- Sat Nov 19, 2016 4:12 am
#279897
Hey all, I decided to attempt a water germination experiment of my own in the tropics. I started this experiment on 11/02 going off of Shadowtski's previous water germination experiments. I originally had a batch of multiple species of seed that sat in water for over two months and with absolutely no germination. I determined this failure to be due to the poor quality of overseas seed; technically making this experiment "part II".
Materials
4-inch 13x100mm glass test tubes
Distilled water
Petri dishes
Seeds (species below)
-Shoutout to Smooter80 for some of these species
-Seeds were placed in water according to when they arrived (couldn't resist starting)
Conditions:
T-8 Lighting - 16 hour photoperiod 12 inches from test tubes
Temperature - 79F lows - 84F highs
Procedure:
1. Cleaned all test tubes in boiling water
2. Placed following species in tubes on 11/02:
D. capensis 'giant form'
D. intermedia 'tropical'
D. tokaiensis
D. spatulata 'Lantau Island'
-Species in tubes 11/07:
D. finlaysoniana 'pink flower'
D. filiformis 'Florida red'
D. spatulata 'Fraser Island'
D. capensis 'red leaf'
D. binata 'Waihonu NZ'
3. Placed 5-10 seeds of a species in a test tube
4. Labeled each tube with name and date
5. Added 5mL of distilled water to each test tube
6. Capped and placed under the light over a white sheet of paper
-figured this would help reflect some light back into the tubes and better see the seed
7. Germinated seedlings were pipetted and potted up
Side notes:
-for drosera binata, a petri dish was preferred as they tend to float and stick together on the surface
-I placed a couple of capensis giant seed in a small mason jar an sphagnum to do a comparison
Results (days to germination)
D. capensis 'giant form' - germinated on sphagnum 12 days.
D. intermedia 'tropical' - TBD
D. tokaiensis - TBD
D. spatulata 'Lantau Island' - 5 days
D. finlaysoniana 'pink flower' - 9 days
D. filiformis 'Florida red' - TBD
D. spatulata 'Fraser Island' - TBD
D. capensis 'red leaf' - 11 days
D. binata 'Waihonu NZ' - 10 days
D. natalensis - 6 days
D. aliciae - 9 days
D. longiscapa - 7 days
D. tomentosa 'hairy scape' - 5 days
D. capensis giant from Zimbabwe - 7 days
D. anglica - 12 days
D. riparia - 21 days
+/- 1 day, as these were placed in test tubes at different times of the day when I had free time available
I will update this regularly.
Overall, pretty fast germination in comparison to what I am used to. I will attempt to germinate more species this way as I obtain them.
Materials
4-inch 13x100mm glass test tubes
Distilled water
Petri dishes
Seeds (species below)
-Shoutout to Smooter80 for some of these species
-Seeds were placed in water according to when they arrived (couldn't resist starting)
Conditions:
T-8 Lighting - 16 hour photoperiod 12 inches from test tubes
Temperature - 79F lows - 84F highs
Procedure:
1. Cleaned all test tubes in boiling water
2. Placed following species in tubes on 11/02:
D. capensis 'giant form'
D. intermedia 'tropical'
D. tokaiensis
D. spatulata 'Lantau Island'
-Species in tubes 11/07:
D. finlaysoniana 'pink flower'
D. filiformis 'Florida red'
D. spatulata 'Fraser Island'
D. capensis 'red leaf'
D. binata 'Waihonu NZ'
3. Placed 5-10 seeds of a species in a test tube
4. Labeled each tube with name and date
5. Added 5mL of distilled water to each test tube
6. Capped and placed under the light over a white sheet of paper
-figured this would help reflect some light back into the tubes and better see the seed
7. Germinated seedlings were pipetted and potted up
Side notes:
-for drosera binata, a petri dish was preferred as they tend to float and stick together on the surface
-I placed a couple of capensis giant seed in a small mason jar an sphagnum to do a comparison
Results (days to germination)
D. capensis 'giant form' - germinated on sphagnum 12 days.
D. intermedia 'tropical' - TBD
D. tokaiensis - TBD
D. spatulata 'Lantau Island' - 5 days
D. finlaysoniana 'pink flower' - 9 days
D. filiformis 'Florida red' - TBD
D. spatulata 'Fraser Island' - TBD
D. capensis 'red leaf' - 11 days
D. binata 'Waihonu NZ' - 10 days
D. natalensis - 6 days
D. aliciae - 9 days
D. longiscapa - 7 days
D. tomentosa 'hairy scape' - 5 days
D. capensis giant from Zimbabwe - 7 days
D. anglica - 12 days
D. riparia - 21 days
+/- 1 day, as these were placed in test tubes at different times of the day when I had free time available
I will update this regularly.
Overall, pretty fast germination in comparison to what I am used to. I will attempt to germinate more species this way as I obtain them.
Last edited by erikHIplants on Sun Jan 29, 2017 11:35 pm, edited 8 times in total.