Re: planting soil mix for Sarracenia seeds

Chris Teichreb (teichrch@Meena.CC.URegina.CA)
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 16:48:59 -0600 (CST)

Hi Steve,

> Hello I have some seeds in the refrigerator that are ready to plant
> what do you all think is the best soil mix for the seeds? I have live
> and dry spagum moss spagum peat and pure silica sand for mixing.
> I have five types of sarr seeds and want to plant this weekend
> They have been stratifying wet in live moss for two months.
> Thanks for any help Steve Lanham
>
I use a mixture of 4 parts peat moss, 2 parts perlite and 1 part
horticultural sand, and all of my Sarrs seem to be doing fine. If
they're in live moss, you may want to leave them in that until they
sprout up as even in the first year they'll remain small.

Chris Teichreb