Thanks so much for sharing this! After a promising start with my first seedlings, I have been barely able to get anything to germinate for the last few months, and when I do get germination, the containers are mold-ridden. I’ve been soaking seeds in 1% H2O2 for up to 48hrs before sowing, but I’m go...

Rainwater something about it really helps . storing it is not the same as when it falls out of the sky . M herrerea is always a tricky plant to germinate , somtimes 100% mostly about 10% . I agree about the rainwater, I halfway wondered if it's because the rain is somewhat acidic but then I remembe...

What an amazing post; so much beneficial information. Quick question: do you guys think spraying neem oil on the soil mixture before sowing seeds would have a negative impact on the seedlings, or would it just help prevent fungus/mold? Late reply here but neem oil is generally more effective when u...

I'm a convert to MikeInOz's recommendation to use finished compost as the organic portion in amy seedling mixes. I've used pine bark fines too and they work well for me. They seem to rewet more easily than peat but not quite as easily as coco coir. Finished compost seems to rewet a bit easier than p...

I started watering for the Large greenhouse yesterday. I could not finish watering yesterday and restarted at 6:30 in this mornig. Watering was completed at 8:30. The photo is the Large greenhouse after completed watering. Watering frequency in growing season is : Grafted cacti: weekly Seedlings in...

And on another subject I've been repotting lots of winter growers now which is the best time to replant, just before or as the start the new growing season The way I learned it was to do repotting once they've woken up fully and have entered peak growth but with the most amount of the growing seaso...

Life gets busy but sometimes that helps. I'm definitely guilty of hovering, especially with starting seeds for the first time. I got some Mammillaria herrerae seeds earloer this year and had 0 luck sprouting them in my incubator. 2 tries of keeping the pot in there for 2 weeks didn't do squat. Work ...

Particle size is king. Any amount of fine particles (potting mix) over about 15% is going to lead to the existence of a perched water table in the pot as well. Same goes for particles under ~1/8" in size. The "best" (most productive) potting mix is one where the particle size is unifo...

nes wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:45 am Sinocrassula Yunnanensis looks amazing

Thanks nes, it's a super fun one to grow, easy too.

Haven't posted in a minute and it's way overdue. Quite a bit has happened since I posted last and I got a bunch of plants from C and D plants a little while back. Unfortunately I discovered root mealybugs on a few cacti (of my own, not ones I received from C and D) and have been looking into possibl...

Hey Keith, going to msg you about some seeds. Also have some exciting updates from the last batch of seeds you sent me but life's just been busy so I haven't posted.

K.W. Thank you for the information about pest management you shared, I really appreciate it. It reinforces what I've already noticed with my own, much smaller scale growing, particularly indoors. Also, Photo 328985 from the post on April 04, 2023 is perfect to me. I love Rebutias/Sulcorebutias and s...

That flower was fully developed. It wilted in the next 2 days! That was the fully developed flower?! I thought there would be a more visible spadix but I admittedly don't know anything about that particular plant and not much about aroids in general. But I'm happy it flowered for you, hopefully it'...

Very cool Jerry, thanks for sharing. I'd love to see what the fully developed flower looks like. Please keep us updated. I know this is a cacti forum but aroids, particularly the temperate ones around me (jack in the pulpit, green dragon, etc.), are always interesting. They're surprisingly diverse f...

K.W., you've got an amazing collection you've obviously been curating for many years. With so many plants in such a densely packed space, how do you manage pests effectively? Do you preventatively treat all of your plants with anything? Do you use beneficial predatory insects? Thank you for all of t...