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by eekawill
Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:08 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Mesa Garden seed list 2011: When?
Replies: 14
Views: 3180

I talked to him about the seed list and i hope he will email me like he said he would but im excited to get my first order from MG!
by eekawill
Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:54 am
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: trying to step my game up
Replies: 20
Views: 3349

trying to step my game up

So i have been using just general "cactus" soil and wanted to strat mixing my own ive read a lot of different stuff about it but i wanted to get maximum gain but keep it simple so i wanted just 3 ingredients so i keep keep it simple but hopefully more suited for cacti. Heres the 3 differen...
by eekawill
Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:58 am
Forum: Grafting
Topic: Reusing stocks
Replies: 3
Views: 1407

Reusing stocks

I cant think of a reason that it wouldnt work but as long as the stock is healthy and a lot left could you re-use the stock and graft another cacti on it?
by eekawill
Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:20 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Should I elevate these Cereus peruvianus seedlings?
Replies: 13
Views: 2013

At one year old, I think you should get in the habit of giving them a dark period. You can buy timers now to switch things on and off when you're too stoned to do it :) Adult cacti need a night and a day to grow properly. For whatever reason small seedlings seem to manage without, but don't push it...
by eekawill
Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:29 pm
Forum: Grafting
Topic: De-grafting question
Replies: 7
Views: 2516

OK thats good to know!! ya i would hate to go thru the trouble of grafting and lose my plant to rot haha
by eekawill
Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:25 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Should I elevate these Cereus peruvianus seedlings?
Replies: 13
Views: 2013

have half 1 year old seedlinds and the rest are a month of mostly ungerminated seeds should i be more attentive to turning off the lights at least 4 hours??
by eekawill
Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:38 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Echinocereus 30 old days
Replies: 16
Views: 2982

Man i love how much spinage those little guys have going on it never gets old seeing little seedlings they look so neat haha
by eekawill
Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:52 am
Forum: Grafting
Topic: De-grafting question
Replies: 7
Views: 2516

De-grafting question

When de-grafting is it similar to just taking a new cutting where as you cut off the whole stock of the plant and let it root on its own or would you just bury the whole stock and let it root? is there advantages and disadvantages to either. as in if you grated on a pereskiopsis could you just bury ...
by eekawill
Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:46 am
Forum: Grafting
Topic: A question + a picture of my first graft!
Replies: 28
Views: 6688

I loooove the misfits poster behind the cactus thats the reason its doing great lets be honest!!
by eekawill
Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:57 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Should I elevate these Cereus peruvianus seedlings?
Replies: 13
Views: 2013

iann wrote:Excessive light will reduce growth, or at least make the above-ground growth very compact.
i have been leaving my lights of 24hrs a day mainly cus i forget to leave them off so should i turn them off and about how long for optimum growth??
by eekawill
Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to care for new baby cacti in the winter?
Replies: 3
Views: 1820

Ive got these as well home improvement store...not that its a bad thing i hope one day when they are big and bad looking i can be like ya i got those from Lowes/home depot
by eekawill
Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: From the back garden two nights ago
Replies: 10
Views: 1807

in real life did the flowers look more like the flash or not?
by eekawill
Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:22 am
Forum: Succulent Identification
Topic: Aeonium sp?
Replies: 4
Views: 875

Aeonium sp?

I would guess this is an aeonium but wouldnt be surprised if i was wrong

Image
by eekawill
Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:06 pm
Forum: Cultivation
Topic: lights for germinating cactus seeds seeds in winter
Replies: 42
Views: 7426

m4rkz0r wrote:Two T12s and two T8s... 24 inches :-)
The t just means different sizes right? is there a difference between them other then that??
by eekawill
Thu Dec 23, 2010 5:50 am
Forum: Cacti Identification
Topic: IKEA Trilogy
Replies: 21
Views: 5891

i cant wait too see those flower they are looking pretty nice i like the hint of purple around the edges!