Kevan Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 (edited) I am delighted !!! Following from a topic earlier this year I cut of my flower stalks and potted them 2 cm deep in live chopped sphagnum. Kept under plastic covers and standing in water I was not too hopeful when some of them turned black and mildewed. Especially since I have never grown a VFT from a leaf pulling. In late September I was about to throw out the others when I notoced that they were a bit difficult to pull from the moss. Put on my spectacles and low and behold - tiny VFT sprouting from 8 of the plantings!! They are now out from the plastic covers and in a light spot, but sheltered from sun. Stike rate is 8 out of 12 - some of the ones which did not make ti were flower spikes of very young plants - thin and weedy stalks. Guess what I shall be doing with my flower spikes next year too! Many thanks to whoever gave me the ides (gardenofeden?). My advice to you all is give it a go. Kevan Edited October 25, 2009 by Kevan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 I can vouch for it too ! And for me it has had a slightly better strike rate then leaf pullings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loligo1964 Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Congratulations . . . I too have had greater success with Dionaea flower stalk strikes than from leaf-pulls; and I usually start a new pot every season, since I am not generally interested in its seed . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytrapCare Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Congrats Kevan! As for me, I've had about equal success from pullings and stalks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peabody Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 This year I cut all my flower stalks off and pushed them into chopped Sphagnum. I checked them at three months - no obvious signs of anything happening. Checked again at four months and success! Next year I am going to place some stalks horizontally on chopped Sphagnum and bury them with about 5-10mm chopped moss and just let them sprout and grow up through the moss covering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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