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Spellbound
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Pelecyphora growers, little advice please
#23667117 - 09/22/16 03:52 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey guys i wonder how many here grow/have grown these from seed?
I have a variety coming, I am most excited for the aselliformis ones i think they're so pretty 
May I ask, what soil mixes do you guys use for this group please?
I was considering a little soil, perlite, stones and some akadama?
Any advice would be great please, I soooo dont want to kill any!!
thank you
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound] 1
#23667173 - 09/22/16 04:55 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I treat my Pelecyphora aselliformis and P. strobiliformis in the exact same way I treat my Ariocarpus, Obregonia, etc.: mineral soil, careful with the watering can. The two Turbinicarpus frequently associated with the genus are a little (a lot?) more forgiving.
As for sowing, ALL my seeds go into a purely mineral mix screened to the appropriate size (2-5mm). Of the ingredients you mention, akadama is the one I would use as the base for my mix (I use lava rock or scoria or whatever is called over there).
Expect very slow growth from P. aselliformis, a little faster from P. strobiliformis. These are seedlings from 2011, the wooden thing above is my most valued tool for repotting - a chopstick.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: LSoares]
#23667199 - 09/22/16 05:27 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thats great thanks, so ill use the akadama as the mian with a variety of stones and such. I wont add compost or limestone though. Or perlite i guess.
How on earth is a chopstick handy lol?
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound]
#23667205 - 09/22/16 05:32 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Spellbound said: How on earth is a chopstick handy lol? 
Are you kidding??? There's no better tool to tuck compost into the rootball, dislodge a plant from a tray or, with a sibling, maneuver a densely spined cactus at repotting time! It's the single most useful tool you could possibly have. That and a blade is all you need.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: LSoares]
#23667212 - 09/22/16 05:36 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ahhh i see, yh i do that when repot bonsai my mind is on a go slow this morning hahahaha.
Tripping later cos its equinox so im trying to eat lots, chop pineapple and mango for later, while sorting seeds and pictures, clean house, and blah haha 
I dont have many big cactus to need to fill roots yet hahaha!
I will if my Beast roots for me though.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound] 1
#23667246 - 09/22/16 06:29 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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A few of my P. strobiliformis - easily the most prolific of my cacti for producing their own sprouts. Evidently self-fertile, but I have never actually seen any fruit or seeds - the seeds apparently drop invisibly from the dried ovaries to the soil. A coarse, gritty soil mix with some lime does the business.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound]
#23667249 - 09/22/16 06:29 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I grew them once from seed and they grew awesome like Zed's there and then some worm ate the tops. Fucking assholes. So that was that. But yeah everything brother Zed said.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: ferrel_human]
#23667258 - 09/22/16 06:40 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oo id like some free hahahaha i wont have those, ones im getting are below,
I have one grown turb and one grown aselliformis, cant wait to start sowing. Only paid for them today. Im also getting these other Pelecyphora in the same batch.
aselliformis pseudopectinata pseudopectinata v rubriflora valdeziana vandeziana v albiflora valdeziana v nova
Cant wait til they come. If any of you in EG are in great want of any i will have some spare. I mainly wanted the aselliformis lol.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound]
#23667338 - 09/22/16 07:41 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Cacti taxonomy change - possibly too fast for many of us - but I believe(from my most recent texts) there are now just TWO Pelecyphora species - P. aselliformis and P. strobiliformis. Until a few years ago Pelecyphora was a monotypic genus - until Encephalocarpus strobiliformis (also formerly a monotypic genus)was included in Pelecyphora.
ref: Pilbeam & Weightman - Ariocarpus et cetera - BCSS 2006
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spanishfly]
#23667396 - 09/22/16 08:24 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I give up trying to understand cactus taxonomy! 
I know i seem to like little round ones, i favour lophs, the round astro not quads or watever theyre called, i like one turb, i like these little pelecyphora too. And asteroides, i ordered those with others above, and he added some ive no clue about til i look them up
Im hopeful i dont find too many more i like ha.
I will message you about those above, theyre beautiful o.0 id gladly take some off your hands for postage.
Ive also seen a turb gets sold as a pelecyphora too, and vice versa hahahaha!
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound]
#23677174 - 09/25/16 04:00 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Okay further to the above, i have some more akadama on order and pumice also. Is pumice good for pelecyphora also please?
Figured id get some as so many use on cactus and i didnt have any lol. If it isnt any good im sure will be used on another type come spring repots
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound]
#23678377 - 09/25/16 11:16 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Spellbound said: Im hopeful i dont find too many more i like ha.
Honey I said the same thing and I can assure that you're in for some fun and WORK!
STAY AWAY from Cactus art!
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: spaceman101]
#23678396 - 09/25/16 11:24 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I already found another i want seeds for - Pilosocereus Pachycladus 
Was only meant to be growing trichs and lophs lmao!
I refuse to look up anything this year now lol, although there is a guy getting a large batch of cactus i want, im meant to message him end of this week sigh... Im hopeless lol
Better than pissing handbags and shoes though hehe
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound]
#23678443 - 09/25/16 11:52 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Careful! That shit's last year.
I need to expand onto the greenhouse now and get more sun in there.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: spaceman101]
#23678573 - 09/26/16 01:29 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Well, keep your eyes open in a couple weeks for my end of seaonthread, and youll see how much ive grown and bought since i started cactus. I had two when i joined shroomery.......
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound]
#23678654 - 09/26/16 03:07 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Pumice is great for cacti. I picked a couple of bags from the Great Swedish Furniture Chain Store and it looks very nice, a bit heavier than I expected (meaning it's better) and I will put it to the test the coming weeks.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: LSoares]
#23679519 - 09/26/16 11:10 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thank you i think ill be using a different mix for growing these ones with the pumice and akadama might be better than my usual mix for trichs etc.
It should all come this week, seeds and the rest ^_^
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: Spellbound]
#23680210 - 09/26/16 03:19 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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What does pumice even look like?
I bought a huge bag of black love rocks that I have to break down somehow to use for my Lophos, Turbs and other picky cacti
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: spaceman101]
#23680279 - 09/26/16 03:38 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ill let you know when it arrives lol, image looks like well load small stones/gravel haha.
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Re: Pelecyphora growers, little advice please [Re: spaceman101]
#23680402 - 09/26/16 04:32 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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spaceman101 said: What does pumice even look like?
I bought a huge bag of black love rocks that I have to break down somehow to use for my Lophos, Turbs and other picky cacti 
It looks like (very) rough perlite, heavier but still lighter than water.
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