😊 Everything You Need to Know About Nepenthes Basal Shoots 🌱

[@toanao1]

This is exactly what I was looking for 😂 amazing timing my dude ❤

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Glad I could help. And a few growers confirmed me having the stem laying triggered the basal. But it's still not 100% chance of success. ;)

[@secondheaven80]

Is it still called a basal shoot, if they occur half way up the vine? I have a couple of plants that are producing 2-3 new growth points half way up and near the top of vine.

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

@@secondheaven80 On the vine, it's an 'activated' node so a new growth point. Not sure there is a name for that... Basal only occur at the base of the plant.

[@HyeonsikLi]

@@WindowsillNepenthes i have a basal growing out of the main stem 2-3 cm above the substrate. It has no contact to the substrate.

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

@@HyeonsikLi Then it's not a basal. But later, you will be able to let it grow or to cut it and root it, exactly like a basal.

[@Jaxionisnum2]

It’s crazy how a year ago is when I got my little vendratta and now it’s producing a shoot and I knew the best way to learn about it was from this channel❤ I think that 45 degree angle holds some truth I looked at my vendratta and it is kind of tilted to some extend

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Glad it helped :) And thanks for sharing your insight with the 45º angle.

[@bsgenius22]

I came here because I repotted a nepethes from an local plant store in December and I think the angle really does help! It was really two plants in one so I separated them and put them in wide glass vases i hadn't used in years. The plant in the vase with a wider lip that is sprawling sideways has sent off basal shoots! They've both been growing so well and I thought they were just extra leaves coming from the bottom for a while. Thank you for the information! I also have to mention that I love listening to you talk about these plants. Your accent mixed with you passion and knowledge really holds my attention.

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Thanks for your kind words ☺️

[@muters8710]

photo explain is so nice. i understood perfecly. thanks.

[@kyleaguiar3413]

The 45 degree theory seems to mske sense. My St. Gays layed itself down and grew horizontally, snd gradually started to grow straight up at the edge of its pot. Theres a basal right where the main stem comes up from the substrate, directly before the main stem goes horizontal

[@tironjr]

Informativ Video! In the Summer I had repotted a Nepenthes Bloody Mary and the Mainplant had five side shoots. Now they Mainplant and the sie shoots make Pitchers again. My Nepenthes Hookeriana looks like I can divide too but I wait for this until the Main Season.

[@Petra-ms3ku]

Hi, not sure you’re checking comments. 💚 Understand if you’re not. Will the basals produce lower pitchers while a vine produces uppers while still attached? Must you separate them or can I be lazy here?

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Good question. ;) yes you can leave all basals. They will produce lower pitchers until they are adult and start to vine.

[@Petra-ms3ku]

@@WindowsillNepenthes Just saw and bought your book on Amazon. Thank you!!!

[@Saiyajin47621]

I’ll like to share with you another way to trigger basal. You’ll have to use gibberellic acid. 1. Dilute it to 20ppm. With distilled water. 2. Use a small brush to brush this solution to the tip of the growth tip. (The part that the plant will eventually form pitcher.) on the very top of the plant. (Newest forming leaf) Do this every 2 to 3 weeks and you’ll see result.

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

I'll try that, thanks 👍

[@andywong7969]

Thanks for the important info…

[@petermakescartoons]

The theory actually works. I have 5 plants that are tilted over 45 degrees and 4 of them had basals and two of them activated multiple basals in fact.

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Thanks for sharing

[@dodoscreatures]

Funny what you said at the end of the videk, i bought 2 young small nepenthes and rebecca soper is angeled like 30° and it got basal shoot even in that small age so maybe it is true😂

[@DeadlyPlants2024]

I just cut my parent plant from the basal growths. I repotted the parent. The pitchers are turning black. I plan on overfeeding these pitchers. Will that benefit the parent plant to grow roots faster or the plant will do that anyway. I also fed the basals. One small pellet to the oldest pitchers.

[@echow7298]

My ventrata has basals and my bill Bailey just started putting out a basal. It slowed down the mother plant a bit, but not too much. Will it bother the plant long term to just leave them? I think I kind of like the more bushy look from the basals, but I'm still deciding. 🤔

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Leaving the basals won't influence the main stem. It's really up to you. ;)

[@mercuzio5678]

Hi Remi, Nice Video and Interesting facts. I have a Question and i hope i can explain it good enough because english is not my main Language. I have some big Nepenthes Cuttings from some Upper Nepenthes Vine´s, i know that they only can Produce upper pitchers. But did a Cutting from an upper Nepenthes Vine also Produce a Basal Shoot? ( to Produce Lower Pitchers) Iam not realy sure about that because i only see that they sometimes make new Plants out of the stem over the Substrate near the Leaf´s. Thanks for the Videos i Learned alot about nepenthes. Greetings from Germany Mario

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Hi Mario 👋. Yes any cutting can create a basal shoot from its roots (once properly established). And this basal that will pop from under the soil will produce lower pitchers.

