Post by bugweed on Jan 29, 2007 2:36:48 GMT -5
I grow 365 days a week with my plants under light bulbs. The light is left on 24/7. When the striated seed is placed on my seed mat, I set the temperature of the mat at 75 degrees F. The seeds soil base is Pure Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss. Water levels are kept at 1 1/2 inches down to 1/4 inch. This is because of natural evaporation from the heat. As usual, never allow sarracenia to go dry! After sprouting, spray the seedlings with a fungicide. I use Cleary's 3336WP. PERFECT for preventing too many problems. The Sarracenia will just grow and grow. It seems to do no harm to the plant(seedlings). In 18 months, my S. alata (Stone County) seedlings were 12" with a large, fat rhizomes. A plant grown if such conditions, will mature in its third year. Sometimes 4th year. Seed production would be a good thing in Canada. Especially location species. Gives such a broad range of color and variety.
The seedlings are in seed trays in a tray of water, wept warm. The seedlings will go nuts, ready to supply Canada with seed from a large pool of seed. With careful crosspollination of plants all from the same bog, the genetics, and plants will hold a great diversity of color and beauty. I am going to give seed to Syble, to do whatever she wants with them. I hope, using this method, Canada can be in good supply of genetic diversity from plants from the site they originally grew in, with a color range you can hardly imagine! It is a shame I cannot give you that with S. oreophila, or S. r. jonesii, and even S. r. alabamensis. Lotsa rules that make no sense, but what to do? Anyway, if the following growing style is followed, it will take no time to supply the whole of Canada from your own folks! And all's it takes is a seed mat (heated with temp. gauge), a tray to hold the seedlings trays, and to fill with water, and the peat base. You don't even have to get fancy with the lights. A standard 60 watt GE light bulb, set over the tray is usually just great! I use gooseneck lamps that can be positoned where you want it to be. But, you can only grow them this way for 2 years from sprout to the exact 2 yrs. After the second year, they absolutely WILL need dormancy to survive. Otherwise, you can grow continuously, utilizing your own seed from your own plants, and enjoy them all the time. When do we start??
The seedlings are in seed trays in a tray of water, wept warm. The seedlings will go nuts, ready to supply Canada with seed from a large pool of seed. With careful crosspollination of plants all from the same bog, the genetics, and plants will hold a great diversity of color and beauty. I am going to give seed to Syble, to do whatever she wants with them. I hope, using this method, Canada can be in good supply of genetic diversity from plants from the site they originally grew in, with a color range you can hardly imagine! It is a shame I cannot give you that with S. oreophila, or S. r. jonesii, and even S. r. alabamensis. Lotsa rules that make no sense, but what to do? Anyway, if the following growing style is followed, it will take no time to supply the whole of Canada from your own folks! And all's it takes is a seed mat (heated with temp. gauge), a tray to hold the seedlings trays, and to fill with water, and the peat base. You don't even have to get fancy with the lights. A standard 60 watt GE light bulb, set over the tray is usually just great! I use gooseneck lamps that can be positoned where you want it to be. But, you can only grow them this way for 2 years from sprout to the exact 2 yrs. After the second year, they absolutely WILL need dormancy to survive. Otherwise, you can grow continuously, utilizing your own seed from your own plants, and enjoy them all the time. When do we start??