Cultivation


●Basic cultivation method of Lophophora williamsii for beginner

[Necessaries]

・Lophophora williamsii
・Pot(A black plastic pot, one size larger than the seedling, is usually used. but every pot is OK.)
・Cactus or Succulent compost
・Greenhouse or Air packing seat
・Shading seat
・Agricultural chemicals for red tick
・Sunlight


[Method]

・You water lophophora once or twice a month from April to October. (The best temperature of the soil is 35 degrees or more in daytime.)
・You cut off the water supply and give sunlight to lophophora from November to March. (The best temperture 5 degrees or more all day.)
・Ventilation is a little necessary　because lophophora breathes.
・If you like tufty down of lophophora, You don't sprinkle water from the head on the lophophora. You supply water to lophophora by soaking the pot in the bucket.
・The time of substitution is usually the beginning of March (Substitution is ok. at any time). A small seedling needs substitution Once a year. A large seedling needs substitution Once ten year.?


[Disease and Harmful insect]

・Red tick
Symptom：A red tick eats the epidermal of lophophora and then The epidermal becomes white or
　　　　　　yellow.　picture1. picture2.
Cause：high temperature and dryness. or Growth is defective.
Measures：(Prevention) You make good lophophora by strong sunlight and not giving water so much.
　　　　　　 ＊A red tick don't like good lophophora.
　　　　　　 ：You use agricultural chemicals for red tick.
　　　　　　 ＊The place in which it whitens doesn't recover. You cultivete lophophora and move
　　　　　　 white point to the under.

・Sunburn
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・Rot
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・Virus
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・Spine(Down) drops
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・Spine(Down) shorten
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・Discoloration
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・Others-typhoon, storong wind and animals........-
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＊Please don't believe this description so much. Because I'm a beginner .


●Sowing ■no agricultural chemicals & no sterilization■

[Necessaries]

[Method]


●To make a big root

[Method]

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●Soil of Mexico