October 2008 i plantet 10 Lophophora williamsii seeds and 4 of the seeds germinated. During winter, oktober-april, the temperature can drop as low as minus 30 degrees celcius and we have daylight for just about 6-8 hours. During summer, april-september, temperature can reach 30 degrees in the shade and daylight lasts for aprox 16 hours.
Any mescalin containing cacti is illegal here, but i have ordered some seeds witch have ended up in the mailbox with success three times now. I don't think I gonna order more seeds, cause im affraid that if they get noticed in the mail the police will show up and look for cactis in my home.
To sterelise I poured boiling water ower the earth in the pot with a good earth mix. Later on i have found out that by pouring boiling water ower the earth the nutritions might get washed out. This is not good so i have startet to use the microwave to sterelise earth. After the earth got to room temperature i covered it with 10 Lophophora williamsii seeds witch i gently pressed a little bit down in the earth. I covered the pot with plastic and put it under a 18w floursecent lightstick? witch i had turned on from i woke up to i got to bed for about half a year. 18w is poor light to use, i know that, but i just wanted to try for fun with what ecuiptment i havd.
This is how they look now. I had them some hours outside last summer, in the shade. They liked this wery much, but the two smallest ones seems not to be groing. They had a red/brown like colour last year, something made them sick. It's either the lightconditions or something with the watering.
They havent grown that much, the biggest is about 2cm in diameter. I think I maybe let the roots dry out when they where to ung ore something. Is there hope for them?
Since 2008 i have gotten a coupple of Trichocereus pachanoi seeds to sprout, about 10+ more Lophophora williamsii seeds to sprout and 6 Trichocereus bridgesii. I have about 50% of the williamsii seeds sprouting, and 20-30% success with the other seeds. I allso tried 10 Trichocereus peruvianus seeds and 10 Trichocereus terscheckii seeds with no success.
Today I have just rigged all the pots to fit in the southside window. They are all just over half a year old, exept for the 4 Lophophora williamsii's. Summer is just around the corner and i know i have to be careful not letting the sun burn the seedlings. But afterall, its a scandinavian summer, so i think they will be ok as long as i give them some shade using a plastic bag in front of the window etc.
The half year old cactis havent gotten enough light, therefore i have placed them in the window to see if they like it. A coupple of the bridgesii's has a grey-like colour. I have 6 small plastic pots with cactis. I will repot them to claypots when they are a bit bigger. I have wery good draining in my pots.
So, what u all think? Will my small cactis ever gro big? Any hints and tips for growing like this in scandinavia?
6 days ago i seeded 20 williamsii and 40 bridgesii seeds
Now it's april and the night temperature only drops to about 17 degrees and day temperature reaches 26-27 degrees celcius. I use heatmaths that i once used to ceep my centipedes happy:) I think winter is the best time to seed here. Then the night temperature in the terrarium easily drops to about 10 degrees and i can get the daytemperature to reach 25+ degrees. Temperaturechanges like this seems to make many more seeds sprout.
I have a 250w hps-lamp that i havent bothered put up. Since im 20 years old and just moved back to my parents i will not exaggerate my enthusiasm for this hobby as it would seem more suspicious than it allready does. My parents has no clue that cactis can contain anything mindaltering at all. I'm lucky that i can use the the window in the second floor for my growing as long as they live in this house:)
Edited by tersor, 01 April 2010 - 11:57 AM.
