Foo Posted October 30, 2010 Im a brand new grower as far as "special" cacti goes. Ive put some L Williamili in the black pots and i have a hot water heater i can put the basket thing on if its cold. The basket is also almost completely sealed via the clear plastic with a few small holes in the bottom. Let me know what you think, cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kindness Posted October 30, 2010 pasteurizing a good quality cactus mix in a take away container, (sieving some on the top - say 5mm) in a micro wave works well for me. Plenty of info on here about raising cactus seed if you have a look around the site welcome to the forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
~shameless~ Posted October 30, 2010 Not much of a loph grower myself , but am looking forward to giving it a go soon as alot of members here have really good colecions raised from seed and simple methods doing so. Happy gardening But you should never put anything on your hot water unit for any time , actually your hot water unit has nothing resting against it or on top of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
btotl Posted October 31, 2010 No one going to comment on the woolworths shopping basket? Figgin thief Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kindness Posted October 31, 2010 spotto! whats your address eatfoo so I can dial you in and claim my reward Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foo Posted November 1, 2010 Hey hey, cmon now i didn't actually steal the basket. It just turned up at a house i used to live at a few years ago. Thanks for the advise so far Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted November 1, 2010 (edited) what's the question? you're raising from seed? the hard way? and you're a newb on growing cacti? Well, you are going to wait a lot, that's for sure. cactus-seed growing in Closed-type box is faster and piece of cake that is , get some sandy soil, cactus soil works, put some fungicide, sow the seeds then spray with water and close the -transparent- box. You can leave now for many months without doing anything... Edited November 1, 2010 by mutant 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foo Posted November 4, 2010 Cheers, i would love to grow from cuttings, but i only have one friend with a San Pedro and he doesn't want to butcher it at this point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
