[Sarracenia Seed Pods, collected 8.15.10]
Clockwise from top: S. flava “widemouth” x ‘Adrian Slack’, S. ‘Alucard’ x leucophylla anthocyanin free,
S. “Goliath” x ‘Adrian Slack’, S. oreophila – veined x ‘Adrian Slack, S. ‘Alucard’ x ‘Leah Wikerson’
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It’s that time of year again – today I was out in the grow area harvesting some pods. I left some of the labels on them so you can see how I keep track of the crosses as I do them. I learned the hard way to cover the tag in tape as snails will eat the cardboard and you loose the ID all together. That was one mistake I learned the hard way last year. I did all these crosses only to have the identity taken by snails. DOH!
Anyway, I know the pods may not look like much now but I am hopeful for some of these crosses. Over here it’s been on the cool side of things so many plants and pods seem a little behind. More pods are forthcoming which means more seeds soon! I am really looking forward to some of the ones I did this year … now just gotta figure out where I can put them all… 
Snails are evil little creatures. Cool harvest picture!
Thanks Megan! Ironically, they didn’t touch the plants. They went straight for the cardboard tags… so I’m stuck with all these unknown babies that probably came from really cool parents. GAHHH… Gawsh Durn it!
Sounds like some cool crosses. The goliath x slack should be huge and colorful. Snails and slugs seem to like cardboard and even the adhesive on the stickers we send on the bags. Last winters 6F temp cut them all way back. My ducks and chickens keep begging for more escargo:-)
Thanks Dean!! Goliath is doing really good for me! I can’t wait to see it when it is in full maturity! Will keep you posted on how it turns out!