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Post by maskedsonnet on May 3, 2021 17:44:51 GMT -5
I lasted one whole week before moving the Sprout back into the kitchen to play with!! Saw a couple people mention not having luck with English Daisies, so I ordered some seeds from Outside Pride to see if I could make anything happen! I'd never actually seen English Daisies before, the photos made me very eager. So pretty! The packaging said that the seeds need light to germinate, so instead of putting the seeds in the pod holes, where it's probably too dark, I smeared seeds around the top of the pods. The seeds where TEENY, so no idea how many actually got put on each pod. A pinch of them  Pre-soaked the pods so the seeds would have moisture and added nutrients and peroxide at planting. We shall see!!  |
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Post by campingcorgis on May 3, 2021 18:00:54 GMT -5
Good for you! And, fingers crossed they will germinate for you! I know the seeds are tiny!
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Post by campingcorgis on May 3, 2021 18:07:11 GMT -5
You know, I wonder if you could grow a Pitcher Plant in your garden room? It likes bogs & such, so maybe it could be done in some hydroponic item or another? Of course, once its main source of food is gone, then what?  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on May 3, 2021 18:21:32 GMT -5
I'm not terribly familiar with carnivorous plants, but a little Googleing showed that some people have experimented with AG and Venus Fly Traps and Pitcher Plants. Unfortunately, all the posts I found were just the start-up and progress over maybe a month or so with no follow-up on what happened with the plants - if they were thriving, they died, or anything like that. And now I'm curious what people do with carnivorous plants when they don't have bugs in the house!! Go catch one outside for the plant? |
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Post by campingcorgis on May 3, 2021 18:28:45 GMT -5
I'm not terribly familiar with carnivorous plants, but a little Googleing showed that some people have experimented with AG and Venus Fly Traps and Pitcher Plants. Unfortunately, all the posts I found were just the start-up and progress over maybe a month or so with no follow-up on what happened with the plants - if they were thriving, they died, or anything like that. And now I'm curious what people do with carnivorous plants when they don't have bugs in the house!! Go catch one outside for the plant?  I'm thinking they likely sell bugs at some store or another? Ugh!  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on May 3, 2021 18:33:33 GMT -5
LOVE that emoji!!!
I was curious enough that I googled that too, fish flake food and freeze-dried blood worms seemed to be the popular choices. The more you know!!
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Post by Sher on May 3, 2021 18:40:20 GMT -5
maskedsonnet, I forget which flowers I planted that had seeds like dust. I sprinkled them around the edges of wet sponges and enough of them made it to fill a Harvest.
campingcorgis, I actually bought sundew seeds from Etsy to grow plants to catch tiny bugs. But when the package arrived it said that the slightest trace of insecticide would kill them. So I never planted them. They are very slow growing.
I was also looking at pitcher plants on Etsy this weekend. If I ever find a decently priced one locally, I will probably get it just to see what happens.
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Post by maskedsonnet on May 3, 2021 18:52:44 GMT -5
If you're ever wandering around a Lowes they often have little Fly Traps and Pitcher Plants for sale near their garden center! I've never noticed how much they cost there since I've never actually considered buying one, but they're always fun to pause and look at
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Post by campingcorgis on May 3, 2021 18:53:46 GMT -5
<<I was also looking at pitcher plants on Etsy this weekend. If I ever find a decently priced one locally, I will probably get it just to see what happens.>>
Oooo, and I would want to follow that project & see the pictures!  |
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Post by Shawn on May 4, 2021 7:46:54 GMT -5
I am interested in seeing what these do |
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Post by maskedsonnet on May 5, 2021 20:48:10 GMT -5
Signs of life in all three pods! Going to the ranch for a few days starting tomorrow, I'm already looking forward to coming home to see how they progress!  |
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Post by campingcorgis on May 5, 2021 20:54:22 GMT -5
Me too!!! Have fun...then send pictures of the progress! |
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Post by Sher on May 5, 2021 21:14:08 GMT -5
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Post by Shawn on May 6, 2021 3:58:20 GMT -5
That's wonderful. The ones that germinated, are they inside or on the top of the pod?
Enjoy the ranch!
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Post by maskedsonnet on May 6, 2021 14:14:22 GMT -5
Most of them are on top, but in that photo a seed had fallen inside the pod and it germinated too!
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Post by maskedsonnet on May 9, 2021 16:39:46 GMT -5
Back home and excited about the growth here!   |
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Post by Sher on May 9, 2021 16:51:33 GMT -5
I'd say that is a whopping success so far!  |
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Post by Shawn on May 9, 2021 17:07:01 GMT -5
Excellent.
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Post by campingcorgis on May 9, 2021 17:46:18 GMT -5
Wow! Now that's exactly what is supposed to happen! Good job! Can't wait to watch the progress!  |
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Post by Shawn on May 20, 2021 10:34:15 GMT -5
How are the daisies growing?
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Pre-soaked the pods so the seeds would have moisture and added nutrients and peroxide at planting.
