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Just finished sowing for the season: http://imgur.com/a/wdoX6!

Here's the taxa I sowed:
Acharagma aguirreanum
Adenium arabicum 'shaba'
Agave colorata
Aloe branddraaiensis H 6112
Aloe brevifolia
Aloe descoingsii augustina
Aloe melanacantha
Aloe ramosissima
Aloe striata
Aloe tomentosa
Aloe vaombe
Anacampseros albissima SB 809
Anacampseros baeseckei DT 2472
Anacampseros baeseckei CM 223
Anacampseros baeseckei DT 4185
Anacampseros herreana SB 1022
Ariocarpus hybrid
Ariocarpus retusus
Ariocarpus retusus ssp. retusus
Ariocarpus retusus var. furfuraceus
Armatocereus giganteus KK 221
Arrojadoa marylanae
Astrophytum asterias L 1016
Astrophytum capricorne
Astrophytum capricorne SB 331
Astrophytum capricorne var. minor SB 323
Astrophytum capricorne var. minor SB 1171
Astrophytum capricorne var. niveum SB 1158
Astrophytum capricorne var. niveum SB 1948
Astrophytum caput-medusae
Astrophytum caput-medusae PP 1569
Astrophytum coahuilense SB 1474
Astrophytum myriostigma
Astrophytum myriostigma SB 262
Astrophytum myriostigma SB 264
Astrophytum myriostigma var. columnare SB 340
Astrophytum myriostigma var. strongylogonum GL 652
Astrophytum myriostigma var. strongylogonum KKR 100
Astrophytum myriostigma var. strongylogonum SB 126
Astrophytum myriostigma var. strongylogonum SB 1167
Astrophytum ornatum SB 127
Astrophytum ornatum SB 1058
Austrocactus bertinii JPR 66-151
Browningia candelaris OST 85108
Browningia hertlingiana KK 1062
Cereus aethiops VoS 13-1503
Cereus hankeanus LB 4970
Cipocereus bradei HU 143
Cleistocactus acanthurus ssp. acanthurus KK 452
Coleocephalocereus aureus HU 116
Coleocephalocereus aureus ssp. brevicylindricus HU 167
Coleocephalocereus aureus ssp. brevicylindrus var. longispinus HU 167a
Coleocephalocereus goebelianus HU 150
Coryphantha salinensis
Coryphantha salinensis
Crassula columnaris
Cylindropuntia imbricata SB 99
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia whipplei DJF 1217.24
Cylindropuntia whipplei SB 1813
Cylindropuntia X viridiflora SB 957
Discocactus catingicola HU 448
Discocactus hartmannii var. magnimammus HU 324
Discocactus placentiformis var. pulvinicapitatus HU 425
Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii
Echinocereus brandegeei
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Echinocereus nicholii RP 73
Echinocereus nicholii SB 1933
Echinocereus nivosus SB 290
Echinocereus nivosus
Echinocereus pectinatus ssp. ctenoides SB 1094
Echinocereus pentalophus
Echinocereus pentalophus ssp. procumbens SB 1083
Echinocereus poselgeri RH 119
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Echinocereus reichenbachii SB 941
Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. armatus
Echinocereus rigidissimus ssp. rubispinus
Echinocereus russanthus var. vulpis-cauda
Echinocereus viridiflorus var. canus
Echinopsis chiloensis ssp. skottsbergii JN 379
Echinopsis famatimensis FR 459
Echinopsis famatimensis FR 459
Echinopsis mirabilis
Echinopsis mirabilis
Echinopsis pachanoi KK 339
Echinopsis pachanoi OST 90641
Echinopsis peruviana KK 2148
Echinopsis peruviana KK 1689
Echinopsis walteri R 709
Eriosyce chilensis WJ 298
Eriosyce chilensis FK 3
Eriosyce chilensis FK 3
Eriosyce chilensis var. albidiflora WJ 200
Eriosyce chilensis var. albidiflora FK 192
Eriosyce esmeraldana FK 437
Eriosyce esmeraldana FK 506
Eriosyce esmeraldana WM 257
Eriosyce esmeraldana WM 014A
Eriosyce esmeraldana WM 014
