Interesting thread.
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Looks nice, but theres too many other factors to growing Copiapoa.
Areole fluff isn't a problem:)

ralphrmartin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:00 pm See my other thread about dusting your plants...

Personally, I've never bothered doing this ever, and my Copiapoas grow just fine

^ Agreed #1 Neoporteria paucicostata. Yes the offsets would reroot quite easily depending on your methods, but I personally wouldn't touch it if it was mine, they look good where they are, this is a big plant you don't see many at this size in collections, but it is really common. #2 Echinocactus gr...

... A few pictures of some of my Copiapoa megarhiza and Copiapoa megarhiza ssp. echinata. C.megarhiza doesn't vary that much for this Copiapoa species, only the spine colour, even when seed is collected from a single plant the seedlings can develope light to dark spines. The same can be seen with Co...

I hosepipe soaked my plants on the 14th,
but many are dry again already.

Really nice, the new offsetting plant looks awesome

I do this often with Copiapoa species. Chop them early to force clumping, rather than waiting many years

I've never grown any of these, but I love the look of the Notocactus scopa, looks awesome

Stuart wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:27 am Cactus seedlings seem to like growing in small clusters, I'd pot them into small clusters of three or four trying to keep them in clusters without too much root disturbance as they're split up.

Stuart

I also do exactly this, and its worked well for me.

Nice one