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I didn't know there was such a thing as too much light.

Should I give the gemmae less light?

I don't treat gemmae any different than I treat the adults outside of sometimes spraying the top layer to allow root movement to keep them from drying out. Once they form their shape they're good to go. In a humid enclosure like that you're fine with that though. Considering the plastic, me personally I would pull the light up a bit maybe but I don't think it's *necessary* Personally, I've grown them 6 inches from LED and over 18 inches away on T5s. Most of them just do what they do.

Is it normal for them to look like that, or should I be concerned?

when my gemmae turned that color, they were rotten...

I guess I’ll have to wait and see.

The gemmae have now turned a brown color. Maybe the soil was too dry or too wet. I'll still keep waiting with the hopes of having something sprout.

TrapsAndDews wrote:The gemmae have now turned a brown color. Maybe the soil was too dry or too wet. I'll still keep waiting with the hopes of having something sprout.

I'll see if I can collect some gemmae and send them over your way to experiment with unless you're looking for something in particular. I've found good success with a 50/50 peat/sand mix and I'll put a small layer of sand on top to stunt moss growth. I've seen them grown in LFS but the algae really stands out. Sometimes it's a bad draw when you receive gemmae. Are they all that color or just a couple?

When I planted them, they were all green, now they're all brown with only some having a greenish tint. I think I had a higher concentration of peat at the top. The rest was 50/50 sand and peat. I'll wait a couple more weeks. This is my first time growing pygmies. So I am inexperienced. This is also my first time sowing seeds directly into the soil. I put all my other seeds in water-filled microcentrifuge tubes and wait till they germinate.

I think that the plastic film on top, as well as the growlights is trapping a LOT of heat. Maybe it's cooking the gemmae? Can you manage to stick a thermometer inside? Make sure temps don't get above 75.

Ok, I'll try to measure the temperature later. Although, I think you may be right. There's not that much air, so it wouldn't take a lot to heat it up.

@sundewd I am very sorry for cooking the gemmae that you donated to the seedbank.

TrapsAndDews wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 5:35 pm @sundewd I am very sorry for cooking the gemmae that you donated to the seedbank.

That's how we learn. I was able to sprout some gemmae last year but ended up frying them over the summer. That won't happen again.

It happens. But you have to try again.

If at first you don't succeed try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, and try again.

If at first you don't succeed try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, How many times do I have to try?????