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This is my first winter dormancy with drosera in my bog. Night time temperatures are going to get down to around 40 two nights this week where I am and I figure most of my drosera filiformis and tracyi will begin to think about going dormant soon. My idea is to cut a lot of leaves off these plants to begin leaf propagation indoors under lights. Any reason this is a bad idea?

Shouldn’t be a problem at all.

That sounds like a good plan to me, though I'm a newbie. I dream of having a small forest of Tracyi!!! Are these red (pink flower) or green(anthocyanin free/white flower)? If you end up with too many Tracyi leaves I'd love to get some of them!!!! I've been looking for some affordable plants (not a lot of luck there ), some leaf cuttings would be great! I know you weren't offering them out, but figured I had nothing to lose by putting a bug in your ear about them. Thanks!

chrisaggie wrote: ↑Mon Oct 17, 2022 9:39 pm My idea is to cut a lot of leaves off these plants to begin leaf propagation indoors under lights. Any reason this is a bad idea?

The sooner you cut them, the better. Once the plants start slowing down their growth, you are less likely to get strikes off of the leaves. I have found that the older the leaves are, the less strikes that they produce.

Intheswamp wrote:That sounds like a good plan to me, though I'm a newbie. I dream of having a small forest of Tracyi!!! Are these red (pink flower) or green(anthocyanin free/white flower)? If you end up with too many Tracyi leaves I'd love to get some of them!!!! I've been looking for some affordable plants (not a lot of luck there ), some leaf cuttings would be great! I know you weren't offering them out, but figured I had nothing to lose by putting a bug in your ear about them. Thanks!

These are the pink flowered 'Bruce' plants. I only have a couple plants, so I won't have extra right now. Maybe next year when they leaf out and seed I will have enough seeds or leaves to share with you.

Thanks for the consideration! Just thought I'd ask. I hope the cuttings take good and start a lot of sprouts. Panman is experience in this so I'd follow his suggestion and get the cuttings going ASAP. I've tried a few leaf-cuttings and the fresher, more actively growing leaves work better at getting strikes than the older "a little passed their prime" leaves get. But, I have really limited experience with it. Best wishes on yours!!!

Noticed the first strikes going on my tracyi this evening

Results are looking very promising for the tracyi strikes. I probably have 50-100 strikes going now.

Those are rockin'!!!!! Nice!!!!

A lot of the strikes are beginning to form roots. I was planning to let them grow for a couple more weeks before beginning to move them to soil media. Since this is my first time with this technique, does this timing sound about right?

I potted up the cuttings today. Most of the strikes had no or very small roots. Maybe 10% had more substantial roots. I counted 186 strikes that were potted. They are in a domed tray. I'm hoping they are big enough to move into the outdoor bog by spring.

Have those been in water all of this time? What growing mix did you go with? I don't have *near* that many Florida Giant x Tracyi strikes that I need to pot up. So you took the entire cuttings and moved them to individual pots. Mine have been growing in some live sphagnum moss and I'm trying to decide on going with live sphagnum or go with a 50:50 peat/perlite mix.

Yes, they have been in water the entire time. Media is 50:50 sand/peat moss. I cut the leaves into1-2" sections and laid them in a shallow trench in the media and patted flat.

Update: The tracyi plants are doing well. Some of the smaller strikes dried out and didn't make it after being transplanted but I have around 100 plants growing now. I'll probably grow them like this until March and then move them outside in the bog. These are the D. tracyi ' Bruce' plants. If anyone has some Florida red, dreamsicle, hybrida type Drosera they would like to trade in the early spring, let me know.