I also had problems with sciarid fly larvae in June this year and lost a whole pot of Echinocereus seedlings to them. As a precaution I then sprayed all my seedlings with Provado, which seemed to deal with the fly larvae. Unfortunately the side effect was that virtually all my 2013 seedlings receive...

Welcome Lizzie. There is lots of knowledge among Forum members so you will get plenty of advice.

My pseudopectinatus is buding now, the weather is 8-15 ℃and very dry. Whether I need to stop water till their flowering finish? Or give a little water per week though they are flowering? Your post suggests that you are watering at present. My Turbinicarpus plants get no water at all between October...

Looks like a cross between bocasana and hahniana!

Welcome to the forum Michael.

Welcome to the forum, Adam. You've got some lovely plants and they appear to be in pretty good condition..

Jens wrote:How about growing Cintia knizei?

I love it - but I am a bit of a sucker for yellow flowered plants. Brilliant photo too, Jens.

There are loads of threads on this subject. Type "cactus compost" into the search box and you'll get plenty of ideas - not all consistent.

Conrad wrote:This is my first year growing from seed, this forum has taught me most of what i know!

Beginner's luck?!!

MikeT wrote:Euphorbia enopla? But there are some similar species e.g. E. ferox

Looks like enopla.