Dustin -

I wait until the plantlet has 4 leaves. You use this rule with the minis - so then you do not need to guess what size it should grow to.

Sometimes there are 2-3 big babies and the rest is still small. If you want to save more plantlets - chip off and plant the big ones and plant a momma-leaf with small babies back to the pot.

How fast you get the babies - depends on the time of the year and variety. If you start feeding the leaf with babies with a weak solution of the fish emulsion - they will grow faster.

TGIF

Irina

Irina

Thanks for the info. What is the time range it takes from mouse ears to separation when you use fish emulsion?

Dustin

Dustin -

I never actually marked it. It can be a month or less or more - depending on the time of the year - winter slows it, variegated do it much much slower, different varieties have their own time schedule.

Can you actually do it for all of us - take 2 mouse ears plugs and compare their growth with and without fish emulsion? Even better if it'd be the same variety.

Irina