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Come si puliscono i frutti dei cactus per ottenere i semi e riprodurre le nostre piante

Riprodurre i cactus partendo dai semi è uno dei migliori modi per conoscere a fondo queste piante. Attraverso la semina possiamo infatti osservare tutto il ciclo di vita della pianta, dalla nascita alla produzione del primo fiore, all’invecchiamento, alla morte. Senza scordare la grande soddisfazione che la nascita delle plantule è in grado di offrire a chi pratica la semina per la prima volta così come a chi la pratica ogni anno da decenni. Per non dire del primo fiore: arrivare a vedere che quella pianta che abbiamo fatto nascere da un piccolo seme, dopo due anni o dopo vent’anni a seconda della specie, apre finalmente il suo fiore… non ha prezzo, c’è poco da fare.

Ma prima di arrivare a tutto questo – riguardo alla procedura di semina ricordate che in questo sito è presente un’intera sezione con almeno una quindicina di articoli dedicati a questo argomento, a questo link – occorre procurarsi i semi. Banale, scontato. Ma senza quelli non si va da nessuna parte. E due sono i modi per procurarsi i semi: acquistarli da rivenditori specializzati (ormai quasi esclusivamente online) oppure produrli con l’impollinazione manuale di proprie piante. Oppure… semplicemente raccogliere i frutti che le nostre piante hanno prodotto grazie a qualche insetto impollinatore, accettare il fatto che potrebbero essere state impollinate due piante non di identica specie (e che quindi avremo a che fare con dei nascituri ibridi), pulire i frutti, conservarli e seminarli alla volta della primavera.

In questo articolo e nel video correlato vediamo come pulire e preparare i semi per la conservazione in vista della futura semina. Ricordiamo sempre che i semi vanno conservati correttamente, pena il deterioramento degli stessi e il conseguente drastico calo di germinabilità. (…)

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La semina di cactus e succulente: cosa fare quando le prime piante sono nate

Bene, tra una goccia e l’altra di condensa all’interno del sacchetto riusciamo a scorgere qualche pallina verde. I semi hanno dato vita alle prime piantine, ai cosiddetti semenzali. E adesso? Come si procede con la semina di cactus e piante succulente dopo le prime germinazioni? Si aprono subito i sacchetti? Si tengono le plantule in piena luce? Si annaffiano regolarmente o si lascia asciugare il terriccio? Possiamo fertilizzare?

Vediamo, in questo articolo, cosa fare una volta avvenuta la germinazione dei semi di cactus e piante grasse, in altre parole come muoverci correttamente per aiutare le piante a crescere ed evitare di rendere vano il lavoro fatto con la semina.

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Come seminare i cactus: il metodo della lastra di vetro e la procedura descritta in ogni sua fase

La semina dei cactus a luce e calore naturale si può effettuare quando le temperature minime si assestano sui dieci gradi. In genere, al Nord Italia, le condizioni ottimali si hanno nei mesi di aprile e maggio. Importanti sono anche le temperature massime, che non devono superare i 25 gradi, pena il blocco della germinazione dei semi.

In questo articolo vediamo una procedura di semina diversa da quella tradizionale, ossia quella effettuata chiudendo i vasi con i semi in sacchetti trasparenti, e che consiste nel coprire le cassette con una lastra di vetro.

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La semina spontanea: ovvero quando i cactus fanno tutto da soli, proprio come in Natura

Perché dannarsi l’anima con terriccio sterilizzato, vasetti perfettamente puliti, fungicida, sacchetti trasparenti e quant’altro, quando si può lasciar fare alle nostre piante tutto ciò che riguarda la semina? Esattamente come avviene in Natura, insomma. Battute a parte, chi ha molte piante sa bene che ritrovarsi con semenzali perfettamente formati all’interno dei vasi, accanto alle piante madri, è tutt’altro che raro. In genere ce ne si accorge durante i rinvasi, quando possiamo osservare con particolare attenzione le nostre succulente, perché le plantule nate spontaneamente sono di piccole dimensioni e tendono a “mimetizzarsi” con sassi e inerti presenti nel substrato, oppure si trovano talmente accostate al fusto della pianta madre da risultare invisibili a un’occhiata poco attenta.

Nel corso degli anni, nei vasi delle mie piante, ho trovato parecchie volte semenzali germinati e cresciuti autonomamente, in particolare di generi come Astrophytum, Epithelantha, Thelocactus, Mammillaria. Un paio di anni fa ho addirittura trovato una piccola pianta di Euphorbia obesa già ben formata, cresciuta tra i ciottoli all’esterno della serra, all’ombra di un grande vaso che contiene un’Agave. Oggi l’Euphorbia è in un vaso da 5 centimetri, all’interno della serra, e prosegue la sua crescita regolarmente. L’ho dovuta togliere a malincuore dall’esterno e sistemarla in vaso per impedire che il freddo e umido inverno padano le fosse fatale, altrimenti l’avrei lasciata crescere volentieri là dove era nata.

In questi giorni, durante il rinvaso di alcuni Astrophytum capricorne di mia semina, ho trovato moltissimi semenzali e diverse plantule nate e cresciute autonomamente nei vasi delle piante madri (ne potete già vedere alcune nella foto di copertina, qui sopra). Di qui l’idea di documentare e analizzare la “semina spontanea” nell’articolo che segue. (…) 

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Quando ripicchettare le semine di cactus, come farlo correttamente e quale terriccio usare

Parlando di semine di cactus, una domanda molto frequente e non di rado posta con un discreto livello di (inutile) apprensione, è: dopo quanto tempo si devono ripicchettare i semenzali? Ossia, quando le giovani plantule hanno bisogno di essere rinvasate e magari divise in vasi singoli? Anche in questo caso, così come in moltissime altre “faccende da cactofili”, la risposta dipende da diversi fattori legati alla coltivazione. Sulla base dell’esperienza è tuttavia possibile dare indicazioni di massima utili soprattutto a chi sperimenta la semina per la prima volta.

Vediamo allora nel dettaglio, in questo articolo, tutto quello che c’è da sapere riguardo a questo passaggio fondamentale per la corretta crescita di piante da nostra semina. (…)

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