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Carlo & Daniele
Number of posts: 105
Location: Italy
Registration date: 2008-11-28
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:09 am | |
| Hello! These are some of our seedlings of koh-yo(on the left) and kikko koh-yo(on the right) sowed distinguishing the seeds for motherplant.  The motherplants are begininning changing colour but one of them, the biggest one, is still totally green. That's interesting fact! carlo & daniele |
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KanJe
watchman
Number of posts: 393
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-06-24
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:18 pm | |
| Will these change colour with maturity or not. Sorry, I'm not very familiar with these CV. |
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Carlo & Daniele
Number of posts: 105
Location: Italy
Registration date: 2008-11-28
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:49 am | |
| It's a new cultivar and its behaviour is not very well known. From our experience seedlings change colour according to seasons when they are young, but in this period (winter here) also some of our motherplants are changing their colours. According to Hanazono only very big plants (15 cm) do not change colour, and they remain green all the sesons. However they can tranfer the "koh-yo gene" by seed. We took this photo a month before the first we posted. You can see the changing of the colours of seedlings:  | KanJe wrote: | | Will these change colour with maturity or not. Sorry, I'm not very familiar with these CV. |
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KanJe
watchman
Number of posts: 393
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-06-24
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:08 pm | |
| Thanks C&D, I wasn't sure. Astrophytums as you know are common for changing colour during different seasons due to stress. I guess I was hoping this wasn't the case. |
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Hellonasty
Admin
Number of posts: 1250
Location: NSW
Registration date: 2008-04-04
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:12 pm | |
| Just AWESOME Carlo & Daniele  Can you post an update of these seedlings ? |
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calycium
Moderator
Number of posts: 423
Location: Adelaide, SA
Registration date: 2008-04-06
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:22 pm | |
| Fantastic looking seedlings you guys have there |
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Carlo & Daniele
Number of posts: 105
Location: Italy
Registration date: 2008-11-28
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:56 am | |
| Hello and many thanks!
Seedlings are not very different from the photo posted here on december 22th, these days our greenhouse is covered by the snow... |
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Hellonasty
Admin
Number of posts: 1250
Location: NSW
Registration date: 2008-04-04
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:21 pm | |
| Ohh yeah. I forgot it was winter in italy  |
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KanJe
watchman
Number of posts: 393
Location: Melbourne
Registration date: 2008-06-24
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:13 pm | |
| | Carlo & Daniele wrote: | Hello and many thanks!
Seedlings are not very different from the photo posted here on december 22th, these days our greenhouse is covered by the snow... |
How do your plants handle those kind of conditions?
Do you find you get many casualties even with the protection of the green house? |
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Carlo & Daniele
Number of posts: 105
Location: Italy
Registration date: 2008-11-28
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:28 am | |
| We keep the plants in a heated greenhouse.
The delicates ones are pereskiopsis and hylocereus grafts; seedlings can pass the winter dry and in good conditions if they are not too young.
In spring we will check the casualties, but we hope they will be not too much; however few dead plants is a normal condition.
carlo & daniele |
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Carlo & Daniele
Number of posts: 105
Location: Italy
Registration date: 2008-11-28
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:31 pm | |
| Update: 6-2-2009  It seems they are burning! |
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calycium
Moderator
Number of posts: 423
Location: Adelaide, SA
Registration date: 2008-04-06
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:57 pm | |
| sad. But most of them are still looking really good. I'd be happy with so many seedlings.
Noticed your seed trays. I have found that mine have done better without drain holes where I can keep the humidity up during their first hot summer of 55+ degrees Celsius. Many of my others have become too dry and died.
Do you use open or closed trays (like in the pics) to raise all your seedlings? Or just for the arios? |
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Carlo & Daniele
Number of posts: 105
Location: Italy
Registration date: 2008-11-28
| | Subject: Re: Astrophytum myriostigma cv. kikko Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:29 am | |
| | calycium wrote: | sad. But most of them are still looking really good. I'd be happy with so many seedlings.
Noticed your seed trays. I have found that mine have done better without drain holes where I can keep the humidity up during their first hot summer of 55+ degrees Celsius. Many of my others have become too dry and died.
Do you use open or closed trays (like in the pics) to raise all your seedlings? Or just for the arios? |
Hi! I do not understand the meaning...
here in Italy now is winter and this cultivar (koh-yo) become very colourful with sunlight and low temperature. |
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