Sowing Peyote Update
Posted by Growing Entheogens | Filed under growing from seed, lophophora, peyote, sowing
A short, but essential update on the last post I made on sowing Lophophora seeds.
As this was all an experiment to me, I found very soon that the last step would be better if we’d reverse them. So, first place all the seeds on the top layer of the soil, and after that place the fine grit on top of it. And I have to underline this, don’t use more than 1 millimeter of grit. I did so in most of the containers I found out today. The seeds won’t get any light because of all the grit on top, and won’t germinate.
After three weeks I found that only a few seeds have germinated, mostly the Lophophora Williamsii v. Caespitosa. Germination ratio until now for that species is 20%. Also, I figured I used too much water in my second watering. The soil in the containers was way too wet, so I had to let them damp off.
Today I checked up on everything and removed the top layer of grit. I ordered another batch of seeds (again, Williamsii and Diffusa) and added them to the containers. after that I looked through the grit and got out all the seeds I could find and placed them back in the original container. All the labels are updated with the number of seeds added, and I think I found most of the seeds in the grit, so roughly my germination ratio’s will be realistic. After all seeds were placed I added a fine layer of grit, and watched carefully not to overdo it so that the seeds would still be able to get some light. Light is very imortant for the seedlings because this gives them a direction t grow to. I found a few seedlings in the grit I removed which were growing in random directions due to the lack of sunlight. I placed them back and hopefully they will find their way.
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