I am your humble servant. Mick, I failed at propagation. Then I found your video and now I have beautiful baby echeveria all over, cactus from seed, using your advice. I am thrilled, seriously. My cactus are actually flowering for first time

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's awesome Steve! So glad to hear you are now having lots of success 😁👍

Awesome video, Thankyou for sharing this! Loved it.

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome 😀👍

love this!

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂🙏

Great info! You make it seem so much easier than I had imagined! I might just give this a go! ( I successfully germinated lithops in Autumn)

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Wow nice job! Lithops are fun to grow from seed.

Thanks for this info!

@judybrumby3237

2 жыл бұрын

Also how old are the seeds?

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome :)

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Only like a week or so old. I like to sow them fresh :)

Awesome video, thanks! I was wondering at what point I stop leaving water at the bottom of the big bin? How big must the succulents be?…

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I wait until all the water has been absorbed by the soil and the mix has almost all dried up to put in more water. You don't want the little root systems to be sitting in water 24/7, as that can cause them to rot. You want the mix to get dry enough and allow oxygen to be available for the roots. I hope that helps 🙂👍

Thanks for sharing!New subscriber here 🙂

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

No worries at all Nalyn! :D Thanks for following us :)

Love your video, may I suggest a weeny tiny tip - Lady needs to learn when to zoom and lower the camera to focus more on the table 🤭💖

@mickssucculents

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your feedback 😊

Thank you! When do you introduce the to sun/growlight?

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Growlights can pretty much be introduced at the start. Sunlight, I would wait until the plants start germinating and then only give them around 1 to 2 hours of sunlight per day and gradually increase that as the plants develop.

Hey Mick, can you sow seeds anytime of year? Or does it need to be the growing season? I have some rainbow west seeds I want to have a go at sowing.

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Generally I find Autumn and Spring are the best times to sow. You want temperatures low to mid 20 degrees celsius 🙂👍

Gday, I love the video. I was just wondering where you get your single cell trays from?

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jacob, I get them from Garden City Plastics 🙂👍

Thank you for this video. I don't have zeolite and crushed granite, can I use quartz sand and crushed basalt (5mm) instead? does these substrates serves other purposes rather then drainage? currently for Echeveria seeds I'm using 1part potting mix, 2 part vermiculite and 1 part sand. I've noticed that when I bottom watering, it takes a lot of time for the soil to get wet (like hour or more), maybe you know if is it O.k? or maybe something wrong with the proportions if feel its not suppose to be that long? Thank you so much

@mickssucculents

11 ай бұрын

Those materials instead should work 🙂👍 The soil taking awhile to absorb water, could mean that your soil is hydrophobic. Just don't let it dry out for too long before making it moist to use with your plants/seed.

Hello Mick, im about to do seed grow. Wonderful to see you vdo. May i ask where you get the granite from. I live in Melbourne it is hard to find. I saw crush Granite but it has a lot of muddy in it. It is not like yours. Thank you so much.

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you. Yes the one I buy has mud in it too. I wash my granite to get all the mud out of it. If you leave the mud in it, it will make your mix very hard and compact. I also screen the granite into 3 to 5mm pieces and remove the larger bits. Good luck 🙂👍

@Ninasucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 💓 I very much respect 🙏 you, it is hard work to wash them. Atlases you have a machine to work for you. I have tried a bag last year. I gave up 😆😆 so I'm using scoria at the moment.

Hello, I'm having a hard time finding red/brown zeolite, is white or green zeolite the same? What can be used instead of crushed granite. Thank you

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can use white or green. Are you in Australia? Garden City Plastics sell the red zeolite. If you can't find granite, you can use pumice or scoria 🙂👍

When they start coming up will you show us there progress .

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah sure :)

Where can I buy crushed granite? I'm in Sydney and struggling to find a supplier online and in store (all the local Bunnings & garden stores don't sell it)

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Hi Zoey, try a local landscape supplier that sells material in bulk. That's where I get mine 👍

Where do you buy your seeds from? Thanks for the information in your video.

@mickssucculents

6 ай бұрын

Hi Charlene, we don't buy our Echeveria seed. We pollinate our own parent plants and collect seed from them 🙂👍

I got some rootless succulents and i wanna plant them, how do i make their roots grow faster please??? 😕

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Put them in a mineral mix, consisting of either zeolite, perlite, pumice, scoria or granite. This can help speed things up and also if the plants are in their growing season :)

Your soil mixture is granite , potting soil and zeolite? What is the purpose of zeolite?

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

The zeolite helps with drainage, but also traps the nutrients and stores it for the plants, rather than the nutrients just leeching out through the mix. You get a better nutrient uptake.

i live in the state whats a good alternative to zeolite?

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, you can use crushed granite, pumice or scoria 🙂👍

Really like the video. Just wondering how long echeveria seeds stay viable?

@mickssucculents

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate 🙂🙏 I've been told a couple of years, but they are better when done fresh from my experience. I have had some other seed stored for 6 months, which I'll sow shortly and see how they go 🙂👍

@joetheguy12

2 жыл бұрын

@@mickssucculents Hey, just wanted to thank you! I'm having prolific success with echeveria pulidonis seed. You're a legend.

Hi what fungicide did u use? Can I get it from bunnings ?

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we use Mancozeb and also Rose Shield 🙂👍

Do you recommend soaking the seeds before sowing.

@mickssucculents

11 ай бұрын

I don't think it's necessary. I have sown them dried fresh and they have been fine 🙂👍

Do you have to chill your seed first??

@mickssucculents

20 күн бұрын

Not normally. I usually sow straight after collecting the seed. If I'm not sowing straight away, then i will store seed in the fridge 🙂👍

Do you buy seeds and if so , where from? Thanks

@sweettooth5737

4 ай бұрын

I just ordered from Vincent's on Etsy. Good deals, highly recommended! 💚

@mickssucculents

20 күн бұрын

I don't sorry. I usually pollinate my own flowers and collect the seed from them 🙂

@Creations_by_Ann

20 күн бұрын

@@mickssucculents how do you pollinate your own flowers?

Can i get succulent seeds sent to Tasmania?

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Hmm that's a great question that I'm not sure about. If your after Lithops, you could try Nyssa at Oz Lithops. She would be more up to speed with whether she could send them to Tassie 🙂👍

Where to order succulent seeds

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

We pollinate our own flowers for seed 🙂👍 not sure where you can purchase it.

I wont seeds im sri lanka.

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, unfortunately we can't send seed to outside of Australia 😔

to long and didnt show each step just talked

@mickssucculents

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback 👍