my liitle guys pic

[amitzauber]

my little guys took pictures

[kentosaurs]

Hi Amit

Nice pics of those tiny seedlings..How old are they?? Looks young to me..Anyways whats that on the 6th pic the slimy thingy i have that in one of my nep pots to..

Ken

[shawnintland]

Hi Kent and Amit,

That green 'slimy thing' on the right side, is a gametophyte. The non-sexed precursor to a fern plant. It's hard not to get spores landing in your media and starting to grow. Think of it as good practice for your future fern growing adventures! But generally I pluck 'em out with tweezers and put them in their own bed of sphagnum because some of them have root systems that will just take over your nep seedling boxes! They need to be close together and constantly moist so the sperm can swim between each other to fertilize them.

[amitzauber]

Originally Posted by shawnintland

Hi Kent and Amit,

That green 'slimy thing' on the right side, is a gametophyte. The non-sexed precursor to a fern plant. It's hard not to get spores landing in your media and starting to grow. Think of it as good practice for your future fern growing adventures! But generally I pluck 'em out with tweezers and put them in their own bed of sphagnum because some of them have root systems that will just take over your nep seedling boxes! They need to be close together and constantly moist so the sperm can swim between each other to fertilize them.

so what that you saying in to take out all those others plants from the nep pots ??????

[adilevi424]

amit you should only take the ferns out of your seedling pots .
in your nepenthes pots(not the seedlings ) you should leave them(the ferns)they actually good for your plants.

[kentosaurs]

Yup Yup of course not too much but its good cause it gives more air to the roots..

Ken