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N. spathulata x robcantleyi

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Mikhail kujawa, Apr 9, 2018.

  1. Mikhail kujawa

    Mikhail kujawa Well-Known Member

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    Nice Mikhail! What are you growing in? I have a seedling robcantleyi that is developing large pitchers, but is not extending into a vine yet. I have it it a large net pot with a NZ Sphagnum, tree fern, sponge rock mix.
     
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    Im growing it in coco fiber peat with perlite. The mix you have sounds really good. I have two Rob clones and one is in the peat and another is in pure Kanuma. So far the growth is exactly the same. I like using the coco peat because it's so much cheaper and works just as well as Kanuma or sphagnum.

    This plant is only now this year vining.
     
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    Thanks, I'll have to try the peat.
     
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    Pretty big pitchers! How frequently do you repot with coco peat based media? Do you remove the old media? I usually use dried sphagnum:sponge rock=1:1 (and live sphag topping) for Nepenthes. With this media, roots get damaged quite a bit when I repot.
     
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    I only repot when the plants outgrow the pot. Good idea on the media! I've found they not that picky about media. But yes disturbing the roots can really set them back. I don't remove any old media, unless its really bad. They do much better this way. So far I have never had any problems, just pluses.
     
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    How old is your plant, Mikhail? This is really massive!
     
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    It's 4 years old to date. It did a lot of growing and seems like most grow fast after a certain point.
     
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    Wow! That's a big pitcher. Congrats!