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I planted 10 of the FTS's legally wild harvested seeds on 8/27/21. So far 5 have sprouted. I had them covered until about 2 days ago. Now they are out in the open, under a covered porch and getting morning sun. I'm a little worried about them going through dormancy since they're so tiny. Hopefully I'll still have 5 in the spring. I intend to baby them through the winter.

How many did you sow? If you have lights, you can keep them indoors under good lighting without any problems.

I sowed 10 seeds. I have more seeds but I held them back to sow in the spring. I do have some lights and I've grown plants under lights before but I found it to be a pain so I'm going to see how these make it outside.

Yeah, in the future if you have dormancy plants like VFTs or plantlets, they can skip the dormancy period the first year. Good luck!

Just wondering, do you feed VFT seedlings?? or does it use up too much energy? I saw a video about feeding small drosera seedlings, and it said that it speeds up growth alot.

I have heard of feeding VFT seedlings but I've never tried. I think it would be done by spraying lightly with Maxsea but I'm not sure. I'd be interested also if anyone would like share their experience feeding vft seedlings.

I use a 23-gauge insulin needle to put tiny drops of maxsea into the seedling mouths. I don't recommend spraying them, as their roots are small and close to the surface so it's easy to kill them that way. When the seedlings get a little bigger, you can feed wet bloodworms with a toothpick.