I just want to say that this method worked really well for me and my Nepenthes Sanguinea. The only thing I would add is that unless your cuttings are going to be in very high humidity, probably 80%+, I'd put them in a plastic bag to ensure they don't lose a lot of water before they can grow a big root system. I cut four basal shoots off my big plant and after about 5 weeks all have grown many small roots and each has unfurled a new leaf that is smaller than they were before but look very healthy. Thank you Predatory Plants and I hope this helps anyone else that is looking for advice!

Wow and Woohoo! I have several nepenthes with multiple basil offshoots! Thank you for the needed information!

Well, I've been growing orchids some time now and when visiting a local nurseries I spotted a nepenthes so I bought it and that has made me look into how they grow, after watching some of your videos I,m going to look for more. Very enjoyable. Thank you. Tony

Your videos are excellent! Clear and to the point.

Sweet. The one i ordered has basal shoots, so yay me! More plants! More plants! Whoop whoop!

i love how your videos are always clear in instructions/demonstrations and to the point - thank you !

Exactly what I needed!! Thank You!

So easy. Thank you for explaining. Been looking forward to this video. I don't know why I thought it was more involved. Quite similar to cuttings from vines.

Glad I found this video. I have a basal shoot on my ventrata alata and had no clue what to do with it

You explain very well, thanks

Cara, muito legal a forma simples que você faz as coisas! Mais uma vez, parabéns pelo video.

Thanks so much for the video. I have a large Nepenthes Sanguinea and my parrot bit the top growth off :(. It responded by putting our four basal shoots! The top is nearly recovered and I want to take at least three of them off as they have all put out 2-3 pitchers now. Hopefully, the big plant will be up and running again fast as ever and I'll have 3 others :D. The fourth one just sprouted a few days ago so I'm going to need to give it some time still.

Thank you from a novice in Cornwall, England

Great vid, thanks!

Have you ever tried "air layering" Nepenthes to propagate them? I would love to see a video of that process.

Thank you!! I got two little offshoots with baby pitchers!!! Can't wait to share the babies =)

Very Helpful!

Well done mate 👍🦘

So cool!!

Thanks for the great video, my Sanguinea has 2 or three off shoots and you happened to post this at the perfect time lol

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@CrushOfSiel

5 жыл бұрын

Did you ever clip them? If so, how did it go? I'm about to do my Sanguinea soon, it has three basal shoots that are definitely ready with a fourth that is growing already fairly quick. Any further tips? Thanks for any response!

You look like Joseph Gordon-Levitt kinda haha. Good video. Bit rusty on my plant knowledge, thanks for the refresh.

Josh , my Sanguinea is actually producing basal shoots and is producing traps and i saw that you are a member of carnivorous plant community on facebook.😀

again a very good video but may i ask what is the temperature and the moisture level in your greenhouse ? and i see that some pitchers are almost full water . do you fill them with rainwater ? mine pitcherplants are not even half filled . keep up the good video's .

Yes I always thought how to get rid of the off shoot

and good luck my friend

My little rajah has started a basal but it's under a leaf, I wondered why it was growing slower than my lowiis. My ephippiata just died, it didn't really grow then the leaves from the stem started going black, a basal leaf appeared then that started going black too unfortunately.

Is this applicable for a big nepenthes truncata with a woody stem that is way too tall? I am thinking of cutting the top part off and leaving the woody part.

Hi how do i know which one is the vine in my nepenthes of its not big enough...so i could do the cuttings thank you

Hey Josh. Awesome video and very interesting! Bit off-topic, but would you perhaps consider doing a video about repotting pygmy sundews (Drosera Pulchella)? Info on this is scarce and my little Pulchella are pretty much out of space in their little pot.

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Pygmy sundews are interesting. I don't actually have any experience repotting them, since I treat them like annuals. Each year I harvest the gemmae and sow them on new soil. The old plants might come back to life the following growing season, but if they don't I just discard the whole pot. Devon does a lot more work with sundews than I do, so if he has any insight we will add that to our list of videos to make.

