Thank you once again.Yes, rinsing the roots clean is fine
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Today I took my Matucanas from MG out of their bags, both sown Oct 29th 2016
M.madisoniorum
M.intertexta
Thank you once again.Yes, rinsing the roots clean is fine
I totally agree with this. The satisfaction of growing one of the "slow growers" (you will find this is very misleading...) from seed to flower is incomparable!kristian_Fossmo wrote:Sowing seeds are much more rewarding in a sense than buying bigger plants. You get a different connection to the plants when you are in it from the beginning . And just the fact that you sometimes spread out what seems to be dust, then "just ad water" and some time later a organism shows up, never seems to stopp amaze me.
I completely understand what you mean. There's something magical about how each of these dry particles, that you can carry around like any normal object, contain a complete organism that "hatches" when specific conditions are met. Anyways, here's Lithops otzeniana "aquamarine"...And just the fact that you sometimes spread out what seems to be dust, then "just ad water" and some time later a organism shows up, never seems to stopp amaze me.
Well, it happens. Seeds can be old or not well preserved or our conditions could be not the optimum ones for the species. I had pure germination even for seed collected by my hands in the collection or far away from here. Actually you will need just 2 - 3 survivors of each kind for your own collection if not intending to open an online shop, are you? From other side, too big germination or too many seedlings for the pot could be a trouble as well.It boggles me that Mammillarias germinated so poorly.
That is very interesting Robb! I've always thought ziplocs are air-tight. A quick google search yielded no concrete evidence that carbon dioxide diffuses across polymeric material. If anyone can link me the actual article confirming such property, that'd be awesome.Don't worry about CO2 depletion in the bags, I remember reading that those bags are designed to let CO2 molecules in. Either way; it works.
They are indeed from Mesa Garden. Besides their Mammillarias, I've also got 0% germination of their Matucana aureiflora and Strombocactus disciformis (The strombos in the picture are from cactusstore.com) . Despite of the disappointment, there had been a pleasant development today. Another Mammillaria herrerae germinated 2 weeks after I took them out of 100% humidity.Were these seeds from Mesa Garden? I don't have the greatest success with their Mammillaria seed.