Nepenthes Cuttings!

[@missdiaz24]

So glad I found your page. I just got my first nepenthes. Trying my best to keep it alive.

[@lucdethier1808]

Hello Dom, your enthusiasm is contagious. I am a horticultural teacher (have been for 30+ years) and I really enjoy the simplicity with witch you make your demo and give the essential info without nonsense. Thanks you, really appreciate. Luc

[@redleafexotics4722]

Hey Luc, thank you! I try and keep it simple!

[@leonardogrillo88]

If only I could get my hands on one of those cuttings!! This is by far my favourite Nepenthes!

[@AngelFlys17]

Best Info anywhere thank you Love listening to you and I love you. Anybody who could say those names and rattle those out like you do should deserve a medal

[@goblin5468]

Best channel for carnivorous plants 👍

[@redleafexotics4722]

🥰thanks so much!

[@tomasck2973]

Omg I can't believe it came so fast! I'm eternally grateful for this.

[@tomasck2973]

I've a couple of questions: is moss easier / quicker than water for propagation? How long does it generally take before they root?

[@redleafexotics4722]

You were the last to ask and pushed me over the edge! Ha I hope it’s helpful to you! Thanks, Dom

[@redleafexotics4722]

@@tomasck2973 Ours take anywhere from 4-8 weeks. Again, it depends on the grower/conditions/species. I’ve seen others root them in water. I believe it was 2 months before they had roots . I tried before and some grew roots and other didn’t. For us, this way works best with a super high success rate. If you cut yours and are willing to experiment, definitely make some little mad science projects. Super fun! 🙌🏻

[@tomasck2973]

@@redleafexotics4722 thank you!

[@LittleMermaid88]

I love your videos, such nice and clear information ❤ thank you 💚💚💚🫶🏻

[@Eddie_freeflow504]

I love your energy and sense of humor (New subscriber) I'm new to nepenthes and ordered one for my greenhouse

[@hefnhef1]

Newbie here, looking for info and found your videos. Amazing stuff - thank you!

[@billlumberg5746]

Love all the amazingly excellent nepenthes info. Your awesome and I wish your greenhouse was close to me so I could see for myself. Happy growing Dom!

[@TripleBeamRIII]

Awesome vid Dom! How about you do a video about cutting basals. I have a bunch growing and I don't know what to do with them. Like when is a good time to seperate. Thanks in advance Dom!

[@redleafexotics4722]

Noted:) and thank you!

[@joshlofgren7110]

Never done a vine cutting before. Only basals, for now. I experimented with rooting hormone on my 3 N. ventricosa x hamata basals and they rooted in 33 days! That was a bit quicker than others without hormone. Thanks for the vid Dom!

[@redleafexotics4722]

Nice a gel or powder? Soooooometimes we cut base growths, but that’s where the largest pitchers can be made on that old root stock. I tend to leave those. Love lowers pitchers! 😌 Glad you enjoyed and you’re welcome! Thanks, Dom

[@joshlofgren7110]

@@redleafexotics4722 I dip the bottom of the cutting in a paste of water and GH then coat it with dry GH powder. I then rinsed it off after 2 weeks because I heard someone doing that. Dont remember the reason

[@andrewmurphy8938]

Well explained! Thanks for the video!

[@redleafexotics4722]

You’re welcome! 🙌🏻

[@DJJumpdancer]

2:17 a close up of that would be nice right now ^^

[@HomeGrownZoneHGZTV]

I'm a newbie at growing Nepenthes. I ordered a plant from Amazon from a nursery out of Florida. Not only did i not get the species i ordered but the one they sent me was about as long as your main cutting. They put a small piece of rockwool on the end of the 2 1/2 ft cutting unrooted. I wish i saw your video earlier. I could of tried to root some clones. Thanks for sharing.

[@DAMITH250]

Nice work 👍 Will the cutting survive if we keep them out of direct sun and inside the house with bright light.

[@redleafexotics4722]

They prefer less light as they are rooting:)

[@lorrainetroughton4778]

Where do the cuttings root from…on the stem below the bottom leaf or from the bottom leaf join.🙏

[@kapgeorgetablan6116]

Thank you for sharing ❤️💗 very informative.

[@billkilgore9798]

Cutting that vine has to be an emotional event.

