- Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:42 pm
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NEWS FLASH given good conditions a fly trap will divide naturally, that's what they do. You are not encouraging dividing by pulling or cutting already dead/dying plant matter. The only thing you are accomplishing is removing dead material so there's less chances for fungal infections. That's all! You will not get an increase in number of divisions by cutting away dying growth.
Note the plant below, I haven't pulled one dead trap from this pot all season, and it continually divides. I got this plant as a single mature division February 2016. I have also given away quite a few divisions already, upwards towards 8 now. Good care is the key, not following myths that have nothing to do with plant care.
To add to the thread. Now if and when I do get around to cleaning dead traps out, which I've been less than vigilant about this year. I simply grab the trap and give it a gentle tug, if the plant moves you've pulled to hard. If the trap pops off it's ready to be removed, if not it stays until another day. The vein in the middle that carries nutrients to the plant will stay alive far longer than the leave itself. That's what is holding the dead traps on most of the time when they don't just pop off.
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uusa2000 wrote:From my own experience. I have no controlled experiment. I'm using "hydra dragon" concept. Remember from Hercules? he chop one head off two more will grow and so on. Same concept for other plants. Its not an immediate growth but it will grow. The plants really waisting its time on the dying leaf. Chop it off, feed the next trap. Thats my theory. The photos are mini clusters or new growth points after I've cut 'used up' dying traps on most of the plantsThis is just nonsense! You're basing growing techniques on Greek mythology? That is a myth ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myth ) to begin with, not real. The hydra dragon is a mythological beast that was made up by some story teller back in Greek, and Roman times to entertain people. It did not live and breath. The fly trap is a real, tangible item. It is can be seen, felt, and even tasted, if you want to try it. It can be sliced into and studied. You aren't going to cut into the hydra dragon.
NEWS FLASH given good conditions a fly trap will divide naturally, that's what they do. You are not encouraging dividing by pulling or cutting already dead/dying plant matter. The only thing you are accomplishing is removing dead material so there's less chances for fungal infections. That's all! You will not get an increase in number of divisions by cutting away dying growth.
Note the plant below, I haven't pulled one dead trap from this pot all season, and it continually divides. I got this plant as a single mature division February 2016. I have also given away quite a few divisions already, upwards towards 8 now. Good care is the key, not following myths that have nothing to do with plant care.
To add to the thread. Now if and when I do get around to cleaning dead traps out, which I've been less than vigilant about this year. I simply grab the trap and give it a gentle tug, if the plant moves you've pulled to hard. If the trap pops off it's ready to be removed, if not it stays until another day. The vein in the middle that carries nutrients to the plant will stay alive far longer than the leave itself. That's what is holding the dead traps on most of the time when they don't just pop off.
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