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- Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: Welcome Craig Fry!
- Replies: 1386
- Views: 504216
Re: Welcome Craig Fry!
Summer Photos Mammillaria hernandezii It formed a flower mid summer, which is odd, since it flowers normally in winter Then a pup formed from inside the flower, never seen that before. IMG_1389.JPG Pink Flowered Matucana madisoniorum IMG_1408.JPG My special selected Lizard Skin, flowers tinted with ...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:06 am
- Forum: Greenhouses etc.
- Topic: New Hot Box Build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13603
Re: New Hot Box Build
I like to keep my seedlings in more assessable areas
I do like using it to grow established 1-3 year old's to grow them on
I do like using it to grow established 1-3 year old's to grow them on
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:56 pm
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: C and D's Succulents
- Replies: 875
- Views: 434645
Re: C and D's Succulents
Flat of Mesembs seedlings growing like crazy in a deep flat of 100% commercial Coir and Perlite
less than a year old
less than a year old
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:42 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: The C and D Seed Growing Method
- Replies: 22
- Views: 22566
Re: The C and D Seed Growing Method
Deep Flat
Using 100% Commercial Coir & Perlite
100s of mesembs Close up of Cereria pygmaea seedlings
Using 100% Commercial Coir & Perlite
100s of mesembs Close up of Cereria pygmaea seedlings
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 11:36 pm
- Forum: Greenhouses etc.
- Topic: New Hot Box Build
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13603
Re: New Hot Box Build
The advantage is increased heat, sun intensity buffered
Today's photos
All Ariocarpus
Today's photos
All Ariocarpus
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: The C and D Seed Growing Method
- Replies: 22
- Views: 22566
Re: The C and D Seed Growing Method
Sterilization is only necessary for covered pots Fungus and algae will run rampant in the humid system I still use the above system for most of my more sensitive species But I've also have 100s of seeds in open beds outside and inside my green house I mix up a batch of rich soil and put it in deep f...
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: Member Blogs
- Topic: Every day new flowers in the greenhouse in Köln
- Replies: 4821
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Re: Every day new flowers in the greenhouse in Köln
Sad News They ate through the bottom of pots and ate the roots?? I have never seen that before I tried blue cheese for mice traps and it worked better than anything I tried before I was going to say that the last page before this one had more succulent species presented than ever could be imagined A...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:44 am
- Forum: Grafting
- Topic: The Super Glue Method is easier than any other...
- Replies: 44
- Views: 29888
Re: The Super Glue Method is easier than any other...
These are some grafting variations, Not mine, all purchased These Asian grafts could have been done by the same person The stock is Echinopsis, I have some cutting I'm growing so I can ID later Gymnocalycium spegazzinii unguispinum IMG_1173.JPG IMG_1177.JPG Pelecyphora aselliformis IMG_1178.JPG Nate...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:55 pm
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: C and D's Succulents
- Replies: 875
- Views: 434645
Re: C and D's Succulents
You are 100% correct, for most plants But Basically, for winter growers, just before they start, or as they are just starting when they have the least reserves left, true They are able to take the major disturbance, and keep growing into their new home with the same impulse that they would normally ...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 3:57 pm
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: C and D's Succulents
- Replies: 875
- Views: 434645
Re: C and D's Succulents
Fall is coming on slowly this year And one of the first to show new growth are the Othonnas Othonna herrei very knobby IMG_1416.JPG Othonna cremifolia IMG_1419.JPG Not an Othonna, but super rare Senecio laticipes I dropped it not once, but twice, which broke off most of the branches IMG_1422.JPG I h...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: C and D's Succulents
- Replies: 875
- Views: 434645
Re: C and D's Succulents
My friend Ed Reed sells them for $100 each My cones are filled with excessive sap for some reason IMG_1402.JPG I've had this for 10 years and it's never flowered, so I can't identify it other than Edit: found the name.. Cyrtanthus montanus IMG_0837.JPG It started growing these offset bulbs like craz...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:51 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Matucana?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1646
Re: Matucana?
My big plant started growing new spines in the old spineless areoles
You definitely need 2 plants for seeds
I have a pretty pink flowered form as well
You definitely need 2 plants for seeds
I have a pretty pink flowered form as well
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:53 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Sterilize Cactus soil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4933
Re: Sterilize Cactus soil
Repeated wet dry cycles will kill most fungi added to the soil mix If you still have problems, try a Physan 20 soil soak I use it sterilize seed beds that are made of soil containing added micro-organisms This doesn't eliminate fungus gnats though, you need to treat those differently if you have a b...
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:25 pm
- Forum: Grafting
- Topic: The Super Glue Method is easier than any other...
- Replies: 44
- Views: 29888
Re: The Super Glue Method is easier than any other...
I like Myrtillocactus cochal the best now
The photos above are both Myrtillocactus cochal and M. eichlamii
I also use Harrisia jusbertii
The photos above are both Myrtillocactus cochal and M. eichlamii
I also use Harrisia jusbertii
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 12:12 am
- Forum: Grafting
- Topic: The Super Glue Method is easier than any other...
- Replies: 44
- Views: 29888
Re: The Super Glue Method is easier than any other...
It's been way over six months for the check in (last post Oct 2022) But it would of been useless at 6 months, I needed 10 months to show anything worth looking at Some of the good stuff Copiapoa haseltonia and cinerea IMG_1326.JPG Ariocarpus variegated and others IMG_1314.JPG Neowerdermannia vorwerk...