View Single Post
  #18 (permalink)  
Old 03-13-2008, 11:35 PM
Anton's Avatar
Anton Anton is offline
V.I.P Member
PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucket
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Posts: 2,521
Thanks: 0
Thanked 48 Times in 23 Posts
Anton is a glorious beacon of lightAnton is a glorious beacon of lightAnton is a glorious beacon of lightAnton is a glorious beacon of lightAnton is a glorious beacon of lightAnton is a glorious beacon of light
I leave the seedlings in the flask as long as I can, when they look relatively large and healthy, that's when I deflask.

You have done the right thing at the right time. If you get a few starting to turn yellow deflask straight away. I have kept some of my flasks up to 3 weeks prior to deflasking just to get them up to size.

You can expect at least 50% success rate with the seedlings, that's why there are so many in a flask. Keep the big buggers and get rid of the little tackers.

My first foreray into flasks was the Balinese seedlings, I have learnt a lot since October last year when I got them.

I now keep the bigger healthy looking plants and discard the runts, and in the long run it pays dividends, plus you don't have hundreds of seedlings to care for., Mine have taken up space of plants I would love to have in my collection.

But, it was a learning curve I needed to experience and as long as I have at least 4 from each species, I'll be happy. At present I am well above that figure, but they are a real pain in the you know what to have to look after so many.

Just my experiences.
__________________
Anton
On the box it said Windows XP or better so I bought a Mac.
Reply With Quote