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Post by canuk1w1 on Sept 29, 2014 13:35:23 GMT -5
Beautiful ping, great work!
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Post by Maiden on Sept 29, 2014 14:37:07 GMT -5
Amazing color. I have to buy one as soon as possible !
Im not a big ping lover, but this is just... Wow!
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Post by dvg on Dec 22, 2015 17:12:29 GMT -5
Here are some of the resulting seedlings from the pollination of some the plants shown earlier in this thread. There are also some P. moaranensis red rosettes crossed with P. heterophylla in this seedling mix and they are easily distinguished by their elongated leaves. Some of the red rosette P. moranensis are starting to show red pigments on their 3rd and 4th leaves despite being about a foot away from the lights and having a dome between them and the lights - these will now be fed to encourage positive growth. The white silica sand was laid in place to help repel fungus gnats and sciarid flies, whose larvae are the scourge of Mexi-ping seedlings. Some fungus gnat/sciarid fly larvae got loose in one of my P. heterophylla pots and began laying waste to the small seedlings. After carefully picking out between 30 and 40 of those larvae/maggots, the white sand was laid in and around the seedlings to discourage the mothers from laying their eggs there. Last year a pot of P. potosiensis red leaf seedlings sown on pure red lava rock was completely decimated by these maggots. The lava rock was kept misted and wet to accommodate the seedlings and the wet rocks were enough to allow the maggots to survive and thrive on the Mexi-ping seedlings...lesson learned. With the sand in place, the flies are sorta forced to try to get near the seedlings to lay their eggs in the peat. So far the seedlings have captured about four of these flies and no maggots have been spotted yet...fingers crossed. dvg
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Post by Apoplast on Dec 22, 2015 19:28:22 GMT -5
Hi DVG - Nice seedlings! And great tip on the fungus gnats. I never worry about them with dew seedlings. But, I've got a few around and some Nepenthes seedlings coming up. Makes me think I'll need to see if Nep seedlings are tolerant of systemic pesticides. Don't want to lose these!
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Post by lloyd on Dec 22, 2015 22:07:08 GMT -5
I just covered my seedling pot with sand. Thanks.
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Post by dvg on Dec 23, 2015 16:15:34 GMT -5
Hi DVG - Nice seedlings! And great tip on the fungus gnats. I never worry about them with dew seedlings. But, I've got a few around and some Nepenthes seedlings coming up. Makes me think I'll need to see if Nep seedlings are tolerant of systemic pesticides. Don't want to lose these! The fungus gnats didn't bother my Darlingtonia seedlings and they haven't caused trouble with my Nepenthes seedlings either. The Pinguicula seedlings are very tender though, so the larvae munch right through them like they're a freshly picked garden salad. dvg
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Post by Apoplast on Dec 23, 2015 17:45:34 GMT -5
Hi dvg - Salad?! That's just empty vitamins! Glad to hear they don't like the nep seedlings as much. I'm germinating my first, and not entirely sure what to expect. But thanks to your good advice, I am better able to prepare for the upcoming first attempt at ping seed germination.
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Post by chris33 on Jan 4, 2016 17:54:10 GMT -5
those pings look amazing cant wait till i expand my collection
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Post by dvg on Jan 6, 2016 18:15:56 GMT -5
Baby flytraps and sundew seedlings are often quite colorful at a still small size, so why not pings? Why not indeed - even young mexi-pings can show off some of that color too. Once some of these have grown a few more leaves and roots, a few of the choicer ones will be moved to another pot to allow them more elbow room. dvg
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Post by roraima on Jan 6, 2016 18:45:28 GMT -5
Looking good Doug, those should be some spectacular looking plants when they grow up.
Also thanks for the silica sand tip.
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