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fast-germinating Darlings


olivier marthaler

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Hi all,

 

just this short message: unbelievable (at least for me): in 11 days (yes: eleven!) the first Darlings seeds I got from a friend started germinating. Had spent 6 weeks in stratification (5°C) and then brought under artificial light, 95% humidity rate, and temps around 20°C at night and 25°C daytime... and already some have started to sprout!!! sorry no pics yet, but has anybody had such fast germination yet? thanks for convincing I'm not having hallucinations ;-)))

 

regards from cold Switzerland mountains,

 

OL

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Hi Olivier, some grower in Italy are having the same experience: some days of cold stratification in the fridge, then under controlled temps and light, and surprising seeds are sprouting.

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Unfortunately I don't belong to those lucky growers, just because I don't own a terrarium. Several years ago, in an italian forum, there was a thread about various ways of stratification, and one of the admin stated that (according to his experience) Darlingtonia doesn't really need of freezing temperature for long period, and he had result (but not very high rate of germination) just spreading seed in april, without stratification.

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