At what age?

At what age?#35752

By Venus Fly Trap Kid -  Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:42 am
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- Sat Dec 19, 2009 11:42 am #35752

Hello,

At what age can you do divisions and pullings on a Venus fly trap?

Re: At what age?#35754

By Ronnie -  Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:31 pm
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- Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:31 pm #35754

I reccomend you wait until it is mature.. Sure it can take 1-5 years to become mature?
Otherwise you risk killing your vulnerable seedlings..
I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong here..

cheers,
Ronnie.

Re: At what age?#35755

By Venus Fly Trap Kid -  Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:34 pm
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- Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:34 pm #35755

Thank you!

Re: At what age?#35758

By moof -  Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:15 pm
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- Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:15 pm #35758

Plantlets obtained by vegetative means divide even in the first 10 months of age. There's no bigger corelation between the age of the plant and it's capability to divide

Re: At what age?#35759

By Venus Fly Trap Kid -  Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:17 pm
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- Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:17 pm #35759

Oh ok thanks!

Re: At what age?#35821

By Xeno -  Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:39 am
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- Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:39 am #35821

From my experince I have not made any thoughts about the age where from where I take my pullings.. I only think on take as big pullings as possible since all my bigger leaf pullings seem to grow big faster than smaller leaf pullings.. But this is just my own experince..

Re: At what age?#35892

By Veronis -  Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:13 am
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- Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:13 am #35892

You can take pullings off of any age plant, really. As long as it's big enough that you CAN take a pulling without tearing the plant to shreds. I certainly wouldn't take a pulling off of a 3-month-old seedling.

If you take a pulling off a fully mature flytrap, you can expect that your plantlet(s) that grow from it should grow to maturity faster than a plantlet from a pulling off a 2-year-old flytrap.

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