The Cacti & Succulent Plant Seedlings I have sown from Seed in 2018 - UPDATE

[@falzonp1]

Beautiful video Lyn! Lovely collection of cuties...little seedlings! They look nice and healthy! Well done with the seeds! Sending you Lyn and Hans lots of love! Hope you have an amazing afternoon!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so happy that the seedlings were such a success, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a wonderful afternoon XXXXX

[@LGW3-Orchids-Exotics]

Lyn, all of your seedlings look great! You truly have the magic touch of patience and TLC for plants. It's so amazing to see the little cacti seedling balls (no larger than a pinhead) grow into small cacti! I have had to do a doubletake myself; as I thought those small balls might be some sort of fertilizer or something. Can't wai to see the seedlings grow!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha George :-D its so much fun to grow these little cuties :-D and the biggest challenge is to get them through their first Winter, but so far so good haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@ToddBabs]

Seedlings are looking great and heathy Lynn, thanks for the update! My 56 varieties are all still kicking here. I was fighting a nasty case of fungus gnats for the ones out of bags for a while, finally got em under control. I was looking back at your LED grow light videos here as I have been thinking about picking a couple up for the winter here.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Fungus gnats are such a pain I have had so much trouble with them too once out the bags, and they are so awful for eating the fine roots and killing the young seedlings I absolutely hate them, and I have found the only real thing that works is watering Neem oil into the soil and using the sticky yellow traps for the adult flies, the LED are BRILLIANT especially at this time of year :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX

[@Olgasgreenland]

They are so cute. When is little and you see them form is so wonderful. All they doing so well. Many many babies.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love these little cuties dear Olga :-D and the seeds you gifted us have grown so well and the Stapelia's are INCREDIBLE haha :-D thank you so much for gifting them to us

[@angies9052]

Great batch of cacti seedlings! Can't wait for future updates on them. Happy Growing! ♥️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Angie for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@simonemurari80]

They' re a beautiful mini cactus collection.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and HAPPY HOLIDAYS XXXXX

[@simonemurari80]

Thank you vey much for your comment' s. Merry Chrismas for you and a your family and happy holiday. Simone 80 from Verona Italy.

[@kathygilbreath6073]

That’s fantastic!! Their growing so well. Good going.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Kathy for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX

[@cherrose100]

What a great video Lynie ... those baby Easter cactus plants are gorgeous 🌵 you have done very well to shoot sooooo many babies ... I always love to see when you upload a new video, I get excited lol ... thank you Lynie for an amazing video, all the way from Townsville Queensland Australia sending you loads of love and heaps and heaps of fun with your new babies xo 😘🌵💝🌟💖🎄🕊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Cher

[@19grand]

Plenty of rain water for your cacti this weekend. I know I did!! Euphorbia' s look wonderful. All plants do but I allow myself a preference now and again.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

hahah so true we have had sooooooo much rain :-D so happy you love the Euphorbia's too they are growing so well :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from Belfast for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@12Konst]

:O awesome. Planted my san pedros couple weeks ago and they just started popping out of the ground. Excited!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

That fantastic news :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@carolmichell4860]

Thanks Lynn, for these positive pictures in a bleurrggghh time of year 😺

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Its such a bleurggggghhh time of year I agree hahaha I HATE this time of year so much

[@petercalthorpe7966]

Gorgeous little babies Congratulations Lyn and Hans👍lots of Plant Power from Brisbane.🌞🌞

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Peter for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Brisbane for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@EnchantedwithPoodles]

Oh all those adorable babies. They're so, so cute!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha they are so cute indeed :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@Julieann1437]

Ur videos are a huge help Thank u

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[@Cactimania]

Soooo many and they all look great and healthy 😊🌵🎄

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX

[@fificorina]

Beautiful update on those babies Lyn, they are so cute :)

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much dear Corina for your wonderful comment and for watching and Hans and I are sending you and Ela an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Canada and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you both XXXXX

[@crazyskateboarding00]

That's amazing you got saguaros, I wish you luck, will be great to see the progress,

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so looking forward to seeing how the Saguaros grow over the years :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@BenjiNights]

