Excellent! Looks like lots of seed coming These things seem to be as prolific as M. luethyi on a graft (and much easier to find the seed afterwards!), its just a shame they are so hard to grow on their own roots.
I was lucky to flourish together. It is normal to do so in June.
Yes, they are grafted and they behave well. On their roots are very slow.
The star of the Chilean flag is a flower of Eriosyce chilensis albidiflora.
Vicent
vbueno wrote:I was lucky to flourish together. It is normal to do so in June.
Yes, they are grafted and they behave well. On their roots are very slow.
Vicent
Hi Vicent
Are the lauii seedlings on the picture still alive ?
I sowed some last spring and in the course lost 2 of three for no obvious reason.
I just transplanted it to a new pot in March and gave it a couple of sprays so far.
Do you use any special kind of substrate for E. lauii?
This was the last one,when it was 6 month old.
Hi Jens
Mine are almost a year.
I planted the seeds in May on pure silica.
Last week I transplanted the three seedlings that had a richer substrate and one of them is dead.
I do not know how to grow on their roots.
Regards
Vicent
Hi Vicent
I think I want to first see this one die on its own roots (':lol:') until I try grafting seedlings (that don´t exist up to now).
I will only spray it once in a while and put no humus in the substrate.
I have some Eriosyce laui seeds that have just started to germinate, i read the comments but i wonder anyone has also tried to grow them on own roots so far?
I grew them from seed last year, I've still got one on its own roots, nearly 1 year old, still with seedling treatment (16 hours LED light, plus warm and fairly damp). i grafted 2 other seedlings (plus 1 which failed), I thought I'd wait until I get plenty of my own seed before doing extensive own-roots experiments.
They seemed easy for the first few months, but very slow after that.
These things seem to be as prolific as M. luethyi on a graft (and much easier to find the seed afterwards!), its just a shame they are so hard to grow on their own roots.
