Thanks! There's black lava in that substrate. 😊

Crazy, we have the same hobbies and the same name 😂

Sierra Santa Rosa is the mountain they come from. There's a city down the mountain called Melchor Muzquiz. Where my family lives

@@Darth_SurgeYo Great, I would like to see the desert plants in there desert habitat🌵

If you have one available, why not? I test the setup first to predict how it will work. I usually use another type of heating mat, with less power, made for reptile terrariums, and place the box directly on top of it.

Actually, I had some problems with one of the setup elements that cost me the loss of a few dozen seeds / plants, but the ones that survived are doing very well. I'm working on a follow-up video.

@@lophoflora I will wait for that video before starting growing ty

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Hi, I do not know. I think it's okay to experiment, but someone around here has commented that Lophophora is symbiotic with bacteria not fungi. I know that the type of substrate strongly influences root growth, as every time I buy a plant grown on peat based substrates and put them on mineral substrate, the roots develop dramatically.

Hi, I had everything separated by different granulometries because I reuse mineral substrates and I usually wash and sieve them. I always mix the finest mineral with the organic so that it is looser, does not compact and lets the water pass through it. What is important is the ratio of organic versus mineral material. Having the minerals separated by granulometry or together in the same bag will give more or less the same. And even the percentage of mineral versus organic can vary greatly. Seedlings are not very fussy, they tolerate more moisture than adult plants. As long as the mixture doesn't get soggy and they have some ventilation they'll be fine but unfortunately it didn't go well in this case though for other reasons. I lost many plants but the ones that were saved are doing very well. I have a video almost done about it. But my monitor, only four years old, died last week. I'm looking for someone to repair it, as I want to avoid having to spend more than a thousand euros on a new one. I'm on a streak of bad luck... 😵

Those are 28 days old www.dropbox.com/s/t1ycjqo9lmh2vdy/122186003_10218127691249846_2985670798413778323_n.jpg?dl=0

Thank you Tony's Cacti! At the beginning of the growing season it's the best time IMO. I've been doing it for the past month. However, you can repot during the whole growing season if necessary, or even in winter if the substrate is completely dry.

@@lophoflora Thanks for the info ... Have a great day .. Cheers..

I use a mix of mineral materials. Usualy I buy some already containing various types of stone. I don’t try to focus on one specific formula. I'm focused insted to mix a substrat that has the right characteristics. It must have the right particle size, must be stable under humidity and provide aeration. Usualy my mixes contain a fine vulcastrat substrat 1-5 mm (a mix of pomice, zeolite and lava), and you are good to go just with that. But, generally, I add other fine grain mineral substrates I have. Lately I'm adding some pomice sand, very fine, to substitute quartz sand. And then I add some organics like worm castings.

Hi, I think I left the lights on continuously for weeks, then progressively reduced the number of hours of light down to the 16 hours I currently keep them. Some of them and most of my previous sowing are already getting sunlight (through glass) and temperatures reaching 50ºC (122ºF) at noon. This year I had 2019 and 2020 plants blooming.😊

Many lights have timer systems. I got cheap ebay ones that will go 8, 10 or 12 hours

Hi, I'm going to make a video, yes. I have several videos recorded but I haven't had much time to edit. I will be moving in a couple of months and I have a lot to do. I had a problem with the heating of the setup, which I will explain in the video, and I had to expose the plants to the outside much earlier than I normally do. Right now I am watering daily, because the substrate dries very quickly. The temperature is always above 30 ° C and I have the light on 24 hours a day. They are fine, their skin has thickened and they are already flattening their heads. I lost some and others did not germinate due to the drastic reduction in humidity though. 😔

Hi! I'll have williamsii and fricii available maybe a year from now. Thanks!

@@lophoflora Great Stuff Buddy Thanks I'm In Birmingham England I Have A 3 Year Old Lopho Will , Where Abouts Are You And Can You Give Me An Estimate On Price Please ? Also Do You Grow Trichosereus Pachanoi ? Bless Up 😊

@@joohop I have some trichocereus to use as root stock. I can't give you prices right now, let's first see how the plants grow until then. :)

@@lophoflora Thanks Buddy I Respect Your Work Those Plants Are Very Special And Over Harvested In Their Native Land's So I Plan To Grow And Give Them Out To Family And Friends Bless Up Earthling 😊

No, I did it a few times with coarse quartz sand that lets the light pass through, but I prefer to leave the seeds on the surface and use water to stick them to the substrate. Some seedlings take longer to rise, but eventually they do. The problem I had with the sand is that because it is not absorbent, and because of the capillarity, it would harbor drops of water between its grains. When the seedlings are in prolonged contact with water, problems can occur. So without that layer of sand, when the seedlings germinate and grow, there is nothing to touch them other than their little brothers and the walls of the pot, as you can see on the tumbnail of the video. I add a thin layer of substrate when the seedlings start to harden their skin. Ironically, there were problems in this seeding and some seedlings died due to other problems explained in the last video.

Thank you. No, not for now. I'm sowing almost all the ones I produce. I still can't gather a number of seeds that would be worth the trouble of having to ship them. At best, I donate some to close friends, or trade locally. In about 3 or 4 years I might be able to sell some seeds and plants.

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