nepenthes gracilis
Nepenthes Specialist
Many of you folks may have been lucky enough to recieve some of the Nepenthes ventricosa (typical x red) seed from Hamish, via Trent and Michelle Meeks in the US. I have been generous to put together "Nepenthes in 9 pictures" to help the other people out in sowing their Nepenthes seed.
Step one:
Get your seed and LABEL it.
Step two:
Get a large shallow flat that isdrained. I used a flat with an undrained flat underneath to keep the moss in the mesh flat.
Step three:
Get some sphagnum moss (no cheapie stuff, use the good stuff) and crunch it all up with your hands or a blender/scissors/etc. And watch the dust, avoid breathing it in.
Step four:
Wet your moss and spread it throughout the flat, don't compact it with your hand, just make sure it is spread around. Compacting a seedling mix, esp. for a Nepenthes is a big no-no.
Step five:
Open your seed packet so it is easily accessable.
Step six:
Using your fingers (DRY) gently dispurse the seed around the moss flat.
Step seven:
Avoid these types of "clumps".
Step eight:
Give them babies some water! Mist mist and mist! Doing this also ensures good seed-moss contact.
Step nine:
Stick your label there and try to use bottom heat, I used my greenhouse heater, no sense in wasting that heat after it shuts off!
Tada!
Step one:
Get your seed and LABEL it.
Step two:
Get a large shallow flat that isdrained. I used a flat with an undrained flat underneath to keep the moss in the mesh flat.
Step three:
Get some sphagnum moss (no cheapie stuff, use the good stuff) and crunch it all up with your hands or a blender/scissors/etc. And watch the dust, avoid breathing it in.
Step four:
Wet your moss and spread it throughout the flat, don't compact it with your hand, just make sure it is spread around. Compacting a seedling mix, esp. for a Nepenthes is a big no-no.
Step five:
Open your seed packet so it is easily accessable.
Step six:
Using your fingers (DRY) gently dispurse the seed around the moss flat.
Step seven:
Avoid these types of "clumps".
Step eight:
Give them babies some water! Mist mist and mist! Doing this also ensures good seed-moss contact.
Step nine:
Stick your label there and try to use bottom heat, I used my greenhouse heater, no sense in wasting that heat after it shuts off!
Tada!