http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/-t1.htm Repotting, soil, lighting, fertilizing, watering, pests, diseases etc. in this category Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:16:19 GMT 10 http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/12/69/43/38/m_wohl10.jpg http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/-t1.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/growing-mlaisacantha-t748.htm Tam I have great difficulty in growing members of the lasiacantha to any size. I have no problem germinating the seed and growing them on, but after a few years the take a check in the growth and and become missed shaped. Something to do with the watering ? I have also brought a few, larger, documented plants from a few nurseries but I can never keep them for anymore than a few months before they rot inside while the body of the plant looks find on the outside. Could this be a specific disease, ... CULTURE Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:16:19 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/growing-mlaisacantha-t748.htm#2028 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/growing-mlaisacantha-t748.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-raising-t738.htm Chris43 UK Mammillaria Society.
They are two different approaches, both successful, but if members want to know more, suggest their own methods, then please add them to this post.]]> CULTURE Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:57:59 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-raising-t738.htm#1980 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-raising-t738.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/january-flowering-t606.htm Tam Now that January is nearly over I thought I would list all the mamm's in flower during the month. I have been keeping flowering records since July 2008 has part of a UK Mamm Society project to record and compare flowering times in the UK. Most of the plants that did flower belonged to the Lasiacanthae and inculuded... lauii lauii, lauii dasyacantha, lauii x carmenae, lasiacantha SB 255 and SB 414, egregia, magallanii, humboldtii and aureilanata. Other Mamm's in flower....schieliana ... CULTURE Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:06:14 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/january-flowering-t606.htm#1621 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/january-flowering-t606.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/greenhouse-insulation-t576.htm Chris43
Has anyone experience of leaving bubble wrap up all year round?]]> CULTURE Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:50:08 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/greenhouse-insulation-t576.htm#1520 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/greenhouse-insulation-t576.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/sowing-times-when-is-best-t598.htm Chris43 This may just be my particular growing conditions, but I'd be interested in what other people have found.]]> CULTURE Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:40:08 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/sowing-times-when-is-best-t598.htm#1582 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/sowing-times-when-is-best-t598.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/m-senilis-spination-t412.htm Anonymous http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/12/69/77/96/294_2213.jpg the above plant was recently given to me by Bill Maddams. He has had it for many years and had never flowered it. He hopes that the light levels up here on the west coast of Scotland will encourage it to flower. I repotted it, has I always do with new plants and noticed that the spines are straight, only in the new heads are there any hooked spines. I always thought that this speices had hooked spines and all the seedlings I have rasied ... CULTURE Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:42:01 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/m-senilis-spination-t412.htm#1020 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/m-senilis-spination-t412.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/wintertime-t511.htm WendyW One more question tonight. Our winters are usually pretty cold. Down to 0c or even less especially at night. My house is heated by several space heaters, no central heat. So usually my house is around 18 or 19 c. For Mammilaria is this a good temp to have them in or should I move them to a cooler room for the winter. ? They would continue to get lots of sun where they are now. In the other room lighting would be next to nil. So would they do better in next to no light as long as kept ... CULTURE Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:35:50 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/wintertime-t511.htm#1280 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/wintertime-t511.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/watching-them-grow-t510.htm WendyW I will admit to being anxious to see my seedlings grow up. I have several mammalaria varieties growing right now. The seedlings are about 4 weeks old and some still look like just small green blobs in the soil. So my question is this At what age might I see a bit of change that lets me know they are coming along alright? I know different species grow differently none grow at the same rate. But in general. As I said I am just anxious to see them grow. Patience has never been one of my strongest ... CULTURE Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:04:55 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/watching-them-grow-t510.htm#1279 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/watching-them-grow-t510.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/which-water-is-best-t504.htm WendyW All the time I have had plants around my house I have used tap water that has been allowed to sit for several days to let some of the chemicals evaporate out of it. This was for my tropicals along with any succulents I may of had . It seemed to do the trick but eventually always left that kind of whitish chalky look on top of the soil . I had heard that using distilled water or rain water is much better for all plants. Is this true and which of those two is better? We have had a lot of rain ... CULTURE Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:49:01 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/which-water-is-best-t504.htm#1263 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/which-water-is-best-t504.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/do-they-need-to-repot-t444.htm Hugo They need to be repot soon. On the left M. leucocentra and on the right M. virginis ( seed from Aymeric de Barmon).

