akapulko said:

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Churpee Choozle said:

Well this thread has been really active in the past days, so it kind of disappeared in the fog. But less then a week ago I had the exact same worries. Couldn't figure out if it were trich or weird primordia. And my suspected trich turned into pins, so I have good hopes for yours. Fingers crossed.

Edit: for comparison purposes: page 380 (assuming we have the same page parameters)

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LewDoja said:

Genetics probably have something to do with it as well...  but if the jar is looking like crazy lightning bolts along the top (open space) of the jar, it will usually knot before fully colonized or cased.

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Bismillah said:

So here's my first grow of sempreviva. I got a very nice buzz from 0.5g dried, comparable to APE or perhaps stronger.

I started from spores 6 months ago. The first culture never fruited, I suspect that was a mono. In January, 3 months ago I got this pin:




I ran with the same shoeboxes I use for cubes and got quite small fruits. It took me a good 20 minutes to clean these:



I got curious due to the look of these and did some microscopy. They match quite well the notes of Heim & Cailleux (1959, 1966) for semperviva,






I don't quite get why this thread is called subtropicalis/semperviva. These are different species as far as I can tell. Subtropicalis has branched cheilocystidia, while subtropicalis has unbranched.

I found it interesting that subtropicalis originated as a lab grown culture by Heim and Cailleux. They speculated that what they got was a mutation of mexicana, or a cross between mexicana and caerulescens. Guzmán assigned semperviva to hoogshagenii, but by 1998 he also recognized semperviva and subtropicalis as distinct species.

Edit: spore sizes
(6.1) 6.6 - 7.5 (7.7) × (4.7) 4.8 - 5.4 (5.7) µm
Q = (1.2) 1.3 - 1.45 (1.5) ; N = 36
Me = 7.1 × 5.1 µm ; Qe = 1.4

7.55 5.08
7.70 5.37
7.21 5.19
7.19 5.57
7.73 5.01
7.50 5.66
7.32 5.57
7.72 5.33
6.93 5.24
7.40 5.40
6.57 5.01
7.38 5.23
7.28 5.00
6.70 4.78
7.33 5.31
6.63 4.89
7.34 5.06
7.38 5.38
7.33 5.35
7.40 4.94
6.54 4.93
7.36 5.07
6.64 4.72
6.72 4.90
6.75 5.41
6.78 5.17
7.09 4.90
6.91 5.28
6.14 4.80
6.72 5.04
6.78 4.88
6.81 4.75
7.41 5.12
7.09 5.08
6.53 4.79
6.73 5.04

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el boso said:

Muda’s work well. Wide mouth pints are just about the perfect size.

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The ones I grew are very tough and chewy.

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Almost an understatement

Kloakk said:

Finally got to case all 5 semp tubs.

Two 15qt tubs got verm only.


One 5qt got verm only and the other 5qt got 50/50 verm/cactus soil.


And then there's this last 15qt tub, that also got 50/50 verm/cactus soil, but not mixed.

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astra said:

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Thanks, we're cooking now

ThurmanMurman said:

Hell yeah man! You're really getting after it - love to see it!

Following for results 🤙

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Appreciate it man, what might seem as getting after it is actually just me trying to increasing my chance of success, I mean they can't all turn out bad Or could they?

I'll keep you posted for sure.

Lilgrower said:

Alas, it has gone green.



Second tray looks like it is doing nothing, but that’s better than turning green. So I’ll wait. My semp plin is on a BRF puck and is doing as it should, so not all is lost either way.

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chris77 said:

Lilgrower said:

Alas, it has gone green.



Second tray looks like it is doing nothing, but that’s better than turning green. So I’ll wait. My semp plin is on a BRF puck and is doing as it should, so not all is lost either way.

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looks blueish.. sure its trich?

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Lilgrower said:

chris77 said:

Lilgrower said:

Alas, it has gone green.



Second tray looks like it is doing nothing, but that’s better than turning green. So I’ll wait. My semp plin is on a BRF puck and is doing as it should, so not all is lost either way.

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looks blueish.. sure its trich?

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Looks green in person. Wiped off on a cotton swab.

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