I sowed about coming to a hundred seeds in November and December last year. So far, only 5 germinated.
First batch was treated with Pingman's Byblis Germination Method, PMBGM. Second batch was only with hot water and soaked for 48hours.
I was fed up with the germination rate and decided to check on the seeds. The ones I sowed on peat, I left alone. Can't distinguish them from the peat. But I picked up a seed that I sowed on LFS and 'pinched' the seed coat off. I saw a very small grain of seed pop out. Whitish, purplish...seems fine so I plonked it back onto the LFS.
Guess what?! That fellow germinated within a week! I knew it is the 'naked' seed 'cos I marked where I placed it.
So, off came a few more seed coats. Quite an eye-ache since the seeds are so small.
Out of the five, 2 germinated within two weeks!
I read somewhere that we can line a small plastic container with fine sand, place the seeds inside and shake the seeds vigorously. In that way, part of the seed coat is 'shaved' off. A better method than rubbing them between two sheets of sand paper where it is kind of difficult to control the amount of strength we are using.
What do you all think? Would like everyone's opinion 'cos my first byblis is flowering and once I get seeds, I'll try 'sanding' them!
Desperate me, desperate measures.
First batch was treated with Pingman's Byblis Germination Method, PMBGM. Second batch was only with hot water and soaked for 48hours.
Guess what?! That fellow germinated within a week! I knew it is the 'naked' seed 'cos I marked where I placed it.
So, off came a few more seed coats. Quite an eye-ache since the seeds are so small.
Out of the five, 2 germinated within two weeks!
I read somewhere that we can line a small plastic container with fine sand, place the seeds inside and shake the seeds vigorously. In that way, part of the seed coat is 'shaved' off. A better method than rubbing them between two sheets of sand paper where it is kind of difficult to control the amount of strength we are using.
What do you all think? Would like everyone's opinion 'cos my first byblis is flowering and once I get seeds, I'll try 'sanding' them!