Nice progress... I am also trying opuntia grafting this summer for the first time.. Do you know if opuntia stock produces slower growth than say Harrissa or mytrillocactus?

nice plants. I'm thinking of doing a temporary hoop structure similar to yours. We get our rains in the Fall and Winter here.

great pitcures!
very inspiring... are the lithops coming to flower soon?

best,
-Lui

great progress with that opuntia....i 've never had the courage to start opuntia from seed...I so so many pads avaible/ i mus learn patience.

Yes iann, Im hooked :D , here is a little update from the cacti seedlings sown end of july this year. The have had the hood on the seed trap all day/ sitting almost 100% of the time in a little water. Wondering when I should start to let them dry out more? Didnt realize i sowed lithops in the same f...

nice graft snarfie,
I think the pads I chose from my christmas cactus were too small. I tried to get fairly new pads, with a smaller pad forming on it.
Did you root your pads in a soil medium? The video said to place them in trays (humid box). I placed them in 100% perlite...a few rotted.

I've been trying out different methods of sowing seeds/ start with baggie method, sandy mix/ microwaving, etc/

Here are some seeds sown in winter 2014/ 2015 and the most recent Mid summer 2016

An update of some rescue grafts from this summer, older grafts of seeds started in 2014, and more recent attempts.

Great stuff here. very nice old guys.
I'd love to grow copiapoa... tried and rotted a few C. cinerea. Perhaps its time to get a greenhouse here in Central Tex.

nice blooms! I have tried growing Mammillaria luethyi, M. hernandezii, Rebutia heliosa. all rotted! Still working out my growing conditions. Great Turbs...love the blooms on them..nice juxtaposition of the old and gnarled with light delicate flowers =D> We got our first rains of summer down here in ...

Here are some images of the cacti in question. Again I would like to keep them alive for the winter, no necessarily have them put on growth. I lost several cacti last winter due to rot....watering intermittently ( maybe every 2 weeks). This year, I plan on watering once every month( except for the m...

thanks for the quick reply..
If I were to apply supplemental light...it would be with a standard T8 shop lights.
melocactus azureus does have a Cephalium...and the discocactus is grafted to harrisa stock.
will post pictures soon.

Hello all, I'm sure this topic comes up every winter season. But I wanted to get yalls opinion. I am in central Texas USA zone 9a (20 to 25F, -6.7 to -3.9C) This is my first winter in my new house. Main questions about keeping my various cacti healthy over the winter. 1. Can I over winter cacti in m...

Here is mine from M2G. labeled Mammillaria sphaerica...
perhaps there is a difference in the color of the anthers or stigma?

Great shots as usual..

regards,

lui

these grafts are great...I always seem to loose the leaves on my pereskiopsis....or the scion mysteriously shrivels and dies