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Miniture Neos - Divide and conquer
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Posted by rickta66 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 12, 08 at 6:50
| Hello all,
After looking around my humble miniature Neo collection I observed that most of my singular mature miniatures had one pup forming whilst clumps of Two or Three usually had less pups forming than the number of mature parents in the clump.
I would like to one day have a large mango tree covered in Neo. SugarandSpice?, at the rate they are multiplying I'm going to have to live to one hundred and sixty to see it through so I'm looking to try and speed up the process.
Will splitting up my miniature Neos increase the number of pups produced over time? - I would love to hear any thoughts or opinions on the subject.
2 mature plants=1pup _______________or__________________ 1 mature plant=1pup
Neo. SugarandSpice?
Thanks,
Rick
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RE: Miniture Neos - Divide and conquer
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| Short answer is YES. However, it can be a trade off, as most of the mini Neo's look their best when grown in a clump. You can get the best of both worlds, by letting the 1st pup get to a reasonable size, then cutting the stolon close to mother, often the pup will have already produced its own roots, & so can just be left where it is. With the stolon cut, mother will tend to produce more pups. After a few generations of this treatment, you'll end up with many more plants, than if you just let them do their own thing from day 1. |
RE: Miniture Neos - Divide and conquer
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| From my experience, I'd have to agree with the above. Quite a few times I'd been disappointed when a bloomed out plant only gave me one pup. However, when the new plant was removed the mom would throw multiple pups. Keep in mind this was not the case with all of my broms though. |
RE: Miniture Neos - Divide and conquer
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| One more vote for divide and conquer. The more you remove, the more you'll get. |
RE: Miniture Neos - Divide and conquer
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From my limited experience, I have found that division is best especially for minis. Often it seems that taking the first pup off is enough for the mother plant to put out multiple pups on her second effort. On the otherhand, i was given a mother plant from a friends' 'palliative care corner' (an unknown Grace Goode neo hybrid) that had 7 same-sized pups attached to it! The bloke i got them from said he hadnt detached any pups from that particular mother.
I have since separated all the pups and mounted them onto one of my imitation 'branches'. They are still straggly looking but hopefully they will plump up by this summer. |
RE: .Miniture Neos - Divide and conquer
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| I forget to say that i love the idea of covering your mango tree with Sugar and Spice :-) I got a mum & pup a few months ago (i detached the pup and now have a new pup appearing). I just have to get the color right which is a bit hard in the middle of winter in Melbourne!! |
RE: Miniture Neos - Divide and conquer
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| Thanks everybody for the replies, I'll break out the cutters tomorrow. Rick |
RE: Miniture Neos - Divide and conquer
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| I wonder, if you wanted to maintain the natural clump look, but encourage pup production, could you just sever the stolon three quarters of the way, then liquid nail the groove? (Temporarily tie it with some fabric while the glue dries?). I think I might give it a try. Any thoughts? Also, I've noticed my mini neo pups (still attached to the mother) grow real slow, is it because their roots are not grounded? I figure that in nature they sort of just sprawl along branches or along the ground, their roots touching down whereever, but because I have them in pots the roots never touch down. I suppose it does not come up as much more the large varieties because you normally need to transplant the pups into another pot or the original pot will be off balance. Will they grow faster if I wrap the base of the pups in some sphagnum moss etc.? Or is that unlikely to make a significant difference?
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