re: Venus Fly Trap Seeds

From: Robert Ziemer (rrz7001@axe.humboldt.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 19 2000 - 08:27:30 PDT

Next message: Paul Temple: "Re: Does Allen Lowie has a web site"
Previous message: Steven Stewart: "VFT seed collection"
Maybe in reply to: William M. Gorum, Jr.: "Venus Fly Trap Seeds"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:27:30 -0700
From: Robert Ziemer <rrz7001@axe.humboldt.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1840$foo@default>
Subject: re: Venus Fly Trap Seeds

Will,

Those "bunches of little black teardrop shaped things" are indeed VFT
seeds. Once you see the seeds, they are ready to harvest, because the
membrane covering the "seed pod" has ruptured. Within a short time,
depending on weather, the seeds will begin to spill out on their own.
Simply cover the seed pod with a plastic baggie and squeeze the seed
pod. The seeds will pop out. A well-fertilized flower may contain 25 or
so mature seeds. Then simply sow the seeds on top of moist peat (or
peat/sand). Do not cover the seeds with "soil", just let them stay on
top of the moist media. Within a few weeks, the seeds will germinate. It
takes about 3 years before the seedlngs mature to flowering stage.

Bob Ziemer

Next message: Paul Temple: "Re: Does Allen Lowie has a web site"
Previous message: Steven Stewart: "VFT seed collection"
Maybe in reply to: William M. Gorum, Jr.: "Venus Fly Trap Seeds"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jan 02 2001 - 17:35:09 PST