- Tue Apr 16, 2013 2:13 am
#172664
Hi everyone!
I know it's a little early in the season for seeds, however I've been looking around online and in the FTS even, however places I find seed at seem to worry me, and the FTS is sold out. I originally bought a carnivorous plant kit that was supposed to have VFTs as well as other various carnivorous plant seeds with it, and it has been a huge waste of money, really: Out of three sets of seed packs (3 x 10 VFT seeds, & 3 x assorted cold stratification seed bags), I have had an extremely low germination rate: I have two sundew plants (I think!) that seem to be growing, one Cobra Lily that has seemed to do fairly well (and is putting up a shoot, as it germinated last summer and went dormant during the winter. I thought it had died!), but absolutely none of the VFT seeds have grown, though the company said they were "guaranteed" to grow, hence the multiple seed packs.
After reading the guides and the information, and having read about the seeds of a VFT, I'm wondering if the problem lies in that I'm getting old seed that isn't stored very well, and they aren't viable once they get to me. :/ I've followed the information in the guide about how to sew VFT seeds, and how to properly care for them, and yet I've gotten absolutely nowhere. So after lurking around here for awhile, I decided to go ahead and join the board, post up an introduction (which I did earlier), and now I decided to post here and see if anyone might have some seeds, any variety, that I might be able to try growing. I would absolutely love to have my own little baby VFTs sprouting. Or if anyone would be so kind as to send me some after theirs bloom and seed, I would be happy to wait, as well. Either way, I really appreciate anyone's help whatsoever! I absolutely love carnivorous plants in general, but I must say, VFTs are definitely my favorite.
I know it's a little early in the season for seeds, however I've been looking around online and in the FTS even, however places I find seed at seem to worry me, and the FTS is sold out. I originally bought a carnivorous plant kit that was supposed to have VFTs as well as other various carnivorous plant seeds with it, and it has been a huge waste of money, really: Out of three sets of seed packs (3 x 10 VFT seeds, & 3 x assorted cold stratification seed bags), I have had an extremely low germination rate: I have two sundew plants (I think!) that seem to be growing, one Cobra Lily that has seemed to do fairly well (and is putting up a shoot, as it germinated last summer and went dormant during the winter. I thought it had died!), but absolutely none of the VFT seeds have grown, though the company said they were "guaranteed" to grow, hence the multiple seed packs.
After reading the guides and the information, and having read about the seeds of a VFT, I'm wondering if the problem lies in that I'm getting old seed that isn't stored very well, and they aren't viable once they get to me. :/ I've followed the information in the guide about how to sew VFT seeds, and how to properly care for them, and yet I've gotten absolutely nowhere. So after lurking around here for awhile, I decided to go ahead and join the board, post up an introduction (which I did earlier), and now I decided to post here and see if anyone might have some seeds, any variety, that I might be able to try growing. I would absolutely love to have my own little baby VFTs sprouting. Or if anyone would be so kind as to send me some after theirs bloom and seed, I would be happy to wait, as well. Either way, I really appreciate anyone's help whatsoever! I absolutely love carnivorous plants in general, but I must say, VFTs are definitely my favorite.