@Eluvaethor

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks so much.

I have a N. Veitchii with two basal offshoots in the middle of its stem, one in the node next to the other. Their youngest leaves have about 10-14cm, but they still have no pitchers and few leaves (two mature leaves each). Should I take them off? I would really like to so I can propagate my plant and they don't leach nutrients from the main plant, but I'm afraid they won't make it since they have so few leaves

Sorry, but do you do the cuttings from the shooting or from the vine? Thank you

I’ve noticed my basil plant is struggling a little bit. I separated the parent plant from them, and the basil plant have the roots from the parent. All the conditions are fine, right light right humidity. The leaves of the basils are growing just fine, but growing smaller and smaller pitchers. I’ve sprayed them with a diluted dose of Maxsea fertilizer once a month. I thought when you separate the basils from the parent and the basils have the roots of the parent plant that the size of the pitchers skyrocket so I don’t know what to do

Do you have any updated pics or vids of the basal?

Hello josh great video, i recently took basal cutting of both my amp and alata. should i leave the cuttings potted up with the rest of my neps or place a bag over them? I have all my neps in a growtent under t5 lighting and humidity stays about 80-90 %

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

I almost never bag basals. Their strike rate is so close to 100%, that I would only even bother if it was on the weak side or a super rare/valuable plant. If it was growing well in your conditions, it should be just fine striking in those same conditions.

So how would you remove the shoot to plant it as its own plant?

Did it but I hope I didn't accidently chop off the main plant to, I checked down there and shined a light and seems that the stem did get a little cut and the stem is missing about 20% of the full stem and I am worried, will my plant die?, I tugged it lightly and it wouldn't come out so it is still attached but will that little bit of the stem accidently cut off effect it's growth or cause death?

I'd be curious as to the growth of that cutting, did you ever post a follow up?

@PredatoryPlants

3 жыл бұрын

It rooted, started pitchering again, and was sold within a couple months.

For peopel that dont use the flowers , its possible to cut them as soon as possible ?

My Nepenthes has been growing in my hothouse for about 6 months and doing very well. We live in a sub tropical part of South Africa .Durban with good humidity. It has grown a 600mm vine with an abundance of pitchers, also has many pitchers on the main plant perhaps 15 or so. It has now produced two new basal shoots at the base with small pitchers. The leaves are bright green and firm. Suddenly the pitchers have started browning and I have no idea why. We had a few cold snaps this winter down to perhaps 7 or 8 degrees centigrade at night, and I wonder if this could be the cause. What do I do ????? Derrick Harvey.

Cool 😎

Great Video! I have a beautiful Nepenthes Alana. It has 17 healthy functioning pitchers. Do any need to be removed?

@PredatoryPlants

4 жыл бұрын

Probably not

fun!

Just cut my first basals!! Wish me luck!

@CrushOfSiel

5 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

I’m surprised by how less subs u have

Is it ok to remove basal's when neither the mother plant or basal has no formed pitchers

How do you check if it has grown roots without disturbing them?

Can I use old moss?

THX Josh For The Great Video Of Taking Cuttings Of Nepenthes,How Much For The Cutting Of The Nepenthes Aphipiata "Even Spell Check Cant Get That Right LOL" But Yea How Much That Specimen Is Amazing :) Such A Highly Detailed Plant And The Colors, 1 Question How Many Nepenthes Species Produce The Sugary Substance Like This 1 At Time Stamp 2:01?

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

Most Nepenthes produce some amount of sugary nectar from their lid. "Exudate" is pretty much just a very extreme production of nectar. The 2 that are known for producing large amounts of exudate are Nepenthes lowii and Nepenthes ephippiata (like the one in the video.)

is that gracilis?

Hi Josh, I am new to all this. I noticed one of the pitchers was I assume full of water, is this ok? I suppose in the wild they get water in the pitchers from rain.

@springbonnietheanimator3895

4 жыл бұрын

they need it,it's actually a kind of biochemical acid

I’m totally getting a greenhouse. I need more room.

