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- Sat May 04, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Best/favorite seed sources?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 258
Re: Best/favorite seed sources?
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 ...
- Sat May 04, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Help with ID please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 259
- Sat May 04, 2024 1:18 am
- Forum: CactiGuide.com Comments
- Topic: Could the maximum image size be raised?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 202
Re: Could the maximum image size be raised?
The cost for storing large files has plummeted in the last few years. I think your request for using larger images is very logical, and since the days of using dial-up have all but vanished, this site is way overdue for a timely upgrade.
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:22 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Pachypodium succulentum sown 05/19/2023
- Replies: 1
- Views: 153
Re: Pachypodium succulentum sown 05/19/2023
What treatment was used? They look healthy!
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Opuntia Microdasys v.Albispina failure?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7650
Re: Opuntia Microdasys v.Albispina failure?
With a few exceptions, most types of prickly pear, and chollas (as adults) like to grow in sandy loam. The sandy soil found near streams works well. I would transplant the newest seedling to that type of soil soon. The other one seems to look healthy, so I would leave it alone for now.
- Fri May 03, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: 3 Mammillaria cacti IDs request
- Replies: 10
- Views: 422
Re: 3 Mammillaria cacti IDs request
Your suggestion for #1 looks quite likely.
As stated earlier #2 could be M. columbiana. Possibly ssp yucatanensis
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Something has been stealing (and I guess) eating my baby chollas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 344
Re: Something has been stealing (and I guess) eating my baby chollas
What does a packrat do with a cholla? Although I've never seen them carry them off, I have seen many rodent nests in the desert, and they often are surrounded with cholla branches. There are 2 theories that I've heard of as to why. They like to use them as ornaments, or more likely to deter snakes. .
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Something has been stealing (and I guess) eating my baby chollas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 344
Re: Something has been stealing (and I guess) eating my baby chollas
Although curious birds often disturb or remove small succulents from my collection, they don't usually touch chollas. OTOH, almost all rodents like them, especially pack rats. I use 2 methods to deal with them; humane traps, and deterrent spray. Growing plants here in the desert comes with having to...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Avonia quinaria seedling
- Replies: 5
- Views: 366
Re: Avonia quinaria seedling
It's been a few years since I grew these from seed, but if nobody else responds, I thought this response is better than nothing. like all the other species of this genus, they typically germinate quickly. After a few days I removed them from a humid environment to avoid rot, like many other succulen...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Lolavy’s Seedlings Journey
- Replies: 4
- Views: 946
Re: Lolavy’s Seedlings Journey
The carefully controlled conditions which you stated obviously describe your serous determination to achieve your germination goals. If you don't mind my purely anecdotal suggestions, maybe they could boost your results in any future attempts. I've been growing cacti from seed for many years. My fir...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Mammillaria (II)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1990
Re: Mammillaria (II)
This looks like your Mammillaria III
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Mammillaria (III)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1868
Re: Mammillaria (III)
Perhaps M. klissingiana
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Mammillaria (I)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3270
Re: Mammillaria (I)
Or possibly a close relation of Mammillaria tlalocii = Mammillaria huitzilopotchlii since the central spines are usually produced on older plants, often intermittently or not at all. huitzilopotchli.jpg huitzilopotchli2.jpg Agreed. Another possibility is the enigmatic M. sp. FO 229 : https://cactus...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: dudleya brittonii
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2073
Re: dudleya brittonii
This is how I start dudleyas from seed, tray of peat based seed starting mix, tapped on the ripe seed pods over the tray (around sept). Water and cover with a dome and leave in moderate light in the greenhouse all winter, keeping it moist. Typical night lows in the 30's and 40's. Dudleya grow on mo...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: (Sowing) Where do you put the organic part in a pot: on top, in the middle or at the bottom?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2031
Re: (Sowing) Where do you put the organic part in a pot: on top, in the middle or at the bottom?
🖒jerrytheplater wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:52 pm It sounds like you are thinking of making layers in your pot. That is not correct. You need to mix your potting mix thoroughly.