Blocky71 Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 I collected some seed from various vft's whilst I was cleaning them up before their hibernation and sowed them on some moist sphagnum to see if they would germinate indoors over winter whilst nothing else was growing. I covered the pot with cling film and then waited....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted March 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 After about a month I had these.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted March 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 Another month and I had these.... http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/For sale plants/IMG_1949_zpshcocbdf2.jpg.html][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted March 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 Two and a half months in and still doing ok ...... http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/For sale plants/IMG_1950_zpstt6zmqe3.jpg.html][/URL] http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/For sale plants/IMG_1951_zpse19kcc9p.jpg.html][/URL] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 doing well,time for pricking out soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Yeah they've done ok this far ada, I can't say I'm looking forward to repotting them, I guess I hadn't thought that far ahead when the threw all the seeds in the same pot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 cracking idea that mate, thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danl82 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 On 13 March 2017 at 5:37 PM, Blocky71 said: Yeah they've done ok this far ada, I can't say I'm looking forward to repotting them, I guess I hadn't thought that far ahead when the threw all the seeds in the same pot At least there's plenty there, you can afford to be choosy about the best ones to grow on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted March 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Cheers fellas, I just wanted something going on whilst all the other plants were dormant.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted April 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 (edited) So the seedlings seemed to have done about as well as could be expected growing on plain sphagnum and the day had come to attempt the timely task of potting on...... http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/IMG_2023_zpsj2mulvei.jpg.html][/URL] I prepared some seed trays , got my tweezers and set to work.... http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/IMG_2022_zpsro9iwew4.jpg.html][/URL] This was a mixed bunch of seeds as a trial, interesting to see the adult colouring/characteristics on some at such a young age.... http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/IMG_2021_zpsjpdgmbyn.jpg.html][/URL] I've ended up with approx 320 little vft's, I lost the roots on some whilst pricking them out and this will have obviously caused some stress so not expecting a 100% success rate but I'll post back here in a couple of weeks with an update..... http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/IMG_2024_zpsru69viua.jpg.html][/URL] http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/IMG_2020_zpsdqbnvypt.jpg.html][/URL] Edited April 11, 2017 by Blocky71 Addition 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 peat or an alternative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted April 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 (edited) I was using the term ' trial ' loosely Ada, I was pretty certain the seeds would germinate on anything moist, I just wanted to see if they'd germinate during winter and survive for any length of time on sphagnum which happily they did. Sphagnum is just less hassle than peat in the seed stage as in no weeds, moss or mould... I've planted them on into good old microwaved peat and perlite. A while back I germinated some vft's seeds on fish tank filter wool, the seeds germinated fine but all died within days of sprouting?. Unfortunately I can tell only of the results not the reasons..... Edited April 10, 2017 by Blocky71 Addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Chucked in some Leah Wilkerson x lightly veined giant seeds to see how they do http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/IMG_2025_zps2tcg7euv.jpg.html][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky71 Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 So the sarra seed just chucked on wet sphagnum did very nicely too, it will def be my propagating technique from now on. Here's how they looked last week before potting on. This time I just placed the whole clump , including sphagnum into a pot filled with peat. A week on and they look fine, will post a pic up of the vft's and the sarras and how they're doing presently..... http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/me/Goldie eymae/DSC_0335_zps5ovi0idi.jpg.html][/URL] http://s985.photobucket.com/user/breeze1971/media/me/Goldie eymae/DSC_0336_zpsq2blsbye.jpg.html][/URL] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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