vft seeds

[Adam Davis]

will vft seeds grow on coir? I may have some left over so I want to try a few seeds. which brings me on to another point. Anyone know where I can get reliable vft seeds for under £2. looking for maybe 10 seeds and mixed would be nice.

[Ordovic]

CPS seedbank?

[SoLongFairWell]

Never tried the coir myself. Ask Tim Bailey about coir and Dionaea seeds, he'd be your man.

VenusFlytrap.info says this

"What kind of soil? — The "soil" should be a growing medium similar to one used for adult Venus Flytraps: a very low-nutrient mix based on sphagnum peat moss, with other ingredients such as silica sand or perlite optionally added. No "potting soil" (usually has nutrients added) and no Miracle-Gro brand because they enrich their sphagnum peat moss and perlite with plant food. My favorite mix is 50% by volume of sphagnum peat moss (which is dark brown; not light-brown long-fiber sphagnum moss) to 50% silica sand (not beach nor river nor children's sandbox "play sand").

What about coir instead of sphagnum peat moss? Although desalinated coir can be used in a growing mix for reasonably mature or adult Venus Flytraps, using coir for germinating and the initial growing of Venus Flytrap seedlings (instead of a traditional sphagnum peat based medium) can be problematic. Coir is so spongy and springy that after watering, the mass of growing medium heaves upward as it dries, especially near the top surface, and often partially uproots tiny Venus Flytrap seedlings or makes it difficult for them to establish their first roots."

Edited July 22, 2013 by Richard Bunn