African Violets and Gesneriads: Strep Seedlings, 1 by Snowrose

Snowrose wrote:
Thanks, MsC, for the encouragement and all the best with your strep leaves.

Gessiegail, I planted the seedlings in a stratified medium consisting of perlite on the bottom, then some of my wick mix... topped off with fine vermiculite.

The seeds were started in chopped sphagnum. I took long fibre sphag and chopped it dry in a food processor. I took a container with drainage holes, added some chopped sphagnum, moistened it with warm water and sowed the seeds lightly on the surface. Covered the container with plastic wrap and waited. The seeds sprouted fairly soon but the seedlings grew slowly for me. I think they would have grown faster if the temps were a little higher than what they had.

Just a little while ago, I checked on some pods that looked ready to harvest. Sure enough they were. The pods and stems were brownish and the seams of the twisted pods were opening ever so slightly. I untwisted the pods over creased paper and here they are with countless dustlike seed.

This seed is up for adoption if anyone would like to try their hand at growing them -