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Slow Growing Cacti From Seed
... age and quality of the seeds. The method which has proved most successful for the slower growing cacti was discovered largely by chance. Having previously used a propagator (home made) in the ... caused rotting, infections and checks to the plant which retarded growth, sometimes permanently. With the slower growing cacti, these problems were often terminal, and the aim is to give them as near ideal ...
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Slow Growing Cacti From Seed
... changed and developed in the intervening period. There is tremendous interest at present in the slower growing cacti, and in particular the genus Ariocarpus. This stems from a number of factors, including ... happening in the greenhouse. In this way it makes plant growing an all year round activity. The seeds of the slower growing plants are readily available from the many excellent seed suppliers, ...
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Seed Raising
... some shading and require as much water as all other cacti, especially if grown in clay pots. 3. "Ariocarpi are the slowest growing cacti". Well, they are particularly slow in childhood, but a ... keep up with potting-up especially the larger growing species like A. retusus and A. trigonus. A. fissuratus and v. lloydii are somewhat slower, while A. agavoides and A. kotschoubeyanus and its ...
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Ariocarpus,- Cacti for the young (or Young at Heart)
... growing the plants are amongst the easiest of cacti to care for. The golden rule is to always remember that they are very slow growing ... these conditions they tolerate cold better than many cacti, certainly down to freezing. The growing medium must be open and well drained. ... is some truth in this. If possible, it is even slower growing than its fellows. The tubercles of this plant are elongated, ...
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