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Hepatica from seed

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Carsten:
The pure mineral substrate makes it very easy to seperate the seedlings without disturbing them too much.
Otherwise you might need to prick out the seedlings much ealier in their 2. year of growth.

Carsten:
12 seedlings out of 16 seeds is quite ok and more than enough to breed the F2 generation. Most plants already have flowerbuds und only need another week or two to start flourish.

Carsten:
Astonishing that they all had grown in a 10 x 10 x 9 cm pot and had roots up to almost 20 cm length.

Carsten:
The plants are potted into quite small containers 8 x 8 x 8,5 cm and will be repotted every year. I give them a drainage of 1/3 of the pot which is 4-8 mm gravel from pumice, lava and zeolith. They always root into the drainage and seem to 'like' it. The compost is made from each 1/3 of a standard soil (Einheitserde) based on peat, pumice and composted needle scattering. It is free draining and suitable for both, nobilis and japonicas.

Herman Mylemans:

--- Quote from: Carsten on February 05, 2022, 05:11:56 PM ---The plants are potted into quite small containers 8 x 8 x 8,5 cm and will be repotted every year. I give them a drainage of 1/3 of the pot which is 4-8 mm gravel from pumice, lava and zeolith. They always root into the drainage and seem to 'like' it. The compost is made from each 1/3 of a standard soil (Einheitserde) based on peat, pumice and composted needle scattering. It is free draining and suitable for both, nobilis and japonicas.

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Carsten, very good results. Do you also cut the roots?

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