this. Greetings from Belgium.
Well done! Yes they are just that easy! I have to try it with my ehlersiae but she is VERY small!
Thank you! I’m very surprised about how much I success I got on just the kitchen towel this time round. The last few years I’ve just used sphag with varied success. Hope you’ll be able to get some of your ehlesiae! I’ve propagated some super tiny rotundiflora leaves recently which have just started to work😁
Nice collection. When is the best time of year to propagate using the leaf pulling method?
With Mexican Pinguicula you can do leaf pullings any time of the year but you tend to have more success when the plant is dormant and has entered its succulent phase where the leaves do not have dew. But personally I have success year round
Have you ever added any limestone grit or calcium to your Mexican Pings? From research it seems most of them grow on Limestone rocks in situ, wondering if it will help. Also looking at growing them on a pumice or lava rock sitting in a dish of water 👍🏼. Great content as usual!!
Hi. Nice video. Do you keep your Mexican pinguiculas in an unheated greenhouses all year round?
Thanks, I don’t keep my Mexican Pinguicula in the greenhouse during the winter. However this year I kept a couple of weser in the Greenhouse which are still alive. I keep the pings in there usually just for the warmest seasons and being them in as temperatures lower. If keeping outside they are kept dry in order to prevent rot
Y thank youuu awesome vid
Thanks for the video. Do newer leaves have better success rate versus the older leaves at the bottom?
I honestly have not found any difference at all between new leaves and old leaves and personally like to take older leaves. However there is obviously differences between healthy leaves and those half spent. So as long as the leaf is healthy you have a good chance of success
@@carnivorous_plant_girl thank you. 💕
Viva México 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 I am mexican
I just started with fly traps, sarracenia pitcher plant, sundew (drosera capensis) and butterwort (pinguicula tina) My Venus fly traps have died but the sundew and butterwort is doing fine. I have them around 6months now. I have taken 4 leaf pulling from the butterwort and 4 leaf cuttings from my sundew. I noticed you have a lot of green moss around your plants. What kind of moss is this? Do they prefere to have some moss with them? Can I put the new growth (hopefully in few weeks) together with other plants? Like a little sendew or butterwort in the pot where my pitcher plant is? Or do I put all the little ones together in a dish like you? Cause I haven't bought any peat moss or pearlite yet, but if they won't grow with another adult plant then I will buy some. I'm enjoying my new hobby and I want to make sure they are happy plants 💕🌱
Welcome to the hobby! The moss which grows in my pots comes naturally over time and I often use it for support and decoration. However for most of my propagations I use sphagnum moss to aid seedlings, which can usually be found at your local garden centres or DIY stores. You can transfer them into pots with other plants however I like to keep my younger plants together but doesn't have to be a dish, a small pot will do. Hope this helps! Any more questions just ask! :)
That would be a preference thing, they could definitely grow with your other plants so long as it isn’t to crowded that you lose air circulation. Some people like the clean/specimen look of just one plant in a pot, personally I prefer the natural look and do mixed plantings when I can
Ok thanks guys. My pullings became black, I tried again and last week I got a hit in both plants. My pitcher plant died because of scale 😭 My citrus tree got them and now they're both dead. (Citrus hopefully savable)
But how weird why don't they consume the scale? They eat other insect tho
@@jessica-ov6js scale is on the outside usually, imadocloprid is your friend, just make sure you dilute it for carnivores. Saved my collection from a nasty mealy bug infestation this summer. Wouldn’t recommend it for flytraps though, the traps started coming out really wonky after
@@brycerush98 what is my friend?! lol no idea what that is
Great video! Once you have your new plants, do you let them have their dormancy afterwards or do you skip the first one? Thanks again!
Mexican Pinguicula are rather odd and will just go dormant whenever suits them. I don’t influence dormancy with them and will go dormant whenever they feel like it
@@carnivorous_plant_girl, thanks!
How do you recommend watering them?
If you cover the pullings then it will keep relatively moist without the need of much watering. I usually get a spray bottle and dampen the outside of the kitchen towel to keep it moist, this is also what I do with media as well
I've tried propagating some sundews using the root cutting method. It worked well, but they didn't last too long after repotting. I'm trying this method (with pings), but still afraid of the repotting step.
I find with Pinguicula it is easier than Drosera for the new propagations to repot due to their quick growth rate and shallow root system
When doing my Drosera, I just take the leaves out of the water when the babies have little roots and put them into a large nursery tray with spagnum moss on the bottom (No holes in the tray) I cover the dried spagnum moss with my dirt mixture of; spagnum peat moss, pererilite, and sand. Wet the medium and put the leaf with babies on top, making sure the roots get into the dirt. I cover the nursery tray with the plastic high cover lid and put in a warm (not hot) place with indirect sun and mist with rain water when needed. They grow into nice small plants 3 inches the I plant into their own pots of dirt mixture. For me it's been 100% . Now I have too many!
is that tissue for cutting media?
Yep, it is damp kitchen towel, a common base for Pinguicula leaf pullings as they need little to get growing.
Where did you get your P. Aphrodite from?
I got it from a fellow grower on a Facebook selling site
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