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tannerm wrote:also were you not cleaning the media? I boil it. Some people microwave


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I literally roast it, bake it, boil it. I thoroughly treat any peat moss that i buy. It was probably spread by gardening tools I was using. It can be spread many different ways. If I had to guess, that would be the biggest reason why it stayed around as long as it did.

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Fishman wrote:After testing a soil sample, Pythium was the cause of damping off I was having for a good period of time that i was growing. Used to keep a vat large enough to store about 12 cu ft of spagnum peat moss in. Everything I planted in the stuff was dying from it. Finally discarded the whole lot of it, and went with a different brand, although it may have just been that batch as opposed to the brand I was purchasing at the time. I have kept my peat pot raised drosophyllum in a tray of water since day 1 (with the "newer" peat moss) until my recent repotting it into the 14" terra cotta. Am now slowing down quite a bit with watering.

Yeah yours look great now. Did you use lava rocks as top dressing?


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Yes. I crushed it up and made smaller pieces out of it. Theres also some granite mixed in with it as well.

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tannerm wrote:also were you not cleaning the media? I boil it. Some people microwave


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I literally roast it, bake it, boil it. I thoroughly treat any peat moss that i buy. It was probably spread by gardening tools I was using. It can be spread many different ways. If I had to guess, that would be the biggest reason why it stayed around as long ss it did.

Gotcha, well I hope at least one of mine germinates


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UPDATE - WE HAVE GERMINATION!!!!!




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Looks to be well on its way. Good job Tanner!

Fishman wrote:Looks to be well on its way. Good job Tanner!

Thank you! Not out of the woods just yet.


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Looking good.
It should start catching its own prey in about two weeks.

Good growing,
Mike

It already started a side shoot before its cotyledons got out of the seed, that's pretty impressive.

slinx wrote:It already started a side shoot before its cotyledons got out of the seed, that's pretty impressive.

That's the normal appearance for Drosophyllum. The cotyledons rarely emerge from the seed coat, the plant just grows around it.

Interesting, I had no idea.

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slinx wrote:It already started a side shoot before its cotyledons got out of the seed, that's pretty impressive.

That's the normal appearance for Drosophyllum. The cotyledons rarely emerge from the seed coat, the plant just grows around it.

cool!


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Growing like a weed!


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Got it potted up! Looks so small, but it’s growing so fast!


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That's a huge pot for such a little guy! Smart thinking though.