My Babies, and what to do now!

kari · Post by **kari** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:37 pm

Howdy y'all!

I need help on WHAT DO I DO NOW!?!?! So I can transplant these critters into pots.
Any help on IDs to genus (yeah, right) would be great, except the Opuntia are supposed to be santa-rita.

http://scorpionguide.com/babies.jpg
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kari

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:16 pm

Nice baby's Kari
I know nothing about cacti seedlings

good luck with them.

Bob

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:45 am

Oh, there so cute. So what are they--boys or girls

Wish I could offer advice but I've yet to try propragating seeds. You'll like the santa rita. I added Opuntia violacea var. santa rita and Opuntia violacea var. macrocentra (black-spine prickly pear) to my collection as cuttings last year $\:D/$

Bill

Post by **daiv** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:37 am

Kari,
I suppose you can transplant them, but I would let them continue to grow since there is plenty of room around them.

If someone can ID them at that stage, then we have a TRUE Cacti Guru.

amoung us.

Daiv

monrad · Post by **monrad** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:22 pm

Kari,

Isn't it fun to watch those puppies pop out of the soil? Your's look great! Growing a batch of cactus from seed is one of the neatest things I've done in a while. My wife thinks I need to get a life

. The only problem is how slowly they grow. I just want to see them much bigger. I planted another batch of some seeds a while back of cold hardy cactus and none have sprouted yet. About 100 plus seed. I am very frusrated since my other seeds sprouted so well. I have them outside hoping the cold nights and warm days will help.

Good luck with yours.

Mark