Seed or cuttings. Cheers!

There are lots of restrictions for removing/collecting native flora and fauna in Australia, unless you have a special permit/license. There are also multiple layers of rules/regulations regarding selling/transporting plant materials between each state. A lot of plants/seeds are not allowed to sell/...

Aiko wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 9:14 pm Interesting. Looks a bit like Anacampseros glued on sticks!

But unfortunately Australian succulents are not easy to obtain. Maybe it will take a few decades for them to become more mainstream.

Haha. It does!

Why do you think that is?

Hello. I’m looking for Lawrencia helmsii. Either seed or cutting. Really cool Australian succulent!

Great post!

Due to some failures of germinating, I realized how little I know. I wanted to make a thread of techniques used from soil preparation/sterilization to container types etc. Seems like everyone has a slightly different way of doing their thing. I'd like to learn what has worked for you and even what h...

Probably damping off. Was the soil mixture sterilized? What does damping off mean? I don’t have a microwave so I used hydrogen peroxide and a fungicide. Damping off is a soil fungus that attacks seedlings and kills them. https://extension.psu.edu/damping-off Aw. Thanks for the link. This happened t...

Aeonium2003 wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 2:32 pm To sterilize the mix, you could always pour boiling water on it. More effective than hydrogen peroxide IMO.

That’s good to know. Thanks.

Jangaudi wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 2:18 pm hmm, I saw someone saying germination temp. between 18 and 28°C, and somewhere else, during summer, when it's warm, altough they are considered winter growers. Seems they are not too picky about temperatures, I think you're good to go

Great. Thanks for the help!

Do you mean you put the whole container with soil in a pressure cooker? Pretty much so yeah, with moist soil inside, ready to sow, same as if I would put it in the microwave, with a lid on it, but not turned on, otherwise you risk pieces ;) I have one of these bamboo steam plates that I put in the ...

They can be a bit hard at first, sowed them twice, got some plants, but many seedlings didn't make it. But ziplock sowing requires sterilisation, which can also be done in a cooking pot, if you use containers instead of bags, preferably a pressure cooker. I've done it before and I'm temped to say, ...

Aeonium2003 wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 2:11 am Probably damping off. Was the soil mixture sterilized?

What does damping off mean? I don’t have a microwave so I used hydrogen peroxide and a fungicide.

Hello. I had some Aloinopsis rubrolineata seed germinating and they all suddenly keeled over and died. I have them growing in a mixture of cactus mix with added pumice in a ziplock bag. All the seeds I planted germinated, but then they all just fell over and withered away. Any suggestions? Thanks in...

Very popular now . 30 Years ago I went to a "Dr Cactus" whole backyard full of copiapoas I should have bought some #-o Mesa probably has them for a day or so they sell out very fast and I think they sell them in small qty's like 10 seeds 8 bucks. I bought seeds of cinerea from mesa long t...

Paul679 wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 3:26 am You could try here https://www.cactusalvaralto.com/en/venta-de-semillas/. I have never purchased from them but hope to one day.

I've seen their site around. I'll look into it! Thanks.