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by mmcavall
Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:14 pm
Forum: Cacti Places
Topic: Southwest trip 2016.
Replies: 30
Views: 9515

Re: Southwest trip 2016.

awesome please keep posting
by mmcavall
Fri Sep 16, 2016 1:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Echinocactus beauty parade
Replies: 4
Views: 914

Re: Echinocactus beauty parade

very ilustrative!
I would like to see the same for other genera!
by mmcavall
Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:18 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: My high tech cacti farm
Replies: 12
Views: 2276

Re: My high tech cacti farm

Hi NY, do some investigating is always a good thing to do...Probably I should do more of it too! Sure charcoal have filtering properties. But this doesn't means that it is antifungal. I say with absolute no background or references, but I dont think that pieces of charcoal would counteract a fungus ...
by mmcavall
Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:02 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Astro seedlings sudden death
Replies: 5
Views: 1201

Re: Astro seedlings sudden death

thanks Iann, done!
by mmcavall
Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:31 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: My high tech cacti farm
Replies: 12
Views: 2276

Re: My high tech cacti farm

NY-desert, did you saw this thread about charcoal?

http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... al#p323633" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by mmcavall
Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:21 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: My high tech cacti farm
Replies: 12
Views: 2276

Re: My high tech cacti farm

Well, I heard about its antifungal properties but I dont believe too much in it. When I joined the forum I was concerned with the question of potting mix, but I could'nt find pumice or perlite, and I needed something cheap...so I started to look for alternatives... Firstly I needed some light and po...
by mmcavall
Thu Sep 15, 2016 4:56 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Astro seedlings sudden death
Replies: 5
Views: 1201

Re: Astro seedlings sudden death

thank you Pushrestart
they are shaded now, let's see if someone has complementary advices
by mmcavall
Thu Sep 15, 2016 12:28 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: My high tech cacti farm
Replies: 12
Views: 2276

Re: My high tech cacti farm

NY-Desert wrote:Thank you mmcavall , I've read through your post about your recent grow as well. You have had great success with your sowing too. You've got some great looking seedlings there. I enjoyed the part about your growing medium as well.
Thank you NY-Desert, glad to know that.
by mmcavall
Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:19 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: My high tech cacti farm
Replies: 12
Views: 2276

Re: My high tech cacti farm

I liked the idea of white paper covering. I may use it in my "low tech farm". :)
by mmcavall
Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:15 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: So I decided to sow
Replies: 160
Views: 56679

Re: So I decided to sow

Thanks again Iann. I've shaded everybody a little more. They look happy and I feel more secure, but... ...now I'm experiencing some problems with the Astro seedlings. Anyone interested in please see the thread "Astro seedlings sudden death": http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=...
by mmcavall
Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:12 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Astro seedlings sudden death
Replies: 5
Views: 1201

Astro seedlings sudden death

I have three pots with about 25 Astrophytum seedlings each. Or I had. Today morning I was surprised to see that one of the pots had only four seedlings left, the others died suddenly and very fast (they look fine yesterday!). The epidermis are there, translucid, empty inside or filled with a juice. ...
by mmcavall
Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:14 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: So I decided to sow
Replies: 160
Views: 56679

Re: So I decided to sow

Here are some results with cacti, batches from 30, 21 and 15 days ago. Most of the seeds are from a grower I don’t really know very well. Some of his seeds germinated, some not, most striking was the “cactus mix”, with 0% germination. Some of the seeds are Aiko’s: the Astro mix, with high percentage...
by mmcavall
Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:09 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: So I decided to sow
Replies: 160
Views: 56679

Re: So I decided to sow

thanks again Iann, fully understood.
I feel like I had a tutor (or many tutors) on the other side of the world taking care of my plants.

summer is coming...
by mmcavall
Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:35 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: So I decided to sow
Replies: 160
Views: 56679

Re: So I decided to sow

Thanks Iann for the advices and explanation. Yesterday, before I read this, I've put an aditional shade cloth over all seedlings and separated then in two groups, one to receive water from the water can, and the other, more protected from the sun, to receive only spray. In the latter group are the T...
by mmcavall
Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:13 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Rot segment in Opuntia and more
Replies: 8
Views: 1420

Re: Rot segment in Opuntia and more

Thanks Spence for your explanation! The cactus is already in its new - and much smaller-pot