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Hi all

A few months ago I was able to buy seeds from both species.

I've sow them on peat an sand and smoked them.

I put them every monday and friday for half an hour on a tray of water and they stand in the bright sun.

After on month there was..... nothing

I smoked them again and there is still nothing :sad:

what am I doing wrong??

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  • 7 months later...

Hi there, ok I have it easier as I live in SA so have good conditions to grow them in.

I germinate my Roridula quite successfully.

Use 50%peat: 50%river sand sowing mix.

Smoke treatment (I use a smoking tent, but then I have plenty other stuff to smoke too) The smoke disks work well.

Keep moist, but not wet. Roridula I treat more like a shrub than a CP.

They don't seem to like lots of water.

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Hello

Fresh seeds germinate without any treatment. I don't have any problems with fresh seeds sown

in September in a greenhouse, swiss climate .

Germination occurs in one month for R. gorgonias and a bit more for R. dentata.

R. gorgonias

R.gorgonias1.jpg

R. dentata a bit older

R._dentata1.jpg

Yves

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A lot of happy looking roridula there Yves :nono:

I've only tried gorgonia from seeds, some germinated within few weeks and others in the same pot some months later, I didnt treat the seeds. Germinating them is certainly easier than keeping them alive (atleast for me anyway), I'm finding it to be one of the more difficult plants that I grow and have lost several seedlings........

Heather

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