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Sarracenias from seeds
« Thread Started on Oct 6, 2007, 10:38pm »
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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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #1 on Oct 7, 2007, 12:33am »
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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« Reply #2 on Oct 8, 2007, 8:23am »
TS, i think i miscounted the seeds...heheh. But I never thot it`ll germinate at all, and quite fast too. « Last Edit: May 5, 2008, 12:31pm by tarence »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged lisham
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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #3 on Oct 8, 2007, 7:05pm »
bleached it? like worn clothes bleach or hair bleach eh?
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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #4 on Oct 9, 2007, 9:01am »
Lisham : it`s the bleach used to bleach clothes....

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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #5 on Oct 9, 2007, 12:04pm »
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 « Last Edit: Oct 9, 2007, 12:04pm by cactustts »Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedTS tarence
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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #6 on Oct 9, 2007, 1:32pm »
Only time will tell, TS.....heheh.
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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #7 on Dec 10, 2007, 10:31pm »
There actually is a rubra gulfensis alba! Pure green pitchers and yellow flowers.
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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #8 on May 2, 2008, 7:21pm »
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.

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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #9 on May 2, 2008, 10:19pm »
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.

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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #10 on May 5, 2008, 12:35pm »
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.

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Re: Sarracenias from seeds
« Reply #11 on May 5, 2008, 1:16pm »
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.

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