culture

Okay all you reef tank fanatics, tissue culture converts, micro-nutrient feeders. Here is your chance to trade for one, two, twenty, or up to FIVE HUNDRED 7.0 ml pipettes. :bigthumpup: These sleek little beauties are marked in 0.5 ml increments up the stem for three mls. Fill the bowls and...

So I recently purchased some N. Truncata seed that I will be receiving in a week or so. Expecting about 50 seed, I thought his might be a good opportunity to make an attempt at a sterile tissue culture medium for some of them. While I've seen and read a bit on TC, I was wondering if anyone...

Those of you who have been interested in trying your hands at raising some pet mantids the easiest to start with are the common types are considered naturalized and are allowed to be released in the garden as pest control. You can hatch one or more of these kinds of egg cases and save a couple...

Hi folks. It's winter and I've run out of fruitfly culture to feed my CPs. It's been a month and a half since I've last fed them. What do you think is the best kind of non-insect food for CPs? So far I've read people using milkpowder, liquid fertiliser, bloodworms, and fish pellets. I have...

When I was still in college, back in the late 1980's, I had some older, abused seed that I surface sterilized and sowed in vitro. Most of the different species I tried this with had fairly good germination after a month, and I eventually transplanted them into typical media and grew them in more...

Is there anyone on Terraforums who drinks Yerba Mate? I used to drink a lot of coffee and the occasional energy drink. I would have multiple coffees everyday, I'm sure there are many of you that understand what I mean. ;) I gradually just saw Guayaki's Yerba Mate in the grocery store a few...

Send me a p.m. for an offer. You can also reach me on aim at Doomsdaykillz@aol.com for quick and easy trading. Haves: Cuttings/Pullings: You can either ask for these as they are, or have me put you on a list of reserves for when they strike. Drosera multifida 'Extrema' x4 Pinguicula Laueana x6...

I have lots of Sphagnum growing in my pots outside - not as much inside. I want to bring some cuttings in, but I'm wary of bringing pests into a warm, sheltered environment. There's already a population of miniature slugs that are constantly messing up my smaller plants, not to mention some...

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One of my very favorite Mexican Pinguicula species --> Pinguicula gypsicola. I began growing this species when I received a small portion that had been grown in tissue culture. At first I attempted to grow them in 100% granular peat moss, and though they survived, they certainly were not...

Hello! I would like to share some info and pics of my new TC jars. I have had issues with food store grade agar last fall and because several batches shifted the pH of the media several points up, I have lost some cultures. That was the last straw for me and I decided to upgrade my TC work to...

Really, I always knew the folks here were the best, but I didn't realize how good until I tried to join another forum over the weekend. It was an orchid specific site. I was hoping for a species specific area. There was a post that was a sticky in which the OP stated, "If you have any questions...

I got one seed capsule this year from some Calopogon corms I planted in the spring. I know nothing of growing these things from seed. From what little googling I've done, it appears the best way is via tissue culture. I'm going to try that, as well as sprinkling some in my largest mini-bog...

Thanks to all the generous people here on TF and a few other forums I think its my turn. The "harder" or "rarer" plants I will decide who gets them by my best guess as who would get them growing and share them better. So some of this will not be unbaised. If I "feel" I owe someone they get...

In cobra lilys seed grown plants are usually more vigorus than plants from tissue culture. If fact i have heard of may whose only succes was a seed grown plant. I have also heard of people succeding with african violetes in Dart frog terrariums when cuttings of the plant were rooted in there...

As we all know mosses and other invaders take over a utric pot pretty fast and I have been wondering if anyone has ever grown any utrics purely in Shultz APS (Aquatic Plant Soil) or similar non organic material? I recently bought an expensive version of APS by Pond Care/Aquarium...

Hello Friends, I'm pleased to introduce two new destinct and upcoming Drosera filiformis X tracyi cultivars. All cross-pollination efforts were strictly controlled via plant separation combined with anther removal prior to pollen production on all flowers chosen for crossing, to avoid any...

Hi everyone, I've been hanging around for the last couple of days looking through the site, I feel as if I know some of you already and thought I'd introduce myself. I live Margate, South Africa - about 120km from Durban. Just getting into the hobby of collecting carnivorous plants. I have a...

Heyyy, finally I have some time and took pictures of jars. I apologize for bad quality for it is hard to take good pics through the glass and condensation. I hope you like them:-) Most of them come from seeds from Australia and will be soon replated on propagation media. drosera ordensis 'Lake...

Does anyone know how to grow Drosera Paradoxa. They are so beautiful and I want one. I have read the basic culture of it, so I want personal experiences. Thanks for the help.