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I absolutely love pinguicula... Best bang for the buck. Buy one plants and the possibility is endless for how many you can grow. Until you run out of space I guess
Here are just a few leaf pulls I started a couple of weeks ago

hollyhock wrote:I absolutely love pinguicula... Best bang for the buck. Buy one plants and the possibility is endless for how many you can grow. Until you run out of space I guess
Here are just a few leaf pulls I started a couple of weeks ago

I’m definitely going to start adding pings to my collection. Any advice on some easier ones?
Thanks. Jean


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The Mexican pings are pretty easy to grow.
pinguicula cyclosecta and P. Florian are a couple that are beautiful , easy to grow and propagate.

Jean4 wrote: I’m definitely going to start adding pings to my collection. Any advice on some easier ones?
Thanks. Jean

Certainly give Mexican pings a try. In addition to those hollyhock mentioned I'd recommend P. agnata (and it's hybrids) as well as P. emarginata and P. ehlersiae.

Wow those are really pretty plants. Might be the next species I'll try.

Thank you! I’ll give some of those a try.
Jean


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Well I guess I'm doing something wrong. Can't get a pulling to catch for the life of me. Nice Job HollyHock

Hollyhock do you have your pings inside or outside? Lighting?

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Wow. They remind me of cacti because of how easy they can be propagated.

Jean4 wrote:Hollyhock do you have your pings inside or outside? Lighting?

Thanks. Jean


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I grow them inside under florescent T5HO bulbs

Thank you. Jean


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what is your technique for pullings? I have a few that I would like more of just in case of... well you know.

Hungry Plants wrote:what is your technique for pullings? I have a few that I would like more of just in case of... well you know.

I just yank the leaves out with tweezers and lay them on top of the medium. A friend of mine told me you can lay them on dry vermiculite and that works for him. Maybe someone else that has better technique can answer because I think I have just been lucky.

How close to the light do you have them?
Jean


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hollyhock wrote: I just yank the leaves out with tweezers and lay them on top of the medium.

I do the same (well, ok, I don't always use a tweezers ). The only thing I might add is if the leaf is curled and maybe stiff, be sure the torn end is in contact with the medium - I usually bury the tip a 1/8" or so to be sure it stays in contact.

Jean4 wrote:How close to the light do you have them?

Mine are around a foot from my lights. But it's all going to depend on your setup. My thinking is if the mother plant is happy in a particular set of conditions, then the pulling is going to be, too.