Lachy, Good to see another Aussie here! Regarding pests.... Pest Oil is a great product and i have never had any burning problems with it. I was informed Pest Oil is one of the least aggressive to damaging Cacti. I also use Confidor from Bayer Chemicals,Foilamat (Aerosol)also from Bayer Chemicals, a...

AB,

I have to ask, do the patches occur all the way round the bodies?
Are they the same direction as your lights?
And did you climatise your plants before exposing them to the 400 Watt lamp?
The only reason i ask becuse to me it looks more like they are burnt!

Regards,
Simon from OZ!

Thanks again Gene!

I have just started to break some of them out of the zip lock bags tonight as i have seen spines plus i wanted to check out a couple of unusual suspects.

Regards,
Simon

Thanks Guys. FYI I have sown Thelocactus Conethelos, Ferocactus Recurvus, Ferocactus Latispinus, Echinocactus Ingens and Uebelmannia Pectinifera. The heat mat temperature is about 25 degrees Celcius or 75 Farenheit and on 24/7 as we are in winter here in Australia. Propogation sand was pre-sterilise...

Hello Cactiphiles. Currently i are undertaking my first trials in Cacti seed growing. I currently have approximately 120 seeds sitting on a heated propagator mat and also in a propagation dome. Can you shed some light on how long i should leave the seeds on the heat mat for? And how long do you let ...