Do you need to keep these covered till they grow roots or do they do ok as long as humidity is on the higher side - say fogger or regular misting?

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

We don't usually cover basals in the greenhouse because it's pretty humid. In dry conditions, covering them may help them root more quickly, or prevent them from dropping their pitchers.

@Vidyut_Gore

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Hi Josh, we have a Rajah that has just grown out of small size barely hitting medium size.... But there is a basil shoot coming out of on almost every node on it, and all of them look super healthy! Since the plant is so small I dont want to pull any off. Is it hurting the main plant? Should I remove the little basils to help the main stem or just let them grow?

@PredatoryPlants

3 жыл бұрын

That behavior in rajah is usually due to poor tissue-culture procedure causing over-activation of basal offshoots. It's best to just let the plant settle-in and put energy into whichever offshoots it chooses. the rest will probably die-off.

Josh looking to try and start Nepenthes from seed. Any suggestions for more hardy breeds and places to look for them?

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, unless you are producing your own seed, pretty much all Nepenthes seed that you will find for sale is collected from the wild with no regard for the effects it has on the plant populations.

@agpizz

4 жыл бұрын

@@PredatoryPlants we are all breeding almost extinct species

How do I know it’s not going well?

How frequently should the new basal cuttings be watered .... more/less ?

@PredatoryPlants

5 жыл бұрын

We water them just like the rest of our Nepenthes.

What will happen to a nepenthes pitcher plant when it is in a greenhouse that was like 100 degrees for 5 days

Do they like sunlight/T-5 light for indoors or shade? Are you supposed to keep the pitchers filled with water? Do you feed them at all?

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

Please check our care guides here: predatoryplants.com/pages/care-guide

@sandradee3477

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I just placed an order from predatory plants and received them today. I have a four-foot t-5 lights with 6 bulbs. I was just wondering if I can keep the plants a few feet away or does it need to be inches away.

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

A 6 bulb t-5 rig puts out a lot of lumens, so you probably don't have to be right on-top of the plants. The plants will also let you know if you watch them closely. If they produce extremely compact and colorful growth, the light level is good. If they stay pale-green and stretch-out their leaves, you should try to move them closer. However, we don't have much experience with indoor growing, so you should try to find a better source for information on that.

My pitcher has produced 3 basal shoots, is it possible to cut off the main stem and essentially start the growth cycle again from the basal

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. Please take a look at my video detailing this process here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZ9-2pmTe5XVprw.html

Question, some of my basal shoots are wilting pretty bad after being cut and re-potted a week later. Is this normal? Is there something I should do? I cut them as far down as I could go, I took the large plant out and cut them right where they grew into the roots essentially. Each basal shoot I cut had at least 4 leaves and one pitcher. Thanks for any advice.

@PredatoryPlants

5 жыл бұрын

If your basals are wilting then they are shedding more water through respiration than they are uptaking from their stems/whatever roots they have left. You can try to either reduce the amount they respire (for example by boosting humidity with a dome or a plastic bag over the plant), or increase their water uptake (such as by watering them more heavily, or even setting them in a tray of water until the roots grow in more).

@CrushOfSiel

5 жыл бұрын

@@PredatoryPlants Ok thank you! I will try a bag I think. They do not have any roots, they originated just above the roots of the main plant. Two of them are actually looking pretty healthy now, but the other two definitely look like they are struggling. Their moss is pretty moist but I'm definitely going to try the bag.

I've been looking for a video about this! I didn't know it was called basel, I was searching for babies or pups... What is the difference?

@lectric

3 жыл бұрын

They're called basal shoots because they happen at the base of the plant.

I have one about 4 years old that grew about 10 offshoots. Why so many?

Do you recommend for or against rooting hormone? Or is it really just not beneficial in any way in this case?

@PredatoryPlants

5 жыл бұрын

We don't normally use it. We're planning to do an experiment soon to determine if there are benefits.

