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From seed to small cacti | Opuntia ficus-indica (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/succulents@midwest.social

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I forgot to mention, that the picture is a bit old already (my bad).
Here is an up-to-date one: https://imgur.com/a/XhtOGc7

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I harvested them from the fruits I foraged in Calabria, Italy at the entrance to our hotel. Packaged them well and brought them home by plane (Italy -> Germany).

Getting the seeds to germinate was (so far) the hardest part. Had a small plastic box from a 1kg Haribo I bought some days ago (like that one: picture).
Germination to something green took about 1 or 2 weeks. Of about 10 seeds only these germinated, the others either molded or didnt germ. Molding probably because not properly cleaned/desinfected.
The box + cactus earth + a bit of water, closing it and letting it stay in indirect sunlight.

Between picture 1 and the update were 13 days. I have them now on the balcony in direct sunlight and they seem to be even bigger now.

Any other questions I can answer?

[–] SuccDaddy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No! That was extremely helpful, much appreciated!