Hi Guys :-D In this video I talk about How to remove Moss from Soil on Cactus Seedlings & what causes it

Gotta keep the mini farm weeded out!!! Hahaha!! Hythe moss that grew with your shulmbergera seedlings here never seemed to get in the way so I let it stay. Since these are epiphytes I figured they grow with moss in the trees anyway and so far they have done very well!! But with the desert types I can see where this might be a problem. I haven't had too much of a problem with them, the moss remained at a minimum in their containers and didn't over whelm them. I think partly due to a non peat soil. The shulmbergeras I did use a peat soil and I think that's where it grew from. And made a nice little carpet around them. In fact I think it kinda tells me when they need a bit of watering. Great video Lyn!!! From Morris park in the Ozarks to across the Emerald Isle have a wonderful day!!!! Peace,Love,Plants!!!!!✌💖🌵🌹🌴🌷🌿🌸🌻🍀🌺

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha Clyde :-D yes its like a Moss farm with all the moss growing on the seedlings soil, and so true the Epiphytes love the Moss and no harm to these cuties with the Moss left on the soil, a nice little carpet of green for them haha

Excellent video. High Humidity and low light levels are the key drivers of moss spores germinating. I also tend to get this on a small patch of lawn in the corner of my garden that might not see the sun directly for three months between Nov-Mar. By the time spring arrives, I usually look to kill it off with applied weed killer and re sow grass seedlings where the moss had started to take over with mixed results. They seem to thrive in damp soils and given the right conditions can certainly flourish and form spungy mats up to an inch thick. My knowledge of sowing cacti seedlings is fairly tenuous as I currently haven't the space to expand my collection significantly at this time. Although I do have a few Strombocactus, Ortegocactus and Geohintonia's at 18 months old which are just out of the seedling beds. I didn't get too much moss growth on these when they were smaller as I faced them south during the wintertime so there was still light being shone on them even in January!. Peeling off the mats is the best resolution if the moss flourishes, the underground roots tend to be fibrous, shallow and tend to grow in a short interlocking rhizomal format. Given the risk of harming the cacti, it is you would have to say unthinkable to use any kind of chemical treatments like round up etc. This excellently narrated episode is sure to be one piece many novice collectors will seek to come back to once they begin to develop confidence in sowing. Thanks for posting. J.P.

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

So happy you loved the video James :-D and I bet your Strombocactus, Ortegocactus and Geohintonia seedlings are cuties, the high humidity and low light really encourages this moss, thankfully its mostly harmless, but so many growers would think its going to kill their seedlings and panic and use dangerous chemicals like round up etc, thanks so much James for your amazing support and for all of your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Somerset for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX

@drezdogge

4 жыл бұрын

I have hundreds of species i grew from seeds, Geohintonia is one (of a number of species) i cant get to do anything, like 3 years worth of tries, you are doing something right! Psudorhipsalis is another species, i probably planted 500 over the years an only get a few pitiful seedlings that died in a week, ive tried low temps, low light, stratification, nothing...

Great video Lyn. I’ve had a bit of moss grow around seedlings but it never seems to do them any harm. Once the seedlings are big enough and can go longer without watering I’ve found the moss tends to die off. Another good thing to do is put a thin layer of top dressing around the seedlings as well, I use the lava rock and this seems to prevent it from growing back. Thank you for sharing with us as always Lyn, from Edith & myself to you and Hans, have a wonderful day ❤️😊☀️🌵🌺🌼🏜

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

The top dressing of Lava Rock is a brilliant idea to keep the moss away, and so true the moss doesn't seem to harm them and will die off once the watering is reduced, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful friendship and support and for all your amazing comments and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX

Ahhhhh thank you Lyn, very informative video. 💚🌵💚

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

So happy you enjoyed the video Cher and thanks a million for all of your amazing support and friendship and wonderful comments, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a terrific Tuesday afternoon XXXX

Hi Lyn! Very good share on how to clean off moss from our seedlings. Lots of useful tips and guidance as well. 🙏👍🌺💐🥀😭🌸🌻

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

Thats wonderful you enjoyed the video on removing the Moss and thanks so much Molly for your wonderful support and amazing comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malaysia for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

Awesome video very informative

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

thanks so much Ken for your wonderful support and comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

i just bought $50us worth of scultping tools for maintaining my seedlings, getting ready to repot a bunch

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

That fantastic Alex :-D its so much fun to re pot them, and all the seedlings from the seeds you gave us are growing so amazingly well, thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and support and amazing comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Philadelphia for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

@drezdogge

4 жыл бұрын

@@desertplantsofavalon It is SO much fun, seedlings are arling to begin with but watching them grow an change is life affirming, i call them my kiddos, i love watching YOUR babies grow too, Im so excited about your surprise box, Im still waiting in the mail for a few things before i send it, one thing in particular is going to be for Hans an i KNOW you dont have it !!!!! Sharing is fun.

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

@@drezdogge YIPPEEEEE WOW Alex :-D we are so excited and so looking forward to the Surprise box, thank you so very much :-D XXXXX

Loved it! Thank you for the helpful video!

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

Hi Lyn, thanks for this very informative video, showing us hands-on how to remove the moss from seedling trays! The tools needed is also very important and easy to find! You could see the difference from the parts moss is removed to the other side still full of moss! Have a lovely evening Lyn and Hans and enjoy yourselves! Sending you lots of love!

