All looking very good

The Mammillaria hernandezii I got from you flowered

Winter bloomers yes I think almost all are . Pictures are somewhere on this website of many of them.

His lower body and roots were completely rotted." your potting mix might be wrong . I root cuttings on course sand with my regular potting mix below and do water the cutting even if they don't have roots . I use roottone powder or nothing on the cuttings. And Spike needs more light . If possibl...

is there a better organic medium than sphagnum? "

I use sandy desert soil at about 20% volume for cactus and 30% for mesembs.

Makes sure your Cat doesn't eat poisoned mice .

Yes hes funny , I also think his friend AL is pretty funny.

Do they need to be misted with water or leave the paper towels dry?"

Keep Dry and don't put them in Plastic bags , I don't even like seeds in plastic bags .

https://open.spotify.com/show/2zJDjluBz6qVCGrF1I8JhP

Podcast

Some modern rat poisons make the rats or mice super thirsty I wonder if that's why the little buggers ate the roots on your cactus ? I mostly have rat problems and use rat traps baited with anything that's hard to remove from the trap lever. "Does rat poison cause dehydration? When pets are exp...

I use 1/3 sand and 1/3 sandy soil from the desert and 1/3 dry stall pumice for mesembs , same for cactus but maybe less sandy soil for cactus . lava rock I have used with mixed results same with turface. Store bought soil also not very good results. Where you get the sandy soil is pretty important a...

Bare root the seedlings and wrap them in soft paper and put in a box and fill all empty space in the box with paper or foam pellets whatever is light.

If the box weights more than 10 Oz and you use stamps it will be returned by the post office .

Planted Mesemb seeds and had a little more germination than I planned on .. Lithops, Conophytums, Argyroderma. Upper middle conophytums upper left and right Lithops , lower left conophytums , middle Argyroderma and Lower right lithops . Some from my plants many sent to me by a friend in AZ . Have mo...

Winter growers nice time of the year in S CA . I just planted some Mesemb seeds 4 little pots one of Lithops brandbergensis, One of Conophytum maughanii and one of conophytum IDK my own seed one of Agyroderma and not sure which species . All germinated now to keep them going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw1j48GjFXo

interesting video someone even mentions Azomite .