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I planted some drosera capensis seeds for the first time and noticed today I have some new tiny! seedlings. My question is I covered the top of the pots with plastic wrap to keep humidity up for germinating. Now that they have can I remove the plastic wrap so they get used to lower humidity right off the bat?

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so far in the three times I've had bagged seedlings I've done both where I slowly removed the covers from them over a week or two, and I've ripped the cover off them with zero regard for acclimation.

Capensis seem tough if we lost many from either method I didn't notice it.

Usually keep them covered until there are 3-4 leaves. That way the roots have enough time to grow and can provide water to the plant instead of just the humidity doing it. Then I take it off with no acclimating period.

I have been raising this sundew too. As KategoricalKarnivore said, I keep the seedlings in a covered container to maintain moisture as the roots are going into the ground. once they have been totally submerged into the medium, there is really no need to have a top on anymore. Having the top on can grow mold and other fungus that could kill the plant. Once it has its first true leaf, I would recommend feeding very small pieces of bugs that only cover 25% of the leaf. I do this with surgical tweezers. This is one of mine with an insect on its leaf.

animalisterra wrote:I have been raising this sundew too. As KategoricalKarnivore said, I keep the seedlings in a covered container to maintain moisture as the roots are going into the ground. once they have been totally submerged into the medium, there is really no need to have a top on anymore. Having the top on can grow mold and other fungus that could kill the plant. Once it has its first true leaf, I would recommend feeding very small pieces of bugs that only cover 25% of the leaf. I do this with surgical tweezers. This is one of mine with an insect on its leaf.

How old are your seedlings? Did it take them long to get a true leaf?

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I planted the seeds about a month and a half ago. The true leaf stared growing at the beginning of this week.