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By MaxVft
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Awesome! What I like to do is bury the cuttings under the soil of the parent pot and I get a dozen babies the next week.
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Any pictures? :)
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They look good!

Please note, instead of keeping them that wet and adding the dangerous risk of mold, you can simply put them in a ziploc bag or humidity dome and keep the soil slightly moist.
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Yeah oftentimes you only get 1-2 buds on plants with short leaves like capensis. Threadleaf sundews such as Filiformis and Binata can sprout a multitude of leaflets, sometimes up to 8 or 9.
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I was just about to post a question on this, but now I'll just hijack this thread instead! :)

How do you transfer them to soil? Do you bury the entire cutting and ensure that the new sprouts are sticking out?

I tried to plant it on top of moist soil, but it dried out. Now I've got a few cuttings sort of meshed together with sphagnum moss, but I don't know if it's doing the trick. (They're kind of just hanging out on top of the moss.)

Happy to get your thoughts!
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Agreed with everything stated above. I generally put a layer of chopped sphagnum on top of the soil that I can tuck the plant into. It helps to keep the moisture in contact with the plant and doesn't dry out as easily as straight soil. I too use a humidity dome for the transplants. I generally remove it after 2 or 3 weeks.
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For propagation, I usually chop it up with a pair of scissors. I find it is easier to work with seedlings and transplants that way. I only use about 1/8 to 1/4 an inch on top of the soil. Recently, I got a mini food processor that I am using to mill the sphagnum. It chops it really fine and is faster than me doing it with scissors.
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Chopped sphagnum is how I do it too. It felt like the safest play at the time. I grow my cuttings in water so I tried to maintain good moisture. Kept them into high humidity until they established themselves a bit. Pinguicula is easier, sometimes you just pop off a leaf, stick the tip in contact with soil and let it do its thing out in the open. Actually just left a broken gigantea leaf outside and it made a plantlet with nothing but the humidity outside lol. Now it's an experiment outside.
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Sarracenia2004 wrote: Wed Oct 27, 2021 2:20 pm Mini food processor for chopping sphagnum moss :lol: :lol:
If it's stupid and works, it isn't stupid. :D
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Once your 'Dreamsicle' buds, prepare for adult-sized plants within 3 months.
My Filiformis is already 3 inches tall and it budded in late August :D
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MaxVft wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:26 pm Once your 'Dreamsicle' buds, prepare for adult-sized plants within 3 months.
My Filiformis is already 3 inches tall and it budded in late August :D
That Is no joke. I had one I got with 3 inch long leaves, grew for a few months and doubled. when it came out of dormancy it exploded into 8 plants that were full grown in no time and filled the pot.
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Sarracenia2004 wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:41 am

I noticed that Drosera Binata is on your growlist! If you want, I could send you one once they are bigger...
Are you talking about discussing a trade? ;)
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The ones growing upwards and curled like that should fork
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Talk about coincidences...

Your November 4th post was made at 8:14 AM. Your November 7th post was also made at 8:14 AM (but if it wasn't for this mornings daylight savings it would've been 9:14 AM :D )
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Sarracenia2004 wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 3:24 pm well...
The binatas have started throwing out forked leaves! The leaves with more plants on them seem to be growing a lot slower. Do you guys think it is possible to seperate them yet? I think is should repot them, and cut up the remains of the leaves to space them out..
Congrats!

As for separation, they often live their lives compacted (or as I hear), but if you want them to grow to their full potential, you can individually pot each one up. If they have roots longer than a half inch, I think you'd be safe cutting off the dead leaf tissue. If not, just leave it on but put it into a pot.
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