How deep do I pot this Nep?

How deep do I pot this Nep?#275765

By Smooter80 -  Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:03 pm
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- Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:03 pm #275765

Potting up a bunch of Neps right now. I'm not sure how high the media should go on this one.

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Re: How deep do I pot this Nep?#275766

By Benurmanii -  Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:18 pm
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- Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:18 pm #275766

With plants that have formed a bit of a stem I like to fill the media up to about the base of the living tissue. This works well with Drosera, since most readily form roots from their stem. With Neps you probably don't need to go so high. I don't know if they form roots from the wooded stem like Drosera, but I'm sure it wouldn't mind, and it will keep your plant stabalized.

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Re: How deep do I pot this Nep?#275768

By nimbulan -  Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:46 pm
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- Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:46 pm #275768

I'd be careful about doing that. I've heard from others than Neps can rot if you bury the old stem like that. I wouldn't bury it any further than the darker parts of the stem - perhaps 4 leaf stubs above the first root.

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Re: How deep do I pot this Nep?#275799

By Benurmanii -  Fri Sep 30, 2016 5:59 am
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- Fri Sep 30, 2016 5:59 am #275799

nimbulan wrote:I'd be careful about doing that. I've heard from others than Neps can rot if you bury the old stem like that. I wouldn't bury it any further than the darker parts of the stem - perhaps 4 leaf stubs above the first root.

Good to hear that. I've only burried shorter stems on my sanguinea before, nothing to this extent.

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