Few Cephalotus

So far the pure perlite and sand top dressing seem to be working just fine.

These are some of the plants that were in the tower that I took apart.

They are way off to the side, not under any direct lights. I have done nothing with them so no fertilizer or anything just potted them and left them alone, other then giving them some top watering every week or so, and refilling the reservoir.

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hey @Muckydoo few questions below . I divided mine month back or so and they all died back a lot. three I thought were dead but saw a bit a life to them so I bagged them all up and seem to be doing a lot better and putting out new growth . also tried a few leaf cuttings and 1 took very quickly. my soil is something like 1:2:2 / peat : perlite: coarse sand . I thought I might of watered to much at first.

questions
- did you put the lid on that tote to increase RH after division ? is that the common practice to increase RH . not sure what went wrong for me to cause the die back. was pretty extreme compared tot eh last time I didi it.
- what size sand is that ? where did you get it ?
- are you selling any of the German giants , if so how much

thanks for the help
 
No lid, but I kept the water level about 1/2 way up the pots until they perked up and looked good. I keep it about 1/4 way now.
You could keep a lid on or bag them, but I find they didn't love it long term, and do much better in open air. For me anyway.

It's full perlite with sand on top. It's #12 mesh sand. I found some good stuff from Home Hardware.

SEL WARWICK 22.7kg Pool Filtration Sand.

I haven't split any GG pots up, but I'll let you know when I do.
 
Muckydoo said:
No lid, but I kept the water level about 1/2 way up the pots until they perked up and looked good. I keep it about 1/4 way now.
You could keep a lid on or bag them, but I find they didn't love it long term, and do much better in open air. For me anyway.

It's full perlite with sand on top. It's #12 mesh sand. I found some good stuff from Home Hardware.

SEL WARWICK 22.7kg Pool Filtration Sand.

I haven't split any GG pots up, but I'll let you know when I do.
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thanks for the info.

I thought the soil was to damp after the division and caused the die back. had it in stand water maybe 1/2" so when I started to see them suffer I removed the water to allow the pot to dry a bit.
after that I saw a bit of green hope from trimming the dead stuff I bagged them up for 2-4 weeks now to help them bounce back and they are putting out new growth quickly. just opened the bag a bit so I can acclimate them back to original conditions they were in before.

going to try you perlite method down the road.

any issues with that sand and other plants soil mix. sarrs , VFT , pings , dew ????
 
That brand is fairly new for me and I've only used it in my pings, no issues. I have a bucket of it that's been soaking for a few months, and it only reached 38 ppm, and some of that is still probably dust.

The perlite method was one @King Karnivores mentioned in a post so I just tried it out, and it seems pretty good!
 
Muckydoo said:
That brand is fairly new for me and I've only used it in my pings, no issues. I have a bucket of it that's been soaking for a few months, and it only reached 38 ppm, and some of that is still probably dust.

The perlite method was one @King Karnivores mentioned in a post so I just tried it out, and it seems pretty good!
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I have several dozen cephs in pure perlite now and all are doing amazing! I originally got the method from PRE :) https://www.pearlriverexotics.com/blogs/news/growing-cephalotus-follicularis-in-perlite
 
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