Succulent care tips for beginners and advanced growers
Lithops and Argyroderma: New growth update, about 6 weeks since the last progress report video. I ‘help’ the outer growth slough off by gently removing what comes away easily to speed up the process. I don’t want any water or moisture getting trapped between the new leaves and the old.
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Progress update: Lithops and Argyroderma 5 months later – I made a couple videos about these last fall, and this is the third video made 5 months later showing the progress since.
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This is a fun little 2 month seedling update – nice to see so much progress! We have Thelocactus setispinus, Parodias, Gymnocalycium mihanovichii, Echinopsis mirabilis, and Dorstenia bahiensis.
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Here’s a 2 month update on the Astrophytum asterias I started back on February 8th 2024 in the video ‘Sterilizing soil and starting Astrophytum asterias seeds – Microwave and plastic bag methods.’
This is the first time watering them since I started them. I’m keeping them bagged for at least another month to help them build stronger roots and defenses against fungal gnats and soil pathogens like mildew.
Continue… “2 Month progress and first water since starting Astrophytum asterias seedlings (200+ germinated!)”
Here is a 2-week update on all the progress that we’ve seen so far from these seedlings. started back on February 7th 2023 in this video. We started: Faucaria felina, F. cradockensis, F. tigrina, Gymnocalycium ochoterenae v tenuispinum, Mammillaria gaumeri, and Copiapoa maritima.
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A 1 week peek at the seeds we started in the last video. We have a lot of germination going on! We started: Faucaria felina, F. cradockensis, F. tigrina, Gymnocalycium ochoterenae v tenuispinum, Mammillaria gaumeri, and Copiapoa maritima.
Continue… “1 week succulent seed sowing progress update: We have germination!”
Growing cacti from seed is easy and rewarding! It takes patience and a few guidelines to start cactus seeds.
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