Cactus seed soil battle! | Episode 8: 36 week update | Soil differences are becoming obvious...

The Astrophytum and Ariocarpus seedlings in this Cactus Seed Soil Battle series have just turned 36 weeks old! And they seem to have made quite a bit of progress since our last update video... annnnddddd... the performance of each soil is becoming more obvious. We can start to make conclusions now!

We go through all the seedlings as we usually do, pot by pot, including the seedlings in tray #2 which have just turned 26 weeks old. We talk about the changes in the setup and some details on watering.

I also appreciate the positive feedback from those of you who enjoy this series! We will keep going with updates every 4 weeks until at least the older seedlings turn one year old.

0:00 Intro & recap
3:12 Tray 1 Astrophytum update
10:10 Watering discussion
12:02 Tray 2 Astrophytum update
17:11 Ariocarpus
17:45 Tray 1 Ariocarpus update
19:10 Cookie cameo
19:45 Back to tray 1 Ariocarpus update
21:33 Tray 2 Ariocarpus update
23:31 Dummy seedling pots
24:40 Thinking out loud
25:08 Wrap-up & outro
25:50 Fertilizer
26:36 Astrophytum close-ups

Details on the soils in tray #1 are described in Episode 1 here:    • Cactus seed soil battle! | Episode 1:...  

Details on the soils in tray #2 are described in Episode 3 here:    • Cactus seed soil battle! | Episode 3:...  

Cactus Seed Soil Battle playlist:    • Cactus Seed Soil Battle  

Mesa Garden's video featuring Rob Romero and his soil mix:    • Soil update and Sowing Seeds!  

Connect with me on Instagram:   / cookiescacti  

Some of the growing supplies used for this experiment:

2.5" nursery pots:
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1020 Trays without holes:
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Tall clear dome for 1020 tray:
https://www.greenhousemegastore.com/c...

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Succulent tools & transplanting kit
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Plant labels
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