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- Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:08 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Hybrids in or not?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3125
thanks for the replies guys. at first i was not picky but since the space will be limited soon, i like to build my collection by species but i cant resist the occasional hybrid :D one more question, do hybrid seeds produce plants that look the same as the parent hybrid and to all seeds from one pod ...
- Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:23 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Hybrids in or not?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3125
Hybrids in or not?
So generally if i like the way a cacti looks ill buy it but i have a question for the more seasoned collectors here. do you try to avoid hybrids and stick to collect by species for the most part? might be a weird questions but just curious.
- Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:28 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Astrophytum asterias question
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4050
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:52 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: echinocereus &co. before 90 days!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1131
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:36 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: Echinocereus 30 old days
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3001
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:25 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: my seed growing adventure
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2821
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:00 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: my seed growing adventure
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2821
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:42 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: my seed growing adventure
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2821
i guess i wont use the sand then. i will try to even out the soil as much as i can without packing it so there is no big holes for the seeds to fall into. once the seeds germinate i might use a thin layer of sand to support them. I'm scared a seed can fall upside down and sometimes they seem to have...
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:56 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: baby mesembs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1705
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:35 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: my seed growing adventure
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2821
thanks for the encouragement guys. I'm looking forward to this. its driving my girlfriend crazy though. for our anniversary i told her to surprise me with a bunch of seeds from succseed :D the reason i was thinking to use the sand is because the soil mix i have has some large perlite and I'm scared ...
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:47 am
- Forum: Grow - Trade List
- Topic: rules for trade of contraband species?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12617
im so disapointed to find out that Lophophora williamsii is illegal. i think its such a unique cacti i would have loved to grow one. is buying seeds illegal also? if cops were to see one growing under a light trough a window in my house, and he knew what it is, would i be in as much trouble as if he...
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:54 am
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: my seed growing adventure
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2821
my seed growing adventure
so i played around with seeds before but it was always a generic seed mix and i didn't care too much for them long term and one way or another they never got to grow well. it was a great learning experience and I'm ready to try some specific species that i wanted to add to my collection. i have a ge...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:41 am
- Forum: Grafting
- Topic: Ariocarpus hybrids
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6539
- Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:34 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Alcohol as a pesticide
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9611
- Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:59 am
- Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
- Topic: Questions about my cactus, it might be sick?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1855
imagine the root is pushing up against the bottom of the pot, its bent and its pushing up the entire cactus out of the pot and shifting it to one side. it would explain why you see the brown at the botom also. it looks like its part of the root to me because the cactus is also being pushed upwards. ...