My sowing diary.

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Pricky
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My sowing diary.

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I open this post to share my sowings.
I'm kinda bad at growing cacti and succulents from seeds. Hopefully this year I will be more successful. :D :D
Pricky
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Euphorbia obesa (sown 20/06/17)
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Carnagea gigantea (29/06/17)
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Lophophora williamsii (29/06/17) they don't look good
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Frailea cataphracta(16/09/17)
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Thelocactus nidulans(16/09/17)
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Dioscorea elephantipes(11/10 17)-five seedlings
these are growing well and the caudexes are already pretty big.
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ElieEstephane
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Good progress!
There are more cacti in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the few cactus lovers in Lebanon (zone 11a) :mrgreen:
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Vipassana
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I am particularly jealous of the Euphorbia obesa and Lophophora. Well done.
Pricky
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New seedlings out of the bag:

Turbinicarpus lophophoroides sown 19 11 17
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Pricky
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Today I re potted the Dioscoreas... they had no more space!
The biggest is larger than a 2 euro coins.
I hope they will keep growing as good after the repotting!
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ElieEstephane wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:49 pm Good progress!
Vipassana wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 9:14 pm I am particularly jealous of the Euphorbia obesa and Lophophora. Well done.
Thank you!
Hassan Aftab
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Where did you bought the seeds.
I mean dioscorea elephantespis.
theJrnyconts
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Are you dates when you sowed them or when they germinated? I ask because my Carnegiea gigantea are only six months old and your picture shows them being about 1/3 smaller than mine.
TheChinski
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theJrnyconts wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:50 pm Are you dates when you sowed them or when they germinated? I ask because my Carnegiea gigantea are only six months old and your picture shows them being about 1/3 smaller than mine.
My C.gigantea are comparable size for the age as Pricky, I would be very impressed for 3 times that size in only 6 months, are you positive of their source? If so, then you must share your technique since it clearly works well!
theJrnyconts
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I have bought my seeds from Mesa Garden. All I do is put them in a closed container with lots of light on a heat mat and wait until I see they stop growing fast. Then I slowly introduce them to open air. Then I water them about once a week, or when the soil is dry. I haven't looked at them for a while so I don't know if they have grown much recently.
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