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@Bug_cemetery, Ayyyy, the propaganda is working already . No idea on the agave, but the first haworthia looks like Haworthia retusa var. retusa (maybe f. geraldii). Good score, solid plant. I've no idea on the second but it's giving me H. magnifica vibes.

As far as vlumps or separating, it's really up to you. I love clumps but clumps can just take up a lotta room. The two you got are very prolific offsetters in my experience so if you do separate some offsets, the main plant will have grown new offsets to take their place within about 3-9 months depending on growing conditions.

Nice plants! I have three questions:

1. is that a led/blue growlight? How many hours a day?
2. What substrate do you use? I see pine bark, some lava rock, pumice/perlite, what else?
3. Why two of them are covered by some net?

Took a much better picture of H. 'Kotohime' and wanted to share. It really is gorgeous.

lemon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:44 am Nice plants! I have three questions:

1. is that a led/blue growlight? How many hours a day?
2. What substrate do you use? I see pine bark, some lava rock, pumice/perlite, what else?
3. Why two of them are covered by some net?

Thank you

1. They're the Barrina 2ft LED growlights in "white." They're not really white at all, they're very pink. Tbh, they're not great lights for the price you'll find online; I only have them because someone local was getting rid of them for cheap. Pretty sure I have them on for about 9 or 10 hours per day right now. Would have to check.
2. Substrate is just a gritty mix of stuff. Crushed granite (Cherrystone #2 size), probably spme perlite from old mixes, calcined clay (Safe-T-Sorb), probably some lava from old mixes, and yup, pine bark as well. I just sift the dust out of old mixes and send everything through a 1/4" mesh. Recently got some 1/8" mesh but haven't used that mix yet.b
3. It's bugscreen. It's useful to put over plants with lower light tolerance and/or seedlings and offsets to help reduce the light for specific plants. Easier to grow everything under one set of lights rather than have dedicated lights for the more sensitive ones.

@Bug_cemetery, actually I think your second haworthia might be H. retusa f. fouchei.

A brief progress update on one of my favorites.

Haworthia joleneae when I got it on April 14th 2022
And more recently on January 28th, 2023. I love how the new leaves are developing.
The flower stalk has been up for a couple months now but seems to have paused and the flowers haven't opened. It's likely that this plant is a TC plant so I'm wondering if there's something slightly off that's preventing the flowerstalk from developing all the way. Could certainly be an aspect of my care but I've had several other plants bloom with no issue. Oh well, time will tell.

SDK1, the meshes from the first photo are for shade ?

roarke wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:04 am SDK1, the meshes from the first photo are for shade ?

Yep, just a bit of shade for plants that are rooting or need a bit less light than the others. Anything works though - bugscreen, cheesecloth, shadecloth, etc.

I finally got around to doing something I wanted to do for a couple years and started a bunch of cacti from seed. Most were sown around the beginning of this month and here's a couple pictures of where they're at now.

Mammillaria lasiacantha ssp. wohlschlageri on top and mixed Mammillarias on bottom Lophophoras

What did you use as the top layer of the substrate?