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Here's a few of the new hybrids sown in February 2017., some I think are from pod1, some pod2, and some mixed. Sausage, Psycho0, Adelaide macro, Red spine peru, Validus, Yowie, Goliath and werdermannianus (the largest ones). There are some molds in the trays which are resistant to fungicide and peroxide, but they don't seem to be doing any harm. Thanks again for distributing these!

I bought these seeds for my mom as Jasminum sambac from China, but knowing how reliable Chinese seed vendors are, I'm not too sure that's what they actually are. I searched the web for a while, but couldn't find anything substantial, the only thing that looks similar are Gardenia jasminoides seeds, but also from Chinese ebay sites... Does anyone have any idea what these could be? Also, any advice on sowing these would be very welcome, I know jasmine is usually grown from cuttings, but I wanted to give these a try. Thanks!

Yeah, that is very often the case... Very, very rarely you actually get viable seeds of the species you ordered... I just threw these in with another order (on an electronics site ) for a $ because they looked interesting. I'll sow a few and give another few GA3 treatment, we'll see if anything sprouts. Gardenia should be nice too, right?

Marasmiaceae of some description... I'm not familiar with what grows in Australia, and the number of species is pretty huge.

I think all parasols in Australia are being labeled as Macrolepiota clelandii as it is a very variable species. That's a good a name as any I guess. Could also possibly be Chlorophyllum molybdites, but I don't see any hint of green spores.

Do you accept firstborns in exchange for a few of those seeds?? Seriously tough, that plant is absolutely beautiful!! Congrats!

Thank you for the reply. Then that particular cross is very likely sterile, as I feared. Bummer, I was really excited about growing it. Oh well, what can you do...

Has anyone sown chilensis x seminudus seeds? I got 0 germination, and I fear that that cross might be sterile, which makes me really sad. I'm just wondering if anyone got these to germinate, did I accidentally do something wrong with the seeds. All others had excellent germination rates.

I've never seen this video where they make moldy wine, but have seen a lot where they place non-sterile crumbled dried muscaria into a jar with cooked rice and grow 'sacred bread' or whatever they call it with 'fleece', that is 100% Rhizopus mold. All I can say after growing 25 species of mushrooms (and in the process, accidentally a bunch of different molds), and seeing many more on agar, is that only molds will grow aerial mycelium like that. Also, I later found data that such products were tested, microscopically and genetically, and found to contain only molds...

Oh, you mean that... Yes, I saw that too from those frauds at ambrosia society... That is Rhizopus mold, no connection with A. muscaria whatsoever.

The what? Do you mean mycelium? Well, that is the point, but to successfully grow mycelium of a mycorhizzal mushroom, you usually need special agar, for which both the recipe and components are not free nor cheap. And you then have to ensure there are no more aggressive mushroom spores or mycelium present in the medium.

Almost all of the flowering plants I grow are Stapeliads, and this would not be a wise move at all! :D

Sure is, the same way they do with truffles and other mycorrhizal mushrooms. Mycorrhizal agar, sterile tree seeds grown in sterile soil in sterile grow chambers, inoculated with mushroom mycelium, than transferred to suitable soil once the mycorrhizal link is completely established, 2 years or so . The price of just the agar recipe and components would probably be enough to buy a lifetime supply of muscaria. Actually, they don't even do it that often with boletes, chantarelles and other mushrooms, seems only the truffles are worth the cost and the hassle. The other way is to simply bathe the seeds in spore water, and to water them once again with it when they germinate. Not a huge success rate, but much more cost effective.

I'd try to divert it... Can it pass under that roof?

