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red wrote:so to confirm, leaf pullings often have a high success rate? how doe sthe plant photosynthesize without roots?

Photosynthesis doesn't happen in the roots, it happens in the leaves. They don't always have a good success rate, so think on it first.

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Cross, so to confirm, leaf pullings will work?

red wrote:Cross, so to confirm, leaf pullings will work?

Not always.

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Neither would I put so much hope on TC. The ingredients for TC are cheap but everything adds up if you don’t already have it, and you need to try once or twice for experience. So seeds for TC, yes- I would do it! A leaf pulling, maybe flip a coin?

Copper2 wrote:Neither would I put so much hope on TC. The ingredients for TC are cheap but everything adds up if you don’t already have it, and you need to try once or twice for experience. So seeds for TC, yes- I would do it! A leaf pulling, maybe flip a coin?

Ain't that the truth. I just found two jars I put aside where they had showed mold. Two inches of mild later I'm literally staring at a first. I wish I took a picture.

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Cross ok, ill try a leaf pulling on an expendable part of the plant, there is a defective trap, maybe I could try a leaf pulling and if it survives I will try it a few more times on new growth, or dying traps, or expendable traps, I will wait for the mutated flytrap to turn more purple/red before I do a leaf pulling on it.

red wrote:Cross ok, ill try a leaf pulling on an expendable part of the plant, there is a defective trap, maybe I could try a leaf pulling and if it survives I will try it a few more times on new growth, or dying traps, or expendable traps, I will wait for the mutated flytrap to turn more purple/red before I do a leaf pulling on it.

Sounds like a plan. I'd try water propagation

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My question is, how do leaf pullings suck up water without ROOTS, isn't water an ingredient for photosynthesis?

here is me trying to figure out why my purple picther plant wont make any new growth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVSTHylbtXk

Cross, how do leaf pullings suck up water without roots?

Cross, other traps are starting to develop this odd trait, red/purple on the inside of the bottom lobe and red/purple on the outside of the top lobe, one trap is turning red on the leaves, the heart shaped leaves


this is my flytrap in a nutshell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7SkrYF8lCU

Plants can absorb small amounts of water through their leaves. Also, in a high humidity environment the leaves can barely evaporate any water so they won’t die for a while

Copper2, other traps are developing this mutation, the red/ purple coloration

I need to see a pic lol

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Cross, my purple pitcher plant still has no new pitchers