i have been too scared to put my grafts in the hothouse!!! i have taken over my wife's laundry she is going nuts at me, but here is a picture where i am growing them.

Looks like my set up darren. Except I have a few of them shelves

It's looking great guys. It's good to see they're coming along nicely.

some closeups of these little babies... hows the pattern around the base of the smaller plant!!!

i think i damaged the growth point of the larger one and that is why it is pupping? they are under lights for 16/24 in standard potting mix which is constantly soaked in nitrosol soluble fertiliser but then left to dry for 1 day in every 7.

i have no idea about growing plants so this is all new to me but i am loving it!!! i am pruning my grafting stock everyday

Please have a look the updated photo, taken on 02/02/10.
You can see a flower bud starting to appear.
The body size is still very small but I think autumn will be soon.
2 of 10 grafted kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde for the competition have flower buds.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2708218230044113659nfGaFT

is a late entry accepted?? [too bad I missed this] I know I will lose, but it's gonna be fun anyway!

my lopho seeds were sown 28dec09....

Yes enter Mutant, don't worry about late entry. I have still not grafted any of my lophs yet


Here is a pic of my Ariocarpus on tiny Hylocereus. I have another 2 on larger stock, they are doing a little better I will post them as soon as I time to take a shot.

Cool, I did a couple last night, but I doubt they will take as the stocks were mostly unrooted. I will repeat as soon as some pere's have been prepared.

i cannot find any information that says that ariocarpus will flower when grown under lights!! does anyone know or am i going to have to learn the hard way

darren

Darren
Ariocarpus will flower in autumn. Plant will recognize the season in autumn by "gradually shortened day time".
I have never grown Ariocarpus under artificial sunlights. Can you simulate "gradually shortened day time".
If you can I think you can see some flowers under artficial sunlights.
Hanazono

thanks for the advice hanazono

i will begin reducing day length by 15mins as of today and reduce it every 2 days until i bring it back to 12 hour days.

kind regards
Darren

Looking really good guys!

Pity this competition is all about second place.

i'm blown away all those grafts are amazing ppl! very inspiring
for several reasons i didnt get grafting in good time for this comp, but some of the ones i grafted in december took
(photos to come)., and i still plan to do a heap more, now that i got over the hurdle of 'my first attempt'

I was away from home this week and came back last night.
I checked plants this morning and found developed flower buds on Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde-A.
I could also see similar size of buds on the scion-C1.