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Post by tarence on Oct 6, 2007 22:38:40 GMT 8
First time for me. My s.rubra gulfensis had some seeds & I bleached them before sowing in the same pot as the mother plant. They germinated within 4 days and this is how it looks after 3 weeks. Slow growing but they are growing. I remember sowing 4 seeds but I now have7 plantlets. Errrr....heheh.
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Post by cactustts on Oct 7, 2007 0:33:13 GMT 8
Hey Tarence, you didn't stratify your seeds, and instead bleached them! Ooh... That's something new I heard of treating sarra seeds. I should try that with old seeds if I have any. If that work, meaning we don't have to go thru the long stratification process any more, haha, that's good, that's good. I have some sarra plantlets just germinated not too long ago, the germination rate is quite high, about 90%. How come your germination rate was 175%? hmm... strange...
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Post by tarence on Oct 8, 2007 8:23:33 GMT 8
TS, i think i miscounted the seeds...heheh. But I never thot it`ll germinate at all, and quite fast too.
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Post by lisham on Oct 8, 2007 19:05:39 GMT 8
bleached it? like worn clothes bleach or hair bleach eh?
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Post by tarence on Oct 9, 2007 9:01:55 GMT 8
Lisham : it`s the bleach used to bleach clothes....
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Post by cactustts on Oct 9, 2007 12:04:18 GMT 8
Hopefully it won't bleached away the colour of your sarra as it work on clothes, hehe. Aei? Why not, that'll be a new variant then - S.rubra gulfensis alba ;D
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Post by tarence on Oct 9, 2007 13:32:55 GMT 8
Only time will tell, TS.....heheh.
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Post by sunbelle on Dec 10, 2007 22:31:57 GMT 8
There actually is a rubra gulfensis alba! Pure green pitchers and yellow flowers.
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Post by ameliepoulain on May 2, 2008 19:21:51 GMT 8
I have some stratified seeds that I received in a trade, I was wondering if I should use the bleach treatment or just sow it?
The last time i sowed sarra. seeds, I had only 1 germination, then after 6 months, another one germinated. The big surprise is that both grow at the same rate now, the 2 months old and the 8 months old! Thank god I didn't chuck the media - pulverized pure sphagnum moss.
Any recommendation on the best media to use?
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Post by arvin555 on May 2, 2008 22:19:36 GMT 8
Tarence, may we know how exactly did you bleach them? Water to bleach ratio? How long? What did you do after you bleached them? etc.
I have some VFT seeds trying to germinate them for 3 months now, nothing, and I have some sarra seeds in the ref now being stratified. Of course the seed that I got were from a novelty store, so I am not sure if they are still viable or not.
TTFN Arvin
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Post by tarence on May 5, 2008 12:35:47 GMT 8
Ratio : 1 part bleach : 9 parts water
I bleached them until the dark outer layer of the seed was eroded. Then the whitish inner seed was visible. It took 2 hours i think but the time will dpeend on what seed you are bleaching & how thick the outer layer is. It`s just an experiment yah ? After i bleached the outer seed layer off, I rinsed the inner part of the seed about 50 times to try to get rid of the bleach...then sowed the seeds directly to media.
happy trying.....
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Post by arvin555 on May 5, 2008 13:16:24 GMT 8
Thanks Tarence for sharing your technique with us.
One thing, if you guys want to try, the fastest way to get rid of bleach is to use Anti chlorine from aquarium fish shops. The chemical name is "sodium thiosulfate". The problem is that I am not sure but it might create salt as by product so after using this, rinse well again. But it sure is heck effective in neutralizing chlorine, a few seconds is all it takes, and you dissolve a few drops in water and then dump the seeds in to neutralize the chlorine. Again another experiment to try.
TTFN Arvin
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