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Slow Growing Cacti From Seed
... 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 ... success with Conophytum seeds. The faster growing cacti stay in the airing cupboard for between three and six months depending on space availability The slower growing ones stay for at least six months ...
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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, and ...
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Ariocarpus,- Cacti for the young (or Young at Heart)
... cold better than many cacti, certainly down to freezing. The growing medium must be open and well drained. Half normal potting ... between germination and the establishment of a growing seedling. Since Ariocarpus are so slow growing this critical period is rather extended and ... 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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Seed Raising
... Copiapoa more than 20 years later has not diminished, quite the contrary. Today, I am growing several hundreds of ariocarpi, representing over sixty different taxa, varieties and local populations, but what ... 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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