I read about using smoke treatment for Byblis seed germination on the ICPS website, and tried this once before, with good results. Even though Byblis liniflora is supposed to be relatively easier to germinate without smoke, I still do it just in case (there is a lot of superstition when it comes to growing challenging plants).
The reasoning behind smoke treatment is that many plants (including ones from Western Australia, like Byblis) respond to brush fire and related smoke as a cue for germination.
I recently used smoke treatment on some Byblis aquatica seeds, which supposedly need smoke treatment (or gibberellic acid, which is not easy to find) to germinate, so we'll see if it works for me.
For safety, always have a fire extinguisher available, and wear safety goggles. If you're a kid like me, make sure there is an adult nearby who can help, if needed.
Here's a video of the way I did the smoke treatment. I sprinkled the seeds on some moist soil. Then I stuffed a crumpled sheet of paper into a glass jar (with an opening roughly the same size as my pot). Then, I lit the paper with a lighter and turned the jar upside down and placed it on my pot. I let it sit there until the paper stopped burning, and then repeated this for each pot of seeds I had.
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