How to Grow Drosera Spatulata

Growing From Seeds

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  Harvest seeds from a Drosera spatula plant after flowering, or acquire seed from a reputable exotic plant dealer. Handle the seeds carefully since they are tiny and easily blow away with even the gentlest draft.

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  Prepare rooting pots for the Drosera spatulata seeds. Fill 2-inch plastic pots with well rinsed, milled sphagnum moss. Set the pots in a 4-inch-deep tray. Pour water over the pots and into the tray until the water level stands 1/4 inch up the sides of the pots.

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  Place the Drosera spatulata seed on a sheet of white paper so you can more easily see it. A seed looks like a smudge of black dust on the paper. Fold the paper in half lengthwise to make a pouring funnel.

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  Gently shake a small quantity of Drosera spatulata seed into each 2-inch pot. Aim for having no more than a scant pinch of seeds in each pot. Do not cover the seeds.

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  Stretch a length of plastic wrap over the 4-inch-deep tray to keep the warmth and humidity close to the Drosera spatulata seeds.

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  Replace the water inside the tray if it develops algae or evaporates too much. Keep 1/4 inch of water in the tray at all times.

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  Place the tray where it receives bright, indirect light with a temperature around 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Do not place the tray in direct sunlight.

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  Watch for germination starting in seven days. Thin the Drosera spatulata seedlings to one or two per pot. Transplant the other seedlings into other 2-inch plastic pots, if desired.

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  Transplant the Drosera spatulata plants into a terrarium or other permanent container once they develop mature foliage.

Growing From Leaf Cuttings

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  Take one or two leaf cuttings from a healthy, mature Drosera spatulata plant in early summer. Sever the leaves as close to the base of the plant as possible using a utility knife or scalpel.

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  Place the leaf cuttings in a clean baby food jar filled with filtered water. Lean the tips of the leaves against the lip of the jar, with the severed end in the water.

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  Set the leaf cutting on a bright windowsill with no direct sunlight. Watch for rooting beginning in two weeks.

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  Transplant the rooted Drosera spatulata leaf cuttings into a 2-inch plastic pot filled with thoroughly moistened, milled sphagnum moss. Make a shallow depression in the moss. Insert the rooted end of the leaf cutting into the depression and cover it with more moss.

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  Place the potted Drosera spatulata leaf cutting inside a 4-inch-deep tray with a small amount of water in the bottom. Cover the top of the tray with plastic wrap.

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  Transplant the Drosera spatulata leaf cutting into a permanent container or terrarium in four to six weeks.

Growing From Divisions

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  Take divisions from a mature and prolific Drosera spatulata plant in late spring or early summer. Locate one or two small, well-developed pups or offshoots near the base of the mother plant.

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  Slip the blade of a utility knife or scalpel into the soil underneath the Drosera spatulata offshoots. Pry them up gently.

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  Pot the Drosera spatulata offshoots in 2-inch plastic pots filled with rinsed, milled sphagnum moss. Nestle the roots into the sphagnum by gently pressing the moss in around the base of the division.

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  Place the potted division inside a 4-inch-deep tray with a small amount of water in the bottom. Cover the tray with plastic wrap.

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  Keep the Drosera spatulata divisions in the tray for four to six weeks before transplanting them into a terrarium or other appropriate container.