What a beautiful looking mixture, I would suggest to add crushed lava stones, idk how it's called but it's a kind of really dark, hard and light rock, it should contain a lot of minerals and the porosity should help with the soil humidity regulation
Great results on the baby buttons. I have 22 Lophophora seeds Sierra Santa Rosa, Coahuila, Mexico, Northern form. I will sow them tomorrow and use my reptile heat mat and usb light. I have these items for growing mushroom mycelium.
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.
Great video! I wonder if it would be worth the trouble to use an ink bird plug and play temperature controller to precisely regulate the temperature by hooking it up to the heat mat and the probe inside.
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.
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.😊
@@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 😊
@@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 😊
I have month old seedlings. I want to compare them with others. For one, to verify my seedlings are root down verticle. Some just look like tiny beans. Also they have tiny spines on their heads. Not all. So, your video did not give any long close ups of the sprouts. The camera moved over them so quickly. Im looking for photos of 30 day old seedlings. Links?
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... 😵
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.
Hi ... Just like to know when is it the best time of the year to repot my Lophophora ?Is it when it is dormant , like late Autumn to early winter ... By the way enjoyed your video : )
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.
Hi, may I know how long will you keep the seedlings in the container? How often you water it and did you water directly to the soil? will you make any update video for the batch?
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. 😔
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.
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.
When are you guys going to learn not to fill your pots all the way up to the top it goes against potting plants 101 you guys have to go back to college
Sierra Santa Rosa is the mountain range, I have family in the city just below them (Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico).
Awesome thanks for the knowledge.
Damn it, it is relaxing!
What a beautiful looking mixture, I would suggest to add crushed lava stones, idk how it's called but it's a kind of really dark, hard and light rock, it should contain a lot of minerals and the porosity should help with the soil humidity regulation
Thanks! There's black lava in that substrate. 😊
Great results on the baby buttons. I have 22 Lophophora seeds Sierra Santa Rosa, Coahuila, Mexico, Northern form. I will sow them tomorrow and use my reptile heat mat and usb light. I have these items for growing mushroom mycelium.
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🌵
Amazing content! This is helping me alot with the next seeding.
Do you want to share the formula of the mineral mix? Thanks in advance🙏🏽
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.
Great video! I wonder if it would be worth the trouble to use an ink bird plug and play temperature controller to precisely regulate the temperature by hooking it up to the heat mat and the probe inside.
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.
This is next level growing, should be the top result for growing Peyote
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
Too cute ❤
3:55 I was thinking "this is very relaxing", then you wrote the same 😀
:)
Génial ! et après comment ça se passe ?!
OMG I'm so sad I accidentally killed my seedlings but this is informational for next time
Is zamnesia reliable for buying peyote plants for planting?
here love is the main ingredient :D
How long do you leave the light on for? 12 hour intervals or how do you handle it?
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
Do You Sell Them ?
Blessings From Birmingham England 😊
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 😊
I have month old seedlings. I want to compare them with others. For one, to verify my seedlings are root down verticle. Some just look like tiny beans. Also they have tiny spines on their heads. Not all. So, your video did not give any long close ups of the sprouts. The camera moved over them so quickly. Im looking for photos of 30 day old seedlings. Links?
Those are 28 days old www.dropbox.com/s/t1ycjqo9lmh2vdy/122186003_10218127691249846_2985670798413778323_n.jpg?dl=0
what amounts or proportions of each material did you use in the soil mix?
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... 😵
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you for the video :) do you sell seeds?!
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.
Hi ... Just like to know when is it the best time of the year to repot my Lophophora ?Is it when it is dormant , like late Autumn to early winter ... By the way enjoyed your video : )
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..
Hi, may I know how long will you keep the seedlings in the container? How often you water it and did you water directly to the soil? will you make any update video for the batch?
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. 😔
Did you cover seeds in soil mixture
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.
Do you think a symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi would be beneficial to root growth?
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.
Where can I purchase lopho seeds? Any suggestions?
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I like where its coming from ... but... its just dude mixing dirt. Hard pass.
When are you guys going to learn not to fill your pots all the way up to the top it goes against potting plants 101 you guys have to go back to college
@@jerryribyat1481 ?