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After getting my first batch of VFT seeds I started wondering something...I'f heard a while back that some varieties of VFT don't produce seed and have to be propagated via pullings/divisions. I read the cultivated varieties and registered cultivar pages on this site but saw no mention of which produce seed.

Few questions -

1. Are there VFT's that do flower but do not produce seed? Or if a VFT "doesn't seed" does that inherently mean it will never create a flower?
2. How can you tell which types/cultivars of VFT will flower/seed and which won't?

The way I understand it is all VFT's will produce a flower and can produce seed if pollinated. However, the child plants will not have the same traits as the parent plants. Much like people. Therefore, the only way to cultivate a plant like a Fused Tooth is vegetatively, instead of sexually. The Fused Tooth will still produce seeds, but the babies won't be Fused Tooth.

Could be wrong. But that's the way I understand it.

i think your correct, also the wacky traps too

Ohhh. Cool, thanks

Yeah, everything I've read has shown wacky traps can flower- but cannot set seed. They are sterile, and I'm sure there might be a few others the same way.

Nickrober wrote:The way I understand it is all VFT's will produce a flower and can produce seed if pollinated. However, the child plants will not have the same traits as the parent plants. Much like people. Therefore, the only way to cultivate a plant like a Fused Tooth is vegetatively, instead of sexually. The Fused Tooth will still produce seeds, but the babies won't be Fused Tooth.

Could be wrong. But that's the way I understand it.

Yeah, that's pretty much sums it up exactly.

The only possible exception is that, to my knowledge, 'Wacky Traps' hasn't been successfully pollinated and it may be impossible to do so due to the fact that its stigma is deformed. I think that's what Kevin was alluding to.