Illustro Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) Was just inspecting some of my young seedlings, and noticed they have just started to look quite interesting, and thought y'all might appreciate some phytoporn. The cacti seeds were sown pretty much exactly 3 months ago, for reference, the punnets are ~5cm wide. Turbinicarpus mix Pelecyphora valdezianus v. saliillo (awesome flowers) Pelecyphora pseudopectinatus Mammillaria mainiae (awesome flowers) Mammillaria fraileana (awesome flowers) Mammillaria bocasana (the whole plant [mature] reminds me of silk ribbons and lace frills for some reason lol) Epithelantha micromeris Got a whooole bunch more, but camera ran outta batteries, I think I got the best ones, but the pics really don't do them justice! Especially the M. bocasana seedlings; its crazy how fluffy those lil fuckers are! Edited October 22, 2011 by Illustro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fluss Posted October 22, 2011 I like the look of a tiny pot filled with green little babies, the picture just screams "success, hope and happiness for babies" What's your temp. Rh and lightning in there mate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Illustro Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) Cheers man! Some don't look quite as good as that though, had a few disasters, like really poor germ. rates in some batches, esp. in my Ariocarpi Temp. initially was 24hr 30'C (bottom heat), with 18hrs light (1x 15W T8 6000K 18" 900 lumen fluoro), that's now 18hrs ~30'C (+/- 5'C) daytime down to ~15'C nighttime, with supplemented natural light from window (diffused by net curtain), but I also put them out for some direct sun when I can be bothered. Not sure what you meant by Rh though, do you mean Ph? If so, dunno! Never bothered with it. The seeds were started organically, non-sterile though, I did it on purpose, I sewed them in a Trichoderma harzianum mix, and used a cinnamon, chamomile, & cloves tea as a very occasional fungicide, I haven't had ANY visible mold or fungus, but I'm not sure if something did get some of the seeds, as I mentioned earlier about some poor germ. rates. This also could be due to some kind of allelopathic chemical in the fungicidal tea that I didn't account for, or it could also be any number of things. Something did attack some of my Ariocarpus scapharostrus seedlings though, I have lost quite a few in the last few weeks, but I think it may have been related to some sort of mite that I noticed scurrying around on the dieing seedlings when I pulled them out, they could have just been attracted by the decaying plant material though - I have repotted them and none have died so far. EDIT: T8, not T18 fluoro. Edited October 23, 2011 by Illustro 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H.E. Pennypacker Posted October 22, 2011 Not sure what you meant by Rh though, do you mean Ph? Rh = Relative humidity. Cool technique on the mold & moss prevention btw, was thinking myself of experimenting a bit with willow extracts and IBA for moss prevention when I finally get round to germinating some cacti seeds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Illustro Posted October 23, 2011 Rh = Relative humidity. Cool technique on the mold & moss prevention btw, was thinking myself of experimenting a bit with willow extracts and IBA for moss prevention when I finally get round to germinating some cacti seeds. Oh righto, I never bothered with measuring humidity, but I think it would be ~100%. I didn't look to prevent moss, it was purely for mold, got a few mosses growing in there! Will have to try willow extracts out one day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
