- Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:47 am
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So I had some old Drosophyllum lusitanicum 'Cortes de la Frontera - Andalucia' seed I got in a trade from who knows when that I halfheartedly decided to try growing. The seeds had been stored in my room for more than two years without refrigeration or anything. Since the seed was old I decided to soak it overnight with some gibberellic acid - a chemical which is often used to induce the germination of difficult species (don't know what concentration it was at all).
Fast forward three weeks later, I was very surprised to see that two of the seeds had actually germinated. I didn't expect the seeds really to grow at all since they were old and badly stored, and especially since Drosophyllum is reputed to take months to germinate.
I've never grown this genus before so I'm here to seek some help. I know the plants are extremely sensitive to root disturbance, so on advice of the ICPS I plan on translocating the seedlings to one of those peat jiffy pots, growing it up a bit, then placing the whole jiffy pot into a large terracotta pot when they're a more respectable size (since it seems a bit silly to have a large pot to a tiny seedling.
Does anybody have any experience or advice they can offer me?
Fast forward three weeks later, I was very surprised to see that two of the seeds had actually germinated. I didn't expect the seeds really to grow at all since they were old and badly stored, and especially since Drosophyllum is reputed to take months to germinate.
I've never grown this genus before so I'm here to seek some help. I know the plants are extremely sensitive to root disturbance, so on advice of the ICPS I plan on translocating the seedlings to one of those peat jiffy pots, growing it up a bit, then placing the whole jiffy pot into a large terracotta pot when they're a more respectable size (since it seems a bit silly to have a large pot to a tiny seedling.
Does anybody have any experience or advice they can offer me?