Eriosyce laui
Eriosyce villicumensis JB 13
Escobaria minima SB 423
Escobaria zilziana
Escobaria tuberculosa
Eulychnia breviflora PV 2386
Eulychnia breviflora PV 2429
Eulychnia breviflora PV 2386
Euphorbia enopla
Euphorbia ferox
Euphorbia obesa
Facheiroa ulei HU 265
Ferocactus schwarzii
Ferocactus wislizeni f. flavispinus
Fouquieria columnaris
Frailea atrobella VoS 322
Frailea buenekeri var. gemmrichii WG 116
Frailea castanea PR 52
Frailea castanea KH 604
Frailea castanea WG 143
Frailea cataphracta HU 192
Frailea mammifera Gf 223
Frailea mammifera var. minima PR 536
Frailea phaeodisca Gf 1524
Frailea pygmaea ssp. pygmaea HU 66
Gymnocalycium albiareolatum WR 716
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum P 220
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum LB 1296
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum LB 1297
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum LF 32a
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum MM 1625
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum TOM 134.1
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum VS 59
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum WR 716
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum var. ramosum LF 32
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum var. ramosum BKS 50/3
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum var. ramosum BKS 93/50/2
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum var. ramosum LF 32
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum var. ramosum STO 864
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum var. ramosum TOM 537.1
Gymnocalycium alboareolatum var. ramosum VS 58
Gymnocalycium bayrianum
Gymnocalycium berchtii VS 161
Gymnocalycium berchtii MT 07-150
Gymnocalycium berchtii Tom 07-229/1
Gymnocalycium eurypleurum
Gymnocalycium ferocior STO 9x-1365
Gymnocalycium ferocior STO 94-866/1
Gymnocalycium ferocior STO 92-498/1
Gymnocalycium friedlii JPR 92-76/166
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var friedrichii f. albiflorum WO 83
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii VoS 01-18
Gymnocalycium mostii MT 07-221
Gymnocalycium mostii WP 95-241/760
Gymnocalycium mostii VS 141
Gymnocalycium mucidum SL 23b
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi GN 77
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi VS 8
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi GN 77/356
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi GN 89-77/363
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi GN 77-186
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi HV 1471
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi LB 289
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi LF 10
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi STO 92-541/1
Gymnocalycium neuhuberi VS 7
Gymnocalycium ochoterenae ssp. vatteri
Gymnocalycium ragonesei L 472
Gymnocalycium ragonesei P 18
Gymnocalycium ragonesei VS 136
Gymnocalycium ragonesei P 18
Gymnocalycium ragonesei HV 888
Gymnocalycium ritterianum
Gymnocalycium saglionis
Gymnocalycium spegazzinii STO 88-140/1
Gymnocalycium stellatum
Haageocereus acranthus ssp. acranthus OST 86525
Haageocereus maritimus KK 1105
Haageocereus pacalaensis
Haageocereus pacalaensis CS 319
Haageocereus pseudomelanostele OST 84243
Haageocereus versicolor var. catacanthus KK 317
Harrisia martinii RH4359b
Harrisia pomanensis VoS 14-1540
