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By Fishkeeper
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I've Frankensteined myself a nicely sized pot out of several smaller ones. It's about 7 inches square and 4 inches deep. I'd like to plant it with D. Capensis, and I'm wondering how many sundews I can fit in it.

From what I've seen of D. Capensis, I'm assuming that I could plant them with their rosettes an inch apart and they'd still get pretty big. Is this true? I'm not looking for giant plants, but I'd like them to reach adult size, so maybe 3-4" leaves.
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By boarderlib
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If you're using plants I would say at the very least an inch or two apart. If you're starting from seed I would load the pot up and let them fight it out. The stronger plants will overtake the weaker plants.

You are referring to 'red' and not reef, correct?

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By Fishkeeper
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No, I mean reef as in coral reef. I've seen pots full of sundews referred to as "reefs" because of the appearance, and that's the effect I'm going for. I do have a couple of D. Capensis "red" to put in the mix.

I'm starting off with two adults, two mid-sized plants, and a selection of the largest out of a couple pots of seedlings. Some of the seedlings are visibly larger than the rest, so I'm gonna keep those particular ones and give the rest away.

Speaking of- if I can't find enough local people who want them, would there be any interest in tiny (few millimeter) seedlings from people on here? I think I can ship them by packing them in a tiny, durable box and then putting that in a padded envelope.
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By boarderlib
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Okay, I've never seen it referred to as that. You learn something new everyday.

I would place the two big ones off center and then place the smaller ones accordingly with about an inch or two spacing. My happiest pots are the ones that have plants spilling over the edges. Pots that you would think the plants would be overcrowded.

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By steve booth
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A healthy capensis will easily get to 5" tall with a 5" spread. Planting them closer will cause the leaves to collide and shade each other and reduce available root space, thereby reducing their size and increasing the competition for food from the increased leaf area.
It depends what on the effect you are after, close together will give a great confusion of smaller leaved plants and stickiness as the leaves crash into each other, whereas a wider spacing will give larger leaves, possibly better colour and plants that are more specimen type.
I have done both in the past and liked both, but wider spacing gives better looking plants.
Cheers
Steve

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