I live in
Richmond Hill Ontario ( 40 km north of Toronto, Canada) and do some
experiments with different species including cold hardy.
I just started to grow Sclero and Pedio from seeds. So it will take
time to have mature seedlings for indoor and outdoor experiments.
If you are interested in getting some results from my area I would
be glad to join your project. I am really excited to learn more
about those beautiful species. Especially after my trip to Utah and
Arizona this year where I visited many Sclero habitats ( see my
pictures).
Aug 23 2003 Dear
Valentino!
I had no problems to receive your parcel. ... I plan to try our native
Canadian Opuntia to graft on (O. humifusa and O. fragilis). But for
now I use Myrtillocactus as stock plants to grow up. Later I will
regraft it on Opuntia. I send you photos of some my grafts.
Seedlings were 4 months old at the time of grating and two more
photos of each in 2 and 4 weeks after the grafting.. Best Paul
Aug 22 2003 Thank you very much for you
graftings. They just safely arrived. Unfortunately they are not ready to
be placed at the full sun. The long way stretched them and they need to
be reanimated for 2-3 weeks. After that I will set them for our winter
tests and send you new photos. Paul
Dec 25 2003 Dear Valentino!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! All the best to you and your family.
And many happy returns for your generous cactus mission! In Toronto
(Canada) we already have cold and windy weather. Now getting a bit
warmer and the snow is melting. So it goes up and down between -10C and
+ 10C. Up to now your plants are doing not bad, but we have a lot of
frost and snow ahead. Let's hope for the best. Yours truly, Paul Davydov
Pic
(1)Pedio outside
in April 2004
Pic (2) (3)
(4) Regrafted and fast growing Pedio
Pic
(6)The stock plant is going to die.
Pic
(7) Regrafted Sclero
Pic
(5)Sclero outside
in April 2004.
Dec 26 2004
Dear Valentino!
Here are some new photos of plants survived our Canadian winter.
Pedio story: Pic(1) - Pedio outside in
April 2004. Grafted Pedio is looking fine but the stock plant is going
to die. Pic(2)
(3)
(4) is ready for future tests.
Sclero story: Pic
(5) Sclero outside in April 2004. Pic
(6) Grafted Sclero is looking fine but the stock plant
is going to die. Pic
(7) Regrafted Sclero is ready for future tests.
Ontario (
Canada ) ~ Richmond Hill
