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Post by corky on Dec 1, 2017 10:31:18 GMT
I left my plants outside and they experienced some light frost, no harm done as far as I can tell. The colder weather woke my large dormant plant up but the seedlings are still tiny , they are now all inside in a chilly unheated room under Flo lights which I plan on lowering at the weekend to up the intensity. I'll try and get some pics soon.
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Post by corky on Dec 3, 2017 11:35:51 GMT
A few pics as promised, my largest plant had a shorter summer dormancy than previous years seedlings from January 2017 haven't grown much over the summer but I hope they will now temps have dropped good germination on some seeds planted 30/9/17 these are the other half of the seeds planted last January, they were kept in an envelope on top of a flo light unit to keep warm over summer
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Post by nimbulan on Dec 3, 2017 16:57:13 GMT
Wow those all look great! Hopefully my mature plant will snap out of it here and get back into full growth. So far, not much germination from the second half of the pack of seeds I got back in January, though I moved them to a cooler area about a month ago so hopefully that helps.
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Post by corky on Aug 5, 2018 11:10:57 GMT
not all seedlings have gone dormant in the heat ,one seems to be enjoying it my large plant is most definitely dormant there is still a very small green bud in here
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Post by corky on Dec 29, 2018 15:15:54 GMT
Well my large plant didn't come back from its dormant buds this year but I was pleased to see a new plant growing from the roots,it's doing well now and the largest seedling I planted also looking good ,and showing a nice colour ,all in all a terrible past year for my plants ,so I'm glad to see some doing well
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Post by nimbulan on Oct 1, 2019 15:29:33 GMT
I think my plant finally gave up this summer, after staying "dormant" for nearly 2 years straight. I tried very briefly to grow this past winter where I kept it cold with my tuberous sundews, but looked quite sickly and didn't make any progress. I'm sticking it out there again though I'm not going to hold my breath.
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Post by corky on Oct 2, 2019 19:06:16 GMT
They ain't no capensis that's for sure, my large plant that I've kept going for years had it's roots rot as I must of kept it too wet over summer dormancy, I salvaged a root and hope it will sprout. The seedlings are still tiny and the large seedling pictured in this thread also died for some reason
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Post by corky on Nov 25, 2020 14:12:10 GMT
The remaining seedlings are looking dewy at the moment but are slow
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Post by corky on Oct 10, 2021 13:20:52 GMT
After a few dry months I've now started to keep this plant wet again as the weather has cooled off, some came back from the roots and some went to a dormant bud and came back from there . Seems they are appreciating the cool nights at the moment I did lose one of the larger plants coming back from a bud when we had a spell of unseasonably warm weather before I moved the pot into the shade to sit it out but hope the roots survive, there are a quite a few little plants if you look hard enough so hopefully in a couple of months it'll look more impressive
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Post by nimbulan on Oct 11, 2021 15:16:53 GMT
You're doing quite well to keep the plants going this long. One of these days I'll be able to try this one again and I'm pretty certain I'll succeed since I am successfully growing pretty much all the other related species.
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Post by corky on Oct 11, 2021 16:32:39 GMT
I wish you luck and silverhill seeds seem to have them in stock from time to time, my large plant that rotted away had huge roots at one stage but I stupidly kept it too wet when the temperature was too warm and rot it did, I'm definitely still learning with this species and could really do with splitting this into two pots so all my eggs aren't in one basket
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Post by nimbulan on Oct 25, 2021 14:24:39 GMT
I think it's been a few years since Silverhill has carried these. The new staff don't seem to collect as many CP seeds unfortunately. I do have another source lined up though.
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Post by corky on Dec 23, 2021 10:12:33 GMT
These are looking pretty good at the moment, considering they're about five years old now they obviously grow slowly for me and I do seem to have less and less plants in this pot each year
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Post by dvg on Dec 23, 2021 21:16:02 GMT
They do look good Corky.
How do you propagate those dews; do you favor leaf pulls or root cuttings?
dvg
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Post by corky on Dec 23, 2021 23:29:47 GMT
Hi Doug, these are all seed grown from seed purchased from silverhill seeds, I will try leaf pulls if they get a bit bigger as I think they would miss one too much at the moment.
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