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Post by paulkoop on Jul 10, 2014 0:16:30 GMT -5
Soo first time harvesting seed ..i think i went in there a little early with some of em ..the seed was large but white ...are they still viable
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Post by lloyd on Jul 10, 2014 7:30:21 GMT -5
Probably not. Let them dry out in a dark dry room temperature area before you try to germinate them
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Post by paulkoop on Jul 10, 2014 13:55:27 GMT -5
Yah i was planning on letting them dry out. There the same size as the black ones there probably ths biggest sundew seeds iv seen there big.
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Post by amanitovirosa on Jul 23, 2014 20:44:42 GMT -5
...how can you tell when Drosera seed pods are ready to harvest? (D. Indica, D. Burmanii, D. Spatulata). Thanks
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Post by limonov on Jul 23, 2014 21:00:00 GMT -5
In my experience with drosera spathulata , the pods are ready to be harvest when most of the flowers are brown and begin to shrivel. Also some seed should fall if you shake a bit the flower stalk. sorry for my english
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Post by amanitovirosa on Jul 23, 2014 21:33:34 GMT -5
...thanks for your response. Funny because my D. Spatulata just continues to flower without end. One of them is sending up a third flower stalk! New flowers are being produced constantly on each stalk. Do they ever stop flowering? On a side note, if you cut the flower stalk off of a Drosera (like a VFT), will it promote plant growth?
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Post by ng on Jul 23, 2014 22:29:09 GMT -5
Yip; The plant suffers from a brief shock. It then begins putting energy that was being assigned to the flower, back into foliar growth.
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Post by shoggoths on Jul 24, 2014 17:15:49 GMT -5
A trick i do is putting a white paper sheet below the older pod and hit it a few time.
If I see seeds on the sheet, I cut the pod individually until I reach a pod that don't give seeds.
Then I wait a few days.
You must take some care to not contaminate your other pot.
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Post by paulkoop on Jul 24, 2014 19:05:48 GMT -5
But i dont want to wait that long and get "weeds" every where
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Post by amanitovirosa on Jul 24, 2014 21:00:12 GMT -5
...thanks guys. First time any Drosera has flowered for me, I wasn't prepared for the continuous flowering, non stop. I counted 21 buds on the one stalk and it's still producing more, two more stalks on the same plant! (D. Spatulata). Thanks again.
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Post by paulkoop on Sept 10, 2014 18:10:40 GMT -5
If a seed pod has nice big black seeds r they good to go? If a sterile plant flowers will there be nice black seeds in the pod just the seeds wont sprout?
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Post by ng on Sept 10, 2014 18:19:47 GMT -5
Yes.No.
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Post by hal on Sept 10, 2014 20:01:09 GMT -5
I've never seen a big sundew seed.
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Post by paulkoop on Sept 10, 2014 21:45:58 GMT -5
Well lol. I feed mine when they r in flower alot soo i get biggish seed not like dust haha
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Post by paulkoop on Sept 10, 2014 22:06:17 GMT -5
K so as long as u see black seed there good to go
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