Germination!
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RJC
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Germination!
BCSS seeds have just started germinating - after about 3 weeks at 22-24c.
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Rob; BCSS 60414
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MatDz
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Re: Germination!
Great results! Did you apply any special treatment to those Maihueniopsis seeds?
Mat
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RJC
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Re: Germination!
Thanks Mat; I rubbed about half of them with a bit of 120 grit sandpaper; not sure yet whether it is the scarified or unscarified which have germinated... There are plenty of others which are not showing any signs of life yet!
Rob; BCSS 60414
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Darren S
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Re: Germination!
Encouraging! I will be sowing the same seeds this coming week.
Darren nr Lancaster UK. Growing Conophytum, Lobivia, Sulcorebutia, bulbs etc.
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ralphrmartin
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Re: Germination!
What are you growing them in Rob? It looks like fruit and nut mix! 
Well done, anyway...
Well done, anyway...Ralph Martin
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RJC
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Re: Germination!
Thanks Ralph; just a (wet) mix of JI no2, pink molar clay and grit - and of course the large tephro seeds!
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Cidermanrolls
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Re: Germination!
Some of mine, three weeks after sowing. The platyacantha have come up really quickly. Note the three lobed aoracanthus.
These have had no pretreatment at all. I’ve got a few other pots with no germination in.
These have had no pretreatment at all. I’ve got a few other pots with no germination in.
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Re: Germination!
They seem to develop quickly!Cidermanrolls wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:18 am Some of mine, three weeks after sowing. The platyacantha have come up really quickly. Note the three lobed aoracanthus.
These have had no pretreatment at all. I’ve got a few other pots with no germination in.
Ralph Martin
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Mike P
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Re: Germination!
I don’t know where the society sourced the M platyacantha ‘longispinus’ seeds but I’ve just had close to 100% germination which is very unusual.
Mike
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