Big advice needed on D. auriculata seedlings

jamespmurdoch

jamespmurdoch

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Hi guys! I bought these D. auriculata seeds from @cpgeek a while back in august, and i’m happy to say I have a few sprouts. I stupidly sewed them onto unmilled long fiber sphagnum, and after seeing 0 germination for a while, i decided to take out some of the surface of the pot and pat it down on better mix of peat/sand. Crossed my fingers and was super relieved to see a few sprouts come up. I have it on my windowsill as it can reach <20C in my closet, and I feel like the lights I have in there would be too bright. There is dew being produced on the leaves, and even yesterday one of the sprouts caught and folded around a small bug. Also, the sprouts are super close together so I’m worried about them interfering with eachother. One of them also looks to be sending out a stem, which doesn’t make sense as I’ve heard they don’t start heading upwards until the second year. Some general advice on where you would go from here in my shoes would be appreciated!
 

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It only gets an hour or so (some days, when it’s not cloudy) of direct sunlight on my windowsill. I have it there because it stays nice and cold but never freezing. Could moving it into a cool place in my closet under bright lights help improve growth?
 
Mine don't seem to mind being close. If you do want to separate them, you have to be careful as the roots are long. When I repot mine, I put the whole thing in water so the media drains off and the roots just float away. Then you gently put the root into a hole in the new medium and pat it a bit to close it in.
They love being fed with freeze dried blood worms. Wherever you see dew apply some FDBW's.
Mine are under bright LED's with the Cacti, low room humidity, uncovered. They love it, with no dormancy. Some plants pause and others take over in a continuous cycle. Room temperatures.
I use gritty sand/peat, with pure sand for a few mm on top to keep the moss/algae down.
 
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Lloyd Gordon said:
Mine don't seem to mind being close. If you do want to separate them, you have to be careful as the roots are long. When I repot mine, I put the whole thing in water so the media drains off and the roots just float away. Then you gently put the root into a hole in the new medium and pat it a bit to close it in.
They love being fed with freeze dried blood worms. Wherever you see dew apply some FDBW's.
Mine are under bright LED's with the Cacti, low room humidity, uncovered. They love it, with no dormancy. Some plants pause and others take over in a continuous cycle. Room temperatures.
I use gritty sand/peat, with pure sand for a few mm on top to keep the moss/algae down.
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thank you!
 
This is what I mean when I say one of them is beginning to branch off into a stem. Isn’t this not supposed to happen until the second year?
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Congrats on your germination! Your current conditions are fine, given that seedlings are already starting to stem. If you want to move them, growth will be faster and coloration better under leds, so long as your closet temps doesn't exceed ~18 C until May when dormancy kicks in. My unheated basement is great for this.

As Lloyd mentioned, you can separate them now or wait until they form tubers in dormancy. Be mindful that their stolons can be a few cm long, so if you decide to separate now, then take care while removing substrate so as to not to damage them. If you're uncomfortable/unsure about this, I'd just wait until June to separate the dormant tubers
 
cpgeek said:
Congrats on your germination! Your current conditions are fine, given that seedlings are already starting to stem. If you want to move them, growth will be faster and coloration better under leds, so long as your closet temps doesn't exceed ~18 C until May when dormancy kicks in. My unheated basement is great for this.

As Lloyd mentioned, you can separate them now or wait until they form tubers in dormancy. Be mindful that their stolons can be a few cm long, so if you decide to separate now, then take care while removing substrate so as to not to damage them. If you're uncomfortable/unsure about this, I'd just wait until June to separate the dormant tubers
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Thank you! My closet averages around 19-20 c so i don’t think it’ll work. Had them in there for a bit and they seemed ok but i moved them back to where it was cooler out of worry. Do you have any idea why they could be branching already? I read that they normally go a year without branching up.
 
I think that branching statement is more of a guideline, rather than a rule, for the erect tuberous dew seedlings. These encompass numerous taxa (eg. macrantha, huegelli, menziesii, etc). Also included are peltata complex species, such as your auriculata, which are among the easiest and fastest growing. The more difficult, non-peltata complex species are more likely to follow that branching observation and go upright in their 2nd year.

Under suitable conditions, it's not surprizing that most/all peltata complex species stem in their 1st year. I have gracilis seedlings that germinated 2 months ago that are already stemming!
 
cpgeek said:
I think that branching statement is more of a guideline, rather than a rule, for the erect tuberous dew seedlings. These encompass numerous taxa (eg. macrantha, huegelli, menziesii, etc). Also included are peltata complex species, such as your auriculata, which are among the easiest and fastest growing. The more difficult, non-peltata complex species are more likely to follow that branching observation and go upright in their 2nd year.

Under suitable conditions, it's not surprizing that most/all peltata complex species stem in their 1st year. I have gracilis seedlings that germinated 2 months ago that are already stemming!
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Thank you!!!!
 
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