Harrisia pomanensis ssp. bonplandii DJF 438
Harrisia pomanensis ssp. bonplandii MN 71
Haworthia capillaris
Haworthia truncata GM 313
Lapidaria margaretae SH 588
Lapidaria margaretae SB 1798
Lapidaria margaretae SB 2174
Lapidaria margaretae CM 61
Leuchtenbergia principis SB 566
Lithops dorotheae C 124
Lithops optica cv. 'Rubra' C 81A
Lithops optica cv. 'Rubra' C 287
Lysiloma watsonii
Maihuenia patagonica DJF 202
Maihueniopsis glomerata DJF 455
Maihueniopsis glomerata LB 4836
Maihueniopsis glomerata LB 4810
Maihueniopsis glomerata 'russellii' DJF 181
Mammillaria anniana L 1332
Mammillaria bombycina ssp. perezdelarosae Rog 173
Mammillaria carmenae
Mammillaria carmenae L 1223
Mammillaria crucigera L 65
Mammillaria dixanthocentron
Mammillaria duoformis
Mammillaria duwei
Mammillaria duwei P 301
Mammillaria duwei MZ 707
Mammillaria elongata
Mammillaria fittkaui ssp. limonensis
Mammillaria fittkaui ssp. limonensis
Mammillaria formosa ssp. pseudocrucigera
Mammillaria glochidiata var. xiloensis ML 45
Mammillaria grahamii
Mammillaria grusonii
Mammillaria herrerae
Mammillaria humboldtii
Mammillaria humboldtii
Mammillaria humboldtii PP 206
Mammillaria hutchisoniana ssp. louisae SB 1899
Mammillaria insularis
Mammillaria laui L 1224
Mammillaria laui ssp. dasyacantha L 1219
Mammillaria laui var. subducta
Mammillaria magnimamma
Mammillaria manana TL 877
Mammillaria marcosii
Mammillaria marcosii MH
Mammillaria moelleriana VM 168
Mammillaria mystax
Mammillaria pectinifera
Mammillaria pectinifera
Mammillaria pennispinosa SB 1061
Mammillaria pennispinosa var. nazasensis SB 489
Mammillaria perezdelarosae
Mammillaria poselgeri
Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae
Mammillaria schumannii
Mammillaria schumannii LH 280
Mammillaria schwarzii
Mammillaria schwarzii MKR 306
Mammillaria sempervivi
Mammillaria sp. MMR
Mammillaria spinosissima f. red-rusty spines SL
Mammillaria theresae
Matucana aureiflora KK 777
Matucana huagalensis
Matucana huagalensis KK 773
Matucana madisoniorum L 106
Matucana madisoniorum var. asterium KK 1766
Matucana madisoniorum var. horridispinum KK 537
Matucana ritteri FR 299
Melocactus braunii
Melocactus brederooianus
Melocactus brederooianus HU 607
Melocactus conoideus
Melocactus conoideus
Melocactus conoideus HU 183
Melocactus conoideus HU 183
Melocactus conoideus 'conquistaensis' HU 183
Melocactus curvispinus ssp. caesius
Micranthocereus flaviflorus HU 221
Micranthocereus purpureus HU 133
Micranthocereus streckeri HU 908
Momordica charantia
Momordica rostrata
Monilaria obconica SH 1346
Myrtillocactus eichlamii
Neowerdermannia chilensis KK 1134
Neowerdermannia chilensis KK 2048
Obregonia denegrii
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia galapageia var. galapageia
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea SB 1422
Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha SB 589
Opuntia elatior
Oreocereus celsianus VoS 14-1629
Oreocereus celsianus LB 5060
Oreocereus celsianus LB 5092
Oreocereus celsianus LB 5112
Oreocereus celsianus LB 5171
Oreocereus celsianus LF 1266
Oreocereus celsianus LF 1270
Oreocereus celsianus LF 1325
Oreocereus celsianus LB 4819
Oreocereus celsianus LB 4812
Oreocereus celsianus LB 4811
Oreocereus doelzianus L 204
Oreocereus hempelianus KK 1703
Oreocereus hempelianus KK 533
Oreocereus hempelianus KK 659
Oreocereus trollii KK 877
Oreocereus trollii LB 4793
Pachypodium densiflorum
Pachypodium geayi
Pachypodium lamerei
