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How many plants do you make each year?

I am hoping to assess the levels of obsession with Sarracenia out there.

Feel free to guesstimate, but I would be intrigued to know:
-How many crosses do you make each year?
-How many seedlings do you produce and grow each year?
-How many plants do you cull?
-How many plants/seedlots/seedlings do you purchase?

This year was the first year I began making deliberate crosses, and I made perhaps 20. I've got maybe 1000 unique seedlings coming up. Since I don't have a huge amount of Sarrs right now, I have the time to transplant them out... only culled a dozen or so per cross. Additionally, I have maybe a dozen Sarr seed batches stratifying from ICPS as well as temperate Drosera seedlings.

Next year should be really insanely crazy, because I am expecting quite a few first-time bloomers!
 
Im probably WAY in the minority, but:

-How many crosses do you make each year?
none.

-How many seedlings do you produce and grow each year?
none

-How many plants do you cull?
none

-How many plants/seedlots/seedlings do you purchase?
none

I have been growing CP's for 20 years now, and I dont want my collection to be any bigger! ;)
Its the maximum size I can handle, and *want* to handle.
I simply dont want any more plants.. I never let my plants flower and set seed, ever..
I did in years past, but not anymore.

Scot
 
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