Your Schlumbergera lutea cuttings look good that’s in my wish list omg the truncata are cute I want to grow them

[@desertplantsofavalon]

hahaha Ben :-D thanks so much

[@coleman318]

Very awesome! Thanks again for the video!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@GotPlants]

They are so cute!! And you have so much luck sowing these seedlings. I wish I had ur luck. Mine never seem to want to grow.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so lucky with these seedlings and I find that seeds from my own plants grow much better :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@BenjiNights]

Wow Lyn all looking great can you pollinate your Schlumbergera buckeyii when it blooms I would love seeds of that to try ❤️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Ben :-D Yes I am planning on pollinating it as its already in bloom today and have filmed a video I am hoping to get h video on for tonight haha :-D XXXXXX

[@BenjiNights]

Desert Plants of Avalon omg brill I want a schlumbergera Buckleyi plant x

[@MattB8030]

Oh wow, was that a sun dew plant at 1:38? Also how are avis humifusa seedlings doing? Wonderful video as well.

[@kaitlynjacques8087]

Great update Lyn! :-)

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much dear Kaitlyn for your wonderful comment and for watching and Hansie and I are sending you a MASSIVE HUG and an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of CRYSTAL and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@kaitlynjacques8087]

:-) XXXXX

[@ScaryFear]

Very cool. So you actually have several saguaros now. That's great. I'm thrilled to see a nepenthes in there. How is that plant doing in your care? It's totally different requirements from cactus. And is starting seeds of stapelia the same as what you mentioned in your seed starting video?

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much Des :-D its so wonderful to have the little Saguaros grown from seed :-D The Nepenthes are growing really well in the grow room and we keep them well watered with rainwater all through the Winter, the first year we kept them in the polytunnel but they didn't like the low temps in there and a few of them lost their roots and i had to re root some of them from cuttings :-D Stapelia's are wonderful to grow from seeds and they do really well with the baggy method as in my seed starting video :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and thank you so much for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@ScaryFear]

Hi Lynn. I have watched your video on how to plant cactus seeds over and over and over. I have little plastic trays like the ones you where you have your saguaros. Mine have clear lids. I also have a big clam shell one that's all clear. I'd rather not drill holes in them. Can I use the same method of making soil and such but instead of using bags will clear plastic domes that close work for starting seeds and no drain holes? I've got some rare seeds I need to get started that I've had since winter.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Des :-D yes the good news is you can use the plastic trays with the clear lids and also the clam shell too to sow and grow your cactus seeds in, and we sometimes use the clear domes on the top of our pots too instead of the zip lock bags, this keeps the humidity in the pots, because the clam shell doesn't have any drainage holes you could use extra grit or sharp sand for extra drainage, and as long as you are careful with the watering it will still be safe to sow and grow your seeds in the clam shell, some of my seed trays don't have drainage holes and I use extra grit and it works well too, thats so exciting you have rare seeds to sow :-D I hope they grow well for you and it would be brilliant if you make a video when you have sown them too

[@ScaryFear]

@@desertplantsofavalon Oh that's great to hear. I have these nice shallow To Go sushi trays with snap on clear lids. I used one with the bag method you showed and two others with just the clear lids. Oh, I already sewed them and didn't flim anything. I thought about it but decided not to in case they fail. I guess I should have and then kept the footage and shown it three months later if it works. Those kinds of videos are nice because the viewer doesn't have to wait. I got some copiapoa and astrophytum seeds from some guy in Russia and I hope they will grow for me. I hope they aren't too old because I got them in Dec, but I know cactus seeds wait a long time for rain.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@ScaryFear Copiapoa and Astrophytum are amazing cacti and so special to grow from seed too, and Cactus seeds are amazing as they can survive many years before they are sown too, I bet they will grow really well for you :-D XXXX

[@ScaryFear]

@@desertplantsofavalon Aww thanks for the good news. If they can survive years then 5 months should have been ok. I will definitely update if they come out.

