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 tenacioustornado
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 Re: Cacti from seed  [Re: just me]
#126887 - 09/30/08 09:53 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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you just mixed in sand with miracle grow and perlite sounds cool if it works. I'm gonna start some pedros and some other ornamental fruitng cactus like blue myrtle and prickly pear and was thinking I would need to buy cactus mix, but I already got tons of potting soil.
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GreenThumb
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better soil = better
but mixing the right stuff into shit soil makes it good soil 
just try to pick out the big sticks and/or anything that might mold or rot. you dont want those little seedlings getting attacked.
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#126943 - 09/30/08 11:08 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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soil + cacti germinating conditions = bad news. the high humidity causes mold, like you mentioned...best to avoid anything like it. if you MUST use a soil type substrate, try coco.
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Chapter 4]
#127057 - 09/30/08 04:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i would venture as far as to say it would almost be better to get some dirt from the earth. bake it. add some sand. some gravel. some perlite (maybe a lil vermiculite, i do) and then you got yourself a decent cacti medium.
ive never done this, bcuz the nursery near me carries good cactus soil.
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#127351 - 10/01/08 06:48 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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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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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Yrat]
#128107 - 10/02/08 05:40 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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does anybody know where to get pumice for making cactus mix besides ebay I don't wanna pay shipping I looked at common places local garden center,home depot, wally world etc.?
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GreenThumb
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i got all the pumice in the world...
but it has to stay on the land or bad things happen
im allowed to use it in my garden tho 
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#130535 - 10/08/08 07:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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You and your silly islander traditions -_-
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take some and see what happens
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#130909 - 10/09/08 07:27 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Tried to get some for a hippy geologist I know but they ixnayed the idea when I mentioned the bad juju 
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ask anyone whos done it
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#145389 - 11/16/08 03:33 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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update?
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Yrat
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#145401 - 11/16/08 08:56 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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funny, i was setting up to update this thread and then i saw your post 
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 
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: Yrat]
#145491 - 11/16/08 01:44 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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ants
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tenacioustornado
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#148328 - 11/20/08 10:44 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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anybody know if cacti seeds sprout faster, or better germ % soaking in gibberellic acid would they rot being soaked?
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GreenThumb
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dont know theres really a need for it.
most cacti ive planted have a high germ rate
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#148355 - 11/20/08 11:16 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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even if old I just tried planting some san pedro seeds still haven't sprouted been at least 3 weeks planted in schultz cacti soil with a littl sand added on top with plastic wrap over the top never let it dry out. That's why I'm thinking of trying some GA I might get some anyway for my kanna seeds.
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GreenThumb
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may be a bit cold.
how deep are they covered?
saturating the medium, then adding seeds, then adding a grain or sands worth of depth on top, then mist, then humidify...
shouldnt have any problems.
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: just me]
#190032 - 01/27/09 02:59 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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looking good on the last update mate 
time for another update perhaps? 
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lqdtrance
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Re: Cacti from seed [Re: uarewotueat]
#190130 - 01/27/09 07:29 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Do you have them in separate containers? What kind of containers did you use?
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