The plant cell is control by 2 hormone :Auxin and Cytokine the ratio between these 2 hormone decide what will grow if Auxin is more it will grow root if Cytokine is more it will grow new shoot if it is in some weird middle point it will grow into blob of werid cell call callus.(you can seen theses w...

From my personal experience Euphorbia seedlings don't like to be move around. The tend to need more time to re-establish and recover from re-potting shock. Once they reach certain size they are more tolerate to re-potting. maybe like 2~3 branch big. And i live in hot-climate country. I can only imag...

Sometime when i water,the water flow is too strong, and scatter seedling all over place.
Cover the top with some gravel or large particle help soften water blow and protect seedling.
This usually happen when they are 0.5~1 cm in size.

Use bag method or water tray can avoid this issue completely.

It's seedling is round and often went upside down. If water drop tip it over,you need to plant it back or it will die. I use a garden tray fill with water, avoid watering from above. Some time seed coat remain on seedling and blocking sunlight.This will greatly slows down it growth. Keep it moist so...

Some times lithops did't pop up normally. They have difficulty divide and shed old leaf in south east asia climate. etiolate and birth difficulty is common. This problem plague me a lot, i have lithops salicola keep dividing since 2018/10.The old leaf just won't go away. When this happen grower will...

On my limited experience, pachy grow just fine on stander succulent mixture.More improvement can certainly be done on mixture.For people who want more then "just fine" They enjoy organic compound and fast drainage.I add organic compost to fertilize once a year. Some species can even grow o...

Some up date on this topic. Rooting such small segment of stem is hard.As i mentioned before the longer the segment,the better. I saw this picture on Facebook, by Mr.chang.It seems like the stem grow too long,and even a little Etiolation. The overextend stem touch the soil and root by it's self.Alre...

de-grafting increase work-load i only de-graft when it's necessary. A.nana has tuber.I want to observe it's tuber growth,so i cut the stuck entirely. Pereskiopsis grow super fast in Taiwan.They are my favorite stuck. But After 6~18 month,scion will grow in to a lollipop shape and easily tip over. It...

Seed saw in 2018/4/28，Graft on Pereskiaopsis. In 2019 spring Pereskiaopsis shed off all it's leaf, so i cut it down de-graft.Make it looks better in pot. Showing Cephalium in 2019/ October. Flower bud show up in November. Most of my grafted cactus can flower under 12 month.She take 21 month it's a l...

The fruit of all opuntia related cactus contain Areole. (In fact all cactus has areole on flower,but they are inert and will not grow) So the fruit/pears of opuntia can produve new bud like normal stem from the areole. Here is a picture i found online. https://files.shroomery.org/files/09-41/5032367...