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Post by curlingguy on Mar 11, 2008 11:16:17 GMT -5
Seeing is believing. Seeds bought from Triffid Nurseries - Planted in 2005... www.triffidnurseries.co.uk/). Parents both South West Giants. But seeds show differing growth...two grew huge (upper photo) .......seven smaller....thus, you can see they are not all identical albeit seeds are true.
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Post by lloyd on Mar 11, 2008 16:46:19 GMT -5
Nice. Any extra seed? What mixture are you growing them in. I've been using Chilean sphagnum.
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Post by muscipula on Mar 11, 2008 18:10:29 GMT -5
What wonderful VTF's! beaut's! mate!. lol well i wish the best . Would Canadian sphagnum peat moss be reasonable.?
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Post by curlingguy on Mar 11, 2008 18:23:42 GMT -5
I use 16 grit sand and peat moss....got the sand from my local Lordo Automotive Store (they ordered it in-used for sandblasting).....and the peat from Walmart, Canadian Tire etc. 50/50 mix works well. I think 50/50 peat/perlite works well too.
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Post by muscipula on Mar 11, 2008 18:28:03 GMT -5
Alrighty good. because I've currently bought Canadian peat , and perlite bags separate. so thats good. i also got wild shagum moss from a nearby bog growing in a container ready for my first vft that i'll get, but first i need rhizomes or live plants or seeds first, know anyone willing to do so.? I've asked this forum before.
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Post by dvg on Mar 11, 2008 18:32:22 GMT -5
Curlingguy, although the parents may be true cultivars, don,t expect their seed to all be identical and'true'. Dionaea muscipula (VFT) is considered a monotypic genus, which means there is only one species in the genus (just like Cephalotus follicularis). All the different varieties are considered cultivars. The problem with cultivars, is that they do not come true from seed, even if both parents are true. As soon as seed enters into the mix, both parents contribute some of the same and some different genetic material, and the plants end up simiilar but slightly different. Some can be quite similar to the true look of the plant in question. To propagate cultivars, plant material must be used(leaf pullings, division of the plant, maybe even plantlets on the flower stalk). Hope that helps, I'm no expert, just an enthusiastic amateur.
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Post by lloyd on Mar 11, 2008 19:42:42 GMT -5
muscipula, be patient. Spring & trades are coming. Or you can get some seed and try your luck.
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Post by curlingguy on Mar 19, 2008 12:02:51 GMT -5
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Post by mabudon on Mar 19, 2008 14:18:17 GMT -5
Nice shot there man, very pretty, the composition is really something, fine pic there
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Post by calorchis on Mar 19, 2008 23:37:39 GMT -5
Beautiful traps!! I wonder what would happen if you bred those two big trapped plants together, and kept crossing the progeny and selecting for bigger traps. Actually is that how the large-trapped cultivars came into being? I wonder how large they can get!
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Post by lloyd on Mar 20, 2008 11:57:15 GMT -5
I'm wondering what would happen if someone tried some colchicine to make a tetraploid VFT.
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