I managed to germinate about 7 Aztekium seeds. They are bloody small seedlings at the moment but im hoping to keep em alive long enough to graft to pere stocks.
Has anyone heard of such grafts being done before? theoretically they should take yeah?
Has anyone grown aztekium to a decent size from seed? what type of conditions do they like?
Kada Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 204 Location : International Registration date : 2008-04-05
Yes they do work on Pereskiopsis....but they are really fuggin slow!!!! use the humidity tent for a year or maybe 2..... you can graft once they are big enough, which may be many months.....
5 years from seed.....2cm 5 years grafted......4-5 cm give or take.
Welcome to teh slowest damn cactus around! or close to anyway lol
Lachy Moderator
Number of posts : 733 Location : Langwarrin Registration date : 2008-04-05
Subject: Re: Aztekium grafting Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:04 am
Far out... five years from seed, 2cm. Now all I need is to get the little buggers to germinate for me in the first place...
Kada Calm and Collected
Number of posts : 204 Location : International Registration date : 2008-04-05
give or take, it can vary a LOT...like maybe 4 or 5 mm! but it really depends on your conditions. you can often buy ones here that are about 6-7cm that are 10 years..not cheap!
Haga
Number of posts : 17 Location : A-Town Registration date : 2008-04-16
Subject: Re: Aztekium grafting Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:54 am
Kada - cheers for info, was just the info i was after. Bloody hell thats some slow growth though. time is on my side i guess. if i have luck hopefully i can give them to my children one day.
Lachy - my seeds were from http://www.cactus-seeds.com/
i put them in tuppaware with a mix of sand and cacti mix. these were kept in warm conditions with fluro light. will take a picture later
by gwhite24 Thu Oct 27, 2022 6:24 pm
but it really depends on your conditions. you can often buy ones here that are about 6-7cm that are 10 years..not cheap!