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Post by Devon on Dec 8, 2011 17:45:11 GMT -5
They looks like they grow pretty fast with the good care you give them!
Nicely done.
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Post by 31drew31 on Dec 8, 2011 19:10:02 GMT -5
Wow they're growing fast for you! I agree with Hal haha.
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Post by dvg on Dec 8, 2011 19:43:59 GMT -5
Thanks guys! dvg
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Post by shoggoths on Dec 12, 2011 13:01:05 GMT -5
Hi DVG, If you have the time, I would appreciate some guidance. I've some ping seeds sprouting and I'm not sure what to do next. There's some on a wet coffee filter and others on vermiculite in close jar (100% RH). So, I'm wondering. 1. Do you transplant your seedlings, if so, when ? 2. What's the size or your jar ? 3. When do you start acclimating the seedling ? Do you just remove the cover to takes pics and put it back after or do you kept them at normal RH ? I don't have enough seedlings to make a lot of trial Thank you
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Post by dvg on Dec 12, 2011 13:40:36 GMT -5
Hi DVG, If you have the time, I would appreciate some guidance. I've some ping seeds sprouting and I'm not sure what to do next. There's some on a wet coffee filter and others on vermiculite in close jar (100% RH). So, I'm wondering. 1. Do you transplant your seedlings, if so, when ? 2. What's the size or your jar ? 3. When do you start acclimating the seedling ? Do you just remove the cover to takes pics and put it back after or do you kept them at normal RH ? I don't have enough seedlings to make a lot of trial Thank you Hi Shoggoths, This is what i've done with my Mexican Pinguicula seeds. I float the seeds on water until they germinate. Once i see a bit of green emerging from the seed, i remove them from the water and place them on top of moist vermiculite in a half pint glass jar. The half pint jar is then covered with plastic kitchen wrap and placed under lights. Once most of the seeds are sprouted and placed in their respective jars, the plastic wrap is removed and i move the jars into a propagation dome and place the dome under lights. Gradually over the course of a couple of weeks, i'll slowly open the vents on top of the dome until both vents are fully open. At that point, i'll check in on the jars every few days and add a bit of water if necessary to replace any water that has evaporated away or been transpired away by the seedlings. Once the seedlings are large enough to the point that they starting to crowd each other, they will be transplanted into larger containers with their preferred media mix. This is the point that i'm at now with some of the jars, so some transplanting will be happening very soon. dvg
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Post by shoggoths on Dec 12, 2011 14:38:58 GMT -5
Great !
Thank you very much DVG, it should help me a lot.
That was exactly what I needed.
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Post by hal on Dec 19, 2011 22:59:42 GMT -5
DVG,
How long do pings take to go from from seed to transplant? The reason I ask is I just got some seeds, but will be away for 2 weeks in early February. Can they grow from seed to transplant in less than 6 weeks?
If not, I'm fairly comfortable sowing them now and transplanting them when I return.
Thanks,
Hal
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Post by dvg on Dec 25, 2011 0:43:34 GMT -5
DVG, How long do pings take to go from from seed to transplant? The reason I ask is I just got some seeds, but will be away for 2 weeks in early February. Can they grow from seed to transplant in less than 6 weeks? If not, I'm fairly comfortable sowing them now and transplanting them when I return. Thanks, Hal Sounds like you should be able to make it work, depending on what you're doing...what are you doing? dvg
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Post by dvg on Dec 29, 2011 18:12:37 GMT -5
Here's another update on a few of those mexi-ping seedlings started back in late October. This batch of seedlings grew so much faster than previous batches...the extra feeding made a huge difference. Repotting is now definitely on the To-Do-List. dvg
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Post by lloyd on Dec 29, 2011 20:41:19 GMT -5
Great plants, I've got to try some MexiPings from seeds.
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Post by hal on Dec 29, 2011 20:58:04 GMT -5
Looking good DVG,
I have the following seeds: lilacina, macrophylla, colimensis, sharpii, moctezumae, cyclosecta, orchidiodies, moranensis neovolcanica, moranensis Huitexo, moranensis red rosette Santa caterina Juquila.
Thinking about floating them to get them started but they are so tiny I might lose them, literally, so I may just sow them on damp mineral substrate.
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Post by dvg on Dec 30, 2011 2:26:56 GMT -5
Looking good DVG, I have the following seeds: lilacina, macrophylla, colimensis, sharpii, moctezumae, cyclosecta, orchidiodies, moranensis neovolcanica, moranensis Huitexo, moranensis red rosette Santa caterina Juquila. Thinking about floating them to get them started but they are so tiny I might lose them, literally, so I may just sow them on damp mineral substrate. Wow, that's a lot of species seeds...the good thing about starting them on a solid substrate is that they don't have to be transferred again until they are big enough to be transplanted into their own pots. Good luck with those. dvg
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Post by hal on Jan 17, 2012 20:39:59 GMT -5
Yay, my ping seeds are sprouting! I planted 8 varieties and 6 of them have 2 or 3 seeds starting. I'll post pics when I can.
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Post by 31drew31 on Jan 17, 2012 20:51:35 GMT -5
Nice work Hal! Did you just sow on damp mineral media like you said above?
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Post by hal on Jan 17, 2012 21:01:44 GMT -5
I did, Drew.
I got some little square plastic containers from the dollar store and filled them with about 1cm of vermiculite with about 10% peat moss added. Made sure it was nice and moist then sprinkled the seeds on top. I put the containers inside another large rectangular plastic container, misted the whole thing heavily then put plastic wrap on top and put them right under the lights. I remisted every 4 or 5 days. I guess it's been about 18 days now since the seeds were sowed.
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