[@greenfingersofcecilia]

If I haven’t got the long stem, can I just kind of brake off a basal leaf and plant it in sphagnum?

[@sebulbathx]

I am curious what happens to the cut on the main plant? Will it grow out a new stem where the cut was made or will it just grow a crust or whatever on the cut and stop there....I would really appreciate an answer because I have seen some pretty big Nepenthes in a store close to me and I am thinking of buying one and then take a cutting from it to get another one like getting two for the price of one. 🤪 Also this is the second video where they tell to cut a third or so from the leafs but what is the purpose of that and what happens if you don't?

[@TheOldestSoul]

What do the plants that come from cuttings that large look like once they're pitchering?

[@redleafexotics4722]

Hey! Since the cuttings are usually from the vining stem, they mainly produce uppers. We have had cuttings go into lowers and grow like a Base shoot. Depends on the cutting. The initial pitchers are normally on the small side until the cutting is more established. Thanks, Dom

[@christiesilva6918]

Hi how can i tell in my nepenthes where the vine is? Sorry bit i.m new to this, thank you

[@tropicalheat1558]

This video is very informative I'll give it a try to propagate my plant.

[@FOOYUENCHENMoe]

Hello Dom how u grow sphagnum moss on dry sphagnum moss?

[@davideickhoff2954]

Great Nepenthes Cuttings 101 video! Usually I do three nodes and half all the leaves. I get a high percentage of strikes perhaps due to the natural humidity levels here in Hawai'i nei. All plants are grown in an open shade house and dependent on our ambient weather conditions. Two nodes huh? Will try! Also, if there are other Nepenthes growers in Hawai'i, I would love to hear what works for them too! Aloha

[@redleafexotics4722]

Hawaii is magically! I can imagine one node would work! Lol When I lived in Hawaii they grew like weeds!

[@michaeldettorre7580]

Hi Dom. I have a Nepenthes Ventricosa, at least four years old. It thrives in Ohio’s heat and humidity but it’s now inside for the winter by a sunny south window. Three vines are brown and dead with a cluster of 8-9 healthy leaves at the top of each vine. I want to take cuttings. How many leaves should I cut off ? Also at the base of one dead vine there’s a small green shoot. Should I leave it? The mother plant is full and healthy with a new plant coming up beside it. I haven’t been able to find a video for the ventricosa cuttings from dead vines. Thanks for your help!

[@danielgallo9125]

i love you videos and your nephentes

[@redleafexotics4722]

I love you 🥰 ha! THANKS SO MUCH!

[@domgia9248]

Has anyone tried those root balls with Nepenthes where you attach a ball filled with soil around the stem instead of cutting right away

[@CarnivorousPlantsSydney]

Hi, I have started a business selling these plants and I am still learning so I have been watching videos and reading things about CPs and am learning more and more, I was just wondering what a basil is

[@redleafexotics4722]

Hello! A basal is a base shoot from the bottom of the stem. It usually produces lower pitchers.

[@chris...6972]

have you ever tried to keep the pitchers cut in resin to make works of art? I don't know if this is possible and if the rendering would be nice but it's worth trying to sell them afterwards

[@donschiller4227]

I have used Floral Drying Crystals to preserve and dry the pitchers. Once dry, they can be coated with epoxy or immersed/embedded in epoxy.

[@nmraskin]

Can you keep these sitting in a small tray of water?

[@dlewis2446]

What nepenthes is that?

[@SgtGoldenPots]

What are some of your suggestions on different nepenthes to get started with as a beginner?

[@redleafexotics4722]

Hey Jason, The most common ones to start with are ventrata and Miranda. I suggest Truncata and veitchii hybrids:) they are tough and beautiful!

[@JoseBaranenko]

great video! thank you!

[@joeriv5462]

Will a new vine grow on the cut mother plant?

[@anthonyspacing5037]

EP uses that white horticultural paint correct? My eymae from you has some on the tip.

[@redleafexotics4722]

Correct! :)

[@ileana9449]

Love your videos

[@w_carnivorous5620]

Hi dom, do you know if nepenthes flava cuttings are easy to root? Ive heard some nepenthes dont do well for cuttings

[@youtubeisvideocloudstorage5894]

yall should do something for Nepenthes November

[@redleafexotics4722]

Hey! You mean November tour?

