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Deflasking and Growing Venus Flytrap Tissue Culture Plantlets: A Large-Scale Rescue Protocol

Protocol for 200+ Plantlets

Wash agar off with tweezers/RO water. Use plastic pots (not peat) with 50/50 peat/perlite. Water level ¼–⅓ pot height. Cover initially, vent gradually over 1–2 weeks. Spray Neem or sulfur fungicide. Lights 2–3″ from tubes, 15-hr day. Move to sunny window (glass blocks 80% UV). Harden off late spring with shade first. Location? (NC/SC). See cobraplant.com.

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