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Cacti from seed
    #114285 - 08/25/08 04:40 PM (16 years, 5 months ago)

I just started my first cacti from seed, several different species.  I made my own cactus mix, around 1/3 MG potting mix, 1/3 sand, and 1/3 perlite.  I also threw in a little fish tank gravel.  The soil has a thin layer of sand on top to allow excess moisture to drain away from the cactus flesh and prevent rot.  So far so good, I have had germination for 6/7 species within a week.

I will get pics up of all of them soon, but here are some Astrophytum asteria



and five days later:



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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Ganoderma]
    #114926 - 08/27/08 05:57 AM (16 years, 5 months ago)

thanks for the tip!  i removed all the seed coats that had popped off after taking these next pics.  Most of these I got from winning uarewotueat's contest, a couple i got from trades, and i have some more on the way, including some lophs :awesome:

Astrophytum asterias



LC001 (T. peruvianus x T .bridgesii?  could be the other way around)



LC002 (opposite of LC001, T .bridgesii x T. peruvianus)



Lithops meyeri



a lone T. huasca, same as grandifloras?  trying to figure this out...



and a couple T. peruvianus



i also have some T. camarguensis that haven't showed signs of popping yet,  fingers are crossed.


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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Chapter 4]
    #115523 - 08/28/08 04:44 PM (16 years, 5 months ago)

got a new batch today, some lophs, bridgesii, bridgesii x pachanoi, and Icaros DNA peruvianus.  i'll get pics when they sprout.


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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
    #117315 - 09/02/08 06:15 PM (16 years, 5 months ago)

probably, for fun.  i have some pereskiopsis that is finally starting to grow after i received it in the mail.

the LC001 started to put out some spines yesterday





and i think the first of my lophs popped today.

what should i do in terms of watering/feeding these seedlings?  i assume i should keep the sand somewhat moist at all times?  i'm just wondering because the A. asterias seems to have stopped growing and i'm clueless from here on out


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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
    #118852 - 09/05/08 04:57 PM (16 years, 5 months ago)

lophs popped up next to some lithops



a couple Icaro's peruvianus



a couple bridgesii x pachanoi



some T. bridgesii



and the whole show




all of the stuff that popped earlier on has not really grown much in the last week.  should i be worried that i'm keeping them too wet or something?  or do they just grow really slow from here on out?


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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
    #118902 - 09/05/08 07:28 PM (16 years, 5 months ago)

it's a plastic egg-crate

the packed little section are the lithops


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to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: uarewotueat]
    #122666 - 09/15/08 05:19 PM (16 years, 5 months ago)

i noticed some extra sets of spines on the LC001, so i guess they're growing after all :laugh:



lophs are getting bigger too



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"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
    #124040 - 09/19/08 04:47 PM (16 years, 5 months ago)

my camera is a nikon D80, i really love it.

i got a new batch of seeds in today:

Ariocarpus fissuratus
Cereus peruvianus
T. peruvianus Icaro's
T. peru hybrid
T. peru 'KK2424'
T. grandifloras
T. terscheckii
T. bridgesii
T. pachanoi
T. validus
T. pasgana


some are repeats of stuff i already have, but it's nice to have extras :thumbup:


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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln


"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
    #127351 - 10/01/08 06:48 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

i forgot to mention that the whole mix was soaked in a dilute fungicide solution for about and hour, then drained and allowed to dry before being used.

i just planted a couple hundred more seeds, i will update soon.


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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln


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to one who is striking at the root"
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
    #145401 - 11/16/08 08:56 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

funny, i was setting up to update this thread and then i saw your post :yesnod:

a. asterias


ariocarpus fissuratus


bridg x pach


c. peruvianus


e. peru sedes


icaros' peru


l. w's


LC001


LC002


t. bridgesii


t. grandifloras


t. huasca
i love the spines on these little guys already


t. pasgana (pasacana? there may be an error in translation here)


a couple sad t. perus


t. peru hybrids


t. peru KK242


t. terscheckii


t. validus



a whole bunch of buttons, and some kind of critter burrowing around in there


and some pereskiopsis that i'll probably use to graft a bunch of them soon.  it'll be my first grafting attempts :eek:


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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln


"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: lqdtrance]
    #190164 - 01/27/09 08:31 PM (16 years, 26 days ago)

oh man, looking at the last updated pics, things are much further along now.  i'll have to get an update up tomorrow.

they are in two separate plastic egg crates, plus a couple smaller plastic containers.  sorta tupper-ware like


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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln


"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Yrat]
    #190316 - 01/28/09 02:29 PM (16 years, 25 days ago)

validus


t. peru hybrid


terscheckii


peruvian torch


LC002


LC001


KK242


huasca


grandifloras


a fissuratas


E peru sedes


a asterias


bridgesii


bridg x pach


C peruvianus, comparing these to the last pic, it's easy to see these are very fast growers


and some little buttons




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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln


"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil
to one who is striking at the root"
~ Henry D. Thoreau
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: lqdtrance]
    #214576 - 04/11/09 09:37 AM (15 years, 10 months ago)

i'll try to update this soon.  i realized the original soil mix i had them in contained too much sand, i transplanted them all into a much better mix, and growth has really taken off.

here's a little sneak peak for the update





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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln


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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
    #215686 - 04/14/09 05:03 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)



t. peru


asterias


huascha


camarguensis


bridgesii


?


Icaros DNA peruvianus


LC002


LC001


bridg x pach


E. peru sedes


t. peru hybrid


terscheckii


KK242


c. peruvianus


peruvian torch


grandifloras


a. fissuratas.... these were doing well, then all of a sudden decided they didn't like the light


pasgana


validus


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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: HellDragon]
    #243009 - 06/25/09 07:01 PM (15 years, 7 months ago)





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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Yrat]
    #286737 - 09/26/09 01:30 PM (15 years, 4 months ago)

long time since an update









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to one who is striking at the root"
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: juke adro]
    #426469 - 05/31/10 01:52 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

got all the kids together for a family photo









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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln


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