Basal shoots

[SnowyFalcon]

How big do you all let basal shoots get before you cut them off? The plant in question is a Nep Coccinea and the basal shoot is nearing 5 inches across.

 

[Spectabilis73]

I don't cut off the basal shoots, i just let them grow with the parent, it looks nice, a big clump of pitchers

 

[monkeyman]

I would leave the shoot on and cut the plant back instead because I like lower pitchers better. But if you want to cut the basal shoot off 5 inches across is more than enough. I usually try to aim for 3 inches at least.

Mike

 

[Darcie]

What can I do to get my Ventricosa to make basil shoots? It's only a 6 inch tall plant, but I'm affraid that if I nip the growing point it will just fork and fall all over it'self.... Oh yah, and how do you know when to replant a Nep anyways?

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Nepenthes make basal shoots when they are good and ready. Most species will grow a great distance before forming one. You can also cut it back till there's about 3-4 inches of stem left and they will usually then sprout basal rosettes because o how close they were hacked down. Repotting a Nepenthes is when they soil becomes "compacted" at least that's how I tell. You can also pull it out to check. Usually the roots will be intertwined in the media and starting the wrap the pot.

 

[Phil traper2]

Darcie the N. Ventricosa makes basal shoots when it is in good highland conditions. My N. ventricosa is 4inches high and has 2 basal shoots. ( Not bragging)

. Phil

 

[schloaty]

I was surprised the other day to see a basal shoot coming up from the soil on my gracilis....This is a cutting that rooted, oh, 3 or 4 months ago. I has produce 3 (or 4?) and 1/2 pitchers (I say "and 1/2" because there is one still forming...). So this plant is young, yet still managed to produce a basal shoot. Is this a common trait of gracilis?

 

[Phil traper2]

Yeah this common congrats.

 

[RamPuppy]

gracillis it probably one of the 'weeds' of the nepenthes family, i have yet to see one that didn't put out basal shoots!

Darcie, there was some talk of experimenting with a product called kiki paste here a while back, I was going to buy some and experiement, but I could not bring myself to spend the money. (It's expensive, and I have other things to spend money on&#33

Any way, what you do with it is gently remove the tissue covering a node, and then cover the node in kiki paste.

the paste is a strong hormone that activates the groth point.

This was designed for orchids, and some people have reported success in Nepenthes, I don't think it has become a widely used method though. (As I said, it's expensive, you wanna spend 30 bucks on a thuimbul full of it, or 30 on a plant?

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