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Baby Streptocarpus?

EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
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Hello, my first streptocarpus looks like it might have a few tiny offspring growing. Or are they new growth from the same plant? If they are new plantlets, when should I separate them, and do they need different compost while they are small?


Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


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  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    Your post seems to have slipped through the net @emerion. I don't have the answer but I'm sure there is someone on the forum who can help. Good luck.
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    edited May 2018
    Thank you 🙂
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    I haven't had that happen with mine, but I have grown them from seed and from leaf cuttings and they grow quite slowly at first.
    I would be inclined to leave them with the parent plant, as the leaves will provide shelter from sun and drying out, until you are sure they have got a really good root system of their own.
    Then pot them up into small pots and keep them somewhere shady but warm to continue growing. If you have a seed tray with a propagator lid that might help.
    They will eventually reach a point where they start to grow faster and then you can pot them on again. They don't need deep pots, half or 3 quarter ones are fine. I would use JI 2 and mpc half and half.
    They hate wet roots and full sun, but I have to grow mine on a south facing windowsill, as it is all I have, and I find they cope better standing in a tray filled with damp gravel to maintain humidity.
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    No takers yet!     :(
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    Buttercupdays has come to the rescue while I was posting  :)
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    Thank you Buttercupdays and Fran IOM. I'l keep an eye on them for now then. I've not seen John Innes (guess at the spelling) at our local gardening centre although it's often mentioned in gardening circles. Is it usually widely available?
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    John Innes is actually a formula for a potting mix and can therefore be sold under different brand names. You should find it at 'proper' garden centres, not always at the 'sheds', though my local B&Q now stocks it.
    It comes as 1, 2, or 3, which have differing amounts of nutrients suited to plants at different stages of growth. No.2 is for plants at the potting on stage, but if you can't get it, it won't be disastrous, maybe just add a bit more mpc or some leafmould if you have it.
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    Thankyou, this has been really useful. 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


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