Hi With a huge excitement I'd like to start my sowing adventures and share them with you :) I started sowing cacti 8 years ago. Unfortunatelly, lots of things happened since then, I moved out and didn't have any conditions for the seedings, then moved out to another country, so I stopped sowing cact...

Spikylover wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:10 am 1 and 3 are zeilmanniana.
2 is bocasana.
4 is prolifera
5 is backerbegiana
6 is heyderi ish

Rachel

A big big thank you for your help!!!

I went to the shop and found a whole tray of mammillarias in bloom. I just couldn't leave them there :) M. number 1 IMG_20190312_111927 (1).jpg M. number 2 - bocasana ??? IMG_20190312_111859.jpg M. number 3 - zeilmanniana ??? IMG_20190312_111940.jpg M. number 4 - prolifera ??? IMG_20190312_111844.jp...

Aiko wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2019 1:13 pm I would advise to repeat the process, until the flowers have wilted. There is no guarantee they will be pollinated after just one try. Age of flowers could make a difference.

Thank you, I will definitely do that!

Hi So yesterday I walked into the store and found the whole tray of mammillarias in bloom. I decided to buy 4 of them just to try pollinating them. I've never done that but I love sowing cacti so it would be even more exciting to sow the seeds from my own garden :D I took a small brush and pollinate...