incubators in full sun

[adymitruk]

I have 4 leaf pullings in some very wet peat moss at the bottom of a baby jar that's sealed with plastic wrap and a rubber band. I know that they need the maximum amount of light. However, would direct sunlight not cook them?

What other attempts failed and succeeded?

Thanks in advance,

Adam

[Brian Barnes]

Hello! I've always done mine in pure sphagnum moss, kept wet but not saturated, at a temp. of 78 to 80F daytime to 70-72F nightime. The tops of the pots are uncovered and humidity is 70-80%...
Happy Growing!
Brian.

[Fred P]

Direct sun in a sealed container would most likely cook them. Brian's method above works just fine.

[adymitruk]

So I'm guessing uncovered with full sun is better than covered with grow lights?

Also, peat is useless and I should try again with sphagnum instead?

Adam

[Not a Number]

Peat and peat/sand works, as does floating the pulls in water. I'd even guess that a damp sponge would work too.

[adymitruk]

and even after the leaves go black, it takes something like a month to see anything starting, correct?

Adam

[vraev]

peat and perlite is perfect for VFT's. Infact...thats what VFT's grow in.... PEAT bogs with a lot of peat + sand and whatever (No perlite). The top most layers are sphagnum (live plant) and yes! its wonderful as a media...but a bit higher maintenance... i.e., requires its own water to remain alive and IMO.... very very precious and needs to be used sparingly. For plants like neps...yes! sphagnum is irreplacable IMO is a terrific media which is "ubiquitous in nepenthes cultivation"...but for plants like VFTs....they do fantastic with peat as well. Infact...now I am growing my VFT's (all cutting derived and seed grown ones only as the adults are in dormancy in the basement cold room) in peat / perlite media. They seem to be loving it and didn't even show any stress of being repotted etc.

[adymitruk]

There is no direct sun on the media itself, so I won't shade the rest of the jar from the light. It's also still winter and the sun is low. So I'll keep them covered with that bit of sun hitting the top of the jar (it's sealed with clear plastic wrap and a rubber band). I don't think the temps will reach a point that the cuttings will cook in..

I'm going to do a fully water submerged cutting. I'll leave that one in the sun to see what happens.

Adam

[waldobrits]

I must say..... i used to worry about getting the right temp, Humidity used covers and so on ....but this growing season i found by juts making a good pulling from the mother plant and just sticking it in the pure peat i had a 80% success rate.... i grow all my plants outside and some in more shade than others ... in general i found that most cp growers ''peep up'' there plants by trying Too hard ....I know every grower has its own conditions..... see what work the best for you and take a lot of the advise as a guide ....Not a rule.....