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African Sundew Seeds

Price: €4.99

Description

African Sundew Seeds - Irish Plants Direct

This carnivorous house plant creates an adhesive trap for passing fruit flies with attractive sticky honey scented tentacles.

The fruit fly will land on the tentacles finding it's self stuck the tentacle will release an enzyme that will disolve the fly in a couple of hours.

This plant requires a constant supply of water as it is a marsh plant place the plant pot in a saucer of water and water regularly with lime deficient water.

Keep in a bright and warm place.

Sow Year round

Germination 3 - 7 weeks

Grow indoors

Keep the seed in a plastic bag in the fridge for two days before sowing.

Sow year round on a warm window sill or in a propagator the temperature needs to between 25° - 30°

Sow the seed in a seed tray covering lightly with compost cover the seed tray with cling film that has been pierced to retain moisture removing every few days for a couple of hours.

When the seedlings are large enough to handle transplant 5cm apart into trays or pots to grow on.

Keeping the compost moist.

Seed Qty 200

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