[@ElmoRitter]

It's like you know my google search lol

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

I know all the questions I was searching for when I started ;)

[@timcain1649]

Can a nepenthes of any age have basel shoots? I just got a few small nepenthes. One of them has one basel the other has 2. I guess iam curious if it could be more then 1 plant?

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Usually it has to be 2-3 years old but plants from tissue culture tend to produce basals even as seedlings. ;)

[@timcain1649]

Thanks remi...

[@sshomelab]

Does anyone know if the growing of basal shoots inhibits pitcher growth of the main plant? Last year, with my N. ventrata, I've had 3 basal shoots, but no pitchers forming on the main plant. It does grow leaves, but none of the pitchers will form. I've had like 10 leaves now without pitchers, while it used to be very prolific at making them before. The plant hasn't been moved since last year, only repotted early spring.

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

From my experience, it slow down the main plant but doesn't stop it from pitchering. But the taller the main vine grow the less humidity it gets from the pot, that could be the problem.

[@HyeonsikLi]

@@WindowsillNepenthes exactly. I also experience high pitcher growth on smaller basals because they are closer to the substrate. Tho i was also wondering if it slows the main plant because of the root sucker phenomen. However I dont want my main plant to become too tall anyways. I don't have much space for it.

[@estevammachado1004]

it can make the main plant stop producing pitchers(it happened on 1 of mine bloodmary that was not so big, a lil stressed out after repot, and it produced 4 simultaneous basals), or make it "delay"the pitchers (ex, mine LV did use to form the pitcher on the second newest leaf, once it got the 2 basals growing, it stops the pitchering for a few weaks, then it came back, but it already got 4 new leaves with no pitchers, and it starts pitchering from the oldest leaf with no pitcher, now it consistently produces pitchers, but on the 5th newest leaf and no more on the 2nd), or it may not interfere at all. It depends on the species, how big the plant/root system and how many basals poped out at the same time.

[@vivimannequin]

I picked one at a flea market once that had a small plant next to it but it just turned out to be two separate plants in one pot

[@ewanb8067]

Yeh whenever I buy nepenthes from places that dont specialise in them there is always 2 plants in 1 pot I dont know why.

[@vivimannequin]

@@ewanb8067 always in that coco coir stuff too 😔

[@ewanb8067]

@@vivimannequin yeh :(

[@OmniversalInsect]

@@ewanb8067 Maybe makes it look bushier so more people will buy it

[@DeadlyPlants2024]

I’ve noticed my nepenthes gaya basil cuttings have stopped producing pitchers. I know all my conditions are right. I noticed before I cut them from the parent plant they had good size pitcher to leaf ratios. I have also been using Maxi fertilizer, lightly spraying them once a month. Lately, they’ve been growing good size leaves, but it looks like they stopped making the pitchers. Maybe I over fertilized them like they got too much nitrogen I don’t know what to do

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Just wait without fertilizing, but keep good light/humidity. They are probably focussing on growing strong roots. :)

[@ewanb8067]

Hi Remy, Great new video! Do you (or anyone else) know why Nepenthes evolved Basil shoots and what use they have in the wild?

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

I don't know the why... We would need a biologist :)

[@ewanb8067]

@@WindowsillNepenthes yeh

[@chris...6972]

Faudrait que je test avec ma veichii/robcantlei

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Oui, fais un test et dis-nous :)

[@plantspassion]

Helo new to carnivorous plant but recently i buy it so plz tell me the soil for this plant....I'm confused between peat moss nd spragum moss

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

There is a various possible soil but I recommend sphagnum moss and perlite with a ratio of 60/40. It's just easier to avoid watering too much.

[@Supercazzola]

How do you know if basal comes from roots or a dormant node under the substrate ?

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

For what I've seen, it's from the roots not nodes. But I'm not a botanist ;)

[@thebobberguy4033]

Are you currently using humidifier?

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

No longer... now that I have 10 trays, the humidity is good enough.And I selected species that accept lower humidity. ;)

[@thebobberguy4033]

@@WindowsillNepenthes currently I am facing some issues.. I have n.Smilesi after big treatment and repotting still didn’t find any growth.. can you help me. Is there any way to share some pics about my plants.

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

@@thebobberguy4033 you can contact me on Factbook or Instagram but I don't know this species

[@thebobberguy4033]

@@WindowsillNepenthes please share your fb id

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

@@thebobberguy4033 m.facebook.com/windownep/

[@HelgrafFireHammer]

I wonder if Nepenthes basals can produce their own flowers? 🤔

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

When the basal gets adult then yes.

[@HFeyn]

Good video, but it's shoots, not shots. Sorry for being pedantic lol.

[@WindowsillNepenthes]

Ah... oops 😬 I always forgot about that 🤭