Unpotting a LARGE Darlingtonia Colony

[@johngregory6898]

So that pot is ours and it did get out of control over a couple years of COVID so we asked for help. We let Jeff and Jacob keep the plants as we could not sell or keep that many. The setup is a cooler with the top removed that is encased (sitting) in a cedar cabinet so it is decorative and not just a cooler sitting on the deck. The cooler is to provide a larger volume of water to help buffer the temperature and the insulated sides help buffer on hot and cold days as well. I added a bulkhead fitting through the cooler near the top to establish an overflow and keep the water level consistent. The fill is off the deck drip irrigation that adds water every time the system runs and the overflow maintains the level. To keep the basket only a couple inches down in the water I cut and bundled some PVC pipe and stood them vertically in the cooler, the basket sits on top of them. The water flow is a simple / cheap submersible fountain pump that the tube out of the basket slips onto. The pump is just hanging on that tube down in the water inside the cooler. The pump runs on a timer and cycles on for about 10 minutes a couple times an hour. The distribution tube around the top of the pot just has holes drilled in the side so it squirts water toward the center of the pot all the way around and it just drains back to the cooler. The tubing being a loop gives even distribution. The water being consistent temp and flowing regularly is what the Darlingtonia (and PNW tree frogs) love and they grow like crazy, that pot will pretty much fill up every year. On exceptionally hot days we do add a little ice to the water in the cooler and keep the pump on more, but that is only a handful of days a year. We also have several other happy pots with a variety of carnivorous plants in the same basket and pipe setup to keep them in water, however they are not in cooler and do not have pumped water..

[@celestelmer7477]

Do you keep your darlingtonia in full sun? I'm somewhat trying to replicate your system because it sounds great and clearly works! Right now I just have a little darlingtonia, my first.

[@corvairfanatic7106]

Good to see you guys still going! Keep it up.

[@keithcamardelle739]

I got my first Darlingtonia as a kid in about 1976 or so when they sold them in plastic bags in local nurseries (no doubt harvested from the wild back then). I'm 56 now and still growing CPs! But.....where I live (Louisiana) successfully growing Cobra plants is nearly impossible due to the hot summer nights with no temperature drop. I have managed to keep some alive for a couple of seasons, but they sadly succumbed to the heat and croaked! To see a tangled mess of cobra plants growing like weeds like this is truly like seeing a unicorn to me! The grower is a lucky individual! I am stunned!

[@twunderaquatics1770]

Wow, that was a workout! 😳 I started keeping pitchers in my goldfish pond last year. Did not expect the extreme growth I had. Great video!!! 👍

[@Mike100istCarnivorousPlants]

Great work as always. Nice website too, can’t wait to see the new plant’s coming April 1st.

[@Mike100istCarnivorousPlants]

My drosera madagascariensis just arrived I love it thank you.

[@miKKful]

so good to see you back !

[@daniseshields9423]

Thank you for this demonstration. I have raised darlingtonia for years in medium size pots. I have dividend them numerous times. It is always a time consuming task and I too am not gentle. That said they continue to grow vigorously and will need to be divided again in a year or so.

[@ravingcyclist624]

Great job! You rescued an amazing quantity of plants out of that pot. I am creating a carnivorous plant garden here in Atlanta. Once it's ready, I'll probably be getting you to send me some Sarracenia.

[@thereegamer1560]

Dude I was looking at my Darlingtonia when you guys uploaded this video what a coincidence

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

Just ordered potting medium from you all today, and here you've posted a video haha! Love my beautiful carnivores, can't wait to add to my collection. Thanks!

[@guillaumeg8516]

Very happy to watch your vidéos again ! Keep going guys !

[@josephjude1290]

Loving the videos

[@Kyddoemiko13]

Wow that's amazing from previous videos I remember they said the mother plant forms stolons and run and form a colony. Her set up may be in a fountain since she used a netting pot . Excellent video 😊❣️ 20+ years you are the man !

[@Tommyr]

Jacob you behaved yourself quite well! LOL! I too can talk like a sailor sometimes! Well done sir!

[@Uathankicks]

Super cool carnivorous plants and succulents are my plant passions

[@kaytzbdz]

Sound of bones cracking. . .exactly, hahaha!

[@jackydavik533]

Great video! I do grow my Darlingtonia in peat moss + perlite mix and top dressing with a layer of dead sphagnum moss and a layer of live of sphagnum moss on top, and it looks so good!

[@jermainerace4156]

I'm excited to see so many neps coming in april!

[@MrOakGamer]

Great video!! Loved how rough you can be to reppot a plant 🤣 good growing!

[@ScaryFear]

Been watching you guys since around 2009 I think. That's cool you got so many. I guess she let you keep all those extras.

[@keithcamardelle739]

Yes, Scary Fear, I was thinking the same, that she worked out a deal, "sort out this mess, give me my 3 nice big plants, and keep the leftovers for your time and trouble".

[@ScaryFear]

@@keithcamardelle739 Yes that's what it sounded like. That's good since he lost a bunch now he got them back. Wonderful when that happens.

[@newmanmansell760]

I enjoyed watching😌🤲🌟I wonder if that hose system was water coming in from the faucet?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for watching. You can read the grower's description of the setup. I pinned his comments to the top of the page.

[@danielbohonek8086]

Amazing. Keep up the great videos 🙂

[@gospeltruthtv]

Wow! That is quite a surgery! I had a large pot of Sarracenia Alata that needed split up, it was quite an undertaking…but fun! I live in Alabama, I sure wish I could grow darlingtonia outside down here.

[@nisnber5760]

Cool $2,500-3,500 worth of Darlingtonia in that one pot. I'd gladly take some of those stolons/plantlets that didn't even get potted up...

