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Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:59 am
by Arjen
indeed! a lovely flower and great picture of it!

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:31 pm
by peterb
Echinofossulocactus anfractuosus
Echinofossulocactus anfractuosus
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Experimenting with the new tripod and the timer, taking some macro pics of seedlings at 1 month after sowing.

peterb

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:40 am
by CoronaCactus
You got that working right :)
The shine on the Peniocereus is great!

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:27 am
by peterb
Thanks man! Yeah, I had just sprayed. it's not always that wet.

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Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:04 pm
by RichR
Great looking seedlings, Peter. Do you have any tips for germinating austrocactus seeds? I got some from Mesa recently.

Also, at what age/size do you start separating seedlings into their own pots?

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:55 pm
by peterb
The Austrocactus was 2 out of 5 for me, under normal conditions. Moist, humid environment under the dome, 80 during the day and 68 or so at night. I would have preferred 5 out of 5 but I'll try to nurse these two up.

I usually don't separate seedlings until about 12-18 months, sometimes longer for the slow ones. It all depends on size and pot conditions and density.

peterb

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:41 pm
by TimN
Wonderful looking seedlings and great pictures! I find it tough to get good detail on seedlings.

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:08 pm
by peterb
Was out working on 2-5 year old seedlings today. It's so great when they finally start to develop some adult characteristics. Not to mention flower, which a few of them might do this year, from a few years ago.

Bunch of pics:

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:06 am
by Minime8484
Really nice seedlings! They all look so healthy!

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:50 pm
by peterb
Thanks Tristan. I love growing from seed. Some more general collection photos attached.

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:36 pm
by Harriet
Lovely collection. I envy you your talent with sowing cactus seeds. My luck in that area has been abysmal at best. I get a great crop of newborns that die from one affliction or another and break my heart in the process. So I keep telling myself three things: I am too old to see many of them grow large; if they all grew I would have to move them to much larger quarters; and, this forum is a great place to watch other folk's cacti grow.

Bottom line? Keep posting! I need thrills, even if they must be of the vicarious variety. :lol:

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:35 pm
by mughal113
Great work done Peterb. I'm really a fan of your skills.
That is a deadly red color fero, love it.

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:56 pm
by gemhunter178
Wow! Amazing color on those spines, just amazing! =D>

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:57 pm
by peterb
Harriet, the trick to the results I get from sowing seed is I just keep sowing. For every plant that makes it under my conditions, there's probably 50 that die. Maybe that's an exaggeration...not sure. I don't keep records because it's too depressing. :-) I do generally group seed sowing of various species in three categories: down cold, still learning and repeatedly fail. I have found too that if I can move a few of the "repeatedly fail" over to the "still learning categry," all is well.

Re: the super red spines on the fero, that's how it looks post watering. I love how water brings out spine colors.

peterb

Re: peterb's 2012

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:15 am
by Tony
There is nothing quite like a wet Ferocactus! 8)
Great looking seedlings.