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alexmir

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I need some help with my LW cacti
#26745831 - 06/15/20 07:29 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hello, and thanks for the potential help. I need some help with these LW seedlings. Plants 6-2-2019. They germinated ok, and I kept them inside through the winter in moderate light that my house plants thrive in.
Since then, this is how they look. Very small, red/brown and weak looking. They haven’t put on any size at all, but aren’t dead either. I’ve tried a different soil mix(reported about 3 months ago) giving them more light, less light, more water, less water and they don’t show any improvement. I had them growing indoors in a window that got. Few hours of evening late day sun, but have since moved them outside into a shady spot.
Any advice would be helpful, thank you.
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Re: I need some help with my LW cacti [Re: alexmir]
#26746441 - 06/15/20 12:08 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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how much are you watering them? I actually grew some of these for a couple years, because I acquired some seed for free, and thought what the heck. I used to mist mine everyday, and water them if the soil was dry. Contrary to what people say/believe, Lophs and Trichs can take a lot of water, much more than your ordinary cacti Mine got huge in those two years, and I gifted them all away to a cactophile friend
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Re: I need some help with my LW cacti [Re: Allium]
#26746678 - 06/15/20 02:02 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I’ve done months where I watered once every 2 weeks and I’ve done 3 times a week. I’m trying to figure out what these want, they just don’t come around. I’ve grown LW successfully, have a head I got in a trade that’s happy for 3 years and others I grew from seed that are doing well.
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Re: I need some help with my LW cacti [Re: alexmir]
#26746824 - 06/15/20 03:17 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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hmm, well, I'm sure the experts will chime in soon enough
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Re: I need some help with my LW cacti [Re: Allium]
#26753156 - 06/18/20 12:56 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Those little guys are getting too much light. Keep them in the shade until they green up a bit.
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Re: I need some help with my LW cacti [Re: SFS96]
#26754962 - 06/18/20 04:56 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have them in a really shaded area and they have been for months. They’re inside, off the side of a window that only gets 2-3 hrs of light a day. They aren’t getting any direct light
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Re: I need some help with my LW cacti [Re: alexmir]
#26755811 - 06/18/20 10:03 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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That’s good definitely keep them out of the direct light. Sometimes they take a while to green up again. Hopefully there not too sunburnt and recover happily.
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