Snip or Pollinate

Snip or Pollinate#21974

By STEVIEFLY -  Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:26 pm
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- Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:26 pm #21974

After much thought i will let the members decide , i was going to snip but just can't decide i will go with the outcome of the vote.

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#21981

By lemonlily -  Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:05 pm
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- Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:05 pm #21981

I voted snip for the most part, but if your plant is healthy, there's no problem to let it flower.

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#21983

By Amac -  Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:13 pm
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- Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:13 pm #21983

I voted for snip as well cuz vfts are very slow growers from seed and if you snip you can get another plant.

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#21985

By dionaea muscipula -  Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:26 pm
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- Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:26 pm #21985

i put let it flower cuz i like the flower of the vft you got a problem with that

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#21996

By kevinqwe -  Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:06 pm
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- Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:06 pm #21996

you already know the answer man

Re: Snip or Pollinate#21999

By watnazn -  Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:13 pm
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- Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:13 pm #21999

I like to let it pollinate to get seeds, but I do both whenever.

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#22006

By Nick -  Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:08 pm
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- Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:08 pm #22006

Is it getting enough light? I have heard that it usually isn't good for a VFT to flower this late in the year, and could be indicative of low light conditions.

I'd snip it.

Re: Snip or Pollinate#22420

By Adam -  Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:00 am
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- Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:00 am #22420

Snip, unless you have lots of plants and a warm place like a window sill or green house for the spring to extend the growing season.

Re: Snip or Pollinate#22561

By Caleboy 123 -  Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:46 pm
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- Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:46 pm #22561

Well if you already let it flower, go ahead and pollinate. Just toss the seeds into some distilled water if you get some.

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#24595

By linton -  Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:42 am
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- Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:42 am #24595

I'd pollinate, but that's just me. I love to sow the seed and see what comes up. It takes longer, but you also get many more plants from the seed than you will from planting a flowerstalk.

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#24606

By Matt -  Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:07 pm
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- Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:07 pm #24606

linton wrote:I'd pollinate, but that's just me. I love to sow the seed and see what comes up. It takes longer, but you also get many more plants from the seed than you will from planting a flowerstalk.

I'm with Linton here. As long as the plant is healthy, I like getting the seed. Though now I have so many seedlings I'm running out of room for them all!

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#24915

By marvin1997 -  Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:41 am
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- Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:41 am #24915

My opinion:if the plant is healthy pollinate if not CUT!!

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#25054

By STEVIEFLY -  Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:27 am
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- Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:27 am #25054

Both stalks have been potted.

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Re: Snip or Pollinate#25069

By linton -  Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:01 am
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- Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:01 am #25069

Good luck, hope they both strike for you.

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