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hollyhock wrote:Now I wish I knew which stalk was which... King Henry, dentate, typical, all flowered this year and I took stalk cuttings...Oh well just have to wait and see....

Dentate will be easy to ID. The others not so much at least until they get some size.

Congratulations on the nice strike rate!

Would you mind answering a few question?

What media did you use? 1:1, peatmoss:sand or something different?
Did you put your pot in a bag or D.O.D. to raise humidity?
Was the pot inside or outside?
How much light? Full direct sun? Open shade? Or something in between?
Any rooting hormone?

I'm 0 for 3 so far this year.
I see a new scape emerging from my typical now and I thought I'd try it your way.
Thanks in advance.
Good growing,
Mike

My flytrap's are all outside... I use a peat/sand mix.I really don't think that the media is as important as keeping the soil wetter at the surface.. I have had them strike in pure LFSM.
Remember there aren't any roots yet. Everything is going on just below the surface. I have rooting gel but forgot to use it. So it couldn't hurt to use it. It works great for my ceph leaf pullings. I do believe that cutting the stalk from the plant at about an inch or so works best for me and straight across as close to the base as possible. I have only ever used the whole stalk. I know that you can use a longer stalk and cut it up into pieces but that hasn't worked for me. I hope this helps and I wish you great success with your stalk strikes. Be patient.. and keep us updated....
Oh and don't worry when the top turns a little black..

And lastly don't pull them out to "peek" if they are doing anything because you most likely would break the tiny roots...