@CrushOfSiel

5 жыл бұрын

@@PredatoryPlants I'm repotting 4 basal shoots from my Sanguinea soon, perhaps I'll do two and two and see what happens. I imagine they'll all do fine, perhaps some may grow faster though in the short run.

can you sell me a hamata cuting or basal serious

If a basal is cut, is it possible for the main stem to produce more basals in the future?

@PredatoryPlants

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. Every dormant node can produce a basal.

Hi Guys, hope you are all well and safe. I have been watching your videos recently. I have an N. maxima x ventricosa (and some other hybrids) much like the one you described in another video (Maiden x Victory). The original plant started vining but put out a basal but I cut the original vining stem as It was getting too big. I grow mine in a window in my front living room with some supplementary lighting from LED bulbs. I have done quite well adapting them to 50-65% RH. It takes some time but with a bit of patience, like the Borg they do adapt. I even have Heliamphora (heterodoxa and nutans x heterodoxa) under lights not in a terrarium at pretty much the same humidity. Anyway, I just wanted to know how you sterilized your long-fiber sphagnum moss? Cheers Adam (I am the other side of the pond)

@enazia619

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Adam, I have the same question- I'm wondering if you found a solution to it?

@adamkesingland968

2 жыл бұрын

@@enazia619 Yeah I never got a reply. I guess you could pour boiling water through it. I would not go chemical. I am not sure sterility is that important. We live in a world full of bacteria, viruses, and fungi. They are everywhere. I would put it in a pot with drainage holes and pour a whole kettle of boiling water through it, in a sink or similar. Rinse with clean soft water. Once potted do you sterilize the water that you water the cutting with? No. Cheers Adam x

@enazia619

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamkesingland968 Oh alright that's actually pretty easy! :) Thank you for the thorough reply! I'm just a bit cautious since I know carnivorous plants can be sensitive on things like this. I want to start making cuttings and I just want to make sure I'm able to give them a growing medium that's as good as possible for them :) Kind regards, Tirill

Josh, I have just started raising Nepenthe's and Dionaea. I ordered 4 plants from Predatory Plants 6/24/2018. My question is, would adding Trichoderma viride to my sphagnum moss/perilite mixture to stop any root/plant rot fungus hurt my plants?

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

We have no experience inoculating with trich, so we can't say if it would be beneficial to do so.

Why do my nepenthes ventricosa and nepenthes sanguinea wilt from the side of the leaf? I grow my nepenthes in terrarium, I give it 24h grow light and 10 min of humidity can you tell me what I did wrong?

@PredatoryPlants

5 жыл бұрын

Are you saying that you grew Nepenthes under 24 hours of light? If so, that's a big problem. Normal perennial tropical plants should have light cycles similar to, or slightly longer than their natural light cycles depending on the intensity of the lights. I also don't know what you mean by 10 min of humidity.

@h20water22

5 жыл бұрын

Predatory Plants I have a mist maker and I’m only give it 10 minute a day

@h20water22

5 жыл бұрын

Predatory Plants I use 25 watts LED grow light for my nepenthes terrarium

@h20water22

5 жыл бұрын

Predatory Plants isn’t the plant leaf support to turn red when it got a lot of light but my nepenthes wilt

@h20water22

5 жыл бұрын

Predatory Plants go to my channel and click on nepenthes wilt

How do you sterilize your sphagnum?

@PredatoryPlants

6 жыл бұрын

For small amounts we will microwave slightly damp moss for 3 minutes 3 times, stirring well in between. For large amounts we have an industrial soil sterilizer that cooks the moss for several hours.

@djemmers

6 жыл бұрын

microwave at wich level of watt?

@CrushOfSiel

5 жыл бұрын

@@PredatoryPlants What are the possible downsides of not doing this? That sounds like a lot of microwaving! I'm surprised the moss lives through that.

@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening

5 жыл бұрын

I ask my mom to help me boil it

@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening

5 жыл бұрын

@@CrushOfSiel I just my mom to help me boil mine

yeet em

That’s a tall flower 😱