- Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:40 am
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Does anyone have tips for sowing D Filiformis Florida Red that is different from how you would treat D capensis (surface planting, humidity dome, etc)?
With my D Capensis seeds, hundreds germinated, but what I believe to be slime mold/algae killed them after several weeks. I have included a picture for confirmation.
All were sowed in 100% LFSM from FTS, which does not require rinsing. I was going to plant the D filiformis in the other FTS potting mix (sphagnum peat moss, pure 12-grit silica sand, and perlite), which has been sitting outside in a pot for months. i am hoping the rain over that time has sufficiently rinsed the media, but was going to check the runoff with my TDS meter. What number should i aim for to avoid algae? Is there anything else I can do to prevent or kill the algae? I'm afraid there is way too much in the pictured pot to just scrape it off and I'll probably have to trash the whole thing. The density of seedlings that used to be there also prevented any spot treatment until they died and it was too late anyway.
I appreciate your input - thanks in advance!
With my D Capensis seeds, hundreds germinated, but what I believe to be slime mold/algae killed them after several weeks. I have included a picture for confirmation.
All were sowed in 100% LFSM from FTS, which does not require rinsing. I was going to plant the D filiformis in the other FTS potting mix (sphagnum peat moss, pure 12-grit silica sand, and perlite), which has been sitting outside in a pot for months. i am hoping the rain over that time has sufficiently rinsed the media, but was going to check the runoff with my TDS meter. What number should i aim for to avoid algae? Is there anything else I can do to prevent or kill the algae? I'm afraid there is way too much in the pictured pot to just scrape it off and I'll probably have to trash the whole thing. The density of seedlings that used to be there also prevented any spot treatment until they died and it was too late anyway.
I appreciate your input - thanks in advance!
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