Ortegocactus macdougallii seedlings, eleven month old!
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Ortegocactus macdougallii seedlings, eleven month old!
Ortegocactus macdougallii seedlings, eleven month old!
Hello Peter,
your cactus children look nice and healthy. One question comes to mind: What are you going to do with all these plants when they grow up? Not knowing what to do with possibly hundreds of additional cacti has thus far kept me from even trying to grow these plants from seed. With my rudimentary care only a few seeds would actually sprout, but I would not even know where I could place them. Even now some will have to make room, when others grow too big.
Harald
your cactus children look nice and healthy. One question comes to mind: What are you going to do with all these plants when they grow up? Not knowing what to do with possibly hundreds of additional cacti has thus far kept me from even trying to grow these plants from seed. With my rudimentary care only a few seeds would actually sprout, but I would not even know where I could place them. Even now some will have to make room, when others grow too big.
Harald
Yes, those are pretty special. Haven't tried Ortegocactus from seed but I think I will.
Harald, I mostly try to sow only ten or twenty seeds, with the plant to end up with two or three mature plants. I often have more, sometimes a lot more! I swap them with other growers who have the same problem, donate them to my cactus society annual sale, put them on eBay, or just give them away. I hate to just kill them, but its always an option
Harald, I mostly try to sow only ten or twenty seeds, with the plant to end up with two or three mature plants. I often have more, sometimes a lot more! I swap them with other growers who have the same problem, donate them to my cactus society annual sale, put them on eBay, or just give them away. I hate to just kill them, but its always an option
--ian
Hello Haraldhegar wrote:...What are you going to do with all these plants when they grow up? Not knowing what to do with possibly hundreds of additional cacti has thus far kept me from even trying to grow these plants from seed...
Let me think about this circumstance
OK I think Ian has the right answer and fortunately the Ortegocactus isn't a big plant. Maybe someday I will sell my cacti
Happy growing!
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Thanks Peter,
It's not all of them yet. I take pics when the plant does something really neat or someone asks about it, then post pics. I need to get more pictures and post them. I'm still in the process of taking them outdoors, it takes about 6 weeks to get everything out. I put them under 50% shade cloth for a week to acclimate then out in full sun, this takes some time.
It's not all of them yet. I take pics when the plant does something really neat or someone asks about it, then post pics. I need to get more pictures and post them. I'm still in the process of taking them outdoors, it takes about 6 weeks to get everything out. I put them under 50% shade cloth for a week to acclimate then out in full sun, this takes some time.
Dan,
How do you deal with the normal late spring -early summer rains? May-June, as I recall, is about the wettest time with late afternoon, heavy showers the norm.
Plants, seedlings under glass/plastic or ??
Or is it a problem at all?
Cheers, GeneS
Who's family is from Plymouth where my grandfather's and great grandfather's homes still stand and are occupied!
How do you deal with the normal late spring -early summer rains? May-June, as I recall, is about the wettest time with late afternoon, heavy showers the norm.
Plants, seedlings under glass/plastic or ??
Or is it a problem at all?
Cheers, GeneS
Who's family is from Plymouth where my grandfather's and great grandfather's homes still stand and are occupied!
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cactusdan19
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We get more rain in April-May, my plants just start to go out in early May. I have enough cover on my staging that if I get alot of rain, I can cover them with roll plastic. I also use a really mineral mix so it drains pretty well. I am losing my M. saboae currently because of the week of rain we had last week (5+ inches). Most do all right with the rain we get. I have more of a problem with the late summer early fall rains we get in September as the plants are starting to go dormant and I'm getting ready to move them indoors.
Hi Dan,
I do about the same thing. The one thing I do - that I was taught as a REAL young'un - is that I have built big square elevated beds out of 2x12's - with slatting on the bottom. I fill these with Peat Moss - yes - the dreade peat moss. Then, I embed my clay pots in the Peat. It serves to absorb the water during wet sppells - then release it back into the clay during dry spells. Keeps me from having to cover everything but the most well-draining of plants.
BTW - everybody is doing very nicely
I do about the same thing. The one thing I do - that I was taught as a REAL young'un - is that I have built big square elevated beds out of 2x12's - with slatting on the bottom. I fill these with Peat Moss - yes - the dreade peat moss. Then, I embed my clay pots in the Peat. It serves to absorb the water during wet sppells - then release it back into the clay during dry spells. Keeps me from having to cover everything but the most well-draining of plants.
BTW - everybody is doing very nicely