Sorry to Raise a very old thread from death but Is there is
"Idiots Guide to Growing VFT's from Seed"
nice simple Step 1, 2, 3 and dumb down everything with a time scale so I can write the 'predicted dates' down on my calender.
Photos would also be great
Few questions:
- Time:
- Best time of the year?
- If I need to wait whats the best way to store the seeds, and how long is Too long?
Note: I am in england and we only have about 2-3 months of Decent sun a year, and even then its not even constent
One day it can be very very sunny, next day it can be raining.. and some times raining WHILE Sunny.
- Storage:
- best way to store them if needed?
- Lighting:
- I know sun is best, but as you can guess from above its not always an option so I might be using florecent light(s).
- Time:
- 12 hour cycle
- 18 hour cycle
- leave it on perminatly?
- Distance:
- Closer the Better?
- ~4-6 inchs away
- Further away be allowed due to positioning of plants?
- Soil: I know Peat Moss but the only thing I have found is Sphagnum Peat Moss which looks nothing like what you have been using. Yours looks like regular soil, this looks like a bunch of long grass been curled up into a ball.
- Can I:
- use Sphagnum instead
- use something else?
- use both if I can find any
- use sphagnum on top?
- use Perlite?
- Watering:
- Do I still water by Tray?
- Constent Water or
- Fill tray, allow to dry out, wait a day or 2 and fill again?
- Do I need to water from the top?
- spray it all with a thick mist until it socks all the way down
- just Pour water on top of the seed
- Pour next to it.
- Pots:
- Use Little Propergater tray which has lots of little divided areas with Cover
- Regular Square Pots
- Minimum/Maximum Depth
Can I use the above in combination/instead of with:
- A Tarrainium? My friend has one she keeps her Turtouse in. During summer she wont need it anymore as it will live outside perminatly.
It would be nice to see peoples different apporches to these questions.
Also, the Soil question is for Normal plants too..