Question by weasel: cool plant seeds for xmas present, please help!?
Hi everyone, I’d like to buy some unusual plant seeds, maybe carniverous plant seeds, for a xmas present, does anyone know of any UK stores where I can buy these, prefereably online, or does anyone have any ideas of what kinds of seeds to get?
Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by crystalkeeper223
http://www.bugbitingplants.com/carnivorous_plants_seeds.php
International Orders. We currently only ships seeds to our international customers.
We use US Priority Mail, and the shipping supplies that they provide. Wet long fiber sphagnum moss is used to keep the plants hydrated, as they are packed into plastic bags. Packing materials are typically blank newsprint for wrapping plants and void fill.
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http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/catalog/carnivorous_plants.htm
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.net/
All prices are in EURO (€). Minimum order is 20 EURO.
Live plants are shipped worldwide except during winter. Seeds are shipped year round. Pygmy Drosera gemmae, hibernacula of temperate Pinguicula and Drosera, and Utricularia turions are shipped from autumn to winter. All plant material is cultivated and propagated under artificial conditions and are not wild collected.
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http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=
R40&_trksid=p4634.m38.l1313&_nkw=
Carnivorous+Plants+&_sacat=See-All-Categories
I had to break the link apart, but simply reconnect it to get it to fully work.
“It is always risky buying seeds, especially the rarer ones if you do not know the seller. By the time seeds germinate and grow to a recognisable size, the seller could be long gone.” Just so you know.
A number of seeds from eBay are not viable. You never know how old the seeds are either – they could be ancient. I hear people on gardening forums complain all the time about them.
“I myself have had minimal success with a number of seeds from eBay. Not a big fan at all. If I am going to spend money, I would rather buy from a reputable company. No offence to eBay customers of course, but it’s just not for me.”
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http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56668
As has been said, it depends on what kind you are getting. Chances are pretty good that if you get it at a big box store, or even at a place like Safeway, you will be getting a venus fly trap. These need a winter dormancy, so no need to feed it indoors. Just leave it outside for the summer, and it will feed itself! Same with Sarracenia. If you get a Drosera, it could either be a temperate or tropical one. If you get a Nepenthes, these are tropical, and could use a bit of food during the winter, but probably isn’t necessary. Like before, leave it outside for the summer, and it will feed itself – granted, of course, that it is kept healthy and humid enough in the winter that it actually produces pitchers! Nepenthes are one of the few CPs that can use a bit of fertilizer, but not much. That can substitute for the bugs. NEVER fertilize the others.
When growing any plant, you need to see what it’s natural habitat is like, and try to mimick it, so as to give the plant the best chance. If people who sell VFTs give them ‘better’ soil, the plants will die. Period. And, true, sometimes they don’t care. I use a Peat/silica sand mix, or you can use straight peat, or sphagnum moss, or even an inert media, as long as the roots can stay wet.
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Hope this helps! And best of luck!
Remember before you set your mind on buying any plant, research it first (from up to 5 different places), make absolutely certain that you know what you’re getting, not just getting one plant that is named something else. (Last thing you want is to want to get a Virgina Creeper and you end up with Poison Ivy simply because the seller tagged it with ‘Virginia Creeper’.)
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