Pitchers growing together.

Pitchers growing together.#382910

By Sundew grower -  Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:21 pm
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- Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:21 pm #382910

A tendril on my nepenthes is growing right into an already existing pitcher. One of my other tendrils was growing into the back of the pot so I propped it up on some soil. Is it possible that I can do the same thing but on the side, or will that mess up its growth?

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Re: Pitchers growing together.#382923

By BugBiters -  Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:48 pm
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- Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:48 pm #382923

You can definitely kind of just shove it around to wherever there's more space. Anywhere there is pressure on it the pitcher has the potential to deform, so I try to kind of angle the leaf so the pitcher is "floating" as much as possible with space on all sides.

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Re: Pitchers growing together.#382932

By Frothy_Milk -  Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:45 am
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- Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:45 am #382932

You can move it or let it be. I had a tendril on my maxima wavy wrap around it’s own leaf. It grew a bit smushed towards the bottom, but it was perfectly fine other than that.

Try moving it over a bit and plop it in a small little hole in the medium so it can stay put. Usually plants can be trained to hold certain positions.

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Re: Pitchers growing together.#382934

By Sundew grower -  Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:42 am
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- Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:42 am #382934

Thanks everyone.

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Re: Pitchers growing together.#382941

By MaxVft -  Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:46 am
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- Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:46 am #382941

BugBiters wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:48 pm You can definitely kind of just shove it around to wherever there's more space. Anywhere there is pressure on it the pitcher has the potential to deform, so I try to kind of angle the leaf so the pitcher is "floating" as much as possible with space on all sides.

If you ask me,I think that having a deformed/strange shape pitcher would be pretty fricking cool,but still some pretty good advice here.

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