Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Kleftiwallah on April 09, 2017, 11:14
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Managed to purloin a few seed heads from the large globular cacti seen all over the place. This morning I can see numerous fleshy sproutings on the surface of the soil.
Shame I won't be around to see them in their full splendour! :D
Cheers, Tony.
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I like to collect seeds/cuttings from wherever I go, as well :lol:
It's naughty but I can't resist :blush:
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The seeds will last, but I can't think of a method of preserving cuttings for an extended length of time. So ideas please! ::)
I've finally been and gone and done it. Bit the bullet and thrown out all my out of date veggie seeds. They just weren't emerging.
>:(Cheers, Tony.
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I take cuttings the day I'm leaving wrap the bottoms in wet tissue, into a placcy bag and into the suitcase :D Pot them up asap back in the UK.
Doesn't always work, but it is well worth a try ;)
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I've finally been and gone and done it. Bit the bullet and thrown out all my out of date veggie seeds. They just weren't emerging.
Well done Klefti! :)
I finally did the same a month or so ago - the tipping point was realising that (amongst others) I'd got 6 different packs of radish seeds, 5 different packs of rocket seeds, all out of date, some of which germinated last year and some didn't, but of course I've no idea which packet did and which didn't! :lol:
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I am also guilty on both counts ... seeds from abroad and out of date packets in the box!!!
I am sure that there are rules against the first, an there should be about the second really . Lots of time and frustration could thus be avoided
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My mum used to do this where ever we went when we was kids. Stately homes used to get stripped of seeds all the time.
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I've managed to track down the species (I think) to Echinocactus Grusonii. They are now about the size of a orange pip and pink. I have far too many so does any cactus enthusiasts out there like a few? Maybe somenes kids would like them as they can grow very large but it takes 50+ years!
Cheers, Tony.