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My pygmies have gone out of their minds. Some of the drosera verrucata decided to produce gemmae. It's spring! Brings me to the next question, what should I do? Leave them be?

thepitchergrower wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 6:46 pm My pygmies have gone out of their minds. Some of the drosera verrucata decided to produce gemmae. It's spring! Brings me to the next question, what should I do? Leave them be?

Not to mention, hot weather is coming, next few days will be in the 80-90s.

You have a few options.
Do nothing. They'll fall out when they're ready and you'll have a crowded cluster in no time.
Harvest and toss. (Not recommended)
Harvest and sow them to produce more. If it's going to be hot, maybe sow them inside.
Harvest and host a giveaway/just give them away.
Harvest and sell. They might go quick since there are no other gemmae available.

These are the developing gemmae. Yes, they are gemmae, they look different from the unfurling leaves.
Here's how they looked a month ago Today You know, this is a good business opportunity, but I'd rather not sell them.

I don't think the gemmae would be able to survive the 5 day journey to the seed bank would they...?

How many of your verrucata did you get to grow? You may want to just plant what it is producing now and wait for a bigger harvest.

Panman wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 7:46 pm How many of your verrucata did you get to grow? You may want to just plant what it is producing now and wait for a bigger harvest.

No idea how many plants I have (didn't count), but all of them seem to be producing gemmae.

thepitchergrower wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 7:45 pmI don't think the gemmae would be able to survive the 5 day journey to the seed bank would they...?

They survived a five day journey to you from the seed bank, didn't they?
Just package them like they way I sent them to you.

Interesting thing is that I only received the gemmae 5 months ago. I wonder if the pygmies will produce gemmae again in the fall...