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Got my international TC order
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 6:27 am
by imonyse
After carefully deflasking, I potted them in both LFS and peat perlite mixture.
Two days has passed, and they look not bad
Jaws in LFS
Jaws in peat & perlite
Dutch Delight in LFS
Dutch Delight in peat & perlite
DC XL in LFS
DC XL in peat & perlite
A2 in LFS
A2 in peat & perlite
FTS Maroon Monster in LFS
FTS Marron Monster in peat & perlite
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:53 am
by LAKJP
Congrats! Seems you put many plants together
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 3:12 pm
by Matt
Looks like they arrived in excellent condition!
LAKJP wrote:Congrats! Seems you put many plants together
I noticed that too. We usually separate them all into small individual plants. But leaving them clumped will work OK as well. They'll just need to be repotted sooner.
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 12:19 am
by imonyse
LAKJP wrote:Congrats! Seems you put many plants together
Thanks for your comments.
Matt wrote:We usually separate them all into small individual plants. But leaving them clumped will work OK as well. They'll just need to be repotted sooner.
I'm worried if I break them apart hard, it might open too many wounds and make the plants being easily infected by fungus & bacteria.
If repotting should be done, then how soon should I do that? I'm planning to do it this weekend when I have plenty of time.
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 1:39 am
by LAKJP
Your welcome!
It should be easy to separate the plants, but for now, you can let them be as Matt suggested. You can wait until they grow more so that separation becomes easier.
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 1:48 am
by imonyse
LAKJP wrote:Your welcome! It should be easy to separate the plants, but for now, you can let them be as Matt suggested. You can wait until they grow more so that separation becomes easier.
OK, thanks.
Guess I need to be more patient
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 2:07 am
by LAKJP
Yeah, but they grow quickly when they are out of TC.
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 3:08 am
by Starchy
Did you TC those yourself?
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 3:28 am
by imonyse
Starchy wrote:Did you TC those yourself?
No. I ordered them from Matt.
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 8:36 am
by tish
I wish you best of luck hardening them
Would love to see them stabilized
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 2:51 pm
by Matt
imonyse wrote:I'm worried if I break them apart hard, it might open too many wounds and make the plants being easily infected by fungus & bacteria.
Dividing the plants doesn't really increase that risk. They're quite sensitive to mold even if they're in clumps. For that reason, we spray all deflasked plants with a fungicide. The only problem I've noticed with leaving them in clumps is that not all of the plants are in contact with the media.
imonyse wrote:If repotting should be done, then how soon should I do that?
I would just wait until they grow a bit and look overly crowded. Probably 3 or 4 months from now they'll look ridiculously crowded and you can divide and repot them then.
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 9:56 pm
by Starchy
Matt, do you sell unhardened cultivars out of TC normally, or was this a special?
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Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 10:41 pm
by Matt
Starchy wrote:Matt, do you sell unhardened cultivars out of TC normally, or was this a special?
This is an international TC order to China. The only way we sell plants outside of the US is in sterile culture like this. But within the US we do not sell sterile cultures.
Re: Got my DC XL, Jaws, FTS Maroon Monster, A2 and Dutch Del
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:03 am
by imonyse
tish wrote:I wish you best of luck hardening them
Would love to see them stabilized
Thank you, tish. I plan to post images of them every few weeks and share the joy with anyone who's interested.
Matt wrote:I would just wait until they grow a bit and look overly crowded. Probably 3 or 4 months from now they'll look ridiculously crowded and you can divide and repot them then.
Thanks, Matt. The peat & perlite white pot's size is about 18 cm(diameter)x14 cm(height), I wish it can stay a little bit longer
Re: Got my international TC order
Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 6:02 am
by imonyse