How to Make Pinguicula from Leaf Pullings (it’s easy and fun!)

[@kellyparker8471]

Thank you so much for making this video! I was trying to figure out why I had a zero strike rate, and now I know I was doing it all wrong.

[@willytbrock]

Thank you so much for your detailed tutorial! I love what you share and I love seeing what you guys are up to!! 💚🌱

[@California_Carnivores]

Thank you!

[@PetraEmmy]

I appreciate you taking time to show this 🎉

[@Shooter12point7]

This reminds me of all the fun I've had with Ghost Plant (Graptopetalum paraguayense) leaf pullings. I can just pluck them off the plant and lay them on my dresser under a grow light and a tiny plant with roots will form without water or soil. I'm sure the Pinguicula aren't that tolerant of dry conditions, but otherwise it looks to be almost the same process. I've even placed the Ghost Plant leaf pullings on my Nepenthes 'Judith Finn' leaves to do this before when I didn't have anywhere else to lay them.

[@California_Carnivores]

That’s so fun! The propagation work is the most magical part of plant care!

[@Kira_Martel]

Thanks for the detailed video! I just love these little guys. 💚 I finally took the plunge and became the guardian of a _P. ehlersiae × mesophytica_ last spring, so I'm just going through my first winter season with it. Recently its new leaves are becoming progressively smaller, so I think I'm seeing the succulent rosette start to form and have begun to taper off watering. If they prop better from the succulent leaves, it would probably be best for me to wait for it to transition and use those, rather than using some of the carnivorous leaves right now? I'm also wondering about the substrate. You guys suggest sand, peat, perlite, and pumice in your Mexican Ping mix, but do you think I could get away without the perlite or would using only pumice negatively affect the pH? I just don't love perlite and would be happy to avoid getting it only for my Pings. The rest of my plants are cacti and succulents, mainly mesembs, so I have plenty of other mineral substrate options I could sub, like lava rock, chicken grit, turface, etc. if any of those would still work.

[@California_Carnivores]

You can totally swap out the perlite for pumice! And I would wait for the leaves to fully go succulent and then take your pullings, you’ll have a way better success rate that way!

[@lilysawmill]

Thanks so much, looking forward to trying it!

[@expectamiracle.406]

Thank you! Your hair is gorgeous!!

[@California_Carnivores]

Thank you! 😄

[@fouroakfarm]

Wow did not know. Appreciate sharing the knowledge, thank you

[@daniellewagner3926]

How old do you suggest the parent plant be before doing leaf pullings for the first time?

[@California_Carnivores]

You can do it on very young plants but I try to avoid plants that have 4 leaves or less. Size is variable and teeny tiny leaves will work!

[@daniellewagner3926]

@@California_Carnivores thank you!!

[@Rare.Plants.and.Pitbulls]

When you repot these do you keep the old leaf on it or remove it?

[@California_Carnivores]

I remove them if they are easy to snip off but I don’t take every single leaf off if it risks exploding the whole plant by pulling them off or cutting too close

[@gingercaudill7219]

Hi there I’m still waiting for my first order of the beginner trio bundle to arrive! I found a bag of organic mix that is peat and Canadian sphagnum moss and it’s the only one that I found that doesn’t contain fertilizer in it. My question is if this mix is okay or should I add some perlite and, ohhh, I picked up a tiny bag of charcoal rocks that the nursery said I should crush with a hammer! What do you think about this mix and should I add the amendments or not my plants are supposed to arrive Wednesday

[@California_Carnivores]

We like a really sandy mix for Pinguicula so I’d use a mix of sand, peat moss and perlite or rinsed lava rock. And for the Nepenthes you’ll want a long fibered sphagnum moss mix as they like to have an airy mix. The sundew will like your peat moss a lot! They do come potted in the windowsill kit so you won’t need to repot them for at least a year 😄

[@NikaS60]

Hi from Canada 🙂 Just purchased my first Pinguicula Gigantea and am getting mixed answers from different videos. I don't have gnats for my Ping as I have most of my plants in Pon. Would I mist my Ping every two weeks with Schultz cactus liquid food (I already have) or just a certain fertilizer? Appreciate any help. Thank you

[@California_Carnivores]

I would mist every two weeks with Schultz fertilizer! We’ve tested that one and it works well and doesn’t harm the plants! Your gigantea will thank you for sure!

[@NikaS60]

@@California_Carnivores Thank you for the quick reply. Can I ask one more thing? If it isn't eating pest how does it grow with just the fertilizer no food? Thanks again.

[@California_Carnivores]

@@NikaS60 When these plants trap bugs they’re getting things like Nitrogen from them so if they can’t trap bugs, fertilizer will allow their leaves to absorb the same kinds of nutrients 😄

[@NikaS60]

@@California_Carnivores Thank you again.

[@eastwestsmith1070]

Are you like sarracenia northwest competitor or like the friend?

[@California_Carnivores]

We’ve known them for years and they’re wondeful; great growers, reputable and knowledgeable! This industry is quite small so everyone knows everyone 😄

[@eastwestsmith1070]

@@California_Carnivores that’s nice you 2 both have amazing plants

[@venicejose5847]

My ping moranensis is tiny! The leaves are not looking succulent at all. They are oblong shaped and hairy. I'm very new to carnivorous plants and I don't want it to die

[@California_Carnivores]

You can take leaf pullings from carnivorous leaves they just don’t always strike as well but if they’re very tiny they will do better than big huge leaves! If your plant is small, I’d only take one or two leaves to start.

[@MrSonoru]

I've been contemplating ordering a few plants from you, but I live in Ukraine. Do you ship to Ukraine? Do you think the plants would survive the trip?

[@California_Carnivores]

Unfortunately we cannot ship live plants outside the U.S. but we can ship seeds

[@janstewart2041]

I have so many pings from my pullings it’s crazy

[@Tommyr]

Where's Kate? She still work there?

[@California_Carnivores]

Kate comes by to visit all the time but she’s a fine art painter and is pursuing that full time now!

[@watchmanknowledge4345]

YT un-sub'd me. I'm back now.