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Growing cacti from seeds

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I wanted to have cacti but I couldn’t find any good quality ones at reasonable prices. So I bought cactus seeds from ebay. It was really cheap and I can see the whole growth process of cacti. Actually I’m not sure whether I can germinate these seeds but I gave it a go.

I bought paper pots and potting mix soil for the cacti seeds.

I bought Neobuxbaumia Tetetzo (15seeds £1.24), Echinocereus Viereckii (15seeds £1.50), Browningia/Azureocereus hertlingianus (15seeds £1.50) and I also bought 20 Bird of Paradise seeds.

These are the Bird of Paradise seeds. I thought they were fake seeds when I saw them for the first time because of the bright orange coloured hair on the seeds.

These small seeds are cacti seeds!

I put soil in the pots and made name tags with dates on it. I seeded all of them on the 26th of April.

I watered and put the seeds in the soil. I also covered the pots with clingfilm to keep them moisturised.

I’m writing this post on the 15th of may and I’m still waiting for them to germinate. The Bird of Paradise seeds are said to take 8 weeks to grow sprouts and cactus takes a few weeks.

Plants update

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It’s been a month since I wrote the last post so I’m going to do an update on my plants !

I recently got more plants and they are moonstones pachyphytum, variegated rubber plant, corn plant (it was a my birthday present!) and a lot of seeds.

However there is a bad news that my Norfolk pine died. I did everything I could do, such as, using plant light, repotting, changing soil but it died.

I will upload everything one by one.

Soil Moisture Meter/Plant Water Monitor

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I bought XLUX Soil Moisture Meter from Amazon a few days ago.

It was always confusing to check the soil with my finger or a wooden stick. This product will help me a lot because it shows the level of moisture beneath the surface.

It’s really easy to use.

1.Insert the probe of the meter to the plants’ root level.
2.Note the moisture level in the dial which has ten scales.
3.Remove the probe from soil and wipe clean after each use.

It shows the moisture level from 1 to 10 (1-3 dry, 4-7 moist, 8-10 wet)

I checked my plants with this. It’s the Calathea Orbifolia plant which was watered in the morning.

It’s the Scots Pine tree and I watered this yesterday.

It’s the Phlebodium Aureum plant. It likes moisture at all times so I watered this plant after checking this meter which is showing a level of 3.

I really like this product. It’s so clear to read and makes caring for plants so much easier.