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Post by WillyCKH on Mar 8, 2016 18:34:02 GMT -5
they are beautiful!!
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Post by Apoplast on Mar 9, 2016 13:35:54 GMT -5
Hi DVG - What a difference a generation makes! I can't wait to see the F2 plants.
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Post by H2O on Mar 9, 2016 21:53:09 GMT -5
Excuse me while I got throw out all of my agnata.
Looking so awesome, would love to get one of your clones one day.
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Post by dvg on Sept 29, 2018 21:40:50 GMT -5
Okay...the new generaton is well underway now...this will be the third generation for these P. agnata. Was able to pollinate these colored P. agnata clones with one another. Collected the flower scape and seed capsules of each clone when they were ripe. The original mother clone of these others is sitting in the far right bottom corner. (disregard the green clone shown for comparison purposes) Some of that "original mother's" pollen was distributed among the other open clone flowers, but didn't concentrate on collecting seed from the original mother The seed collected from each of the second generation clones was sown into five pots, one pot for each second gen mother's seed. So far the germination has been impressive, with small sprouts up in all of the pots except for one. The seeds collected from the plant in the upper right hand corner have yielded no results, despite plenty of seeds being sown in that pot. Because that plant's flowers were fertilized with pollen from the other clones, i'm considering the possibility that this clone may be sterile, and unable to produce viable seed. Will have to see how this next 3rd generation shakes out... ...kinda excited with anticipation to see what these clones can come up with, between themselves. Of course, time will tell. dvg
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Post by kiwipete on Jan 19, 2019 16:01:00 GMT -5
Dvg,
These are amazing plants.
It seems that you only have volcanic rock in some of your pots.
Do you have any problems with wicking water to the plant roots ?
KP.
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Post by dvg on Jan 20, 2019 8:47:41 GMT -5
Thanks KP!
Most of the pots with the lava rock also have coarse river sand mixed in to the media.
The river sand helps wick up water to the roots, but even with the sand, this media recipe still dries out fairly fast, and seems to work better with larger plants whose rosettes cover most of the pot's surface.
KP, what are you currently using as your default mexi-ping media mix?
dvg
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