FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PLEASE CHECK THE BOTTOM OF THE INFORMATION BELOW IN THE DESCRIPTION REGARDING COST OF SHIPPING. Message from a buyer: "Hey , I know most people respond to give negative review rather than a positive one. I just started your seeds you sent me and they are all going fantastic. I think all 500 sprouted it looks like a chia pet . So thank you, there are a lot of old and non fertile seeds being sold online and I assure anyone reading this they are not." I have collected these seeds June 2023 while harvesting the fruit of the saguaros on private property to eat or to use to make saguaro jelly. A good fruit has the slight taste of a fig. The seeds are also very crunchy and have a lot of protein. Each fruit has about 2000 tiny black seeds. Please be careful when purchasing saguaro seeds. Saguaros only grow in the Sonoran Desert. This includes Southern Arizona and the Northern part of Sonora, Mexico. The Cardon and other cactus that look like saguaros are not related to the Saguaros that grow in the Sonoran Desert. If you want saguaros only purchase seeds that come from Carnegiea Gigantea. If stored at room temperature saguaro seeds are good for 20 years. Shipping within the continental United States is free.This listing is for a packet containing 1/4 tsp of very tiny seeds. How many seeds is that? I don’t know. If you have the patience to count them please let me know. I counted at least 150 seeds in 1/16 of a tsp. You do the rest of the math! It is amazing that such a gigantic cactus has its beginnings in such tiny, tiny seeds. The little black dots in the picture are individual seeds In the first picture one ripe saguaro fruit has been sliced open to show the beautiful red pulp inside, which contains hundreds of seeds. The Calyx is the brown “stem” on the fruit. It is formed from the dried sepals that surround the white flower. If you look closely you can see the dried white flower at the top of the Calyx. Native Americans use the sharp edge on the bottom on of the Calyx to slice open the fruit. The thumb is then used to push and clean out the pulp. Picture 1 shows the fruit and the tiny seeds. Picture 2 is of a 3 year old saguaro. The grower said, "It is fertilized twice a week in small doses, I apply 1 g of fertilizer for every liter of water that I use" Picture 3 you see the seeds on about the 10th day from start. Picture 4 was sent to me by a buyer of my seeds. The three pots in front are my seeds. The three pots in back come from 3 different sellers. This was after 24 hours. The 5th picture shows my seeds in the round container on the left. Almost 100 percent of the seeds germinated. The picture was taken at 2 weeks. The 6th picture is from a recent buyer. These seeds are a few weeks old according to the grower. The 8th picture shows the bloom of a saguaro cactus at my home. The 9th picture was taken by a buyer of last years batch of seeds. He recently purchased more seeds. "This is a 7.5mo seedling from your last years seed, raised in a zippie-bag mini-greenhouse for first six months, under filtered natural light." The last picture is of saguaros at different stages of growth. These are being grown by a buyer in Brazil. How to Grow a Saguaro: 1. Use a clay pot with a hole in the bottom since they “breathe” and allow for better drainage. 2. Use a mixture of 1/3 potting mix, 1/3 clean sand, and 1/3 coarse gravel or pumice. You can also purchase special cactus soil. 3. Using a pencil poke holes about 1/8 inch deep and 1 inch apart. 4. Place one seed in each hole and cover lightly with a pinch of soil. 5. Using a spray bottle and distilled water lightly water the seeds. The soil should never be soggy. 6. Cover with clear plastic wrap. You are making a miniature greenhouse. Keep covered for 4-6 weeks until a set of true leaves appear. 7. Using the spray bottle water the seeds very 10 days while they are under the plastic cover. Again the soil should not become soggy. 8. Keep the seeds in a warm place with good indirect sunlight. Direct sunlight will kill the baby plants and they will probably die if temperatures go below 40 degrees. The top of a refrigerator is a good place for warmth. 9. After you remove the plastic covering you only need to water about once a month using the spray bottle. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 10. When the baby plants reach 1 inch transplant them into their own pots. This could take 1-2 years! Saguaros grow at a faster rate each year as they age. The first 25 years are the slowest. Saguaros can have a 2 foot or more tap root. The rest of the roots are generally 4 inches deep and extend as far out as the saguaro is tall. HINT: Check out Groovyman 1968 on YouTube for growing suggestions on cactus and succulents. Groovyman 1968 purchases his seeds from me. Groovyman 1968 recently sent seeds to people who responded to his videos. Check out "Saguaro cactus seeds from Keith" on YouTube! INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: Shipping costs for each packet ordered is $1.15. They will be sent in a plain white envelope with no tracking number. If I can send several packets for less you will get a partial refund for the cost of shipping.Seeds can also be sent in a padded envelope with a tracking number. The cost of shipping should then be $13.54 -$14.54. Please contact me and wait to pay until after I have sent you an invoice if you are interested in the padded envelope with a tracking number. no tracking number I will try to ship internationally, but I am not aware of restrictions concerning sending seeds to other countries. Please contact me with any questions.