Pachypodium lamerei var. ramosum
Pachypodium rosulatum
Pachypodium saundersii
Parodia arnostiana HU 823
Parodia crassigibba FR 1394
Parodia crassigibba ssp. uebelmanniana HU 78
Parodia crassigibba ssp. uebelmanniana var. flaviflorus HU 81
Parodia herteri WR 361
Parodia herteri HU 20
Parodia herteri 'rubriflora'
Parodia maassii LH 502
Parodia magnifica FR 1270
Parodia mammulosa
Parodia neohorstii var. prestlei KVV 1058
Parodia nivosa BKN 114
Parodia nivosa SE 46
Pediocactus knowltonii SB 304
Peniocereus greggii
Peniocereus greggii RAR 11
Peniocereus maculatus
Pilosocereus albisummus CS 140
Pilosocereus aurisetus ssp. aurilanatus HU 144
Pilosocereus aurisetus ssp. aurisetus HU 103
Pilosocereus aurisetus ssp. aurisetus HU 103
Pilosocereus azulensis
Pilosocereus catingicola ssp. salvadorensis CS 149
Pilosocereus catingicola ssp. salvadoriensis CS 149
Pilosocereus crassipetalus HU 169
Pilosocereus fulvilanatus HU 277
Pilosocereus glaucescens HU 272
Pilosocereus gounellei HU 126
Pilosocereus gounellei CS 128
Pilosocereus magnificus HU 224
Pilosocereus pachycladus HU 254
Pilosocereus pachycladus CS 131
Pilosocereus pachycladus ssp. pachycladus HU 327
Pilosocereus pachycladus ssp. pachycladus HU 117
Pilosocereus pachycladus ssp. pernambucoensis CS 154
Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus HU 121
Pilosocereus roseana HU 460
Rauhia peruviana
Rauhia peruviana
Rebutia canigueralii KP 23
Rebutia fiebrigii WR 784
Rebutia heliosa WR 314
Rebutia mentosa KK 1206
Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides
Schizobasis intricata
Sclerocactus brevispinus SB 1743
Sedum hintonii
Selenicereus grandiflorus ssp. grandiflorus L 1285
Selenicereus grandiflorus ssp. grandiflorus L 1285
Stenocactus crispatus SB 438
Stenocactus phyllacanthus MZ 709
Stenocactus phyllacanthus CH 398
Stenocactus sp. VZD 151
Stephanocereus leucostele HU 120
Stephanocereus luetzelburgii HU 136
Tacinga inamoena cv. 'Marlon's Dwarf'
Thelocactus conothelos ssp. conothelos
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus
Trichodiadema stellatum SB 1217
Turbinicarpus alonsoi
Turbinicarpus alonsoi MZ 877
Turbinicarpus beguinii ssp. hintoniorum
Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus
Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus
Turbinicarpus hoferi HO 434
Turbinicarpus hoferi
Turbinicarpus horripilus
Turbinicarpus horripilus SB 168
Turbinicarpus laui L 1111
Turbinicarpus laui RS 660
Turbinicarpus laui RS 649
Turbinicarpus laui RS 628
Turbinicarpus saueri ssp. nelissae
Turbinicarpus saueri ssp. nelissae
Turbinicarpus swobodae L 1499
Turbinicarpus viereckii ssp. major L 730
Tylecodon grandiflorum
Tylecodon luteo-squamata
Tylecodon paniculata
Tylecodon pygmaeus
Uebelmannia buiningii HU 141
Uebelmannia pectinifera HU 106
Uebelmannia pectinifera ssp. flavispina HU 361
Uebelmannia pectinifera var. multicostata HU 362
Weberbauerocereus cephalomacrostibas
Weberbauerocereus winterianus KK 1215
Weberbauerocereus winterianus KK 1215
X Espostocactus mirabilis KK 300
Yucca X schottii
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If anyone wants a diary on specific taxa, let me know!
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How many pots did you use ? :D
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keith wrote:How many pots did you use ? :D
Got a box of 240 deli cups and it's almost empty! I was a little worried near the end since I didn't do a full count before sowing.
