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jaguarlax

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I finally had a plant in a solo cup long enough to share this... I like to put a layer of perlite in my solo cups when I drop seeds... this creates a layer between the cup and the main root mass... this works particularly well when you cannot always transplant immediately into larger pots... This allows me to separate circling roots with relative ease, and without shocking the plant... it also allows me to really pack in the myco as well...

Note: The coloration of my roots is due to the brand and amount of mycorrhizae I use... The roots up top are White and healthy.

PSS: I don’t typically like to wait this long to txplant but I was waiting on more pots to show up, since I clearly have an issue planting beans I have no business popping

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I finally had a plant in a solo cup long enough to share this... I like to put a layer of perlite in my solo cups when I drop seeds... this creates a layer between the cup and the main root mass... this works particularly well when you cannot always transplant immediately into larger pots... This allows me to separate circling roots with relative ease, and without shocking the plant... it also allows me to really pack in the myco as well...

Note: The coloration of my roots is due to the brand and amount of mycorrhizae I use... The roots up top are White and healthy.

PSS: I don’t typically like to wait this long to txplant but I was waiting on more pots to show up, since I clearly have an issue planting beans I have no business popping

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that is genius and I am gonna do this from here on out. Thanks for sharing!
 

Skunky Dunk Farms

Cannabinoid Receptor
I finally had a plant in a solo cup long enough to share this... I like to put a layer of perlite in my solo cups when I drop seeds... this creates a layer between the cup and the main root mass... this works particularly well when you cannot always transplant immediately into larger pots... This allows me to separate circling roots with relative ease, and without shocking the plant... it also allows me to really pack in the myco as well...

Note: The coloration of my roots is due to the brand and amount of mycorrhizae I use... The roots up top are White and healthy.

PSS: I don’t typically like to wait this long to txplant but I was waiting on more pots to show up, since I clearly have an issue planting beans I have no business popping

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In our greenhouse out back we raise succulents and cacti and thats how all our pots are done, usually with course gravel instead of perlite.
Definitely keeps roots content.
 
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Amarok

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I love all the cactii, @Skunky Dunk Farms !

I've just started messing with them. I bought this at about 1-1/2" high a year or so ago and threw it in coco under 20 watts of screw-in LED bulbs. It gets what my cannabis gets for food. It was getting tall and I was concerned bout getting top heavy so I topped it.(all of this with no research, just fucking around)

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The topped bit got tossed on top of another pot and basically forgotten. Maybe a month later I went to bin it and found it had rooted. Going to top this one a lot lower and see what develops.

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Skunky Dunk Farms

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I love all the cactii, @Skunky Dunk Farms !

I've just started messing with them. I bought this at about 1-1/2" high a year or so ago and threw it in coco under 20 watts of screw-in LED bulbs. It gets what my cannabis gets for food. It was getting tall and I was concerned bout getting top heavy so I topped it.(all of this with no research, just fucking around)

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The topped bit got tossed on top of another pot and basically forgotten. Maybe a month later I went to bin it and found it had rooted. Going to top this one a lot lower and see what develops.

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Yeah they are resilient plants, many loss there roots annually and regrow in spring.
Haworthia and Euphorbia are my favorite families.
 

Amarok

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Yeah they are resilient plants, many loss there roots annually and regrow in spring.
Haworthia and Euphorbia are my favorite families.
I want to expand my knowledge, but know nothing right now, other than they appeal to me (resilient, prickly, loner... i wonder what the connection is? :unsure:;)). The San Pedro cactus has caught my eye for obvious reasons but I haven't picked one up yet.

As a gateway for my knowledge, if you don't mind, what about those two families appeal to you.
 

Skunky Dunk Farms

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As a gateway for my knowledge, if you don't mind, what about those two families appeal to you.

I guess it would be how diverse they are.
The Euphorbias can be a round smooth ball our a vast ,thorny mat. Many have large caudex's.
The Haworthias, the same. They have clear windows in the tip of leaves to absorb sunlight as they grow buried in the soil.
We have some that are 50, 60+ years old, some collected in habitat and purchased by us.
We have propagated many ourselves, collected seed and grown new plants.
Some of the most beautiful and unique flowers youll ever see.
 

Jewels

Tilts at Tables
This,,,
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was my logic, in doing this,,,
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pulled enough plants to see the ‘riparian phenomena’. Check out - rear left. Difficult to see; there are carton flats in those balls. They maintain structural integrity through one flower cycle. Then off to lettuce land.
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Roots seem to flourish in that ‘dead space ‘
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Never tried it on this scale. (5 gallon finishers)
Didn’t want to cough up 30 gallons of hydroton. Grabbed a maul and started crushing brick.

Maintaining proper moisture levels is well beyond my capabilities. Inadvisable - my middle name.
Could be touchy.
Sink or swim,,,you gotta jump first.
 

Jewels

Tilts at Tables
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This carton held its shape. The plant was dried out , too many times, to fully round out with roots.
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probly doing more harm than good.
I have another hot scheming pile of hack forthcoming , to address that
 

Jewels

Tilts at Tables
I bought 12% permethrin, the ingredients did not indicate any wetting agents. To fill the nooks and crannies, I was looking for something soapy.

I once met a pharmacist who swore that she raised 3 kids, without ever seeing lice. They used exclusively Head and Shoulders.
Pryrithione is one one those designer chrysanthemum derivatives.

I will continue to use a drop, to mix with my liquid nutes during foliar feeding. Can’t hurt.
 
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