What to look for when Buying a Cactus | A Cactus Buyers Guide
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What to look for when buying a Cactus from a shop.
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What to look for when Buying a Cactus | A Cactus Buyers Guide.
Hey Lyn, thnx so much 4 the vid, a few weeks ago i was in a big garden center, where a lot of cactus had fake flowers pint in with long needles! Every cactus had 6 to 8 flowers pushed in with really long needles! I were there for a while and noticed that all the people love those cactus with the fake flowers! Lots of people put 1 or 2 in there shopping car! I told those people that the flowers were fake and that the little cactus wouldn't live long! And they were really suprised that it was fake ( it looked so real)!
It's a shame that the garden centers don't inform the people about the cactus with the fake flowers on it! I'm so happy with your channel Hans and Lyn ! I really loving it❤
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Awesome video, Lyn 😊 Great question and great tips. Pests is certainly the most important thing I think, especially if you already have an established collection. Definitely don’t want to introduce pests to them. Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️☀️🌵🌼🌸🌺🏜
So happy you loved the Cactus buying video Daz :-D pests are always such a pain when buying cacti from shops, the cacti at our local garden centre 'Dobbies' is dreadful for mealy bugs, I was there last week and they had some beautiful cacti and succulents but so many were covered in mealy bug nests especially the Mammillarias they had for sale, so horrible to see especially for newbies to cacti who may not realise the white nests are mealy bugs, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a fantastic afternoon and upcoming weekend XXXX
Thank you for turning my question into a video, Lyn! Knowing what to look for can certainly save a person money, time, and stress. I have mistakenly brought pests, like spider mites, into my collection at home. And spider mites sure are a pain! They can sadly do a lot of damge before you realize that you have them, especially if you do not know the signs to look out for. Thank you again, Lyn! I am always looking forward to new videos from your channel! Have an awesome weekend! -Bennie ✌️🌵🌞❤️☺️
So happy you loved the video Bennie :-D and thanks so much for your fantastic question, I decided to make it as a video as it will help a lot of buyers of cacti to know what to look out for when buying a cactus from a store, Spider mites really are such a pain as they are so hard to see until they have caused a lot of damage, thanks so much Bennie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
Lovely video as always! Lots of interesting and important information! The one about fake flowers or painted cacti is so horrible. Even on other plants they put in a beautiful flower and people buy it as they think it is already flowering and don't know that they have to wait for years to flower! Thanks for sharing your amazing information! Good day my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness to you both!
So happy you loved the video Sylvia :-D yes its so awful that they pin and glue the fake flowers onto these plants, especially as they are beautiful as god made them already, and so many buyers don't realise the flowers are fake and get fooled, I have seen so many beautiful echeverias and Aloes painted green and pink and blue and glitter on them, its so awful to see, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a fantastic afternoon XXXX
I see so many cactuses with glued on flowers it’s so bad some even have wooden stakes right through the cactus. However both of my Christmas and Easter cactuses I got this year had actually authentic blooms which was one of the main reasons to buy them 😊
Thats fantastic that your Christmas and Easter cacti had real blooms on them, yes its so awful that they pin flowers and other decorations into these cacti, and wooden stakes right through them, it weakens the cactus and can cause fungus to get into them, its such a shame that they do this, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Some good points there Lyn 🙂I don't glue any fake flowers on our cacti in the shop, just fake seed pods 😏 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊😊🌵🌵
haha with the fake seed pods Ziggy :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
Beautiful cati and a lot of good information hope you two have a great day your way your friend in the Carolinas
So happy you love the cacti and the info Gary :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me from across the Emerald Isle to the Carolinas XXXX
Very good and very informative video, Lyn! I too hate those fake glued on flowers on cacti. 😤 Makes me mad that they do that.
So happy you loved the video Ana :-D yes its such a shame that they do this to cacti, especially as cacti are so beautiful as nature made them, thanks so much Ana for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Great tips. I hate the fake parts on cacti. Thanks for sharing Lyn!
So happy you loved the tips Carol, yes I hate to see all the fake flowers on cacti and spray painted succulents, I always feel so sorry for the plants, thanks so much Carol for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Amazing informative video like always Lyn! 👏👏👏
I'm sorry because in Albania don't have to much cactus in flowers shops.
I wish all the best for you and Hans! 🌺⚘🌞🏜🌵🥰❤
So happy you loved the video and found it informative Elda :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Albania from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Thanks Lyn! You're so right, those pinned straw flowers are horrible!! I never understand how growers can do such a thing. First, it hurts the plant and second it looks bad. Iggitt 😵😵💫
It really is a shame that they do this to plants, the garden stores here have so many cacti with fake flowers stuck on them and spray painted succulents pink and blue and glittered, it really looks so awful especially as plants are beautiful as nature made them, thanks so much Luna for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
❤💚❤👍👍👍 Exactly!!! And over here they do the same ugly things too @@desertplantsofavalon
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Thank you for sharing Lyn! Amazing video as usual! 💖🌵 XXXX
So happy you loved the video Vera :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Hey Lyn! Could you please make a video about which cacti are easiest to grow from seed? For example, which ones germinate fairly easily and which ones are easy to care for as seedlings. Thank you!🌵
I would love that as well.
