So the last time I had a Venus Flytrap was before Home Depot existed. I got it at a local plant store when I was a kid, but without any real source of information I couldn’t keep it alive. Forty plus years later and my fascination with them has only grown.
I bought a few packs of seeds last month from an online carnivorous plant store, and so far everything is looking pretty good. They also have tons of varieties of grown ones for sale, but I thought it would be a much more rewarding experience if I spent a couple of years raising them instead. I set 40 seeds in individual cells in a germination chamber on March 15th. I made a tracking sheet for progress, and I take a close up pic of each cell every day and scan for any sign of progress. They’re supposed to take up to 3 - 6 weeks for germination, but I already have activity in 8 of the cells. They’re so small you can’t see them with the naked eye for the first few days, I have to blow up pictures to get a view. They’re smaller than poppy seeds, and they start so differently from what I’m used to with growing cannabis. You can’t bury the seeds, they have to start on the surface because the starter leaves come out first, not a tap root. It looks so strange to see tiny leaves coming out of a seed with no signs of a root until the seed falls off altogether.
Here’s what I have going on so far, I’m really excited!
Mosca in spanish means “fly”, so not going there. Lol. Hazards to health. Lol.
Funny how one grow turns into trying other things.
Until here, ILGMs forum, knew nothing on growing pineapples from cuttings or toppings.
Now, have rooted romanie lettuce also. Also started seedlings for the spring garden from LED light source.
Not a Venus Flytrap kinda guy, but can see your passion. Have always gardened for survival in a sense, eases the grocery bill and always tastes better.
Yeah, very much the same for me. I never really grew anything before weed. Now I grow my own tomatoes, peppers, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers and more! It definitely opened up a whole new world of horticulture for me!