Tag Archives: harvest

2014 Sarracenia Seeds: So It Beings

Posted on August 2, 2014 | 2 comments

First PodSarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x “Legacy”- 2014 Cross

So it begins! Last week I harvested my first seed pod of the 2014 season. This year, it was S. ‘Reptilian Rose‘ x “Legacy” – which I hope should yield some interesting progeny.  Since then, I’ve harvested about 20 or so pods, with many more to come! The next generation of Sarracenia goodness is on the way. Stay tuned, fellow Sarraceniaphiles! I’ll be listing many of these seeds for distribution later this season. Lots of great stuff (hopefully) is on the way!

2 Comments

Posted in Blog

Tagged , , , , ,

Harvest

Posted on July 2, 2013 | 1 comment

A bit early, I know. There’s been a few plants that for some reason, ended up rotting for some unexplained reason after doing so well for years. (It happens.) In this case, the S. rosea “Big Mama” – once a huge multi point plant that I’ve had for years – just decided to go to the bog in the sky. UGH!! But why now?! Frustrating!! I’m thankful that at least a few others friends have this plant as a back up and had extras, and I’m thankful that I was able go replace it. Anyway, one of the pods on this was used in a cross with pollen from the monstrosity – Sarracenia “Smurf.”

It was a cross I did early in the year so I am hoping that these seeds are viable.  A similar situation happened in July of last year with S. alata AF. I’m sad to report those seeds did not sprout, and couple others who I’ve sent seeds to also reported that theirs did not sprout. I hope that this isn’t the case with this one.

A few other plants that I crossed early in the year also appear to have ripe seed pods too. Greenhouse growing is something else and I’m getting the hang of growing in such a big space. I speculate that hot days could of contributed to some of these seed pods to also brown up prematurely? Who knows. Time will tell if these seeds are good.

Sarracenia rosea "Big Mama" x purpurea "Smurf"
Sarracenia purpurea “Big Mama” x “Smurf”

Sarracenia rosea "Big Mama" x purpurea "Smurf"Sarracenia purpurea “Big Mama” x “Smurf”

1 Comment

Posted in Blog

Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

Harvest

Posted on September 30, 2012 | 4 comments

Sarracenia seed 2012

Autumn is a beautiful time of reflection and of hope. As the suns path begins to dip on the horizon, shadows lengthen, and a familiar chill begins to fill the air. Plants that pitcher in the fall, such as Sarracenia leucophylla and their hybrids, will put up one last hurrah flooding the garden in a grand chorus. Many others begin to go dormant to get their well deserved rest. It has been a long year indeed. It has been a long year filled with many memories and lessons. I for one look forward to the loud silence that winter’s rest will bring to the plants. That is when I will be doing much of the cleaning and dividing. As things begin to wind down, seed pods begin to ripen offering a steadfast reminder of hope for the subsequent seasons. The great culmination of ideas, dreams, riddles, and answers become encapsulated within these little gray-brown chambers. In the coming weeks, I’ll be harvesting more pods. I am already dreaming of unlocking the living resplendent ardor that lies within the shells of these tiny and silent enigmas.

 

4 Comments

Posted in Blog

Tagged , , ,

Autumn Equinox – 9.23.2010

Posted on September 23, 2010 | Leave a comment

Hello Autumn. Nice to see you again.

Man — after a long day at the office, it was so nice to be greeted by a wonderful full autumn equinox moon tonight. Came home and my wife baked a fresh pumpkin pie. Oh man. I am feeling very autumn-y!

The equinox marks a shift in season — where both night and day fall roughly into equal lengths.  The “harvest moon” refers to the when the autumn moon is at its brightest, when the farmers would work by its light to bring in the harvest…  I wasn’t doing any harvesting tonight, but rather doing a lot of watering.  Tonight the harvest moon and autumnal equinox fall on the same date – and this won’t happen, I’m told until another 19 years in 2029.

I just took this photo a few minutes ago; it is a photo of the autumn harvest equinox moon from my deck.

moon_orig

When I think of autumn (Sarracenia wise), I think of leucophylla/leucophylla hybrids, seed pods, and the seed pod harvest …and speaking of harvest, I did a little bit of harvesting  a couple of days ago.  Here’s a quick mosaic taken with photos from the handy dandy iPhone reflecting some of this…

eqnox[Clockwise from top left: group shot | S. leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’, division  from a seed grown plant before the HCW site was destroyed | Handful of Sarracenia pods  | A pocket full of fresh harvested pods in envelopes to extract seed later. Yes – Cargo pants come in handy in situations like this.]

Leave a comment

Posted in Blog

Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,