Again, in my experience only Kaktusy Nechvil are expedient in their orders. My seeds, ordered from him 6 days ago, are scheduled to be delivered today! He has become a little pricey, and his list is not so big as other Chech sellers, but he is my go-to seller for the winter part of the sowing., alon...

[/quote] Hi Armen, I had similar experience with their Fall 2017 and 2018 list. Had to cancel the order. I just wondered if you ever received the seeds and and if they turned out ok. [/quote] This is my 4th year ordering with Brno. I never emailed them about the ETA, they are slow, sometimes a month...

Expanding inside quarters Almost all of the 190-ish pots/species sown in 2018/2019 have to be housed somewhere, since only a couple of them were removed from the wet-boxes and have passed my resistance test :roll: . I was thinking about how to expand my space under artificial lights, then suddenly ...

UPDATE, long overdue.. So, in April all the seedlings were removed to the greenhouse under the benches in their appropriate humidity boxes(i think there were 5 of them). There were no major issues with them, the sciarid flies havent come back since my sowing mix is now 100% mineral. I kept one prop...

Like this:[url][http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/t2578 ... sowing/url]. It seems to much trouble and pimping with smal seedlings for me.

Cheers!

Stunning pictures as always! Question about lhitops-are they always on the top of the shelves in your greenhouse or do you move them? I keep mine in shade over the summer but they lack the winter sun to grow strong as yours...Im still learning to take care of the mesembs, though.

In summer they go outside(one batch already is), under the benches in the greenhouse. Until now, I used to get them back to artificial light in the second winter, so almost 2 years of constant vegetation. Since this year I will have to many seedlings to do that again, I will have to change something...

Don't know how I missed this but everything looks great. =D> So all these pots from 2018 which are not marked, you know genera but not exactly the name? Little frustrating but it doesn't take the joy of looking at them. Yes, I know some of the genera, but not all. Ariocarpi and Echinofossulocacti a...

I tried on a Tephrocactus geometrizans seeds which are standing in the propagator from January, but no results yet. I have a batch of other Tephro and Opuntia seeds waiting to be sawn, so Ill give it another try. If anyone is interested, i bought these caps: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0158UO0...

I have the same experience - out of 20 sown, 9 sprouted. 8 lived through 2 repottings. Seed source:Cactus Hobby Brno.
Although, I killed 3 semi-adult specimens over the years

Excellent thread! Are the light just normal fluorescents used in households? They are 28wats, i dont thinkt thats the standard size.Also, I think one is blue and other red, but any light in sufficient lumens will do. Sorry for not posting long, been busy with cacti and regular life :) To go chronol...

It has VoS numbers so its Volker Schaedlich - http://www.richtstatt.de/gymnos_v3/news.php?l=en I ordered a bunch of Gymnos from him with excellent germination, so my recommendations! Although, his list is from October and they say Fraileas have to be fresh. You can send him a mail to see if they are...

Its the same culture, propagator and boxes-100% humidity and low light levels. As for the care outside the baggies, the seedlings should by then be grown enough to withstand a couple of days completely dry. So, watering every 3-4 days with occasional spraying. I will try to do the acclimatization to...

I had a longer post but Daiv decided to update the forum just as i edited it :( Took a long time to make myself to do it again... Capillary matting? Not so complicated - saturate the pots as you would with the baggies and than wet the mat underneath the pots. When I see drying of the top dressing I ...

After many years of lurking through the forum, especially this section, I decided its time for me to contribute to this beautiful place for cacti lovers! My sowing adventures started in winter of 2016, so the oldest seedlings I have are now 2 years old. Thanks to all the useful information I found h...