]]> CULTURE Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:12:13 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/do-they-need-to-repot-t444.htm#1118 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/do-they-need-to-repot-t444.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/scarid-fly-t27.htm Anonymous One of the few Pests that I suffer from apart from the usual Mealy bugs is Scarid Fly. For those who may not of noticed, these are small flies that fly and crawl across the surface of wet compost. They lay their eggs just below the surface of the compost and the tiny maggots eat into the stem of the plant. killing it. I have been suffering from these with the seedlings. Someone recomemded buying some Carnivorous plants, the one's with the sticky leaves. Which is what I have done and I now have ... CULTURE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:29:02 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/scarid-fly-t27.htm#30 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/scarid-fly-t27.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/how-late-to-plant-seeds-t323.htm WendyW I just ordered some mammalaria seeds from Mesa Gardens last Friday. In this order is albilanataCuicatlan bocasana f. multilanata carmenae centraliplumosa compressa glassii guelzowiana nivosa ... CULTURE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:37:56 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/how-late-to-plant-seeds-t323.htm#719 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/how-late-to-plant-seeds-t323.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-germination-so-far-t158.htm Chris43 I sowed my first batches of seed in January, using the baggy method, under lights and in a propagator. I only sow the small packets of seed, but can't be bothered to count how many seeds there actually are. The table below shows my results to date. They are from various sources, and the only packet where I do know the number of seeds is the M. jamaicensis where I ordered 20 seeds. Species Seed source No of seedlings bombycina ML316 Michel Lacoste 9 densispina L1010 Michel Lacoste 7 dioica ... CULTURE Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:55:18 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-germination-so-far-t158.htm#279 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-germination-so-far-t158.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-results-part1-t112.htm Hugo jamaicensis Arides 6399 7/10 huitzilopochtli v. cuicatlanensis TL 327 20/20 pringlei PN 348 7/10 perezdelarosae PN 514 11/20 voburnensis v. quetzalqoatl ML 374 6/20 melispina (roseoalba form) PN 8/20 viescensis ML 546 20/20 tegelbergiana W 117 16/20 pilispina SB 822 61/100 huitzilopochtli v. cuitcatlanensis fa Minnichi TL 329 49/100 aurihamata ML 419 7/10 crucigera FO 105 7/10 goodridgei 89/100 mercadensis L 696 64/100 jamaicensis WAF 9641 10/10 virginis FO 63 57/100 leucocentra Rep 1049 37/100 confusa AdB ... CULTURE Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:25:59 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-results-part1-t112.htm#131 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/seed-results-part1-t112.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/afm-seed-2008-t152.htm Anonymous I was able to order 110 packets from this years AfM seedlist. The first batch of 54 packets of seeds were sown on 5th April 2008 using my normal method of standing the 5cm pots of compost in boiling water, sowing the seed on to the surface and then putting to pots into a heated propagator for 3 weeks. Usually germination will start after 7 days, depending on the species. Out of the the 54 lots sown only 2 failed to germinate, with the rest giving excellent to good germination results. M.tayloriorum ... CULTURE Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:57:43 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/afm-seed-2008-t152.htm#261 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/afm-seed-2008-t152.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/mammillaria-tetrancistra-sb-691-t151.htm Anonymous

A shot of some seedlings of M.tetrancistra SB691. The seed, from Steve Brack, was sown on the 6-5-07 and started to germinate on the 17-5-07. There was 9 seedlings to start with but only 3 made it to the pricking out stage.]]> CULTURE Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:46:01 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/mammillaria-tetrancistra-sb-691-t151.htm#258 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/mammillaria-tetrancistra-sb-691-t151.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/early-flowers-t127.htm Anonymous
Plants in bud ....moelleriana Lau694, sp Lau1135 (Z+), standleyi Lau86 (Z+), prolifera ssp texana FO57, orcutii PM30 (Z+), jaliscana ssp jaliscana Lau1048, formosa chioncephala LX177, albilanata oxancana P324.]]> CULTURE Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:08:57 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/early-flowers-t127.htm#181 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/early-flowers-t127.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/korhes-seed-results-08-03-2008-t89.htm Anonymous I had never had seed from Kohres before and had heard of there poor reuslts from others but thought I should give them ago. I order 17 packets and sowed them on 17 - 2 - 08, about 3 weeks ago, in the heated propagator. The results are has follows. crassimammillaris L1069 1/20 mixtecensis 0/10 gasseriana 4/10 tezontle 10/10 brandegei v gabbii 11/20 perezdelarosae 'El Sauz' 2/10 pere v. andersoniana 0/10 manana 1/10 gasseriana 'Pengn Blanco' 3/10 scheinvariana ... CULTURE Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:56:32 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/korhes-seed-results-08-03-2008-t89.htm#106 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/korhes-seed-results-08-03-2008-t89.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/try-to-rerooting-m-tetrancistra-t26.htm Hugo
]]> CULTURE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:24:59 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/try-to-rerooting-m-tetrancistra-t26.htm#29 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/try-to-rerooting-m-tetrancistra-t26.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/potting-up-june-2008-t29.htm Anonymous Today I have been potting up seedlings that were sown on the 28-5-07. The seedlings were later pricked out into the modular cells that I now use. These cells are 1cm x 1cm and the spines of a number of seedlings where starting to touch each other so it was time to move them on. The shot below shows that the roots have filled the whole of the cell. The seedlings are M.bella H.O.267 from the 2007 AfM seedlist. The seedlings have been potted on into a larger sized modular cell. These ... CULTURE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:32:07 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/potting-up-june-2008-t29.htm#33 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/potting-up-june-2008-t29.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/end-of-june-update-t28.htm Anonymous For one reason or another I have not been able to get on to the forum until this weekend and thought an end of month update would be of interest . I have spent a lot of time moving the seedlings that were raised from the 2006-2007 seed sowing into polystrene trays. You may remember that I had pricked out these seedlings into plastic modular cells 25mm x 25mm. Unfortunatly the compost was drying out to quickly and has a result was falling out of the drainage hole in the bottom just leaving the ... CULTURE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:30:40 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/end-of-june-update-t28.htm#32 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/end-of-june-update-t28.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/mboolii-flowers-t11.htm Anonymous
]]> CULTURE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:01:51 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/mboolii-flowers-t11.htm#12 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/mboolii-flowers-t11.htm http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/grafting-mammillarias-t25.htm Hugo 1.Why graft? 2.Grafting on which stock? 3.Grafting in practice 1.Why graft? Most Mammillaria in our collections don't need to be grafted at all. But it may happen that one of our plants is rotting. In that case, the plant might be rescued by being grafted. If the bottom of the plant is rotting, cut off the rotting part. There must no yellow coloured part of the plant be left. As soon as this is done, the plant is to be grafted at once. Another reason for grafting is to multiply rare plants ... CULTURE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:57:31 GMT http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/grafting-mammillarias-t25.htm#27 http://mammillaria.forumotion.net/culture-f4/grafting-mammillarias-t25.htm