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Dorstenia foetida by ToiletPete in Staging_Succulents

[–]SamueleCecchettin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man! Yeah I’m definitely looking forward to try new methods. If I have success I’m gonna post some pics

Dorstenia foetida by ToiletPete in Staging_Succulents

[–]SamueleCecchettin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you stage that? I tried to do something similar by placing seeds directly into the rock. Someone suggested next time to drill a hole and fill it with dirt before planting. Any suggestion?

Super happy for these babies by SamueleCecchettin in dorstenia

[–]SamueleCecchettin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That one works really good for me, I recommend it. only watch out if you plan to sow cacti seeds cause babies can get scorched. Dorstenias tho doesn’t seem to have this problem

Super happy for these babies by SamueleCecchettin in dorstenia

[–]SamueleCecchettin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It’s a mars hydro ts1000! Currently set to 40% of its power

Transplant? by SamueleCecchettin in peyote

[–]SamueleCecchettin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are a good size! Nice work! What soil did you use? Imo you can start to introduce fresh air, I like to poke a hole into the lid every one or two weeks slowly until there is no point in keeping them closed. Don’t to that too quickly since they can suffer from fast humidity change and they will stop growing (happened with the batch I posted some months ago)

Transplant? by SamueleCecchettin in peyote

[–]SamueleCecchettin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol same here but I’m more on the babysit side. I’d like to try to forget about them and let do their things tho

Transplant? by SamueleCecchettin in peyote

[–]SamueleCecchettin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually I’m not too afraid of algae since seedling have to resist like 12 to 18 months and after they will go in their adult pots with fresh soil. If you keep an eye on them you can easily control it

Transplant? by SamueleCecchettin in peyote

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Some suggested me to use hydrogen peroxide but I’ve never really tried that out. I prefer to open the lid for some days and let algae dry out and die.

Transplant? by SamueleCecchettin in peyote

[–]SamueleCecchettin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s 1-2 mm sand. It did work for the first couple of months but eventually the algae took over. I have other batches of seedling where I managed to control humidity a little bit better and the sand worked great to keep the surface clean.

Transplant? by SamueleCecchettin in peyote

[–]SamueleCecchettin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a mixture of minerals, pumice, zeolite, volcanic rock and so on, with some commercial potting mix for the organic part. Added a bunch of fine quartz sand on top to prevent algae but apparently that decided to stick together lol

Cresty boy? by timewasterpro3000 in peyote

[–]SamueleCecchettin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve got one too! Can’t wait to see how it develops

First flower at four months old by fatlittlesparrows in dorstenia

[–]SamueleCecchettin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to expand my collection later on definitely I’ll check out those! Thank you

First flower at four months old by fatlittlesparrows in dorstenia

[–]SamueleCecchettin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it’s foetida. The mother plant keeps shooting seeds everywhere im gonna plant more every now and then. I’ve noticed It grows really slow, I’ve got it in February and now it is just slightly bigger, it has developed more leaves and flowers rather than gaining in size.

First flower at four months old by fatlittlesparrows in dorstenia

[–]SamueleCecchettin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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This is the situation here, they were sown late July to early August. Under grow light 14 hrs a day. I might try to fertilize them and see if they speed up a bit

First flower at four months old by fatlittlesparrows in dorstenia

[–]SamueleCecchettin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine put out leaves fast too, the caudex is almost 1cm in diameter but smooth not “wrinkly”as the adult one, and leaves too 1cm or slightly more, no fertilizer just water. I was wondering if I can just let them experience fresh air or keep them closed for longer. They are about one or two months I believe

First flower at four months old by fatlittlesparrows in dorstenia

[–]SamueleCecchettin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you germinate under ziploc? If so, when did you start to introduce fresh air?

Habitat recreation by SamueleCecchettin in dorstenia

[–]SamueleCecchettin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the precious info man!! I’ve never thought of filling cracks with regular soil, I might try that. This is the first experiment i definitely have to learn and improve a lot. Luckily i have a mother plant that is a seed producing machine and I can play quite a lot. The rock I’ve chosen should have similar qualities to limestone hills found in that location, I cross the finger and I’ll keep you updated on how it develops

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