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Post by BarryRice on May 7, 2007 16:16:13 GMT
Hey Magnum,
Congratulations on your new little Drosophyllum!
If you're going to transplant this little guy, you want the move to include so much soil that the plant is completely unaware that it was transplanted. The best thing is to prepare the final pot with soil, make a pot-shaped hole, then carefully lower the entire soil contents of your little pot into the hole.
I'm always amazed at how long the root is on Drosophyllum seedlings. A plant only 5mm tall may have a descending root 4cm long. This tap root must not be damaged or broken. So clearly, it is easier to transplant the plants earlier than later.
Cheers
Barry
P.S. My comments above are for beginning or intermediate Drosophyllum farmers. People who are really skilled, or are in very nice Mediterranean climates, don't have to be quite so careful.
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Post by magnum on May 8, 2007 14:55:00 GMT
It is currently in a 4 inch diameter clay pot and I am going to use the slack potting method, so I'm wondering when I should take the pot it is in and slack pot it into a larger pot. The pot it is in now in about 10 cm tall, so how long after germination would the root take to grow that long?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2007 4:07:11 GMT
wow thats alot of very helpfull info on how to grow these plants here.....i will definately have to refer back to this thread several times when i finally get seeds
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Post by Randy Zerr on May 4, 2008 7:52:51 GMT
I might be able to help some with this. It's been a long time but I grew Drosophyllum for 3 years, same plants. Going over old notes, I used Adrian Slack's method as noted above, 6" terra cotta pot, soil was peat/sand mix. I did not note that the seeds were scratched before sowing but seems I remember doing this. It took 20 days until first germination. Plants were grown in greenhouse and watered by tray method for some time then double potted by placing the 6" pot with the plants down in a larger terra cotta pot with a packing of sphagnum taking up space in between the two pots. After that water was only applied via the sphagnum packing. Also noted that the plants were still quite small but flowered after only 3 months. See photo. The same pot of plants lived for 3 years more and grew very long stems snaking down the sides of the pot and turning upwards, with old dried leaves left intact. Then I had to move and lost my greenhouse and was unable to provide the controlled watering and the Drosophyllum perished probably due to too much rain. I originally thought this was going to be a tough plant but it really was easy and very vigorous. Keeping the soil fairly dry and using controlled watering seems to be the key. germination after 20 days. sorry for the lousy photos, they are digital images of 35mm prints. First flowering in just 3 months! plants 3 years old.
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