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- Meat-eating plants multiply themselves!
- Methods to multiply carnivorous plants
- Propagation by division
- Cutting cuttings
- Pull carnivores out of seeds
- Tips
Most meat-eating plants can be well propagated via division or cuttings
Meat-eating plants multiply themselves!
The propagation of carnivorous plants is not very complicated and can be carried out well by beginners. They can multiply carnivores both vegetatively - ie over cuttings or plant parts - as well as generatively over seeds.
Methods to multiply carnivorous plants
Propagation by division
Many species form lateral shoots. Carefully separate them and put them in a pot filled with white peat.
For very large plants you can also cut the tip below the fourth leaf and put it in white peat. Since the mother plant is weakened by this type of propagation and therefore easily rot, you should cover the interface with charcoal powder.
Keep the shoots moist but not too wet. Set the pots brightly but not directly in the sun. After some time, roots develop and the young plant is kept as adult carnivorous plants.
Cutting cuttings
Cut a leaf with a piece of stalk from your carnivorous plant. Prepare a pot of white peat.
Lay the sheet smooth on the peat and cover only the stem with some substrate.
The cuttings must be kept well moist. The most successful is the propagation when you cover the pot with plastic wrap. Ventilate the film regularly to prevent mold from forming.
Pull carnivores out of seeds
To harvest seeds yourself, your carnivorous plants need to develop flowers. However, this only happens at an ideal location. Some varieties only blossom after several years.
Fertilization takes place via small insects. It can also be done with a brush.
When the flower has withered, the seeds ripen in pollinated flowers. Catch them with a bag or cut off the stems first. The seed must be kept cool for some time (cold germ) and then sown on peat. The seed must not be covered (light germinator)!
Tips
The cultivation of carnivorous plants from seeds is tedious.It may take a few weeks for the seeds to germinate. It also takes longer for the new plants to flower for the first time.