larryfish Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 (edited) It's a good day. The lophophora seeds have germinated after a week, they are next to a window with bright indirect sunlight and led lights of a night. The plants belonged to a very dear friend, now free from this mortal coil, I miss him. It's nice to be able to germinate the seed, he would be stoked. I did not expect to get this far so any advice would be appreciated Edited October 16 by larryfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 withdrawl clinic Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 1, keep seeds always in the fridge. 2, sieve the top layer, of you seed germination mix. 3, never cover loph seeds with soil. 4, use only hydrophobic soil for lophs. 5, if obsessive, plant seeds with the white dot facing downwards, onto soil. 6, some people use a humidety dome for lophs, even for years after germinating (i would not). 7, learn to graft onto peres or pedro, lot's of info here on the sab forums!!😛 8, well come to sab! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 withdrawl clinic Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 (edited) i'm mildly dyslexic, so i'm worried now regarding no 5, maybe the white dot should face upwards. if any body knows for sure, tell us. there is a very old post about this, were an american member (a very famous cacti geek) let's us know this. he plants loph seeds with tweezers.... trout his name is late edit another thing i remember now as well is, if some seeds don't want to germinate, they at times benefit from being exposed to the sun for a few days. now this is not an easy operation (don't cook them in the coin bag), and i have never done this. people secure the coin bag at a bright spot.... fresh loph seed germinate often already after 3 days only, older seeds (and not kept in the butter compartment) take longer. i recently had given up on some seeds, and covered them with a thin layer of sieved mix, and they all came up after that. i did not use a dome, but using a dome helps germination. if you get lucky and you get an albino or varigated seedling, then the dome keeps them alive for longer, one has to graft them very soon or they die. Edited October 28 by withdrawl clinic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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It's a good day.
The lophophora seeds have germinated after a week, they are next to a window with bright indirect sunlight and led lights of a night.
The plants belonged to a very dear friend, now free from this mortal coil, I miss him. It's nice to be able to germinate the seed, he would be stoked.
I did not expect to get this far so any advice would be appreciated
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