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AllanA wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 4:24 pm I tried paper and cotton wool but found moving them at that stage was damaging them and killed quite a lot, as I could not be gentle enough, even though I have a good pair of tweezers.
I now find sowing on top of compost under lights, I have no problems.
Before the pandemic, I was buying seeds from South Africa at £25 for 12 seeds. These were not my experimenting seeds
Sorry to hear about your mealie infestation. Conos would not be as tasty as Haworthia seedlings. I have had root mealie problems in the past but not mealie bug.
One or two of the plants I bought at the Convention had mealie bug but I isolated all my purchases and cleared the pests before putting them in with the rest.

AllanA wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:36 am Next batch, sown 16/10/2023seedlings3.jpg 4 pots of these

AllanA wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:33 am No extra heat. The room temps are 20-21C day and about 11-12C night. I sterilize the compost before sowing by soaking from the bottom with boiling water. As soon as it has cooled I sprinkle seeds on compost and put in a bag, or put a lid on.
After a day, if there is not mist inside the bag I add a little( about nearly a quater of a teaspoonful) tepid water.