How To Divide Sarracenia.

Dividing Sarracenia - by Sheila Little.

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First remove the plant from it's pot.

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Remove as much peat as possible to expose the roots.

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Work out where you want to divide the plant, usually between at least two grow points and snap the rhizome to seperate the pieces.

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Here you can see the rhizome has been snapped

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Gently pull the pieces apart, seperating the rootball.

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Once you have the pieces seperated remove more of the old peat if you can.

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While the pieces are out of the pot, take the opportunity to clean up the divisions and remove any brown or dead looking bits of old pitchers.

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Then just pot up the divisions making sure the rhizome stays on the surface of the peat.

This one S. leucophylla plant made eight smaller plants.


by Sheila Little