Overcrowded seedlings

Overcrowded seedlings #379230

By murrkywaters -  Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:25 pm
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- Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:25 pm #379230

I'm plant sitting for a fellow grower and two of the nepenthes seedling pots had insane germination rates. They're overcrowded and suffering because of it. Any tips on safely separating them?

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Re: Overcrowded seedlings#379237

By Supercazzola -  Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:28 pm
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- Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:28 pm #379237

Holy cow !

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Re: Overcrowded seedlings#379243

By Panman -  Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:18 pm
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- Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:18 pm #379243

Ay yai yai! My opinion, and it is only my opinion, would be to pull it out of the pot and put it in a bowl of water to get the dirt off and help the roots untangle. Then repot them one by one.

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Re: Overcrowded seedlings#379248

By ChefDean -  Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:24 pm
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- Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:24 pm #379248

murrkywaters wrote:I'm plant sitting for a fellow grower and two of the nepenthes seedling pots had insane germination rates. They're overcrowded and suffering because of it. Any tips on safely separating them?

My advice would be, unless he asked you to do something, to let the grower whose seedlings they are worry about it. He may deal with these all the time and have a way to safely handle it. That small, all of them could easily be lost due to an unexpected complication.
If he asked you to do something, I would try what Panman has suggested after you made sure the other grower understood that you weren't responsible if the worst case scenario happened. If he didn't ask you to do anything, maybe offer your opinion that the pots are overcrowded, but leave it up to him to take care of them.

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Re: Overcrowded seedlings #379260

By murrkywaters -  Mon Apr 26, 2021 8:10 pm
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- Mon Apr 26, 2021 8:10 pm #379260

We've talked about it for a while. He'll be overseas until June so I've been told to do it if they start going south, which they are.

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Re: Overcrowded seedlings#379267

By ChefDean -  Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:19 pm
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- Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:19 pm #379267

Then, use your best judgment, and good luck.

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Re: Overcrowded seedlings #379423

By Frothy_Milk -  Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:14 am
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- Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:14 am #379423

I agree with panman

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Re: Overcrowded seedlings #379456

By murrkywaters -  Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:00 pm
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- Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:00 pm #379456

Tried three reporting strategies across 7 pots. Currently in a humidity chamber in the tent so the roots can adjust. I figure I'll take them out Monday. I'll be back on Friday to do scheduled maintenance, if anything looks wrong I'll know then

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