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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:33 am
by cactoman
OK...have been soaking a sample of my older seeds since Sunday night...they floated when I put them in, but now have all sunk to the bottom of the container...will be planting them up tonight and see what happens...
Regards,
Ed J
the CACTOMAN
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:31 am
by cactoman
Well.soaked, sunken seeds planted in sterilized soil tonite...wish me luck!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:05 pm
by iann
About 2/10 seems to be par for me. Here's two from Inyo co.
Don't be surprised if nothing comes up. Here is a pot of the supposedly easier var xeranthmoides drying out for another go in a few weeks. This seed is possibly too fresh.
And here is E. parryi where nearly every seed came up.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:31 pm
by Jens
Beautiful E. parryi seedlings Ian !
Have you noticed the number of posts you put ?
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:35 pm
by iann
It says 10,001. Is that a special number in Germany?
I think I need to get out more
yeah
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:56 pm
by promethean_spark
I got 3/10 on E. xeranthemoides, but also nearly 100% on E. parryi. Some Echinocactus are easy, so we can't expect frustration from all of them, though E. parryi seems kind of slow.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:24 pm
by iann
My previous attempt with var xeranthmoides sprouted very well. My database says 20 seeds but I have about 20 seedlings so there may have been more than that. Here's half of them.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:02 pm
by peterb
I've had nearly 100% on Meadview intermediates between polycephalus and xeranthemoides from habitat seed collected a few months earlier, so fresh seed seems good on at least some of these guys.
peterb
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:29 am
by cactoman
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:09 pm
by iann
Do you know where your seeds came from?
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:41 pm
by cactoman
I gathered them from plants on a hill above the casino in Primm, NV (CA-NV Stateline)in 2002.
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:24 pm
by iann
Sounds like I should store my Marble Canyon seeds for another 8 years then
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:38 pm
by TimN
iann wrote:
If you squint, this picture looks like some bizarre full-sized landscape. The moss is like grass/ground plants and the seedlings surrounded by "boulders" are weird trees.
Great picture!
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:32 pm
by PapaBearJay
Tim, I had been thinking the same thing for the longest time, great minds really do think alike.
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:01 am
by Peterthecactusguy
hmm those are some neat seedlings Ian.
good luck Cactoman with yours!
this week I will start mine. I know I have said this before but probably tom or the next day. I wont have any trouble keeping mine warm either !