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Post by dvg on Jan 18, 2012 20:39:05 GMT -5
Congrats on your success there Hal!
Growing plants from seed to flowering adults is one of the rewarding aspects of this hobby.
Good luck with them.
dvg
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Post by Apoplast on Feb 29, 2012 10:03:21 GMT -5
Hi Doug - I've been looking into getting some P.orchidoides/stolonifera plants recently and they only seems to be available as seed. Remembering this thread, I decided to see how you achieved you impressive success. I was surprised to see that you planted orchidoides/stolonifera seeds (apparently I didn't remember all the details about the thread). This was very encouraging! But then I realized you only showed that species just after germination. How did they do after? Were you able to successfully bring them to maturity, or at least on their way to maturity? I guess I'm hoping for an update for that species if you get a chance. Thanks.
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Post by shoggoths on Mar 1, 2012 13:14:49 GMT -5
Hi DVG,
If you have 2 sec, can you explain me how you give the springtails to the seedling ? Do you only put them in the growing box and let the plants catch them or do you have a way to put them on the leaves ?
Tks
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Post by dvg on Mar 1, 2012 16:59:22 GMT -5
Hi Doug - I've been looking into getting some P.orchidoides/stolonifera plants recently and they only seems to be available as seed. Remembering this thread, I decided to see how you achieved you impressive success. I was surprised to see that you planted orchidoides/stolonifera seeds (apparently I didn't remember all the details about the thread). This was very encouraging! But then I realized you only showed that species just after germination. How did they do after? Were you able to successfully bring them to maturity, or at least on their way to maturity? I guess I'm hoping for an update for that species if you get a chance. Thanks. Hi Apoplast, the reason i didn't post an update on the P. stolonifera seedlings is because they were by far the slowest of the seedlings of the ones that were sown. They are however still coming along, albeit much slower than the other Pinguicula species, and really should get another feeding. I'm not sure who asked me this question before about how long it takes for Pings to reach maturity from seed...i've found that with regular feeding, annual species can start flowering in 2 to 3 months from seed, and I have 2 different P. moranensis species in flower now from the first seed batch, only 3 to 4 months after they were sown as seeds. Initially i had stated that it might take a year to reach maturity from seed, but that was based on my experience with growing P. cyclosecta which took almost 3 years to reach any size, but those seedlings were not fed, and probably only reached a decent size once they were eventually fed, so feeding really does help tremendously with these seedlings. Hi DVG, If you have 2 sec, can you explain me how you give the springtails to the seedling ? Do you only put them in the growing box and let the plants catch them or do you have a way to put them on the leaves ? Tks Hi Shoggoths, getting the springtails out of their containers and onto the designated plants can seem to be a challenging task at first. I use a drinking straw and a 10" potting dish, the type one places under their pots to gather up the extra water once it runs through. I take my opened springtail culture container over to the outside edge of the 10" tray/dish and have it hovering just an inch or two above the dish that is going to used to collect the springtails. Then i take the drinking straw and with a deep breath, i slowly blow through the straw onto the surface of the springtail culture container. This blowing action will cause the springtails to be launched into the 10" collecting dish. When i feel i have collected enough springtails, i will gently tilt and tap the dish, to collect the springtails all onto the bottom lip of the dish, which has about 1.5" high walls. Then i take the tilted dish, place it above the seedlings i want to feed, tilt it a bit more and gently tap on the dish to sprinkle the springtails where i want them to go. Not all of the springtails will land on plants, but the one that don't, can continue to live and breed among the plants and subsequently end up as food at a later date. Hope that helped to answer your question. dvg
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Post by Apoplast on Mar 3, 2012 19:49:18 GMT -5
Hi DVG - Thanks for the update. It's good to know that stolonifera takes so long. That way I won't be discouraged when I give it a try. I didn't realize there was so much variation in how quickly the different Mexi ping species grew from seed. I figured annuals would be fast, but it sounds like there is a lot of difference between the perennial species too. And that feeding is important.
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Post by shoggoths on Mar 4, 2012 8:46:18 GMT -5
Tks DVG,
I'll try the way you do and you answer another question about leaving alive springtails in my pots.
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