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Hello all, I thought I'd share with you a technique I learned over on Sharetheseeds on how to start trichocereus/lophophora etc, from seed. This is the misplant tek curtosey of none other than misplant. My system is as follows: take a plastic tub of some sort, fill with some fox farm ocean forest/black gold cactus soil, make wet, add a layer of medium coarse sand (for me this is Florida Pool Filter sand which is basically small pieces of limestone), wet that, and lastly surface sow the seeds. Wrap with ceran wrap or put the lid on it. Germination should take 2-7days. I keep mine at around 90*F under 2 13w CFLs which I plan to upgrade at some point to a 96w t5 CFL set up. I keep the ceran wrap on for like 6 months. After around 6 months I take up to the greenhouse and keep it well watered for another 6 months ( I am fortunate to live in a tropical climate). At that time I transplant into square 4" pots. These will sit here for probably another year before going out into a shaded location. After 3 years maturity will hit and they can be treated just like other cacti. Muskogee Herbman attached the following image(s):  DSC_3127.jpg (628kb) downloaded 173 time(s). DSC_2383.jpg (514kb) downloaded 172 time(s). DSC_3199.jpg (3,494kb) downloaded 174 time(s). 20160420_193324.jpg (3,916kb) downloaded 175 time(s). 20160420_191421.jpg (3,955kb) downloaded 175 time(s). 20160702_111004.jpg (5,389kb) downloaded 175 time(s). 20160710_223610.jpg (5,262kb) downloaded 173 time(s).Creator help me live in a way that will make my ancestors proud.
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These are plants I aquired at 3 years old, and how they look at 4 years old. I believe this to be the point of maturity. 1) T. Peru "Florida (left), T. Peru Bk 08614.2(?)(right) 2) T. Peru Bk 08614.2(?) 3) T. Peru "Florida (left) Muskogee Herbman attached the following image(s): DSC_1907.jpg (517kb) downloaded 165 time(s). 20160611_100405.jpg (4,860kb) downloaded 166 time(s). 20160702_143357.jpg (4,867kb) downloaded 165 time(s).Creator help me live in a way that will make my ancestors proud.
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Grafting vs regular growth 1) "T. Scop" I think this is actually T. Terschekii iirc. mislabled... 2) the one labled T.Scop is the same plant same age same seed batch. Again mislabled most likely T> terschekii 3) These are big enough to be out in the regular sun (but shade) Muskogee Herbman attached the following image(s): 20160723_112242.jpg (4,626kb) downloaded 164 time(s). 20160611_095451.jpg (5,298kb) downloaded 161 time(s). 20160609_193234.jpg (4,729kb) downloaded 162 time(s).Creator help me live in a way that will make my ancestors proud.
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More seedlings Muskogee Herbman attached the following image(s): 20160705_215915.jpg (3,968kb) downloaded 151 time(s). 20160705_215953.jpg (3,788kb) downloaded 151 time(s). DSC_0850.jpg (1,105kb) downloaded 149 time(s). 20160420_193449.jpg (3,278kb) downloaded 147 time(s). 20160420_193424_001.jpg (3,152kb) downloaded 146 time(s).Creator help me live in a way that will make my ancestors proud.
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing this information, I've got some seeds I've been meaning to start and this is quite helpful.  "Consciousness grows in spirals." --George L. Jackson If you can just get your mind together, then come across to me. We'll hold hands and then we'll watch the sunrise from the bottom of the sea...
But first, are you experienced?
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What Praxis. said^ ! Thank you indeed “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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I did something similar with my san pedros. Bought a kit with seeds soil and a plastic box with lid. The soil is just some perlite. Instruction said to microwave the soil. Let cool. Wet it. Places seeds. Open up only after everything grew. I did it with 6 seeds to try and 3 of them grew. Still got a lot of seeds though. I havent had to much sun and heat here so it was still a good yield. Also the seeds a probably old.
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