bogfrog Posted October 30, 2012 I got alot of seed from some of those plants and am expecting more after all these beautiful flowers. I'd be happy to send you some seed later in the season if you were keen GOT? I have heard turbs are quite tricky to raise from seed but its always worth a try. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Posted October 30, 2012 Turbs are no more difficult than lophs to raise from seed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Posted October 30, 2012 Unless you have multiples of the same type and are pollinating the seed you get is likely to be hybrids as turbinicarpi are not self fertile Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted October 30, 2012 I got alot of seed from some of those plants and am expecting more after all these beautiful flowers. I'd be happy to send you some seed later in the season if you were keen GOT? I have heard turbs are quite tricky to raise from seed but its always worth a try. I would defiantly be keen to get some seeds of you. Thanks for the offer Bogfrog Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted October 30, 2012 re: stock rot I guess its preferable to use stocks you already are familiar with - I mean, growing them standalone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted October 30, 2012 Thanks for that Jack! I had no idea. Because my partner collects cacti too, i do actually have access multiple plants of most of those turbs. I suppose getting flowers symltaneaously is the hard part. I'll pm u when i've got some seeds GOT. All the turbs i sowed are long dead but my lophs are doing great. Maybe they didn't like my mix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bℓσωηG Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Turbinicarpuss are easy to sprout from seed bofrog...its getting them to the hardening up stage i find difficult, as they can lose their roots to rot . I find a pure mineral mix only (coarse sand , pumus or perlite , charcoal, scoria , and lime chips ) with nil peat or bits of organic matter in the mix aids their survival immensely... then i cheat and graft them to pereskiopsis just incase lol Edited October 30, 2012 by bℓσωηG 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) My garden is looking really nice after all the spring rain. Lots of self-seeding flowers and trees, i have just been selectively weeding so most plants get a chance to grow as long as they are not taking over or imposing on my vege beds. We have been getting the first strawberries from our two strawberry beds Hopefully wont be long until theres some raspberries on offer too, heres 3 different varieties, one with orange fruit, one with red and one with purpley-blue! Had a sulcoredbutia rauschii flowering over the last couple of days day one day two Re-discovered this cactus, which had been lost in the garden for close to two years, survived two really nasty winters without a trouble And heres my lovely new sundew And another i'm looking for an ID for: Edited May 11, 2013 by bogfrog 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2meke Posted November 17, 2012 awesome dude! drosera arcturi? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 17, 2012 Sounds good to me! I have been wondering if i could find sundews in the wild lately.. plenty of swampy areas about. i vaugely recall seeing them wild on the west coast, i'd love to get a few more varieties. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ilovecacti Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) Awesome garden Bogfrog, lots of variety. I find carnivorous plants fascinating, nearly (not quite though) as much as cacti. You should be able to find some kind of sundew in the wild, provided you find the right area, in optimum conditions it grows like a weed. Edited November 22, 2012 by Ilovecacti 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 22, 2012 Cheers, i got those sundews to control some of the bugs in my glasshouse although they have proved to be a double edged sword, as mozzies have been breeding like crazy in their water trays :S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ilovecacti Posted November 23, 2012 I don't use self watering pots or trays anymore for that exact reason. If you only have a small number, emptying the water and giving the tray a quick scrub once a week helps, but that's very time consuming if you have more than a few. I ditched pot trays and grew my sundews in a kitty litter tray filled with sphagnum moss, haven't had a problem since and it retains water very well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 23, 2012 Great idea, i have a big bag of spagnum moss, will do that when i get home. Thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitrogen Posted November 23, 2012 Nice pics! Glad to see you got some SS01 x SS02 seedlings going - I didn't know SS had done that cross, but I love the reverse cross - SS02 x SS01 - that was the first tricho seed of any sort that I grew out and what a stellar cross it is - really stunning progeny and quite vigorous.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted November 24, 2012 Cheers nitro, they are really booming since the latest re-pot, I have only recently seen pictures of the parent plants.. what beauties Will be exciting to see how they all progress over summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) A little mid-summer update: My garden is going nuts.. and perhaps, i am too along with it. For the first time i am actually loosing plants becuase i have so many Maybe i need to have a little clear out. Hoodia gordonii Euphorbia ferox Sedum reflexum crest Astrophytum myriostigma "tricostatum" in flower Scelectium tortuosum and co. The only bonsai i have succesfully created, an azalea in flower Romanesco broccolli (the only broccolli i have successfully grown so far) Sunflower Blue skies a-plenty Edited May 11, 2013 by bogfrog 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Savage Gardener Posted January 12, 2013 Wow Bogfrog...Beautiful plants! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CβL Posted January 12, 2013 What is the story - of the Chiloensis! That plant looks special! And your plants are doing excellently - great work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 12, 2013 My mate got to have a look through an old greenhouse at Castle rock cactus nursery and he spotted an ancient chiloensis which was planted in the ground and managed windle a pup from the base. They didnt come in with a saw handy so the owner kicked this spiny monster off the mother plant wearing only jandals! Sounds like a real tough bugger eh? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CβL Posted January 12, 2013 That's a cool story indeed. I'll have to visit that Castle rock one day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inti Posted January 12, 2013 really nice plants bogfrog. amazing collection and variety Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutant Posted January 12, 2013 awesome thread, amazing variety and warm presentation I dont think its an euphorbia ferox, even though its a pretty varied plant I would also like to hear EG's opinion on the 'chilensis', its bigger than any I got, but the spines aren't white, so I kind of doubt... could it even be a non tricho? bog dudette, awesome plants/cacti!! love your garden with the flats and stone and all...!!! PS: maybe you wanna graft a pup of that sulco rauschi, compared to other sulcos, they're rather sensitive ;) ;) I had 3 vars of this cactus, but I lost one prior to being able to attempt a graft. graft the fuckerzz, a real cactus cactus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted January 13, 2013 Thanks guys, my plants bring my plentiful amounts of joy and satisfaction. I am really pleased with how well they are coming along. Cheers for the comments mutant, The plant i called E. Ferox is a mutant too its hard to see but all those little tips are fanning out from some crest like growth. I thought ferox because it had the light pastel shades of pink and purple in the spines, but these have faded since its started growing more vigourously.. Interesting. I'll start an id thread some time and offer the euphorbia and the spiny monster up for public scrutiny. Thanks for the sulco-info, my climate is pretty chilly at times. I have a graft of the rauschii, its a beautiful plant, looks very special in the winter when it turns purple. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) Autumn update, before everything shuts down for winter First big beautiful flowers! Ethno-bed: Including metel, valerian, skullcap, withiana somnifera & sally pukatea: Turbinacarpus Swobodae making fruit: cresty: Hoodia in flower: And that's all for now, will be back with more pics next summer Edited October 9, 2013 by Ceres 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
