Propagation of Nananthus seeds.

[trashcanteoh]

I recently harvested some seed pods from my nananthus. Ive never grown any cacti/succulents from seed before so im just trying it out. i collected the seeds on the 23/7/2020, i noticed growth on the 28/7/2020. it took me about 2 hours to harvest all the seeds from their pods haha.

[trashcanteoh]

here they are on the 29/7/2020 which is today.

[trashcanteoh]

i totally forgot to update the progress of the seedlings so here they are. in my opinion they are rather fast growing compared to other succulents. in about a month they are putting out the "real leaves". such lovely plants to grow.

[trashcanteoh]

i am using the bagging method to sow the seeds. I find it easier, at least for me
below is the setup I'm using to grow the seeds along with some lithops, dinteranthus, pleiospilos nelii, lapidaria and a few succulents and cacti

[PseudolithosLover]

how are they doing now?

[PseudolithosLover]

Oops double post sorry!

[esp_imaging]

Well done, looks like you are getting great results.
Mesembs can seem very easy , quick and satisfying from seed compared to cacti.

[greenknight]

If you look closely, some of them have fallen over due to weak stems, which happens when you leave them in the baggie too long. I explained that in another thread about the same seedlings: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... 12&t=45278

It would be good to see how they're doing now.

[trashcanteoh]

Hello everyone, its been sometime since Ive done an update regarding my nananthus seedlings. most of them have reached a decent size but some still remain as small as a grain of rice. Must be because i threw about a hundred plus seeds into a 4inch pot . Anyways below are some pictures of them on the (30th September) and (20th October).

[trashcanteoh]

how are they doing now?

They are doing okay so far haha. just had to slowly reduce the watering. Ive found that once every 3 days for now seems fine. I didn't water them for a week and then went limp haha. for the smaller ones i still water them everyday, at least until the reach a decent size.

[trashcanteoh]

Well done, looks like you are getting great results.
Mesembs can seem very easy , quick and satisfying from seed compared to cacti.

thank you very much. i thought they were gonna be hard but they are much easier to grow from seeds than i thought. also i never expected them to be this fast haha.

[trashcanteoh]

If you look closely, some of them have fallen over due to weak stems, which happens when you leave them in the baggie too long. I explained that in another thread about the same seedlings: http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... 12&t=45278

It would be good to see how they're doing now.

i thought the growing method were the same as lithops but was terribly wrong, i only took them out after 3 weeks after someone told me that they would elongate and break easily if kept too long in a humid environment. thankfully my nananthus didn't suffer too much but my pleiospilos nelii on the other hand, lets not talk about that
and you thread regarding the seedlings was extremely informative and helpful! thank you very much. i will be sure not to make the same mistake again.

[greenknight]

They're looking great! Glad to see they came through all right.

I learned that lesson the hard way, myself - lost a lot of nice seedlings. I know just how you feel, very pleased that I was able to help you avoid even worse losses.