Glad you mentioned humidity. I just got mine today from a long awaited trauma shipping. I have it in a dome with water tray and grow light. The color (red) is coming back quickly and some due from the stalks, not much from the leaves.
Love the video! Lots of good info. As a person who is new to this hobby though I wasn't quite sure what to do with the plant after clipping it and putting it in water. Probably not gonna do that any time soon but a more complete picture of that process would've been nice
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm working on a full cloning video with the full process, but it's still a month or so away until I'll have all the footage. You're definitely not the only one wanting to see the whole process!
I currently use Red/Blue LEDs, but will probably be switching to full spectrum in the next year. Red/Blue does a great job, but it makes maintaining and working with the plants more difficult.
I ordered a Sundew that arrived today, I was expecting it to look like yours in the video but it's more like a tower of them, a big ball cluster. I pulled a small, loose cluster out from the side which contains 4 sundews clustered together. Idk what to do!? Leave it be or try to separate them more. I know the plant is already stressed from being shipped. What would you suggest?
Sounds like you got an established community pot! You can separate them into separate pots if you have carnivorous plant soil mix ready (fertilizer free peat and perlite). Just make sure to wet the medium and use a chopstick or pencil to make a hole for the roots to go straight down towards the bottom (and closer to the water level when tray watered). Keep the sundews between 70-80F and with humidity around 55-65% until they establish in their new pot. Drosera Spatulata can fill an entire pot and has no issues growing tightly compact with it's neighbors.
Usually around a month to see strikes and then another month to get them rooted and happy. I have a newer video that goes more in-depth in how to clone them.
I have my Venus fly traps and sundew sitting in my window. It's been rainy the past week and I was wondering if it has to be sunny or the natural light from the outside that they need? It hasn't been sunny just a little bit and it's been cloudy but I still open the curtains and I'm wondering if that's helpful to them?
@@aneres87, I keep them under a dome with 80-100% humidity for about a month after laying them on the medium. They usually root within a month to two months, then you can start hardening them off.
I use forceps and get under all the leaves and gently lift straight up. This usually gets the entire tap root out. I'll then use a chopstick (or pencil if I don't have one) and make a hole to the bottom of the pot. Fish the taproot down as far as you can in the hole and fill in until the rosette is on top the soil. Water heavily for a few days and it should take off no problem.
Hello!! I have a Drosera Spatulata and I'm trying to save it. the Top part is rotting. I tried to propagate it using your method. I hope I grows well. How many weeks will I have to wait to start seeing sprouts? Thanks
D. Spatulata usually takes around 3-4 weeks to form small plantlets on the cuttings. I'm sorry to hear about your plant and I hope you are successful in saving your plant!
Glad you mentioned humidity. I just got mine today from a long awaited trauma shipping. I have it in a dome with water tray and grow light. The color (red) is coming back quickly and some due from the stalks, not much from the leaves.
Very informative!
Thank you! Keep an eye out, in the next few weeks I'll be redoing this guide into the shorter format like the newer videos.
Love the video! Lots of good info. As a person who is new to this hobby though I wasn't quite sure what to do with the plant after clipping it and putting it in water. Probably not gonna do that any time soon but a more complete picture of that process would've been nice
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm working on a full cloning video with the full process, but it's still a month or so away until I'll have all the footage. You're definitely not the only one wanting to see the whole process!
Whats the color of ur growlight
I currently use Red/Blue LEDs, but will probably be switching to full spectrum in the next year. Red/Blue does a great job, but it makes maintaining and working with the plants more difficult.
I ordered a Sundew that arrived today, I was expecting it to look like yours in the video but it's more like a tower of them, a big ball cluster. I pulled a small, loose cluster out from the side which contains 4 sundews clustered together. Idk what to do!? Leave it be or try to separate them more. I know the plant is already stressed from being shipped. What would you suggest?
Sounds like you got an established community pot! You can separate them into separate pots if you have carnivorous plant soil mix ready (fertilizer free peat and perlite). Just make sure to wet the medium and use a chopstick or pencil to make a hole for the roots to go straight down towards the bottom (and closer to the water level when tray watered). Keep the sundews between 70-80F and with humidity around 55-65% until they establish in their new pot. Drosera Spatulata can fill an entire pot and has no issues growing tightly compact with it's neighbors.
@@JohnsCarnivorousPlants Thank you for answering me! I may pull a few more off now that I know it shouldn't harm the plant
How long does propagation with these tend to take? I haven't had luck with leaf cuttings
Usually around a month to see strikes and then another month to get them rooted and happy. I have a newer video that goes more in-depth in how to clone them.
How do you feed those bladderworts? I’m thinking about getting one but not sure how difficult they are to feed.
A few drops of MaxSea 16-16-16 at quarter strength every two weeks and they do great!
@@JohnsCarnivorousPlants thanks!
I have my Venus fly traps and sundew sitting in my window. It's been rainy the past week and I was wondering if it has to be sunny or the natural light from the outside that they need? It hasn't been sunny just a little bit and it's been cloudy but I still open the curtains and I'm wondering if that's helpful to them?
Mine isn't making due, what should I do? I'm in Florida. One is outside and one inside, inside one has few drops,one outside Nothing, completely dry
Please Please Please Please, what's the difference between D. Spatulata vs D. Capillaris, I've searched the internet to no avail!?
Capillaris is about the size of dime and native to North America. Spatulata is about the size of a quarter and is native to SE Asia and Australia.
I have a single colony, theres about 10 or more individuals in the cluster. Is it worth more to split them up or just take cuttings?
I say, split them and take a leaf cutting off each as your repotting them. That way you get the best of both worlds.
@@JohnsCarnivorousPlants touche
It is also find in Asia such as bihar of India
Hi gorgeous plant we’re can I get some or do you sell them
When do you transfer them from water to peat+perlite?
You can transfer as soon as you see leaves forming on the plantlets.
@@JohnsCarnivorousPlants oh thanks for the reply, i thought you wait for roots 😅
@@aneres87, I keep them under a dome with 80-100% humidity for about a month after laying them on the medium. They usually root within a month to two months, then you can start hardening them off.
@@JohnsCarnivorousPlants sorry I am new to carnivorous plants, what do you mean by hardening off?
Great video. How do you transplant?
I use forceps and get under all the leaves and gently lift straight up. This usually gets the entire tap root out. I'll then use a chopstick (or pencil if I don't have one) and make a hole to the bottom of the pot. Fish the taproot down as far as you can in the hole and fill in until the rosette is on top the soil. Water heavily for a few days and it should take off no problem.
@@JohnsCarnivorousPlants great thanks.
so the leaves you cut off do you just lay them on top of the moss in a new pot or do you bury it?
Once little plants start to form, lay on top of moss or peat/perlite.
Hello!! I have a Drosera Spatulata and I'm trying to save it. the Top part is rotting. I tried to propagate it using your method. I hope I grows well. How many weeks will I have to wait to start seeing sprouts? Thanks
D. Spatulata usually takes around 3-4 weeks to form small plantlets on the cuttings. I'm sorry to hear about your plant and I hope you are successful in saving your plant!
@@JohnsCarnivorousPlants thanks!!