Congratulations. Exciting. It'll be interesting to see what they wind up looking like. Please keep us posted.

Tyler

yes! exciting! I've been growing succulents for about 10 and never got into the seed thing until recently. Now trying a few and it is very cool. I want to share my excitement with everyone but they don't get it. ;-)

Cool! They might yet grow into something impressive.... Just watch out for damping off!!

Here are the seeds I collected yesterday...my first...from Euphorbia francoisii that has a caudex. excited...whoo hoo! Wish me luck!

LUCK!

Yes congrats, Echeveria are not the easiest to start from seeds, so exciting. You must be heading towards your hot season so in addition to watching for damping off as pointed by mesemb, try to keep them on the cool side too.

And good luck Laura

Tyler,

Yes, quite exciting to find all these tiny green things popping up. Will do updates if they manage to survive.

Laura,

This is my second try. I did sow some Echeveria seeds last year, but NONE germinated, I think I kept them too dry, so this year I sat the pot in a jar-lid saucer with some water, and put the pot/saucer inside one of those clear plastic fruit punnet with lid, but the punnet box has some holes so there's air circulation. Good luck with your seeds as well!

socks,

Not sure if Echeverias are self-fertile or need cross pollination. But it is interesting only that corner of my pot germinated first, telling me they may be from the same "father", because I am quite sure I sprinkle the seeds all over the pot, so they are more to come from different "fathers" which are slower to germinate. It definitely takes a lot of patience to wait for the seeds to be ripe for sowing, good luck with your Christmas cactus seeds too.

mesembs,

Yes, that's what worries me the most, damping off, because my failures with seeds are always either damping off, or I kept them too dry and they don't germinate at all, LOL.

Alain,

We already had a hot spell in late Nov, then it cooled down the past week or so, in the low to mid 20C's. But the forecast is going to get to 29C Tue, then 35C this Wed, so I need to be very careful. Or else by next weekend I'll show you all a pot of brown seedlings :)

I'm thinking of keep some fungicide at the ready...give a light misting. We have been having a really warm fall and now it as turned cool.

Does these seedlings look ok? it's been almost a month since i sowed them and they show very little of improvment specially last two weeks, i gave them more light because i thought they are bit long. i'm putting some sand around them so they dont break or fall down on the potting mix. will they recover?

Update - it is nearly one year, only 5 survived, but I am very happy that they have grown!

Here they are still in the same pot, two small ones are hiding underneath the biggest one.

Wow, very cool. As a 25 year collector of echeveria I have never had the patience to try seeds...I have purchased many tiny offsets, mostly from Korea. They come to me dime or nickel sized, and a year later are maybe quarter or slightly larger....they don;t get much momentum until they reach about 3 inches. These are not the large headed Dick Wright type, hybrids, which are a bit faster to start from cutting. I admire you patience.

Lisa,

Amazing, 25 years!. I've only started getting into Echeveria for about 5 years. Love those Korean hybrids as well, but can only look and drool from afar for me as laws here about importing plants are very strict in Australia. Maybe with this tiny little success now, I can start hybridizing myself, dreaming away... LOL.