Drosera capensis and Drosera auriculata seedlings

[I_Pereira]

Here goes some evolution of my seedlings :wink:

<span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>October 10th</span>

Drosera capensis germination

<span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>October 28th</span>

Drosera capensis

<span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>November 1st</span>

Drosera capensis (1st kills, die gnats die )

 

[I_Pereira]

<span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>November 12th</span>

Drosera capensis

Drosera auriculata

 

[I_Pereira]

<span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>December 8th</span>
Notice in the Drosera, there's much less red pigmentation, probably due to some straight weeks of rain and almost no sun.

Drosera capensis

Drosera auriculata

Updates soon

 

[Meaven]

holy COW thats a lot of sundews. i want to do something like that too, only with P. esseriana.

 

[Joseph Clemens]

Nice seedlings and nice photos.

If you don't start thinning and transplanting, you will soon lose lots of little plants.

 

[FarmerDave]

why will they loose a lot of seedlings?

 

[Joseph Clemens]

They will prove survival of the fittest. Some will receive enough resources, most will not. Space, light, nutrients, etc. are all critical for survival. Usually those that grow larger first, continue to grow larger faster, the "runts" will be left behind, and usually die from lack of resources. Sometimes, after the "runts" have been shaded too much by their larger sisters, they will be attacked by adventitious pathogens (called damping-off), and this can threaten the entire group, even the larger sister plants.

 

[Finch]

Neat. They look like moss, they are so dense. Too dense actually. They need to be thinned. Spacing makes them grow bigger faster. As they are now they will stunt each other in competition. Think vegetables. The more space, the bigger and fuller the plant. 1 thinned, well-grown plant is worth 20 crowded, weak plants. When crowded, each plant will not have a full crown- think of trees in a forest compared to trees in the open. DO you want plants like in a forest, thin and tall, or ones in the open, wide and lush?

Listen to Joseph Clemens, he knows what he is talking about.

 

[I_Pereira]

They're so close because when I was sowing them, sometimes the seeds fell all at once, that's why those thick spots And yes I'm planning to separate them soon

I'm aware of overcrowding but thanks anyway

I'll keep some of the strongest that are standing out in the crowd to myself, the others I'll give to friends, the leftovers I still don't know yet.

 

[Joseph Clemens]

Sounds like a superb plan.

 

[I_Pereira]

Some update. The seedlings still all together, I'll just have time to separate them in the end of the month.

January 4th

Drosera capensis

 

[I_Pereira]

Drosera auriculata

All for now.