Hi to all, I hope everyone's desert is blooming and growing. I'll be away for a week or so on vacation. I'll get to photo and membership approvals as soon as I...
Peter, I'm always amazed with your cactus beds... Thanks for sharing again! I've posted more pics to my Webshots account... I'm afraid they pale in comparison,...
Hello Paul, Been away for a few day cutting grass and digging more weeds. Actually too many weeds. I will be adding more pictures soon as I have taken more...
looking forward to your pics, peter.. it has been a great year here for weeds and grass, with rain nearly daily since may! my big garden plans still havent got...
Hi Peter and group, Regarding Yucca pollination... I did some crosses last year and got fruits - seeds. Benny Möller Jensen in Denmark has also done some...
Peter, Which species is the Yucca you have flowering? Only Yucca filamentosa (flaccida) will produce seed pods here in Southern Ontario. I know that if people...
Thanks for the suggestion Patrik. It is still flowering so I will try to polinate this Yucca with a small paint brush. I guess I will not need to cover it. ...
Paul, That's a lot of good information. Not everyone will tell you what died. Last year I had a Yucca glauca var rot it's top off(brown mush) but the root did...
Hello all, Again this year have I started trying to make new hybrids, but the cold and wet weather we have had, since the flower season started two weeks ago,...
Hi all, I'm impressed with Benny's detailed instructions for pollinating yucca. I have no experience with yucca pollen, but in general, pollen can be stored...
Hello Jim, Frozen Yucca pollen does not work, I have tried it. As for drying I don't know, Yucca pollen is "strange" and very sticky, so that the female Yucca...
Hello all. My name is AMriana and I am from Buenos Aires, in Argentina. Here is not too cold for cactus but too wet. I have some seeds to exchange, if someone...
Hi Matiana, I live in Houston where its hot and wet like your city...and I grow lots of cactus and succulents...Al in Houston Texas ... From: Judy Pigue...
A quick addition to Benny's notes. While most Yuccas need pollen from another clone to be pollinated, a few do not. So, if you have a Yucca in flower, it is...
Benny, Thank you for the detailed instruction on polinating. I will give this method a try in a few days when I next visit. A picture of that Yucca that was...
Hello Dave and Group, It appears my Yucca did polinate the natural way but there are only pods at the top and bottom of the stem. Perhaps there were bugs...
Folks.... I posted earlier looking for a source of Trichocereus terscheckii (I am in the US). I found a place called Bouncing Bear Botanicals that sold me a...
I believe it is Terscheckii. The plant is marginal for me in the open with no protection here in 7a/b Maryland. Thus, given mineral soil and a hot south facing...
Folks.... The pictures I referred to in my original post are now on line. Here is a link: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/Toocoldforcactus/photos/browse/3447...
Hi Jack and everyone, So far, posting pictures has not been a problem (such as very un- cactus like material). We have had problems with open memberships in ...
... You are doing a great job of it Dave. I am so pleased that this forum is free from spam. I know when I get my toocold digest, it will be totally cactus....
... open with no protection here in 7a/b Maryland. Thus, given mineral soil and a hot south facing wall I believe it will be very reliable for you. T. pasacana...
hi all, i finally got a couple of albums up on picasa-- http://picasaweb.google.com/cactuscactus i found the site works ok on dial-up, but the key is not to...
How long before Yucca pods can be picked and opened ? It has been two weeks since forming. I'm concerned about all the ants that are all over the pods trying...
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