Post by alexintx on Mar 26, 2018 13:42:33 GMT -5
So, as you may have gathered, I don't have many sarrs or much experience with them. I'm here because I want to get better at growing them. On the other hand, in my ~decade of growing carnivores, I've grown quite a few VFTs.
Although I used to have some cultivars, poor care doomed them a long time ago. So, now all my VFTs are seedgrown, by me. I love seedgrown plants because of all the diversity you get.
First up are my old seedgrown plants. They're going into their fifth growing season now (they sprouted in 2012). They haven't colored up all that well this spring because it's been pretty cloudy, but in the fall and winter, pretty much the whole plants are lightly flushed with red.
I pushed up their pot size because of how big the roots are (and because of an incident last summer with a bit of dehydration -- it's why the second plant has so many divisions). I like the genetics of these guys. Last year was the first time they were big enough to flower, and they put out traps that topped 1" in the spring. The ones that didn't dehydrate are doing the same this spring too. I also really like the unusual margin that one of them has -- it's almost like "Sawtooth". These guys have lived through a lot -- they were basically neglected entirely as seedlings. I lost something like 80% of their siblings from not taking much care of them, so these ones are really tough. Speaking of their siblings, there's also this wonderful plant:
I know it's small for a 5 year old plant, but last year, it's communal pot (4 plants) was torn up by a racoon, and the plants were lost. The next day, I managed to find a rhizome, mostly shriveled up and dehydrated. I nursed it back to health, and it turned out to be the plant that was mostly red. It probably lost two years worth of growth. This one is great -- it colors up really, really nicely when it's not cloudy.
Now to move onto my seedlings. After the adults flowered last year, I donated most of the seeds to the ICPS. However, there were about 20 seeds left over -- which is less than half of what I put into the packets. So, I kept them for myself. They were planted at the end of last June, and I had 100% germination within two weeks. I've actually been taking care of these seedlings, so they're growing much faster than the older plants did.
As you can see, there's quite a bit of diversity -- solid red plants, lots of plants with pinkish coloration, faster growing ones, slower growing ones, and even one that may be anthocyanin free!
Do y'all have any seedgrown flytraps? I'd like to see the sorts of diversity you've got.
Although I used to have some cultivars, poor care doomed them a long time ago. So, now all my VFTs are seedgrown, by me. I love seedgrown plants because of all the diversity you get.
First up are my old seedgrown plants. They're going into their fifth growing season now (they sprouted in 2012). They haven't colored up all that well this spring because it's been pretty cloudy, but in the fall and winter, pretty much the whole plants are lightly flushed with red.
I pushed up their pot size because of how big the roots are (and because of an incident last summer with a bit of dehydration -- it's why the second plant has so many divisions). I like the genetics of these guys. Last year was the first time they were big enough to flower, and they put out traps that topped 1" in the spring. The ones that didn't dehydrate are doing the same this spring too. I also really like the unusual margin that one of them has -- it's almost like "Sawtooth". These guys have lived through a lot -- they were basically neglected entirely as seedlings. I lost something like 80% of their siblings from not taking much care of them, so these ones are really tough. Speaking of their siblings, there's also this wonderful plant:
I know it's small for a 5 year old plant, but last year, it's communal pot (4 plants) was torn up by a racoon, and the plants were lost. The next day, I managed to find a rhizome, mostly shriveled up and dehydrated. I nursed it back to health, and it turned out to be the plant that was mostly red. It probably lost two years worth of growth. This one is great -- it colors up really, really nicely when it's not cloudy.
Now to move onto my seedlings. After the adults flowered last year, I donated most of the seeds to the ICPS. However, there were about 20 seeds left over -- which is less than half of what I put into the packets. So, I kept them for myself. They were planted at the end of last June, and I had 100% germination within two weeks. I've actually been taking care of these seedlings, so they're growing much faster than the older plants did.
As you can see, there's quite a bit of diversity -- solid red plants, lots of plants with pinkish coloration, faster growing ones, slower growing ones, and even one that may be anthocyanin free!
Do y'all have any seedgrown flytraps? I'd like to see the sorts of diversity you've got.