Ultimate Guide to Growing Carnivorous Plants from Seed Part 2: Stratification

In this multi-part series, Damon will show you how to grow carnivorous plants from seed. He’s been growing carnivorous plants from seed for decades and will be sharing all of his tips and tricks with you. This video is all about cold stratification, what it is and how to do it with three different methods to sow temperate carnivorous plant seeds like; Venus flytraps, Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, temperate Drosera, and temperate Pinguicula.
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[@deandavis8165]

Thank you, Damon! Just want to say to all of you how much I appreciate all the effort and time it takes to make and post videos to KZbin, the fact that it takes at least two, maybe three of you to get it done, like you people don't already have enough to do. I follow your videos and advice above others because I can see your fabulous greenhouses, rarities, new forms and hybrids you create, and IMHO there is no one out there that can compete in terms of knowledge, passion and excellence. This goes for the whole team. I continue to promote CC on my FB page, and I don't do that for many.

[@California_Carnivores]

Oh my goodness, thank you so much 😭. That is so nice! It really does take way more work than I ever thought to make these videos but it is so rewarding to make new planty friends and reach so many people to share our love of carnivorous plants!

[@jeremyvells2837]

Thank You for the video! Sorry about the “Year of the mouse” although sounds like that little buddy had a heck of a time! Cheers from Virginia!

[@California_Carnivores]

😂 He definitely loved his best life! Honestly every year there’s always going to be something; the Year of the Mealy Bug, the Year of the Voles, it’s just more learning experience every time!

[@chevyvega6622]

i always lay sundew seed stalks on damp paper towels...roll them up lay on a plate and stash in fridge till spring....changing out towels once every couple weeks...then carefully remove n lay on resume paper to dry out...then carefully sprinkle in pots. I do the same with sarr seeds and have excellent success

[@corywilliamsmith]

Great content thank you

[@kya6816]

Really really helful great

[@Captainash29]

I have been trying to get into growing carnivorous plant seeds for so long now, so this series is majorly helpful! thank you again Damon

[@Kevin_Dyke]

You just have to be very patient lol when I first got into it I was very impatient

[@California_Carnivores]

I’m so glad this is helpful! ❤️🌱

[@California_Carnivores]

We always say; everything we do is a patience game!

[@Jesus-eg3yb]

What a great video! I’m looking forward to seeing if my first VFT-Typical sowed seeds which I purchased from you guys is successful.

[@California_Carnivores]

You’ll have to let us know how they do!

[@Hello_Fuckers0]

Damn, I always wonder where the hell that grass growing in my nepenthes and a couple flytraps and sarracenia came from lol

[@California_Carnivores]

And some batches are really bad! It can be so annoying 😂

[@Hello_Fuckers0]

@@California_Carnivores you ain't kidding!!! So annoying 🙄

[@usefulmagikarp6027]

part 3 for tropical plants! please

[@California_Carnivores]

We’ll be covering Nepenthes and Pings in subsequent videos!

[@jret65541]

I need some seeds now

[@donnabaldwin1918]

Hi gang .I seen all the bad weather you have been having and I am checking to see how you all are doing? Just to let you know that the cobra Lilly is doing great so far. Hope you're doing great.

[@California_Carnivores]

We’re okay! We lost power for a few days and the rain was very intense but we’re all good! I’m so glad your cobra plant is doing well!

[@divingaquarist]

Great vid! I've been wondering about the bog grasses; do they absorb nutrients from the soil? If so, it might be useful to have a small patch of it in a bog container, to 'protect' the carnivorous plant roots from 'rogue' nutrients in the soil. I have some in one of my containers, and it doesn't bother me.

[@California_Carnivores]

They may help in that way, but they can quickly take over a pot. Watch out that the roots don’t choke out your other plants. It’s often the roots in the soil that become the big problem.

[@dashielpenfield2124]

I have the perpetual problem of thick moss forming on the surface of peat moss. Sometimes, in larger plants it can make it difficult for some pitchers/flowers to reach the surface. I sometimes scoop away this thick layer to reveal tender peat moss below. In seedlings it is more troublesome in choking them out. Is there any way to solve this problem?

[@California_Carnivores]

Moss is always a balance. We sometimes put things to grow outside, if they can tolerate the temps, as the moss grows less abundantly outside. Otherwise, we carefully trim it around small seedlings.

[@sasquatchdonut2674]

I made the mistake of not chopping up the sphagnum when I stratified my drosera brevifolia seeds and have been trying to grow them for probably 2 months now. Is there anything you’d recommend or just patience?

[@California_Carnivores]

That’s a mistake we’ve all made! You can try using tweezers to move the seeds around but that’s tough, it may be best to wait

[@elihrairah]

Is there any problem planting seeds of different plant species in the same pot? Like pitcher's and fly traps together. I have some kind of seed pack given to me with several different species mixed together.

[@California_Carnivores]

You can mix flytraps and Sarracenia together but try to keep the flytraps on one side and the Sarracenia on the other so that the Sarracenia don’t over grow the flytraps and crowd them out of the sunlight. If you can’t do that, you can still germinate them in the same pot and transplant them to new pots earlier, when they start to get crowded.

[@madambutterfly5343]

So can I put seeds in a pot with 4 parts peat moss to one part perlite. Put it in the frig for 6 weeks. Take the pot out at six weeks and grow them inside under lights?

[@California_Carnivores]

Yes!

[@averyp.9315]

I've been growing Venus Flytraps for the better half of my 15 years on earth but this next growing season I want to try my hand at seed growing some typicals. I have a very bright south facing window (with about 4 hours of direct light) that my indoor plants absolutely thrive by. My question is whether or not my flytrap seeds will germinate under that amount of light?

[@California_Carnivores]

They may need more light than that to germinate well. If you could easily grow a tomato seedling, they would be happy in the same spot.

[@bonniev2685]

What is the microwave method for sterilization of sphagnum moss?

[@California_Carnivores]

We’ll be posting that in a follow up method regarding soil sterilization. There are a few different ways but you can place your soil in the microwave and microwave it for a long time to really kill off anything in the soil. You can also bake it in the oven!

[@ewe392]

How early in germination should I be fertilizing?

[@California_Carnivores]

You can start when the first carnivorous leaves emerge!

[@nickblack3792]

Once grass starts growing, how do you get rid of it without killing the plant/seeds?

[@California_Carnivores]

We weed early and often and it’s usually the moss that is the biggest enemy of small plants. For that we try to push the plants themselves to get as big as they can, as fast as they can

[@alecaguirre4039]

So I could leave them stratifying in my inner courtyard that gets no light and that’s fine for 5 weeks?

[@California_Carnivores]

Yes! As long as it gets cold, they’ll be happy.

[@HollieGarden]

Does Drosera Filliformis want stratification too?

[@California_Carnivores]

They do!

[@zJ78924]

Bought some of the gremlin seeds from you and put them in one of the small grow containers under a grow light and nothing has happened. The light is on for about 6 hours a day. It’s been about a month nothing still. The container is in a grow tent in a unheated garage.

[@California_Carnivores]

It can take Venus flytrap seeds up to a year to germinate (shockingly stubborn!) did you cold stratify them first? I would also in read that day length slowly to 10 hours.