I had just posted above and got around to my emails to find one of my branch members had sent me this translation of an excellent article originally in German of Acharagma. https://cdn.fbsbx.com/v/t59.2708-21/441428165_395777396775627_1449805364199008593_n.pdf/Escobaria_2023_EN.pdf?_nc_cat=107&...

The attached photo is one of rooted Aztekium hintoniies. 3 off-sets on a grafted cactus were removed and set for rooting 4 years ago. Size of off-sets were around 3 cm in diameter. Aztekium hintonii grows very slowly. Current size of cactus on the photo is around 4 cm in diameter. I can see a new r...

Have you tried following this advice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGG2-YpGDWA ? Works like a charm, at least for Sclerocactus. I skipped the sterilisation part myself as I see more use in the effort of sterilising the soil I sow the seeds in. Yeah, that's the video I followed. The seeds I didn'...

Nino_G wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:12 pm @ Fatich - I see you are also Tubinicarpus fan

Yes i like them too.
I love tiny plants!

23.subteraneus Escondida, NL 24.booleanus Santa Clara de Gonzales, NL 32.zaragozae Cuesta Blanca, NL 38. bonatzii 46.krainzianus v.lausserii 60.rioverdensis MZ 340 70.rosseiflorus 64.schmiedickeanus La Soledad 65.schmiedickeanus v.rubriflorus (ellisae) 79.panarottoi 83.heliae 94.hoferii RS 614 96.pu...

Well grown plants!
Grown outdoors?

I lost an old super kabuto in this morning, which is sown on the photo. The cause of death is rotting bottom. Seed was sown on 24th August 2005 which means the cactus was almost 18 years old. Super kabuto is a small asterias but the cactus on the photo reached to 16 cm in diameter. I wished 20 year...

None of them are cactus.
Get your seeds from a reputable seller.

The grafting process of 3 off-sets was completed in this morning. Scions were: 1-azetkium valdezii 2-aztekium ritteri I failed grafting of one scion, ritteri. The photo is grafted off-set of valdezii. Will you degraft it later or it will continiue its life on another stock? As i know rooting Azteki...

Andrzej1972 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 5:21 pm Hello. I want to buy ariocarpus,and Escobaria vivipara(also seeds) I am expanding my collection, maybe someone in the UK has a surplus of plants ?

Post your request in this forum
https://forum.bcss.org.uk/index.php

It seems its because of the hard water. (Second photo)

Did you try rooting Yavia?

Jaybizzle wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:57 pm Misting once or twice per week.

Misting wont be efficient for the small seedlings, it seems you lose them from dehydration. Water them well, i think.

keith wrote: ↑Sun Aug 21, 2022 8:15 pm Turbinicarpus dickisoniae grown in 2019 seeds from Aiko . Some grew up faster than other .

Might be a hybrid or another Turbinicarpus because of the flower color

Once i had mealy bug problem with my plants both on bodies and roots, i found the solution to water plants with diluted imidacloprid.
I have never had any mealy bug problem since then.