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- Cacti sowing made easy - a sowing guide
- Proper preparation is half the way to success
- Sow seeds and care - That's how it works
- Tips
Cacti can also be sown
Cacti sowing made easy - a sowing guide
To experience close up, how a magnificent cactus develops from a tiny seed fascinates big and small hobby gardeners alike. Pure seed is available from specialist retailers, from cactus clubs or in exchange rings. This guide explains how to successfully sow cactus seeds yourself.
Proper preparation is half the way to success
The germination of cactus seeds is significantly improved if you soak the seed in the forerun. To do this, put the seeds in an empty teabag and hang them in a thermos flask filled with 50 to 55 degrees of hot water for 45 minutes.
For sowing, please use pure mineral substrate, such as fine-grained lava granules or perlite. This ensures that the gossamer roots are properly supplied with air and water. A cultivation soil with humus-rich components for the long period of up to 12 months is not structurally stable enough and carries the risk of mold growth.
Sow seeds and care - That's how it works
While the soaked seeds are drying on absorbent kitchen paper, fill the substrate into square pots. A 4 x 4 cm potty is big enough to sow 10 to 30 seeds. Please spray the substrate with soft, lukewarm water or horsetail tea to saturation. Proceed as follows:
If the seedlings have reached a diameter of 0.5 to 1 cm, they can be pikiert. As a rule, this measure is carried out after 12 to 14 months. As a rule of thumb, the older a seedling, the better it copes with the procedure.
Tips
If 2 cacti of the same kind are in bloom, producing purebred seeds is a breeze. The mature pollen of one cactus are easily transferred to the scars of the conspecific with a hairbrush. Mature pollen can be recognized by the fact that it assumes a powdery-light consistency. When the resulting fruits have matured, the single-variety seeds are removed to sow according to this manual.