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I've got sproutage!!! Have a cigar.

15 years ago

To plagarize quite openly; HOT diggety dam!

5 days and the Bill. DV x amoena var. viridis seeds have sprouted,... hep me Lord I'm gonna faint. Photo tomorrow, battery's dead. The batch sown in a pot have got tiny little feet while the bag method ones are gonna be there soon.

P.S. Please forgive my momentary lapse of sanity (but dang it feels good!)

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Comments (11)

avane_gw
15 years ago
Enjoy them, Gonzer! There's nothing that beats seeing your first seedlings. They first put out those little feather dusters and then the first leaf.

Congradulations!!!
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hotdiggetydam
15 years ago
HotDiggetyDam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats
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LisaCLV
15 years ago
Hehehe...... and another compulsive hybridizer is born!

**breaks out bottle of champagne**
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winterlager
15 years ago
I call those white roots "tails". So when they are "showing tail" you're good to go.

How many seeds did you get to plant?
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rickta66
15 years ago
Gonzer,

Well done, I can see how growing from seed could be fun.

I recently tried growing from seed for the first time. I have a couple of tiny selfed Neos, I don't know if they will live through winter.

It does encourage me to try again though.

Rick
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mike4284m
15 years ago
Hey Congrats man!

How quickly will these guys grow?
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winterlager
15 years ago
I'll bet faster than werauhia!
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bromeliaddict
15 years ago
Hey, Congrats Gonzer!
Once you've gotten started it really does become addicting!

Paul
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15 years ago
WL, those Werauhia seedlings ARE slow, you ain't a'kidding. Thanks for all the nice words folks (snif, snif), I didn't know having kids was this exciting!
...and here are the newborns.

{{gwi:480470}}
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winterlager
15 years ago
Well, don't be too upset if you kill most of them with kindness.
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rickta66
15 years ago
Gonzer,

Some of mine are giants, they must be three or four times the size of yours!! Mine may just make it through the cold.

Are you growing them in a bag or somehing? I was suprised to not see them in a takeaway container or similar.

Rick
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