Yes I have used pot sealers many times. It was not necessary on this one. From memory, the sealers were not available when I last potted this plant. I recommend you spray just the outside of the pot and perhaps an inch on the inside. If you look at glazed bonsai pots you will find they are never gl...

Beautiful blooms!!!

Another thought regarding rot-prone species, if anyone has an opinion..... Would the droplets of water on the seedlings from after I mist them be a source of rot? Should I be bottom watering to keep the bodies of the plants dry?

Well things seem to be going along ok. I've gotten great germination rates on most of the easier species, and rates ranging from "meh" to "pretty good" on the more difficult ones. The fungus/mold that was initially causing all the problems is completely gone, thankfully. I've bee...

Mesa Garden is, of course, the OG. My second favorite source of seeds is Rob Romeo's Etsy shop, Three Deserts. He has some really unique stuff, and the germination rate I've gotten from his E. polycephalus is double what I've gotten from any other source. I've also bought from Phoenix Desert Seeds s...

All the seedlings are given away!

Congrats!! I’m super inspired by the turn around you’re seeing in those afflicted pots! I’ve had very bad/sporadic luck recovering from a fungal/mold infection. If you get a chance, I’d love to hear exactly what you did to get this turnaround. I wish I had some magic bullet, but I just put them out...

A_G_R wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:31 pm Nice Mammillarias! Specially the bombycina, that's quite the specimen

Thanks man! It was literally the first cactus I bought back in 2016. It was only 2" wide and it's come a long way since then!

Just an update... Drying things out and keeping the trays outside has worked wonders! Here's a before and after of two pots of Echinocereus polycephalus that were covered in the fungus/mold. Now I can barely see it on any of the pots! Echinocactus-polycephalus-mold-before.jpg Echinocactus-polycephal...

Spring flower picture dump! Escobaria-emskoetteriana-flowers.jpg Lobivia-leucomalla-flowers.jpg Mammillaria-bombycinia-flowers.jpg Mammillaria-gemnispina-flowers.jpg Mammillaria-hahnihana-flowers.jpg Mammillaria-parkinsonii-flowers.jpg Mammillaria-senilis-flowers.jpg Mammilloydia-candida-flowers.jpg...

Oh geeze, gotcha. That totally wasn't clear to me. I thought they were sent when got to the "sent folder."

Well, the recipient is gonna get the same message a bunch of times over!

Hello! I am definitely interested in what extras you might have! Hey DesertDrifter, I was trying to reply to your PMs but my attempts at reply are just sitting in my "outbox" and I'm not sure if they actually are sending. Do you want some of all the species, or just select ones? How many ...

I'm trying to send some PMs, but they've just been sitting in the "outbox" for over a day and I'm not sure if they're sending... Anyone got any insight?

Awesome Mojave flora! You didn't happen to see either of the two native Mammillaria species, did you? No, I didn't. Which ones do you mean? Hey, sorry for the delay in reply. Mammillaria tetrancistra and dioica. JT is smack dab in tetrancistra's range, which extends north up through Death Valley al...

Not seeds, but 1 year old seedlings up for grabs. I sowed way more than I needed because I thought I'd have a higher attrition rate than I did, and ended up with way more than I could take care of. I have a bunch of the following species of anyone wants any. Echinocereus engelmanii Ferocactus cylind...