[@cp91187]

Whats the exact Name of This Beauty?. thanks

[@ambershepp1]

I live in NC and there is a lot of humidity but it gets hot. Is the heat hard on the plant?

[@ambershepp1]

Oh and I have the same exact type that you are taking cuttings off of in the video…

[@marycanfield8654]

Thank you!

[@MoonlightAcid1]

i absolutely love these plants lol

[@philiptdotcom9402]

Do you ever use cytokinin on one node on each cutting? Thanks! -pt

[@redleafexotics4722]

I don’t even use regular rooting hormone these days. They root without it:)

[@gloriacanine4728]

How do you know if your Nepenthes is high land or low land?

[@vivimannequin]

Just Google the species or hybrid

[@eas9911]

I haveca huge nepenthes. I need to repot. Afraid Im going to mess it up.

[@BlackcatEnterprise]

I Wish i lived close to your shop😕

[@GreenthumbsGarden]

gave one of my neps a trim the other month and cut off an old leave not realizing it had a whopping pitcher on it... gutted

[@redleafexotics4722]

Been there! Haha painful!

[@ioanadumitrescu3836]

Questions: Hold old is that pitcher plant? Does Nepenthes Gaya and Hookeriana grow those stems? And if yes, at what age? Can I "reproduce" a freshly bought nepenthes? (that has 3 "big" pitchers and 2 baby ones, like really small) I am a begginer and I want to try and make 2 plants out of 1😅

[@redleafexotics4722]

This plant is 6 years in our care from a cutting. Most Nepenthes including the ones you listed vine and grow stems. It’s hard to say atbwhT age but at least 2-3 years old. Again, it depends on how fast the plants are, parents and so on. It’s not about the number of pitchers for propagation it’s the size of the plant. Usually the plant has to be vining and like I said in the video, with a basal. If you are just beginning I wouldn’t disturb the plant. Thanks, Dom

[@ioanadumitrescu3836]

@@redleafexotics4722 Thank you! Also, I recently repotted it. I couldn't remove all of the soil it came with when I received it. I took everything I could out and put it in sphagnum moss. Could not removing all of the soil affect the plant in any way?

[@redleafexotics4722]

@@ioanadumitrescu3836 you should be ok:) sometimes we leave soil behind too, depending on the root ball:)

[@ioanadumitrescu3836]

@@redleafexotics4722 Oh ok! Thanks again!😊

[@GG.Fonzie]

Can you still grow or save a small Nepenthes seedling with a snapped growth point?

[@redleafexotics4722]

Many time they grow out. It really depends on the conditions and size of the plant. Thanks

[@GG.Fonzie]

@@redleafexotics4722 Thank you so much for the information.I really appreciate it. It actuallt grew a new growth point :) so happy..

[@redleafexotics4722]

@@GG.Fonzie happy to hear:) You’re welcome!💚

[@bbull71]

A part of my soul died when the vine was snipped soil level hahaha

[@plantguy9]

Are Nepenthes fast or slow growers?

[@monke1919]

It depends on what species or hybrid you have

[@AngelFlys17]

you are so the best ty

[@rjjr.1071]

48 weeks.....1 year.....?

[@redleafexotics4722]

Ours root anywhere from 4-6 weeks. Thanks

[@Levvvvvvvv]

I want this

[@G0209A]

Not being food but you need to lower the prices

[@be.nny.bu.nny89]

the way he demonstrates the potting.... put your finger in there, there is a nice hole.... I wonder who was thinking the same as me

[@luchocairo8717]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@FLONASIA]

👍👍👍👍

[@AngelFlys17]

oh Joy Joy ❤️

[@gxgfree4rhyme]

This guy is so cute

[@jackwhitetron]

I don't have the balls to do that😅

[@plantascarnivorasrio]

😍❤️🌿💚

[@MrAcuriteOf1337]

As I watch more of these videos, I come only to the conclusion that I've never had any fucking clue how to pronounce these names. Like I've been pronouncing "spathulata" in my head as though the 'th' was a hard 't' for years.

[@lolwhy1535]

"oh,so you like pitcher plants? Name every pitcher plants. American pitcher plants, nepenthes,nepenthes hybrids, newly found nepenthes versions of nepenthes (ex: sumatran version), etc."

[@redleafexotics4722]

No reason to prove anything:) Enjoy the vids!🙌🏻💚

[@Levvvvvvvv]

I want your life