1. Mix seeds Hungary 2. Eulychnia saint-pieana / escayachensis 3. Astrophytum mix 4. Lobivia ferox + Lob. mix 5. Echinocereus engelmanii variegetus 6. Turbinicarpus mix 7. Kakteen piltz mix 8. Loph mix 9. Stapelia 10. SS columnars mix 11. Ariocarpus mix 12. Skotsbergii 13. Tacaquirensis/quisco/ 14. Harrisia mix 15. Echinopsis Leucantha 16. Pasacana/peruvianus/dumortieri 17. Ferocactus 18. Lithops mix 1. Zelly mix 2. Nitrogen mutants 3. Cereus mix 4. Trichocereus hybrids mix 5. Peruvianus John x huasca 6. Pasacana Dawsons x open 7. Chilensis James x seminudus 8. Peruvianus Huancavelia 9. Peruvianus Lurin 10. Tarmaensis 11. Knuthianus 12. Terscheckii 13. Psycho0 x peruvanus John 14. Caput-medusae 15. Austrocactus / Maiuhuenia 16. Macrogonus fields x rosei 2 17. Pachanoi x cereus 18. Fields pachanoi x pasacana 19. Rosei OP 20. Psycho0 x N1 1. Scop x Norma 2. Tipz macro x scop 3. Hahn pach x scop 4. Gawler peru x scop 11. Yowie x scop 12. Norma x Anakie 13. Gawler x Norma 14. Tipz x Norma 1. Red spine peru 22. Adelaide macro 23. Super pedro x Norma 24. Norma x Hahn pach 31. Sausage OP 32. Psycho0 OP 33. Number 1 (terscheckii x scop/yowie) 34. Number 2 (terscheckii x scop/yowie) 41. Validus OP 42. Yowie OP 43. Goliath OP 44. werdermannianus OP Just to have a copy of the list here as well... I had only a few seeds of some varieties so I just threw them in the mix with similar or very distinct species, it's about a hundred in all. Most have started germinating, no sign of molds yet. I gave them 2 sprays with fungicide for now and will leave them in closed trays until they are ready for some air, or I start noticing molds. Will throw a few pictures when they grow a bit more. Cheers!

Leave them alone, the root will find the substrate eventually and right themselves. If the humidity is high enough, it will not die before it finds the soil.

I dropped out of this competition long ago because I've had various problems during this time and all my grafts failed, but anyway here are the surviving seedlings. I've put them under the lamps now to coax them out of dormancy and when the weather starts showing sings of spring I'll transplant them and put them outside. Will probably graft a few as well, especially knuthianus. Most of these are Matucana, half a dozen are knuthianus and a few of tarmaensis and Lurin.

I see it has a flower bud... EG, do you think it would cross with a Trichocereus or Echinopsis?

Finally got done with the latest round of sowing. I need a beer now. In the past I've had huge trouble with molds, lost thousands of seedlings from hundreds of euros worth of seeds. This time I took no chances, sterilized the soil and containers, washed all the seeds in bleach solution, and sprayed the soil thoroughly with Previcur fungicide. If this fails, then I'm officially done with sowing cacti seeds and will give away all my remaining seeds here. This time around I've sown some 100 varieties, many random species, several Adenium varieties, Interbeing hybrids, Zed's hybrids, Secret garden opens, EG's peruvianus varieties, and a few dozen others I've had lying around from previous years. Wish me luck!

Yup, Cereus 100%.

Yeah, well as I said, mine have been in the ground for about 2 years now, and I'm not sure they will survive this winter. I'm about a thousand km north of you, so the winters are naturally colder, and this one has been very cold. Hopefully at least some will pull through. And if not, I will plant some more in the spring until I find a few strains that can handle our winters. But since all of these already in the ground survived last winter without a scratch, maybe they will survive this one with just a few scars.

Looks great, Sagi! The weeds are pretty ferocious, but the cacti still look pretty good and healthy. I fully expect there will be nothing to protect in spring, this winter is just getting worse and worse... But if they can survive this, they can survive anything, I think this is the coldest winter in the last 50 years at least. Today in that location it's been -6 degrees celsius with wind gusts up to 100 kmh...

It's the one from the first post, it's dormant now so no updates for another few months. By 'unique' I meant the tuberculed ribs and downward facing central spine, don't know how visible that is in the pics, and the fact that it looks very different from nrivers' specimens from the same batch of seeds.

A few pictures from this unusual species bought from Succseed. It's still young but it looks to me closer to peruvianus than cuzcoensis. What do you think? It will be interesting to see it's mature characteristics.

That was my first thought as well, but I'm not sure how well that would work in practice. It would have to go all the way to the ground so the little bastards cannot climb from underneath. I guess I could manage that. Bigger problem would be construction, I'm not at all skilled with welding and such, because wooden frame is out of the question, winds here have a tendency to rip out 100 year old trees with roots. And Trichocereus grow quickly... But I guess I will do this as a last resort, in a year or two. But the way this winter is going, I fear there will be nothing to protect in the spring... I will also try my mesh-condom contraption, I now have a pretty good idea of how to implement it and will see if it works. As for the companion plants, I really don't know what would be resistant to drought, and still be succulent enough to attract grasshoppers. I have some Sedum and Delosperma plants around, but they don't touch them.The little monsters really seem to have a taste for the fresh, juicy cactus tips, they eat everything that is soft and doesn't have enough alkaloids to repel them yet. When they get to the older growth, they just stop and go away, only to return when the pups start growing.