[@BobbyParker784]

One of the most prolific plants you got there I've ever seen that Circle was super healthy it it needed to sacrifice a few for the greater good!

[@nimbulan2020]

Even more amazing than the sheer number of plants in that pot - every single one of those stolons that was cut off will very easily grow into a new plant if just stuck in a pot. Pieces as short as an inch will very easily grow. Of course it'll take quite a while for those to mature.

[@limmike5339]

Thank you

[@Urko2005]

Im transplanting my pitcher plants here in UK soon.

[@davidmccarthy2031]

Can you tell me more about the pot and the PVC piping for water? The type of pump, Where does the water come from and go after it leaves the pot?

[@avg_joe117]

I now understand why cobra lily needs cool water flushing across its roots. To prevent the fungus growth.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Yes! These plants are prone to fungus. Cool nights are also essential to prevent plant exhaustion. We plan to do a video about this next summer.

[@thecoolknight8929]

The watering technique for the pot looks very cool! I wonder, is the water in the pipe constantly flowing through and recycled or is a constant pump of water being pumped in?

[@johngregory6898]

The setup is a cooler with the top removed that is encased (sitting) in a cedar cabinet so it is decorative and not just a cooler sitting on the deck. The cooler is to provide a larger volume of water to help buffer the temperature and the insulated sides help buffer on hot and cold days as well. I added a bulkhead fitting through the cooler near the top to establish an overflow and keep the water level consistent. The fill is off the deck drip irrigation that adds water every time the system runs and the overflow maintains the level. To keep the basket only a couple inches down in the water I cut and bundled some PVC pipe and stood them vertically in the cooler, the basket sits on top of them. The water flow is a simple / cheap submersible fountain pump that the tube out of the basket slips onto. The pump is just hanging on that tube down in the water inside the cooler. The pump runs on a timer and cycles on for about 10 minutes a couple times an hour. The distribution tube around the top of the pot just has holes drilled in the side so it squirts water toward the center of the pot all the way around and it just drains back to the cooler. The tubing being a loop gives even distribution.

[@hukmai]

Clearly we need to have this customer featured because what they did worked!!

[@兰小花]

I want one of those plants when are you going to sell one of those divisions?

[@curtisprice9806]

THANKS FOR INFO ON HOW SPHAGNUM MOSS IS DIFFICULT TO GROW

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

A video about sphagnum moss is on our list. We're just not sure when we would be able to get to it. Too many projects!

[@andrewcatlin3590]

I have a very large colony of sarracenia Flava in a 20 gallon barrel and I have to be really rough when I repot it because of how big the root system is.

[@LanceKirkman]

Wow!!! I didn't know that you could be so aggressive with the rhizomes and stolens!

[@watchmanknowledge4345]

Is there a full 2Hr version?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching! A full 2-hour version? No. We don't have the equipment to do that type of filming. Sorry!

[@adamkesingland968]

Jacob this is mental

[@adamkesingland968]

I can't seem to grow them here in the UK. Tried peat and perlite, pure Sphagnum using the tray system.

[@bluebowser3347]

@@adamkesingland968 They can tolerate down to -13. You can do it if you work towards providing the right microclimate.

[@adamkesingland968]

@@bluebowser3347 I think it is my watering regimine?

[@adamkesingland968]

It never gets too hot here in the Northwest of England and we are famous for rain, I just plonk them in a tray full of water. In white pots but I will repot them this year and maybe take more time over them. Am I correct in assuming they need less light than Sarracenia? Cheers Adam

[@tendercoconut]

@@adamkesingland968 In the wild they often grow in full sun because they're taking advantage of a niche evironment provided by the serpentine soils that discourage most trees. However, I've also seen lots of them growing in mixed shade/dappled sunlight in the Siskiyou Wilderness, and the pitchers that grow in those conditions get taller than then ones you see in full sun. They are absolutely huge.

[@BobbyParker784]

Oh I feel you brother I feel you I understand time crunch and delicacy I know the feeling maybe not that type of feeling but same difference LOL

[@MichaelGraf-nz5uw]

Oh good grief, cut the dam $5 dollar plastic pot! What an amazing growth!

[@somedude7040]

I would appreciate it if you sold seed again. Especially because you sella fair price and you sell the Darlingtonia that's more tolerant.

[@keijuhl]

Dalingtonia is difficult for me to keep alive in Georgia, its a great looking plant though!

[@KellyRoberts]

Where do you get a netted pot like that??

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thanks for watching the video! I don't know where the grower got the pot from, but check your local garden center for orchid supplies. You can also try Amazon.

[@somedude7040]

I think it's individual CP enthusiasts that should grow their own moss locally. I took some and have in in a few terraria. I'll use it for Heliamphorae and Nepenthes.

[@ericchurchill8037]

Woah new video

[@vsocarras27]

Question can I grow darlingtonia inside I live in Miami fl so it’s really hot here my house is normally at 69-72~ degrees Fahrenheit is that fine

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

We'll do a video about this issue. But, a nighttime drop into the low 60s is essential for the overall health of the plant.

[@robieosborne7369]

Woop Woop!!!

[@piratedjradio]

Why on earth did she leave this so long, even a year ago would have been to long, no need for the gym this week Jacob lol

[@neroorenic1932]

brutal indeed :)

[@Ayyywrimzy]

So much money in one pot😳😭

[@DUNDOM5]

Why do you use gloves?

[@Urko2005]

If you are handling lots of compost, it can really affect your hands.

[@Tommyr]

Makes cleaning up later easier. I use them as well.

[@FavOnIcon]

she wanted the pot....i would of said forget about the pot.

[@Anonymouss222]

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