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WeAreMushroom
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Starting Lophophora from seed - My new seed factory loph!
#23893055 - 12/04/16 07:41 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Was browsing the web for domestic Lophophora yesterday and happened upon this beautiful willamsii..

Fortunately my wife is immensely patient with my cactus hobby, and was cool with me purchasing it. It's 8 years old, now the oldest in my collection.


It's got 5 or 6 seed pods from the last flower still on it, and I plan to start a tray of seedlings with the seeds immediately.
What do you guys find to be the best growth medium for seedlings? I plan to use a 50/50 sand/perlite mix in a small tray, inside a plastic tomato container to help keep up the humidity. Will I need a light on the seeds to get them to sprout in the winter?
Thanks guys. 
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peptorepto
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Re: Starting Lophophora from seed - My new seed factory loph! [Re: WeAreMushroom]
#23894008 - 12/04/16 01:46 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Awesome! Can't wait to see!!
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Re: Starting Lophophora from seed - My new seed factory loph! [Re: WeAreMushroom]
#23912351 - 12/10/16 07:35 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Theres plenty of information and opinions about potting and seed raising mix for lophs available online. Prop sand is definitely not ideal, but its redeeming quality is that its safe. As for other mixes, its mainly a limbo between pH, essential nutrient levels, and moisture in the root zone, humidity around the stem. Also very important is organic matter and the types of organic matter. more specifically, sommetimes the organics will stunt growth, promote rot, bad mycorrhizae..pathogens..plant vigour, resistance... Its worth experimenting or at least reading about other people's experiments.
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Re: Starting Lophophora from seed - My new seed factory loph! [Re: WeAreMushroom]
#23912364 - 12/10/16 07:44 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Also soil aeration. i would think perlite would be pointless if you're just mixing it with prop sand.
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