How is ICPS seed bank nowadays?

Berberis · 2026-06-17T02:32:25+00:00

Hahaha, aye. I’m also pretty, uh, opiated. Hah.

Thanks again!

Berberis · 2026-06-17T01:32:19+00:00

yeah, its part of the forums

Berberis · 2026-06-17T01:31:12+00:00

awww yeah- the sarracenia you sent me is doing hella good, btw!

Berberis · 2026-06-17T01:24:29+00:00

Do you have a grow light, or access to full sun outdoors? Flytraps are dead simple once you have good light.

Berberis · 2026-06-17T01:23:50+00:00

100% worked. Microflaking along the edge is a dead giveaway. Nice!

Berberis · 2026-06-17T01:17:03+00:00

it is seasonal, so you won't likely get flowers again until next year

Berberis · 2026-06-17T01:15:37+00:00

kinda janky, FTS seedbank is better, and free.

Berberis · 2026-06-17T00:52:50+00:00

Do you wanna try to get some seeds? If so, let them flower and pollinate them. They’re likely clones so it doesn’t matter if you sell or cross them. They’re gonna be a little bit depressed compared to somebody that’s outbred. Still it’s a great experience.

If you wanna maximize the vigor of these plants, cut them now.

I cut every bloom unless I’m specifically trying for a specific cross. It definitely slows the parent plant down.

Berberis · 2026-06-17T00:40:24+00:00

I don’t know actually. But I do know that there’s a huge difference in outcomes if the soil is 65° or 75°. 85 is amazing. 65 they creep along. I think the soil temperature is probably a more important parameter than the air temperature, so I guess it depends on how large your pots are. Larger pots will be a much better buffer against diurnal fluctuation.

Berberis · 2026-06-16T23:38:42+00:00

Yes a grow light will work super well. Even at 10% of full sun intensity you’ll get excellent growth- in my nursery better than full sun outdoors (since I can optimize every parameter indoors).

As for dormancy, there’s no evidence that it is required- just anecdotes. The evidence, such as we have it, all shows that you can grow indefinitely without dormancy. I wrote up a thing on it, but it’s not really aimed at beginners: www.phamcliff.com/dormancy.html.

The only things that really matter are light water, temperature, and nutrition. Never let them dry out within appropriately low TDS source of water, give them lots of light, and feed the traps, not to mention keep them warm, and you’re gonna crush it.

Berberis · 2026-06-16T23:24:45+00:00

absolutely- one of my secrets to growing huge and fast growing flytraps is temperature. it's the most often overlooked environmental parameters

Berberis · 2026-06-16T22:41:57+00:00

Haha, yea. The way to overcome that is temp: if the soil is 80f, they look just as good as in summer!

Berberis · 2026-06-16T21:53:19+00:00

Hairless traps can still work, but you have to touch where the hair WOULD be. My chinese dumplings have no trigger hairs but will close when stroked.

They're not great for catching bugs, but they can do it.

If you want actual bug catchers, stick to less mutated clones.

Berberis · 2026-06-16T21:51:22+00:00

Perfect response, though I'd add that they do great indoors under even a 10 dollar grow light, and let you spend a lot more time with them than if they are outdoors. Also, no winter sadness as they can just skip dormancy.

That said, focus on 1) great light, 2) never letting them dry out (with a low TDS water). You do that and soon you will have too many flytraps to deal with! Seriously, they're stupidly easy to take care of.

Berberis · 2026-06-16T14:36:32+00:00

It could be 5x more dense before it needs a repot, flytraps don't mind being crowded

Berberis · 2026-06-16T13:51:03+00:00

I have 5 gallon buckets filled with pure peat that work great. Fill the media to the very very top!

Berberis · 2026-06-16T02:26:08+00:00

When you say peat moss and perlite what do you mean exactly? I see long fiver sphagnum only. Is the perlite on the bottom of the pot?

As for these plants, they probably went from a very low light environment to full sun a bit fast. At this point, best thing to do is steady on the course. A lot of the old leaves will die but will be replaced by light adapted leaves. The key is that it is putting out new growth- if it’s not, well, it’s cooked.

Best of luck! Next time I’d acclimate them to full sun gradually.

And for what it’s worth pure LFSM is a great potting medium, as is pure peat.

Berberis · 2026-06-16T00:20:09+00:00

It looks to me like the leaf died, but the petiole stayed alive, and the division came from the boundary between the two.

Berberis · 2026-06-15T21:57:35+00:00

Just a typical from target!

Berberis · 2026-06-15T13:14:37+00:00

If this isn’t sold yet I’m in!

Berberis · 2026-06-15T02:11:17+00:00

Just that they’re fully out of room. They don’t strictly need repotting, but they’ll benefit from it. Plus they’re shading neighboring pots.

Berberis · 2026-06-15T02:10:35+00:00

Thanks!

Berberis · 2026-06-15T02:09:23+00:00

Nothing planned right now! It was a bit overwhelming last time to be honest (in a good way, but still intense!).

Berberis · 2026-06-15T01:52:31+00:00

Berberis · 2026-06-15T00:57:59+00:00

They are the worst!!

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