pre-flasking thoughts
Oct 13, 2009 Orchid Propagation
So, this is my first post about the flasking process. There is a lot of information about flasking on the web. What I plan to do is post a few links to some information that I have found helpful and then go through my process as I learn.
There are many methods that I have seen to flask the seeds. I am sure there will be some trial and error, but I think it will be both fun and rewarding. What I plan to use for the sterilization process as of now, is to use a combination of either chlorox or alcohol (for the equipment) and Peroxide (for the seeds). I will see how that works out.
I have some seeds, some jars (ball 1/2 pint wide mouth) and a pressure cooker. I plan on breaking up the flasking in to groups of either 2 or 3 varieties at a time. For the first group, I will start out with 2 jars each to test my process. I am still waiting on my sowing medium, so I really can’t get started yet. I think the 1/2 pint jars will be too short for the replates, so I will probably get some 1 pint jars for that (but that will be a few months away anyhow).
After writing that, I realize that I probably need a glossary of terms or something since there were some new words in there if you have never done any flasking or never heard anything about growing orchid from seeds. I will work on that later.
