A passion to sow
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Re: A passion to sow
David; You can usually buy it from aquarium supply shops, and some garden centres sell it in larger grit size for top dressing pots etc.
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Re: A passion to sow
Much as the plants are wonderful, and it's great to see them, it's hardly surprising to see Mexican plants being grown well in their native Mexico is it?
The equivalent is a UK grower showing off some fine specimens of dandelions or the like, would the OP be impressed with that? I doubt it!
The equivalent is a UK grower showing off some fine specimens of dandelions or the like, would the OP be impressed with that? I doubt it!
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Re: A passion to sow
Gerald, you obviously do not have a clue how these plants grow in Mexico, if you compare them to dandelions.
Lifer, wonderful plants and photos, well done.
Lifer, wonderful plants and photos, well done.
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Re: A passion to sow
So you're saying that a grower in Mexico faces the same challenges for growing cacti as you do in Scotland?
You don't think it might be slightly easier perhaps?
You don't think it might be slightly easier perhaps?
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Re: A passion to sow
I'm sure growing Mexican cacti is easier in Mexico than the UK, but these seedlings look very healthy and well grown, and I'm sure are considerably larger than they would be at the same age growing in the wild.gerald wrote:So you're saying that a grower in Mexico faces the same challenges for growing cacti as you do in Scotland?
You don't think it might be slightly easier perhaps?
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Re: A passion to sow
It wasn´t really easy for me growing stuff. Took me months find the red lava, to use in my substrate and have better results, before I bought pumice in USA and aquarium graven in Central México, very hard to find stuff in North Mexico, and only a few grower cactus to find something interesting. In South and Central Mexico have better stuff to use as substrate. The desert soil here have very low quality and very contaminated, unfortunalety, we have so many issues with the trash, for that reason I only use them in cactus who live at this zone. I started on this with the lithops. But the very good thing is the climate, cold winter is good to enhanced the flower production and no more than 25 rain days around the year
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Re: A passion to sow
Epithelantha micromeris, now with 20 months old
Someone have used the opuntia cacanapa as stock? I need one stock who tolerate moderate frost. Im not looking speed growing, im want atural looking and increase the flower production to make more fruits. I had some issues with this one, but it was my fault. I don´t have experience in graft and the opuntia looks a little bit more difficult than others
Echinocactus parryi, 1 and half year old. 6 days old since the graft. Looks attached very well. The more recently graft
The first graft´s. Old photo, for the moment the plant is very soft, but are making new spines now
Someone have used the opuntia cacanapa as stock? I need one stock who tolerate moderate frost. Im not looking speed growing, im want atural looking and increase the flower production to make more fruits. I had some issues with this one, but it was my fault. I don´t have experience in graft and the opuntia looks a little bit more difficult than others
Echinocactus parryi, 1 and half year old. 6 days old since the graft. Looks attached very well. The more recently graft
The first graft´s. Old photo, for the moment the plant is very soft, but are making new spines now
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Re: A passion to sow
Your seedlings look very healthy well done.... do you only grow cactus or do you grow other Mexican plants?
Mexico has lots of interesting plants.
Mexico has lots of interesting plants.
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Re: A passion to sow
I have only a few sudamerican stuff. Not much species looks interesting for me, also more hard to find seeds. Also I have setiechinopsis and pygmaocereus to, I will post photos soon