Christer's seedlings 2008

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:04 am

ihc6480 wrote:Looking good Christer

Thanks Bill

By the way, do you have any luck in germinating opuntias? Any seed collection in your garden?

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:17 am

Christer Johansson wrote:
ihc6480 wrote:Looking good Christer
Thanks Bill By the way, do you have any luck in germinating opuntias? Any seed collection in your garden?

Oh, I've tried a couple times. Heres some O. pulchella that germinated in 3 days.

Another time I didn't have luck and dumbed the pot in my wifes flowerbed- 2 years later they started growing

I do collect most of the seed but I discard of them. With all the varieties I have the seeds would likely be just hybrids.

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:24 am

Fresh seed works very well, I guess

Anyway Bill, with all your plants you can just keep on "cloning" by grabbing some pads and put them in the soil

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:29 am

Yup, stick a pad in the dirt and have a new plant

Faster results than growing from seed

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:49 am

ihc6480 wrote:Yup, stick a pad in the dirt and have a new plant Faster results than growing from seed

Yes, actually, some of my seed growing are just to see how they look as seedlings

Here are some.

Astrophytum asterias

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:55 am

And some more Echinopsis...

Echinopsis famatimensis ´L. bonniae´ Kuhas 96 and Echinopsis calorubra JK 149

Not so good germination

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:19 am

Great seedlings Christer. They all look good.

Mark

Lewis_cacti · Post by **Lewis_cacti** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:29 am

hi Christer, nice seedlings you have there.

How old are the a. asterias seedlings? I sowed some asterias seed last week and now i have some tiny green blobs in the pot.

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:04 pm

Lewis_cacti wrote:hi Christer, nice seedlings you have there. How old are the a. asterias seedlings? I sowed some asterias seed last week and now i have some tiny green blobs in the pot.

Thanks Lewis

The A. asterias are in a 7 cm pot and they are 4 month old.

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:05 pm

And of course there are some Copiapoa

Copiapoa esmeraldana FR 1457

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:59 pm

Cool!
I have been looking for a plant or seeds of Copiapoa esmeraldana.
Did you get those seeds from Succseed?

Christer Johansson · Post by **Christer Johansson** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:26 pm

CoronaCactus wrote:
Did you get those seeds from Succseed?

Yes, those seeds are from Succseed, well, all of them actually