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 Yrat
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 Cacti from seed 
#114285 - 08/25/08 04:40 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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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: Yrat]
#114393 - 08/25/08 07:58 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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loph fricii?
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Yrat]
#114500 - 08/26/08 12:33 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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very nice!! 
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Picklez]
#114515 - 08/26/08 01:22 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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great stuff man!
one thing i notice with astro seeds is that once they sprout, if there is little air ventilation, the left over seed coats invite mold problems. just a heads up if this fits your growing environment 
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Ganoderma]
#114926 - 08/27/08 05:57 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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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 
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: Yrat]
#114928 - 08/27/08 06:15 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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looking good
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: uarewotueat]
#114942 - 08/27/08 09:17 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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stellar! keep up the updates!
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Chapter 4]
#115523 - 08/28/08 04:44 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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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: Yrat]
#115552 - 08/28/08 06:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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r u gonna graft?
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#117315 - 09/02/08 06:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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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: Yrat]
#117592 - 09/03/08 03:31 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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mist them. ocasionally. but that soil should be plenty wet to just keep humidity in whatever you have them in
those look beautiful
and your camera is the cooooooooooooolest
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#118852 - 09/05/08 04:57 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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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: Yrat]
#118888 - 09/05/08 06:33 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i like ur lil pack there, what did that come from?
and whats the one with 6million sprouts
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#118902 - 09/05/08 07:28 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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it's a plastic egg-crate
the packed little section are the lithops
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Yrat]
#119051 - 09/06/08 06:05 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Yrat said:
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?
don't look at them for a week and you may notice some difference 
you shouldn't need to give any water for a while considering the growing medium was saturated before you planted...
if the surface starts to dry out just mist them like JM said 
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: uarewotueat]
#122666 - 09/15/08 05:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i noticed some extra sets of spines on the LC001, so i guess they're growing after all 
lophs are getting bigger too
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Yrat]
#122668 - 09/15/08 05:22 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've never really seen a cactus grow from seed. Cool. 
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you know what i did in english class? I came to class stoned out of my mind every day, i chugged vodka in the back of class, i put dead fish in the ceiling tiles. i put a gallon of old milk and orange juice in the file cabinet before winter vacation. i brought snakes in a tied up sweater and let them loose during class. i didnt go to school to learn, i went because i had to. i didnt care, and i didn't fucking listen to that stupid bitch. and i still don't fucking care. i tore the pages out of her books and burned them, and threw away all the books in the class, two books per day. 
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: THEBats]
#122896 - 09/16/08 03:18 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i really am in love with your camera.
i wish i could put mine under a nice light for the far months
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#124040 - 09/19/08 04:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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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
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Yrat]
#124082 - 09/19/08 09:57 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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why no t. spachianus?
do you have some of those from a certain someone already?
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