@desertplantsofavalon

2 жыл бұрын

It was so good to remove the moss from the seedlings, although the moss doesn't hurt the seedlings it does block out some of the light for them and they are harder to see when covered in the moss, 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 an incredible morning XXXX

Thank you for another great tips 👍🏻

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

So happy you liked the tips Katherine and thanks so much my Cactus Powered Sister for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Sea for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX

Great video as always. Thanks for sharing.

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

So happy you enjoyed the video, and thank you so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

Thanks Lyn, for the demonstration. Really useful to see how careful/rough you are with the soil, that gives me a sort of guide as I'm neurotic about what my seedlings will be able to handle haha. Best wishes to you and Hans!

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

haha at being neurotic :-D I am the same especially with these little cactus cuties, thanks so much Nathalie for your fantastic support and friendship and for your wonderful comments and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX

Nice video, very useful!

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

Thanks for the video, very interesting

@desertplantsofavalon

Жыл бұрын

So happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for watching XXXX

Looks so pretty

@desertplantsofavalon

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching XXXX

I'd think the age and size of seedlings also comes into play also? Smaller seedlings could be more adversely affected?

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

Yes thats so true Todd, very small seedlings can be completely covered by the Moss and blocking out a lot of the light they need to grow, but bigger Seedlings are mostly unharmed by the Moss, thanks so much for your wonderful support and amazing comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Florida for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

Any advice on dealing with mold when using the bag method? I tried microwaving the soil but i guess i didnt do a proper job? Or did I make the soil too moisr? Going to experiment with baking the soil in a tray next time.

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Laine :-D yes Mold and Fungus can be a problem with seedlings and I have this problem sometimes even though I fully microwave the soil, when this happens I have to open up the bags and very carefully scrape it off or sometimes a blast of the water spray will clear it, most mold is harmless in soil, but the hairy type of fungus can cause harm to seedlings, Here is a video I have made on How I remove the Mold and fungus from the soil on Cactus seedlings: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZltprWKfcvRkto.html thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

She says seed sowing soil suits Summer seeds : ) well done Lyn really useful video. Do seedlings get many pests and what's best for that?

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

So happy you found the video useful Marion :-D the most common pest for seedlings is the fungus flies / Sciarid flies, these tiny black flies lay their little tiny grub larvae in the soil, and these grubs eat the roots on seedlings and can cause the total loss of them in days, if I see any of the flies hovering over the soil I will put the sticky yellow fly trap strips above the soil and it catches the flies and helps to break their breeding, if there are a lot of them I water the seedling soil with Neem oil diluted with Horticultrual soap too, thanks so much for your wonderful support and comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

@musicalmarion

4 жыл бұрын

@@desertplantsofavalon Wow Lyn I never realised Fungus Flies cause that much damage, I use the sticky yellow tabs too, but I didn't realise that their grubs were such a hazard

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

@@musicalmarion The grubs are the worst of the beasties LOL! they are so tiny but love to eat the tiny roots of the seedlings, thankfully they are mostly harmless to mature plants though, as they prefer to eat decaying plant matter and leave mature roots alone, but cause havoc for our little babies :-D XXXX

Hi, what do you do when the green mold covers most or part of the seedling?

@desertplantsofavalon

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, if its mold and not moss its best to use 3% Hydrogen peroxide mixed with water at a ratio of 5ml 3% hydrogen peroxide with 50ml of water mixed in a spray bottle and thoroughly spray the seedlings and soil, but if its moss its best to use a think toothpick to very carefully lift up the moss, if its too delicate to remove the moss without lifting up the seedlings, its best to leave the moss as the seedlings may get damaged if they are very young, the moss will rarely harm the seedlings and over time the seedlings should outgrow the moss, good luck with your seedlings and thanks so much for watching XXXX

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@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

thanks so much Nadia for your wonderful love and big Thumbs up and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Sydney for a fantastic afternoon XXXX

I live in a high humidity area with lots of cloud coverage often but I love my cacti and succulents so I battle all year keeping them alive. Can't have plants inside because of my weird animals who eat all my houseplants to a nub, so it's definitely a challenge. I feel like I'm going to have to go replace my soil mediums with something like hydroton or m mix of perlite and ... Rocks? Idk. I'm trying. A lot of my babies have rotting so I am consistently propagating the ones I don't want to lose. Any advice?

@planttrees2238

Жыл бұрын

There's so many mold spores in the air here and I'm sure a million other things (including ocean salt). Sometimes I wonder if I'm fighting a losing battle. Maybe I'll buy a greenhouse. Which I'm sure will present its own creative issues.

@desertplantsofavalon

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, Awwwww I can completely undrstand your dilemma, I live in Ireland, Northern Ireland and its sooooooooo wet and rainy and with very high humidity even in the Summer, we have a lot of heavy grey cloud cover most of the time, I used to live in England and I notice a big difference with the humidity being much higher here in Ireland compared to England, I use extra gritty soil for my cacti and succulents, and keep them all totally unwatered in winter, the biggest challenge I find is the air humidity, but the drier you can keep the roots and soil the more humidity I find they can take, yes use a very gritty soil, I use a mix of 3 equal parts of Loam, Sharp sand and Grit, ventilation is really important, I open up the door in my polytunnel in Winter if its not too cold or windy to ventilate and although the air is damp outside it does help to exchange the air and stops the air inside from becoming stagnant, I use a dehumidifier in there if we get days of rain for more than a few days in a row, but keeping your cacti and succulents in a very gritty soil mix and not watered during winter really helps, 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

You’re annoyed with it I’m jealous because it’s so hard to grow where I live but cactus grow everywhere

@desertplantsofavalon

4 жыл бұрын

So true :-D I wish we had Cactus growing in the open here haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday XXXX