planting cactus seeds indoors Small Mixed Cacti Indoor Seeds | Non-GMO, Vacuum-Sealed

planting cactus seeds indoors Small Mixed Cacti Indoor Seeds | Non-GMO, Vacuum-SealedSmall Mixed Cacti seeds for the indoor garden that is prepared to commit to the timeline. Growing a mixed cactus collection from seed is an exercise in patience that the cactus itself seems designed to teach. Small Mixed Cacti is a mixed collection of cacti species producing a diverse array of forms, spines, and eventual blooms. Each packet is hermetically vacuum sealed removing the oxygen that causes standard paper seed packets to lose germination

Small Mixed Cacti seeds for the indoor garden that is prepared to commit to the timeline. Growing a mixed cactus collection from seed is an exercise in patience that the cactus itself seems designed to teach.

Small Mixed Cacti is a mixed collection of cacti species producing a diverse array of forms, spines, and eventual blooms. Each packet is hermetically vacuum-sealed -- removing the oxygen that causes standard paper seed packets to lose germination viability within approximately one year. State law requires a 3-year viability label on sealed packaging. NASA research on hermetic seed storage indicates viability of up to 10 years under proper conditions. Every packet is non-GMO and germination-tested at independent third-party labs before it earns its Japanese woodblock print artwork.

How to Grow Small Mixed Cacti from Seed

Sowing and Germination

Surface sow on sandy, gritty mix. Keep at 21-27C. Do not cover seeds. Germination 1-3 weeks. Do not overwater.

Care and Harvest

Full sun. Water sparingly. Allow complete drying between waterings. Extremely drought tolerant.

Why Vacuum-Sealed Seeds Last Longer

Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.

About the Packaging

Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.