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Propagation Methods for Haworthia |
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2a - from seed: |
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| I have found producing plants from seed to be the easiest way to bulk up quantities of different clones. It's also by far the most satisfying method as each new plant can be subtly different. This will provide you with a better understanding of species variety. | |
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Seedlings of CCO 796
H. koelmaniorum at 15 days from sowing in a 50mm square pot. See the black seed-cases still attached? |
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Seedlings of CCO 796
H. koelmaniorum at seven months from sowing in a 65mm pot. |
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Seedlings of H. truncata/maughanii sown 2004 |
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CCO 790 Crowded seedlings of H. cooperi v. joeyei - Eastpoort, lifting up from the compost and in need of thinning out into a more spacious tray before some of them were lost. |
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CCO 800 H. cooperi v. venusta GM292. No sign of the attractive fuzziness at this early age. These seedlings have now been thinned out into a tray and are coming on apace. |
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CCO 750 H. semiviva seedlings showing early signs of the end window formation prior to it drying up into the papery tip we are more familiar with. |
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CCO 773 H. lockwoodii - wide leaf form. These promising seedlings were thinned out into a tray and rapidly doubled their size. |
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CCO 772 H. pulchella, - sensitive seedlings needing careful lighting as they are slow-growing and easily lost. Thinned into a tray their growth rate is variable. |
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CCO 767 H. esterhuizenii the former H. magnifica v. splendens form of Dunne & Parisi. Thinned into a tray these have exploded into rapid growth. Great fun here now... should I retain this one - and that one, or maybe the one over there? Mmmm |
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H. arachnoidea v. aranea - South of Ladismith, LAV 29777 20 seeds were produced from the Field Collected pair and these were sown on 23/11/1999, resulting in these 9 seedlings. Circumstances have prevented me pollinating for further seed to date but these offspring have now been individually potted up and added to the Cocozza Collection pool to increase our future seed production potential. When more seed has been produced, to ensure more workable quantities, I would gladly cut two, three or even more of these seedlings in half to make them more widely available. However, - to be able to do that without jeopardising the survival of the young plants you MUST wait until the stem at the core of the leaves is sufficiently thick to sustain each half after division. If you halve a head too soon you can easily lose both parts – so do be patient. |
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H. arachnoidea v. aranea - a species hybrid 20 seeds were produced, which were sown on 23/11/1999, resulting in eight seedlings. Four of them are shown above and there are three others about the same size plus one that is only about 1cm diameter to date. These seedlings are somewhat larger than those of the pure cross. |
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Individual seedlings from
the above two crosses for comparison. On
the left - CC 3701 from the species hybrid. Both were sown on the exact same date but only time will tell if they remain different. They’re going to be nice, whatever. Hybrids are often said to have ‘hybrid vigour’, the benefit of the additional genetic mix. That could be something to bear in mind when choosing suitable parent plants, especially if one of them is lovely - but rather lacking in some respect. |
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