Melocactus salvadorensis

[jp29]

Grown from seed and beginning to set cephaliums,



Growing in my current soilless medium consising of 60% Bach's Cactus Nursery mix plus 40% raw pumice (+/- ¼"/6.35mm).

Dan Bach's Cactus Nursery mix:

60% screened coarse and uniform (3/8"/9.53mm) horticultural pumice

20% high quality Canadian sphagnum peat moss

20% well composted shredded pine tree forest bark

Amendments (variable, based on producing growing medium that tests to pH 7.0):
Ground-up (pelletized) dolomitic limestone rock
Granular triple super-phosphate
Granular horticultural potassium
Osmocote encapsulated slow release fertilizer

(and in 6" round plastic pots)

James

[george76904]

Very nice! So how many years from seed to cephaliums?
Thanks,
Will

[jp29]

Very nice! So how many years from seed to cephaliums?
Thanks,
Will

Thanks Will -- I can't remember, but I forget so many things like dates and passage of time these days. Something like four years I think.

"There are three sure signs of growing old: the first is loss of memory -- I have forgotten the other two!"

James

[K.W.]

Very nice! So how many years from seed to cephaliums?
Thanks,
Will

Thanks Will -- I can't remember, but I forget so many things like dates and passage of time these days. Something like four years I think.

"There are three sure signs of growing old: the first is loss of memory -- I have forgotten the other two!"

James

Or six to eight years. . .

My dear friend James,

K.W.

[Ron43]

They look great James.

[george76904]

Be it 4 years or 8 they look great!

[jp29]

Very nice! So how many years from seed to cephaliums?
Thanks,
Will

Thanks Will -- I can't remember, but I forget so many things like dates and passage of time these days. Something like four years I think.

"There are three sure signs of growing old: the first is loss of memory -- I have forgotten the other two!"

James

Or six to eight years. . .

My dear friend James,

K.W.

Give or take some.

James

[jp29]

Thank you Will and Ron.

James

[Minime8484]

Those are really nice-looking Melos! Congrats on getting them to cephalium-size!