Nepenthes cuttings methods

[Camden M]

What’s your guy’s best method of getting nepenthes to take from cuttings?

 

[Grey Moss]

I like to pot them in pure perlite and then sit the pots in a half inch of water. That seems to keep them moist enough without too much of a risk of rot

 

[Camden M]

Rot in just pure water?

 

[Grey Moss]

So more sensitive species definitely can

 

[Camden M]

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[Camden M]

Hey so would keikei paste work or would it only block water?

 

[DragonsEye]

I just stick cuttings in damp sphag (make sure you have at least one node buried). I don’t pack the sphag tightly. Then put the plant — pot and all — in a clear plastic bag. Blow up the bag like you would a balloon and tie it off. Or, if you have one of those plastic containers many grocery stores as well as Sams and Costco sell cooked rotisserie chickens in, you can put the potted cuttings in there. Place the “nursery“ in a warm brightly lit area. No direct sun. Check the media intermittently to make sure it isnt drying out.

 

[Grey Moss]

I defintely would not use keiki paste on a cutting. As far as I know it does not encourage root formation in any way.