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[@whyaddnamehere]

Wow, your seedlings are doing great! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Cora for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@padraigkiley7120]

Hello, Lyn! Long time listener first time caller. I planted a variety of seeds last spring using the baggy method, but I'm afraid to take them out of the bags now... mostly because I don't know how to water them when they're freshly acclimated to the open air. Do you have a specific watering regime for new seedlings? or just to treat them like a normal cactus? Thanks for all the information and inspiration!

[@padraigkiley7120]

I just saw the comment about watering during the winter, that might well answer my question. Thanks!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Padraig :-D yes I let the soil on the very top of the seedling pots dry slightly before I water them again just enough water to stop the delicate root hairs from drying out, but i let the top of the soil dry out slightly in between watering :-D thanks so much for your fantastic comment and for watching and sending lots of love and PLANT POWER your way for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@padraigkiley7120]

Fantastic! Thank you very much, lots of love and all the best to you as well! :D@@desertplantsofavalon

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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[@mattywyche7545]

hey i love you channel and i follow your posts over on the BCSS facebook page you and hans are awesome! :) funnily enough iv just sown carnegiea gigantea today too grow out inside my grow tent, the seed's also came from pheonix arizona! mine are from the botanical gardens there im wondering if yours are too? :D

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much Matty for following my posts on the BCSS FB page

[@crazyskateboarding00]

You need to grow a Easter lily cactus....they got amazing flowers like the San Pedro 🙂

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi there :-D yes I LOVE them I have a lot of Easter lily cacti the blooms are spectacular on them :-D XXXX

[@jonathanhobbs2344]

Hey, I had a quick question. Is it bad that algae grows with my cacti seedlings? Will it harm them down the road at all or is it fine to keep around?

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Jonathan :-D Algae and Moss can be harmless but it can sometimes swamp the seedlings, I sprinkle some very fine grit or sharp horticultural sand on the top of the seedling pots if I find I have moss or algae and this really helps to kill back the moss and algae, I very very gently scrape as much off as I can and then sprinkle sharp sand onto the top around the seedlings and this works very well I find :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you tons of love and heaps of PLANT POWER for a fantastic Saturday XXXXX

[@jonathanhobbs2344]

@@desertplantsofavalon Awesome, thank you so much for your help. I love watching your videos and have learned a lot from them, I just wanted to say keep up the awesome videos.

[@DEAexotics]

awesome video

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@shoulders-of-giants]

Do you water you desert-cactus seedlings during the winter?

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi there :-D yes I still water the cacti seedlings but I always allow the soil to dry out in between waterings :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@shoulders-of-giants]

@@desertplantsofavalon Thanks Lyn, same to you! You just saved lots of plant babies 👌

[@hemanthasenapathi]

nice.. useful thanks

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@captmack007]

lookin good!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@plantdaddy3420]

We have a plant invation... They are so beautyful! Very nice video my LOVE! Love to see the little seedlings in plant room 1 like this... They are stunning Darling!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

hahahaha so very true my GORGEOUS SWEETIEHEART

[@plantdaddy3420]

@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you for your agreement! LOOOVEEE you! XD

[@barrycartwright8400]

i bought 3 cacti's from wilko's £10 each pretty big as well and yet again no name on the tag what type they are

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats brilliant news Barry :-D I bet your new Cacti are gorgeous :-D its so annoying that they don't label their cacti though, its craziness I agree

[@sanjuthapa5811]

wow😍❤❤❤❤❤ it's really amazing ❤ humm plz send me some cactus plants 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

hahah Sanju :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful week ahead XXXXX

[@Julieann1437]

🌸🙏🌸 I have planted my first cacti seeds lol I'm nervous 🌸 Wish me luck🙏

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Good luck with your new cacti seeds, its so much fun and rewarding to grow from seeds, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX

[@Julieann1437]

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[@jonssucculentsandaloes3080]

Do you sell seedlings

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi there :-D I don't sell any seedlings yet but I am planning on an online nursery in the following months but I will only be able to sell to people in UK or Europe although not sure what is going to happen with Brexit etc so I have had to put all my nursery plans online on hold for a while XXXXX

[@BenjiNights]

Rhipsalidopsis are too cute to handle haha

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha they are adorable little cuties I agree Ben hahaha :-D XXXX