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Hey guys, I am hoping you can provide a novice cacti grower with some tips on repotting these pachanoi seedlings. Here it is coming into winter, with the temperatures already below 10 degrees at times. But I must repot the seedlings now to give to others when I leave.

How will they go when repotted as they go into dormancy? They will be on window sills over the next few weeks getting only a few hours of sun per day. Also do seedlings have any particular preference for soils?

cheers all :)

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What did you decide to do with them?

If they were mine and I lived in a climate where they'd go into dormancy I'd be tempted to leave them in that pot over winter and just let them dry out. When spring comes I'd think about re-potting them then.

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Hey SallyD, cheers for the advice. The problem is I am moving soon, and I would like to have them in individual pots to give to people as presents. I really should have repotted sooner. They still seem to be putting on growth now, so maybe if I am quick they will be okay. It wouldn't be o nice to give a cacti that is dying as a present to some one, so hopefully they turn out okay.

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Maybe if you have a heat mat or something you could put them on for a month or so after re-potting?

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That and some seaweed solution to help lessen the transplant shock might do the trick

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Tell them they can still come by to use the washing machine.

But i will second seasol, it has to be one of the most gentle things ever to use on cacti, i use it on YOUNG cacti with no problems at all...

nice phenotypes you have there... curious as to where the seed was sourced..

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cool, I can use the heater and stone bench as a heating mat and I have some organic liquid fertilizer around so will get on to this ASAP. just need to get some appropriate soil together - I am thinking coarse river sand, perlite and small amount of soil - does this sound okay?

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Family portrait, everyone has their own home now :)

Light is fading fast here so I am using a CFL to provide extra light, and heating from the bottom. Would a liquid fertilizer be appropriate for them now, or should that wait until they establish? And how moist should I keep the soil in these first few days after transferring?

Thanks again for all the tips.

and big thanks to Mutant for the TBM, ευχαριστίες

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Lookin good!

How many days ago did you seperate them?

I usually wait atleast 4-5 days after repotting, just incase you snapped or damaged any roots you wanna give them a wee bit of time to heal before adding any liquids - its pretty unlikely that watering sooner would actually cause rot, but its a good habit just to be safe.

After that you can give them a good drench with Seasol and you'll probably find they puff up quite a bit.

Tell them they can still come by to use the washing machine.

Too cute

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Lovely gift by the way. More people should have friends like you :)

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Tell them they can still come by to use the washing machine.

But i will second seasol, it has to be one of the most gentle things ever to use on cacti, i use it on YOUNG cacti with no problems at all...

nice phenotypes you have there... curious as to where the seed was sourced..

Seed was sourced from koehres: http://www.koehres-kaktus.de/shop/index.php/language/en and I just sent the remainder on to other members here.

My washing machine costs 20 euro cents for 29 minutes.

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Lookin good!

How many days ago did you seperate them?

I usually wait atleast 4-5 days after repotting, just incase you snapped or damaged any roots you wanna give them a wee bit of time to heal before adding any liquids - its pretty unlikely that watering sooner would actually cause rot, but its a good habit just to be safe.

After that you can give them a good drench with Seasol and you'll probably find they puff up quite a bit.

Separated them on Sunday. The soil, sand and perlite mix was slightly damp, now quite dry so hopefully the roots are okay. Will feed them some deutsch seasol equivalent mid week and report back, thanks for the tips.

Hey quixote, they are the first cacti seedlings I have grown - I would love to keep them but I think getting them to a good home so they can grow is more important, hence the gifts. If you are within throwing distance of central Germany you can have one!

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so the little guys/gals are doing pretty good. bottom heating and artificial light seems to have stopped them going into hibernation too soon and the seasol has given them a bit of a growth spurt.

thanks heaps for the tips! if I could send one of these to each of you I would, but I don't think they would survive both the journey and AQIS. hopefully their new owners here treat them well... god speed little guys!

time not important... only life :)

also I am not 100% sure if they really are pachanoi, as I had peruvianus seeds too... I just assumed they were pach's for some reason... is it possible to tell the difference at this early stage of development?

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Its too early to tell. They look like Peruvianus but at that age, most Trichos look very similar. What kind of seed is this? Köhres?

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yeah generic "T. peruvianus" from Köhres. they do seem like peru's to me, guess I will never know.

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