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Post by acidic055 on Aug 21, 2007 14:57:26 GMT 8
Hi, im planting a Drosera Capensis from seeds and i was just wondering, whats the best way to plant them. Also, should i be overhead spraying them with water?
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Post by zakhren on Aug 21, 2007 20:15:23 GMT 8
I grow mine using the water tray method. I would grow them in at least 4" deep pots sitting in ½-1" of water. Full sun or under plastic/glass. Mine grow in 50:50 peat moss:perlite but they could grow in a lot of mixtures, they aren't that picky, but I find sand can get more messy, with a top dressing of sphagnum moss. Without the moss on top the rain splashes the peat onto the leaves and can stunt the growth of the plant or even kill it after a while. But I wouldn't let the rain touch the seedlings until they are at least 2" tall or they could be washed out of the pot. They are real easy to grow and I wouldn't be suprised if every one of the seeds germinate. And once they mature they seed like crazy so you'll be giving them away~ haha.
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Post by hongrui on Aug 21, 2007 22:59:33 GMT 8
acidic055, overhead spraying the Drosera seeds is not a good idea as you might end up burying the seeds and there they'll rot instead of germinating.
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Post by acidic055 on Aug 22, 2007 5:14:55 GMT 8
Oh no...i hope they havent buried themselves yet. Im hoping not. Although there arent alot of gaps in my medium so hopefully that'll be alright. So no overhead praying thank you zakhren and hongrui, Now ill just sit back and wait for them to grom =P
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Post by tarence on Sept 29, 2007 23:55:10 GMT 8
I finally managed to propagate d.capensis from leaf cutting. Only 1 plantlet from the whole leaf unlike filiformis or binata where i can get almost 10 per leaf. It took almost 3 weeks to a month for the germination but i`m pleased as plum to report that it worked.
Much faster than from seeds. D.capensis was such a difficult CP to grow for some of us here previously.
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Post by nox on Sept 30, 2007 0:49:30 GMT 8
Olá.
I go to give a suggestion for the germination of droseras.
The Droseras capensis grows slowly, but they are resistant plants.
I sow any carnivorous plant on “mousse of moss, that is sphagnum triturated, I full the vase with normal moss and finally, I place a moss layer muído (0,5cm). Thus, the seeds are not embedded. NEVER, NEVER it sprays the seeds after planted, nor leaves to take rain! A very illuminated place, but not it full Sun, had resulted more satisfactory. It inside places pots of a tray with water up to 2/3 of the vase. As the friends already had spoken before.
He does not need very well-taken care of, will be born at any cost, here, arrive to germinate in few weeks (the 2 times)
Good culture!
I wait to have helped in something.
I hug
NOX
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Post by tarence on Sept 30, 2007 11:33:42 GMT 8
thx Nox for the info....
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Post by hongrui on Sept 30, 2007 21:10:23 GMT 8
quite a lot of growers from sg to taiwan have problems with this CP weed. D. capensis is from south africa which makes it sub-tropical. it is not exactly suitable for us to grow here in the tropics as it requires cool night temps.
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Post by nox on Oct 1, 2007 2:26:20 GMT 8
hello! Many capensis people successfully cultivate Droseras in Brazil. In all the regions. Brazil is a tropical country also! ;D If it will be able to give detailed information to me, I can try to discover some thing that can be harming the culture.  I hug. NOX |
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Post by hongrui on Oct 1, 2007 6:52:20 GMT 8
Hi Nox,
in singapore, our average day time temperatures are about 32-34C, while average night time temperatures are about 28C. Humidity levels range from 60% - 90%.
D. capensis seems not to like these temperature range.
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Post by cactustts on Oct 1, 2007 19:00:37 GMT 8
Hi Hongrui,
I used to have a clump of them when my sister bought a pot for me three to four years back from Cameron Highlands. They died slowly one by one to finally remained three or four till now only one left. Haha I think this is the one which is very hardy to our climate. It grow happily now in my garden getting full sun and rain. I have successfully propagated many plantlet from leaf cutting too. The plantlets also growing under the same condition with the mother plant now, I found they growing well. Glad that they acclimatised to our climate.
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Post by hongrui on Oct 1, 2007 20:14:59 GMT 8
Hi TS, i got a batch of capensis seeds earlier this year, they germinated and so far they're doing pretty well for me. hopefully those that germinated are more heat tolerant.
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Post by cactustts on Oct 1, 2007 21:51:51 GMT 8
Ya, I have some growing from seeds too, hopefully they grow well. Fingers cross.
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Post by tarence on Oct 2, 2007 16:23:21 GMT 8
hongrui : your bunch of captivating capensis` look good ( ref to photo in GCS forum)
my single plant is doing everything a sundew should do ( i.e. grow well, flower, have seeds ) for me to be satisfied so i ain`t complaining...but yes, i would like to have my capensis clump in the future. toying with the idea to place some in the office.
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