Starting small from seed

So we have some pretty awesome growth happening+!! My humidity is super low now that we're back to cold temps outside and furnace running all the time. Sitting around 30%-35% consistently over the last 2 weeks.
Because these seedlings are so tender, should I leave the plastic wrap on to retain humidity? I made a makeshift single cup greenhouse from a 2 liter...I think it's pretty good...lol. Also had to call it on a few of the cups as the seeds didn't sprout. Was getting algae in the water of the other tub, so got rid of that bulky thing and got some small plastic desktop organizers that fit 2 cups perfectly.
 

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Drosera capensis from Paolo, looking fabulous!! Theyre getting so big, don't even have to zoom in anymore!
 

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Drosera spatulata from Paolo. Also looking lean and mean! Fruit flies and fungus gnats aren't going to have a chance!!
 

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Dionaea giant flytrap from coconut. Looks like they're starting to get some vigor...noticeable growth each day over the last 3 days. Gonna start blowing up!
 

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Drosera capensis alba from Paolo. Another winner. These seedlings look very happy and ready to get growing!
 

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Unfortunately, everything else was removed. I checked the surfaces of the other cups for any signs of life, but nada.
The 4 sarracenias from willy are still in the fridge until match 15th'ish. Really looking forward to those too!
 
Forgot the 2 liter.
Drosera sesilifolia from Paolo. These sprouted and looks like they've stalled or have slowed compared to the others. Maybe just getting roots down...hoping they can pick it up. Pic from top of bottle, didn't want to open it and have to fandangle it back together again.
 

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Lloyd Gordon said:
Don't give up on seeds too quickly, many seeds will take longer (sometimes much longer). Just keep them around unless space is at a premium or it's totally overgrown with mould or slime.
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What I do if seeds are taking a long time, if you have other varieties available, add those to the pot, just make sure they look nothing alike in case you end up getting the original seeds to germinate along with the new ones (add flytrap seeds to a pot of sundew seeds that haven't started or something along those lines).
 
I have the ones I thought failed on my counter. Haven't disposed of them yet, but took them out of the tent.
Current temp and humidity is 20c 45%...I've decided to take the plastic off this morning and see what happens. They won't dry out and die on my will they? I do have a fan on low pointing in the other ditection for airflow.
 

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Newbnoob said:
Because these seedlings are so tender, should I leave the plastic wrap on to retain humidity?
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I'm getting mixed messages. I see some people saying drosera is fine with low humidity and then Google says should be 75f and high rh.
I'm just gonna put the plastic back on. Would suck to lose these now.
 
So I'm getting nervous. This is about the stage where I was last time and I "loved them to death". I think I tried feeding them a small flake of fish food or something and the whole project went sideways. So I'm just gonna leave them alone for now...just go heavy on the LITFA.
The plastic wrap is just draped over them...doesn't really hold much humidity, just keeps the direct breeze off of them.
 

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Newbnoob said:
So I'm getting nervous. This is about the stage where I was last time and I "loved them to death". I think I tried feeding them a small flake of fish food or something and the whole project went sideways. So I'm just gonna leave them alone for now...just go heavy on the LITFA.
The plastic wrap is just draped over them...doesn't really hold much humidity, just keeps the direct breeze off of them.
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Depending on the size of the germination's cup, I use to cut a transparent bottle water to make a dome when high humidity is needed. This is an exemple, I cut a soft drink bottle to protect the plant from cold when selling.
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