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Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 6:45 pm
by Mike P
Results from last years sowing of society seed.
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Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:02 pm
by Tony R
Excellent. MIke!
Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:23 am
by ianstrutt
It's posts like this that make me wonder why I haven't tried growing anything from seed yet!
Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:40 pm
by ralphrmartin
They seem to have grown a lot faster than when I have grown Haworthia and Gasteria seed - even though I am quite generous with water and fertiliser...
Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:53 pm
by Mike P
They have been under grow lights and have not had a ‘rest’ yet.
Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 6:44 pm
by el48tel
Do you use lights with Haworthia? And heat?
Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 7:59 pm
by MatDz
ralphrmartin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 5:40 pm
They seem to have grown a lot faster than when I have grown Haworthia and Gasteria seed - even though I am quite generous with water and fertiliser...
Same here, unless these are 3 cm square pots
Or maybe I should just sow more vigorous taxa?
Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:25 pm
by Mike P
The grow light set up is one of those ‘indoor garden’ types and I find the heat generated by the fluorescent tubes and their gear is sufficient to keep it warm through the winter months - its located in a spare bedroom. I keep a 14/15 hour day length going continuously and feed and water as required to keep things growing. To be fair succulents do better than cacti under this regime although I do currently have a few coming along. Haworthias seem to do very well as do Cono’s. but some other Mesembs don’t produce tight enough growth.
Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 3:52 pm
by ianstrutt
Mike P wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:25 pm
The grow light set up is one of those ‘indoor garden’ types and I find the heat generated by the fluorescent tubes and their gear is sufficient to keep it warm through the winter months - its located in a spare bedroom. I keep a 14/15 hour day length going continuously and feed and water as required to keep things growing. To be fair succulents do better than cacti under this regime although I do currently have a few coming along. Haworthias seem to do very well as do Cono’s. but some other Mesembs don’t produce tight enough growth.
If it's not too much trouble, would you mind taking a photo of your setup? I'm intrigued.
Re: Results of last years seed sowing
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2022 5:59 pm
by Mike P