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Hi Matt,

It seems like there is a lot of interest in VFT seed this year. Any thoughts about starting a seed bank? You and I have a ton of seed each year and I am sure that there are a few others in the same boat. (For example, I removed more than 80% of my flower stocks before they had time to flower. I still had thousands of seed). Plus, if you are starting to clone with seed it seems almost like a normal progression. I guess it would take commitment and time from the overseer handeling the seed bank.

Best regards,
Curtis

I'm sure my plant will produce seeds soon so I'm not taking any seeds as I will make lot more plants I hope.

Hi Lily,

Starting plants from seed is a lot of fun. The unfortunate aspect of Venus flytraps is that it takes many years for seedlings to reach maturity, usually five years or more from the date of planting. If it is more and larger plants you wish in fairly short order then leaf cutting or leaf pulling are the way to go. I say this because I typically try to remove all the flower stocks before they reach flowering stage. Remember that it takes a lot of energy for plants to flower. This energy is diverted from trap growth. And if a plant is stressed from its growing environment, flowering can lead to even more stress for the plant. Even though my plants grow relatively stress free, I try to remove as many flower stalks as possible but this year, a few stocks escaped my detection. I typically say to new growers, just remove the flower stocks and enjoy more robust growth of the traps. But if its seed you want, enjoy this also.

Best regards,
Curtis

Okay, then. I will just let grow and I might pull a leaf off it instead. It might be more interesting too, watching new leaves grow. I believe I have more than two plants in the pot and I really want to rip it out... I'm sure it'll kill it though. I'll wait.

I'd love to see a seed bank attached to this site as seed can be freely shipped in and out of most countries without breaking quarantine regulations.

Although the plants raised from seed can vary greatly from the parent plant(s) I think that it would be interesting to offer up seeds of different crosses for members to grow out.

A central seed bank may not be required, we could create a "seed bank" header in the board index and get members to post a message when they have excess seed.

This is a great Idea linton. I always have some spare Drossera seed.

This is a great idea. My question is, how would this work?

Matt wrote:Yes, this is surprising. No one wants to try growing some baby VFTs? It's usually quite hard to find free seed.

I sure would like seeds but... how? Seems complicated. I might leave it alone and buy some if possible.

It would work like this lily-
A person would put up a post saying they have some spare seed to sell/trade
Someone would reply to this post saying they would like to buy/trade for it
the person would then PM the person interested asking for their adress
They would reply with this information
The perso would send the seed



This is how I think it would work

Ok thanks.

High, that is very curious about the cross pollenation. I too would like some of your seeds to try out. Very interested in what they will germinate into.

Phil

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