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Wasabi in flower

RaelThomas

RaelThomas

Sorry about the lousy iphone cam shots.

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Thought I'd share this one as well

Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) in flower
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dvg said:
That's a nice Lophie Raelacea...did you grow it from seed?

They're a great plant to grow and have around, those little tracks of deer.

dvg
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Thanks dvg :)
I didn't start the Loph from seed, I bought when it was fairly young however. I've had it for a good 6-7 years.
I haven't had much luck starting cacti from seed, the couple of times I tried I failed to harden them off properly :(
 
If you start them under a dome or in baggies, once you want to harden them off, just gradually open the baggie more each day.

Or you can give them an hour of open air one day and put them back in their enclosure.

Then continue to give them an hour more open air each day.

After a week of gradually getting them up to 7 hours per day they should be good to go.

And cacti seedlings do like to be considerably moister than adult plants and don't enjoy being completely dry.

With a little practice you'll have the hang of it in no time.

Lophophora flowers don't self pollinate that well on their own, but if you have a small fine paintbrush, you can gently rub that across the flower and get decent seed set that way.

Then you can try growing your own Lophies from seed.

dvg
 
Fantastic, I will try again next season, considering your notes above, I was probably letting them dry out too much... and was probably a little hastily hardening them off.

:)
 
Very nice growing wasabi. when will you be harvesting the root?

As for the the williamsii, she's a beautiful girl! are there any babies popping out?
Just had some new williamsii seeds germinating. :)
 
Omri said:
Very nice growing wasabi. when will you be harvesting the root?

As for the the williamsii, she's a beautiful girl! are there any babies popping out?
Just had some new williamsii seeds germinating. :)
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I'm having real trouble finding solid information on the reproduction of wasabi... my japanese is very average!, so please share if you have any idea Omri :)
I want to wait at least until I have new seedlings popping up so I can expand my wasabi operation! :D

As for the Loph. No babies seem probable as yet, but she's not a caespitosa.. so it could still be a while

:)
 
Raelacea said:
I'm having real trouble finding solid information on the reproduction of wasabi... my japanese is very average!, so please share if you have any idea Omri :)
I want to wait at least until I have new seedlings popping up so I can expand my wasabi operation! :D

As for the Loph. No babies seem probable as yet, but she's not a caespitosa.. so it could still be a while

:)
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Pollinated flowers will produce seed bearing pods, but the easiest way is replanting the shoots growing out of the root. :)
As for the williamsii, she's too old for grafting, but that could have helped. ;)
 
Omri said:
Pollinated flowers will produce seed bearing pods, but the easiest way is replanting the shoots growing out of the root. :)
As for the williamsii, she's too old for grafting, but that could have helped. ;)
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Really? The petioles?? I wish I'd have stumbled on this information sooner.

In that case, I guess I'll harvest in about 6-12 months.

Edit: Maybe sooner I guess, I haven't checked the rhizome in a while.
 
Raelacea said:
Really? The petioles?? I wish I'd have stumbled on this information sooner.

In that case, I guess I'll harvest in about 6-12 months.

Edit: Maybe sooner I guess, I haven't checked the rhizome in a while.
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No, not the petioles. the petioles are part of the main shoot. as the plant grows, secondary shoots come out like a crown surrounding the main shoot. these you can replant to grow as new plants. if you're hardcore grower, I think a tissue culture might work as well.
 
Omri said:
No, not the petioles. the petioles are part of the main shoot. as the plant grows, secondary shoots come out like a crown surrounding the main shoot. these you can replant to grow as new plants. if you're hardcore grower, I think a tissue culture might work as well.
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Oh, gotcha.. I thought you were talking cuttings. Tissue culture is an option, we'll see how my bank is after summer :O
 
Where did you get the wasabi from?
I'm really interested in growing some but I've found nowhere that sells seeds. Plants and cuttings most often wouldn't be allowed by quarantine laws into WA.
As far as the williamsii, goes without saying that it's impossible to get now...
 
Pablo_h said:
Where did you get the wasabi from?
I'm really interested in growing some but I've found nowhere that sells seeds. Plants and cuttings most often wouldn't be allowed by quarantine laws into WA.
As far as the williamsii, goes without saying that it's impossible to get now...
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I can't find anyone that sells seed, I brought mine off a personal contact, and they weren't cheap. Wasabi seed doesn't last long at all, so there isn't really anyone selling it.
I know of one place that sells "seedlings", and they seem good, but they only sell a number of plants per 6 months and they, also, are rather expensive.
I'll check if you can get the aforementioned seedlings through to WA and let you know.
Also, on the off chance that I get a few seedlings going myself, I'd be happy to help.
 
Wow! I visited a wasabi farm in Japan, and they had a whole gravel riverbed re-channeled to provide the plants with continuous clear running water. I figured this was not something that could be grown at home.

What kind of soil and watering arrangement do you have?
 
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