Hi all, I have some Astrophytum myriostigma cv. tricostatum f. nudum and Astrophytum asterias v. nudum plants for sale or trade. Please email me personally if...
In the vegetable garden it is good practice to use fertilizer formulations with ample quantities of phosphorus for rapid growing plant species while root crops...
HI Didge this list has discussed fertilization of ariocarpus a few times in the past, in most cases i think it was Geoff and I who were on opposite sides of...
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Here is the "whats left" List with adjusted prices to sell, 8 Astro asterias 3" 3.00 ...
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Hi Dodge and Sean, Yes Sean, you are right - and as you probably know I haven't changed my views on the importance of calcium!! I feed my plants with about a...
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Jul 5, 2003 8:42 pm
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Hi Geoff & Sean, Thanks for your comments. I find your strategy particularly interesting because I too vary my formulations at different times for specific...
I have a question regarding the use of Rooting Powder or other rooting chemicals as they relate to Living Rocks. Perhaps some of you could give me some...
Hi Jack, It is common practice in wholesale nurseries to treat the bare root grafts such as moon cactus (gymno nishiki) with hormone prior to potting. Other ...
... Do you think if the cut has healed up first, then one could use the rooting powder, or would you suggest not using it at all on most Living Rocks? Thanks...
Hi, Another aspect of the rooting powder is that it is intended to promote root growth, or rather meristematic cell initiation in apical regions of certain...
Hi, One of my sprouts (Ariocarpus) is colored (eitolated, very light green to yellow). The rest of the sprouts in this batch (this container, the rest of the...
Hi Matt, It may be a true mutant, or it may just be overly sun sensitive. Sometimes this happens in one or two plants when there bretheren are unafflicted. I...
Hi, I have noticed these types of seedlings too in many sows. Usually they appear in the sides of the container where there is space between the pot and the...
Hi to All: I have a couple of grafted Aztekium ritteri with a bunch of little buds. I was wondering how large should I let them get before I risk grafting them...
Hi, Thanks for writing. The seedling is very tiny, "normal" shape, just about yellow in color, in great sun exposure (germination on window sill in plstic...
Matt, I wish you great luck in your grafting efforts. I am still learning myself, and if you will pay for postage I will just give you one. Please e-mail me...
In growing from seed by the baggie method - sterile soil in small pots sealed in individual bags - how long before taking seedlings out of bags? For...
Hi Lah For these I usually leave them for at least 6 months up to 9 months. When in the bags they can be in bright shade without requiring any direct sun. Once...
Two weeks ago I found that one of the mature Ario hybrid (retusus x lloydii) has some white slimy substance leaking out from it's body soaking the spaces...
Hi Pijaya, This is the mucilage in the plant body - complex and essential starchy material - over watering resulting in the splitting of the plant body has ...
Geoff Bailey
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Jul 29, 2003 3:47 pm
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Hi all, Does anyone know a good and reliable source for fresh Ariocarpus seeds? Dan...
Hi Dan Probably the best source by far is Mesa Gardens, Belen, NM. It's run by Steven Brack and his e-mail address: cactus@... - you can download his...
Geoff Bailey
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Jul 29, 2003 5:41 pm
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Hi Geoff, thanks for your reply. Have you got any experience with "Koehres" in Germany? Dan Geoff Bailey <geoffbailey@...> wrote: Hi Dan Probably...
Hi, I had this same experience a few years ago, one of my mature (6") Ario Fiss leaked some white transluscent goo a couple of times. It never did rot out, so...
Dan, I have had good experience with Kohres, and I also usually have a lot of Ario seeds every spring (fiss, illoydii, intermedius, Kotsch, Agavoides, Retusus,...
Hi Pijaya: Yes, I have also had thi happen to me a few times on different Ariocarpus, one of them had a small wound on a tubercle about a year ago and is...
Hello everyone! I've been reading over your posts for the past few days, and I must say I'm impressed! A wealth of knowledgeable folk around here! ;) A...
Hi there, Is it safe to keep Lophophoras outside, in full sun, in the UK at this, or in fact any time of year? Especially with this very hot spell we are...
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