My greenhouse and plants
- mmcavall
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Re: My greenhouse and plants
Some recent flowers...
Turbi jauernigii
Turbi lophophoroides
Parodia mairanana
Parodia haselbergii
Turbi viereckii
Matucana madisoniorum
Turbi jauernigii
Turbi lophophoroides
Parodia mairanana
Parodia haselbergii
Turbi viereckii
Matucana madisoniorum
Re: My greenhouse and plants
Love all the Mexican miniatures.
Re: My greenhouse and plants
Wow you grow all those little Mexican cactus from seeds ? I see your 2 Mammillaria pectinifera very healthy looking.
- mmcavall
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Re: My greenhouse and plants
They are easy for me as all other Mammillarias. Maybe is my climate that helps. No real cold here. Winter is dry and I dont give them water, but it is not really cold. Apparently this help them grow. I have already sowed two batches of M. pectinifera. Bag method etc... no special treatment. But in the first repot they are transfered to a pure grit mix (grit, charcoal and diatomite). Maybe this helps also. They seem to like this mix, as all other mexican species. Depending on the species I add a calcareous rock in the mix. Never add soil or sand.
Re: My greenhouse and plants
They all look very good. If no soil you use fertilizer ? I mostly grow the Mexican miniatures also. There are so many different species from Mexico with amazing variety . Plus new rare discoveries even now .
- mmcavall
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Hi Keith, thank you.
Yes I use a solution of very diluted fertilizer (have to check the formulae but is something like NPK 12-25-25 plus micros).
I use this solution during the 6 hot months of the year.
Almost every watering is with this solution and sometimes pure water to wash down any excess that may accumulate.
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Re: My greenhouse and plants
I am interested in what you are using too. What dilution rate? NPK is that USA N-P2O5-K2O? or something else? Learned that here that different countries use different labels.mmcavall wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 5:59 pmHi Keith, thank you.
Yes I use a solution of very diluted fertilizer (have to check the formulae but is something like NPK 12-25-25 plus micros).
I use this solution during the 6 hot months of the year.
Almost every watering is with this solution and sometimes pure water to wash down any excess that may accumulate.
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
- mmcavall
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Re: My greenhouse and plants
Hi Jerry, thanks for your interest. I'll search for the complete information and come back here...jerrytheplater wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 6:43 pmI am interested in what you are using too. What dilution rate? NPK is that USA N-P2O5-K2O? or something else? Learned that here that different countries use different labels.mmcavall wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 5:59 pmHi Keith, thank you.
Yes I use a solution of very diluted fertilizer (have to check the formulae but is something like NPK 12-25-25 plus micros).
I use this solution during the 6 hot months of the year.
Almost every watering is with this solution and sometimes pure water to wash down any excess that may accumulate.
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Even I am interested to know about itmmcavall wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 11:27 pmHi Jerry, thanks for your interest. I'll search for the complete information and come back here...jerrytheplater wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 6:43 pmI am interested in what you are using too. What dilution rate? NPK is that USA N-P2O5-K2O? or something else? Learned that here that different countries use different labels.mmcavall wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 5:59 pm
Hi Keith, thank you.
Yes I use a solution of very diluted fertilizer (have to check the formulae but is something like NPK 12-25-25 plus micros).
I use this solution during the 6 hot months of the year.
Almost every watering is with this solution and sometimes pure water to wash down any excess that may accumulate.
Tropical weather, no winters!
Re: My greenhouse and plants
Back in your Nov 2016 pics, you have a Pilosocereus pachycladus mistakenly labeled as Pachycereus pachycladus. Your plants must look great now 5 years later. Some pics?
Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
Shmuel
Jerusalem Israel
Zone 9
Amazing plants, amazing form, amazing flowers...
Amazing cacti!
Amazing cacti!
- mmcavall
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Re: My greenhouse and plants
Yes, sure, thanks for the correction, it is for sure a Pilosocereus.
In fact I have 3 different Pilosocereus that I would call pachycladus...maybe they are not all of the same species...
Pictures soon.
Thanks!
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Re: My greenhouse and plants
I found both of these Matucana madisoniorum sitting amongst a tray of gymno's at a home depot. At the time they were spineless, but I knew they were not gymno's. 6 month later the long black spines and flowers like yours. They have almost doubled in size since I acquired them.
Mike The Cactus Guy
Enjoying the Spines
Enjoying the Spines
Re: My greenhouse and plants
Mmcavall; I started reading your blog from the beginning, you really have a lot of beautiful plants ! But what really caught my attention was the miniature landscapes you created in various pots/containers! Very , very nice with few and ‘simple’ materials! You certainly have an eye for it and understands that quite often; ‘less is more’ It really added an extra dimension to the collection.
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Thank you Mike for sharing, nice Matucana you havemikethecactusguy wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:48 pm I found both of these Matucana madisoniorum sitting amongst a tray of gymno's at a home depot. At the time they were spineless, but I knew they were not gymno's. 6 month later the long black spines and flowers like yours. They have almost doubled in size since I acquired them.
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