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I used to use small plastic food cups for starting cactus I think they were Italian ices cups, then I would punch holes
in them. Now I just buy plastic pots on Ebay , I got lazy. Was this a Mesa gardens seed order ?
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keith wrote:I used to use small plastic food cups for starting cactus I think they were Italian ices cups, then I would punch holes
in them. Now I just buy plastic pots on Ebay , I got lazy. Was this a Mesa gardens seed order ?
I didn't punch holes in them - assuming the amount of air seeping in through the lid is sufficient..

The seeds came mostly from Mesa Garden, Piltz, Koehres, Uhlig, SuccSeed, Haage, Joel Lode, ADBLPS, some seed gifts, my own harvest, Bercht, Succulenta, and Kaktusy Nechvil.
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Holes are needed for drainage, not for air. Drain holes aren't needed in the early seedling stage, when you're keeping the pots constantly damp, but are needed later when the seedlings are ready for normal watering. You'll need to transplant the seedlings sooner if they're in undrained containers. Matter of personal preference, really.
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greenknight wrote:Holes are needed for drainage, not for air. Drain holes aren't needed in the early seedling stage, when you're keeping the pots constantly damp, but are needed later when the seedlings are ready for normal watering. You'll need to transplant the seedlings sooner if they're in undrained containers. Matter of personal preference, really.
Absolutely! They'll be easy enough to get holes into + the substrate is 90% mineral, river chat and decomposed granite.
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Michiel I'm very impressed with the number of taxa sowed!
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mdpillet wrote: Absolutely! They'll be easy enough to get holes into + the substrate is 90% mineral, river chat and decomposed granite.
Yes, pretty easy to poke holes in a deli cup. Some start seedlings in glass jars, though - you don't absolutely have to have drain holes.
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mdpillet wrote:If anyone wants a diary on specific taxa, let me know!
Hi Michiel, I'm going to sow Pachypodium rosulatum and Adenium arabicum 'Shaba' this weekend. So if you could, please tell me something about your experience with them.
I've sowed P. horombense and it has been an easy and rewarding plant. Seeds on warm water for 24h before sowing and it worked out. Any additional tip? Do you have some pictures?
Thanks
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mmcavall wrote:
mdpillet wrote:If anyone wants a diary on specific taxa, let me know!
Hi Michiel, I'm going to sow Pachypodium rosulatum and Adenium arabicum 'Shaba' this weekend. So if you could, please tell me something about your experience with them.
I've sowed P. horombense and it has been an easy and rewarding plant. Seeds on warm water for 24h before sowing and it worked out. Any additional tip? Do you have some pictures?
Thanks
Both very simple. I kept them covered for about a week until germination was complete. No soaking is required. They're about three weeks old in the pictures. Not the best pictures, but here you go:

Adenium obesum
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Pachypodium rosulatum (with the very light seedling)
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mdpillet wrote:
Both very simple. I kept them covered for about a week until germination was complete. No soaking is required.
Thanks Michiel. I've just opened the envelope of Adenium seeds. They are pretty big, banana shaped...do I need to open the "bananas" or just put them in the soil? How deep?

Thanks again, nice seedlings
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mmcavall wrote:
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Both very simple. I kept them covered for about a week until germination was complete. No soaking is required.
Thanks Michiel. I've just opened the envelope of Adenium seeds. They are pretty big, banana shaped...do I need to open the "bananas" or just put them in the soil? How deep?

Thanks again, nice seedlings
Just put them on top of the soil. I rarely if ever cover any seeds. This year I covered exactly two species, Erythrina flabelliformis and Yucca x schottii.
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Don't peel the 'banana'. Just push the entire seed in the soil, in such a way you can stil see a little bit of it. That way the seed is in contact with moist from almost all sides, and should have no problem germinating. You can do this with all seeds bigger the size of a poppy seed and bigger.
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