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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:38 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Pest control
- Replies: 60
- Views: 4271
Re: Pest control
I've seen the odd tiny mealy adult as well. I assumed this was that they were just under stress.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:30 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: First flowers of the year
- Replies: 15
- Views: 703
Re: First flowers of the year
It does seem to be one or other of the true Rebutia that flower first. I've got a R. minuscula indoors that is flowering now. The rest generally follow on a couple of weeks later. I grow these plants where they only get modest amounts of sun- they flower well but spination does not look anything lik...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:37 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Chamaelobivia 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 163
Re: Chamaelobivia 2024
That's quite a display you are getting indoors.
Do you give a cold rest or stop watering over the winter to trigger flowering?
Do you give a cold rest or stop watering over the winter to trigger flowering?
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Sulcorebutia crispata seed germination
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3625
Re: Sulcorebutia crispata seed germination
I let the temperature drop ~10oC at night, so it goes much lower than 15oC at night.
I have my seedlings indoors so this is relatively easy to achieve.
I have my seedlings indoors so this is relatively easy to achieve.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Seed raising compost
- Replies: 10
- Views: 471
Re: Seed raising compost
Eric, what do you find tricky with the Succseed site?
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: First flowers of the year
- Replies: 15
- Views: 703
Re: First flowers of the year
Is it R.marsoneri that gives the earliest Rebutia flowers or is there a Rebutia or even Aylostera that flowers earlier?
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: First flowers of the year
- Replies: 15
- Views: 703
Re: First flowers of the year
Nice looking plant. Presumably you started watering a while ago?
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:05 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Sulcorebutia crispata seed germination
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3625
Re: Sulcorebutia crispata seed germination
Have you watered the pot now?
I find seedlings can take ages to recover from rest. Once they start growing can't you just give them a bit more water
than for more established plants?
I find seedlings can take ages to recover from rest. Once they start growing can't you just give them a bit more water
than for more established plants?
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Seed germination
- Replies: 6
- Views: 380
Re: Seed germination
I put a layer of fine gravel (not sand) around the seedlings after germination when they're still in bags. I wait to do this until it looks like germination has finished. The gravel discourages moss growth and apparently reduces the risk of damping off. It also gives the chance to give some extra su...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Kew's Tree of Life
- Replies: 7
- Views: 531
Re: Kew's Tree of Life
An interesting issue for me will be how gene trees align to the species trees from the nuclear genome sequencing data. The technical paper below lays out the issues quite well. Copetti, Dario, et al. "Extensive gene tree discordance and hemiplasy shaped the genomes of North American columnar ca...