Re-pot 2018

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Re-pot 2018 Apr 15, 2018 15:00:20 GMT corky, osprey, and 1 more like this

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Post by fredg on Apr 15, 2018 15:00:20 GMT

As I promised the plants I began a major re-pot of the Sarracenia about 10 days ago.The cold wet weather caused a cessation for most of last week but I've finally run out of pots yet again.
So far I've used 60 of 6*6*8" (15*15*20cm) 3 litre pots and about 10 of 5*5*8" (13*13*20cm) 2.4 litre super long toms. This means if I have to leave the plants for a while in high summer I can really flood the lagoons and of course the 8" deep pots will take longer to dry out.

The situation at present is

Note the three patent home made slug bait holders strategically surrounding the pot of Calopogon. Slugs and snails love it

I relabelled everything I could identify too. Some labels were unreadable others had mysteriously disappeared, however there's not too many NoIDs.

I must admit to having a chuckle several times as I cut back the contents of a 4x4" pot to get it into a 6x6".

Need more pots (I haven't shown you the floor)

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Re-pot 2018 Apr 16, 2018 10:12:15 GMT via mobile fredg likes this

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Post by Stu on Apr 16, 2018 10:12:15 GMT

Looking really good Fred! Those 15cm pots are impressive and as you say, certainly provides a good buffer for watering during the hotter months.

I'm currently repotting the entire collection (including hundreds of seedlings) in sporadic stages. It's times like this I regret having such a large Sarracenia collection!

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fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Re-pot 2018 May 7, 2018 17:38:16 GMT stevebooth likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on May 7, 2018 17:38:16 GMT The plants have settled in quite nicely after the re-pot. Note there are now 5 patent slug traps surrounding the Calopogon pot. They are deffinitely being effective. I've never seen so many shoots before.
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fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Re-pot 2018 May 27, 2018 10:26:40 GMT stevebooth likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on May 27, 2018 10:26:40 GMT They don't seem to be sulking too much with the re-pot. Note the Sycamore anthers rubbish on the glass. I've washed it off twice already this year. If only the wind had been from the south
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fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Re-pot 2018 Jun 8, 2018 18:11:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on Jun 8, 2018 18:11:09 GMT Happy plants, I'm now having to look up at the pitchers . A few little glimpses on the throng.
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corky God Posts: 1,008	Re-pot 2018 Jun 9, 2018 10:23:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by corky on Jun 9, 2018 10:23:46 GMT Looking excellent

stevebooth God So many plants to grow, such a short time Posts: 761	Re-pot 2018 Jun 10, 2018 14:15:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stevebooth on Jun 10, 2018 14:15:52 GMT Very nice Fred

fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Re-pot 2018 Jun 27, 2018 19:50:03 GMT corky and stevebooth like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on Jun 27, 2018 19:50:03 GMT The tallest pitchers now belong to Lynda Butt, they're winning by this much. Not what I was expecting.
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fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Re-pot 2018 Jul 10, 2018 15:25:51 GMT osprey and stevebooth like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on Jul 10, 2018 15:25:51 GMT This one caught my eye today. It looks better in the greenhouse than the photo. S. x (wrigleyana x excellens) or Sarracenia x [(leucophylla x psittacina) x (leucophylla x minor)]
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Re-pot 2018 Jul 12, 2018 16:14:00 GMT stevebooth likes this

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Post by fredg on Jul 12, 2018 16:14:00 GMT

Lynda Butt is still (just) the tallest of the re-potted plants. At present the tallest pitcher stands at 27.6" (70 cm)

My overall tallest is this one..............

This stands at 32.7" (83 cm) and is still in its standard 4" square in the top greenhouse. I'd re-pot this double trayfull but then there would only be room for half of them

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fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Re-pot 2018 Aug 19, 2018 10:28:55 GMT osprey and stevebooth like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on Aug 19, 2018 10:28:55 GMT Making a late challenge for top of the re-pots is..... S. alata - Red Throat, currently standing at 74cm - 29" and it's just popped.
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fredg Administrator Slightly (*cough) eccentric Posts: 3,587	Re-pot 2018 Aug 29, 2018 18:08:28 GMT osprey and stevebooth like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fredg on Aug 29, 2018 18:08:28 GMT Woo hoo! The alata is now topping itself. This new pitcher stands at 31.5" - 80cm.
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