Thats a fantastic idea for a video and yes I will plan on making a video on the easiest cacti to grow from seed in the next couple of weeks, I have made a video on the fastest cacti to grow from seed here: czcams.com/video/6L-lZLGbz3M/video.html but I will also film the easiest cacti to grow from seed too, thanks so much Azraa for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Ferocactus hands down
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Excellent video, Lyn! I was like a yellow cactus before but it only turned out I was jaundiced 😊 I enjoyed this video so much with all the great information. I've been disappointed at one place I bought my cacti from haven't had any for about a year. They had always carried gorgeous healthy cacti before. I agree with you I think cacti should be natural with no additions. It does make me sad that people add things (paint and/or fake flowers) thinking they will sell better. 😢 Thank you for sharing. Sending you and Hans peace, love and Healthy and Natural Cactus Power for a Funky and Funtastic Friday from your friend in Georgia!
hahahahahahaha at being yellow like a cactus Jeff :-D so happy you loved the video and agree about how awful it is that they add fake flowers and paint to these plants, especially as they are already beautiful as nature made them, thats a shame that your garden store haven't had any cacti for a year, its definitely not as easy now to find cacti for sale in the stores now, I think its because of all these special plant sanitary rules about plants coming into our countries to U.S and U.K from the plant nurseries in Europe, thanks so much Jeff for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and NATURAL CACTUS PLANT and CRYSTAL POWER haha to Georgia for a fantastic FUNKY and FUNTASTIC Friday haha XXXX
Great guide Lyn!! Yeah, I really hate thoe fake flowers!! Like a Euphorbia with a big fake flower onit!! Really!!! I've never seen them pinned, but usually hot glued. If I see one with this that I really want I test the flower and see how loosest is. If it's loose and I can pluck it off without much damage, maybe just a couple of spines, I will pluck it off and buy the plant. Leaving them the flower. I'll have to say, I've also rescued a few leftover plants if I see potential and it's on clearance. Got a couple of Adenium this way. But only if I think there is a good chance. Thanks for sharing Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🌴🌷🍀💐🪴🌿🌹🌳🌸🌱🌾😃👍
Thats so wonderful you have rescued plants on clearance and it always feels so good to rescue plants and save them and bring them back to health again, its so awful to see the fake flowers on these plants as they are so beautiful as nature made them, the pinned cactus flowers really are the worst, at our garden store they have cacti with long pins with material flowers pinned right through them, I have even complained to the staff but they give me a weird look and said ' that's how these plants came in from the delivery'' argh drives me mad haha, at least with the glued on flowers they can often be safely removed, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a fantastic Friday ahead XXXX
I enjoyed watching Lyn😊🙏🌵I always repot any newly bought cacti. I've bought many that have almost no roots, and it took many months for them to establish a new root system,. Yeah, I never buy cacti with mealy bugs all over them because I'd rather not have to use chemicals if I can help it I did have root mealy bugs in a bought cactus so I washed all the roots and put it in a plastic bag with a drench of insecticide. After a day I potted it and drenched all the soil after a week. I wash all and any pots I have if I suspect even one mealy bug🧐🤭
Thats fantastic you repot any newly bought cacti Newman, so many cacti that are sold in the shops have awful soil often pure peat, and thats so good you don't buy any with mealy bugs on, the garden shops where I live have many cacti for sale that are covered in mealy bug nests its so awful, thanks so much Newman for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a fantastic upcoming weekend XXXX
Thanks for your insight Lyn. Next time I buy a cactus I will be much more educated on getting the best one available. I can't believe they spray paint plants 😳. I saw some this past weekend and the advertisement said it was "plant friendly paint "- UGH!
It really is so awful that they spray paint plants, the garden centres by me always have succulents painted bright pink or blue and glittered on top, it looks so horrible, they had some lovely Haworthias and Aloe's all covered in pink paint, the shame of it is many of these plants won't survive long term as the paint is blocking out their ability to photosynthesise, thanks so much Nancy for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Thanks for this valuable information. Your collection is looking fantastic! I honestly don’t know you do it 👏👏
Awwwww haha looking after al these plants definitely keeps me busy haha :-D thanks so much Heather for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Thanks for the tips
thanks so much Marcha for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Good morning to you vary nice cactus collection lovely
So happy you love the collection Jillian :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Hi Lyn. Good information. Unfortunately I rarely have the opportunity to buy cacti directly and mostly have to shop online. When doing so I am careful in selecting the vendor. Once I find a reliable one with healthy quality plans I stick with them and only occasionally try someone new with initial small orders.
Thats fantastic you have good vendors you are able to buy online from, so happy you loved the info and thanks so much Ted for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
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thanks so much David for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Fantastic video, lots of useful tips. I hate those fake flowers or whatever they glued on or paint esp echeverias and tips of snake plants.
So happy you loved the Cactus buyers video Magda :-D I so hate to see the fake flowers and painted Echeverias too, I feel so sorry for the plants, I see so many painted Echeverias and painted pink and blue it looks so awful, especially as they are so beautiful as nature made them already, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant afternoon XXXX
Another great video, Lyn!!
So happy you loved the video Ashley :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to California for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
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thanks so much Mimi Rose for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Hi Lyn, Very informative video. P.s about Mealybugs... I'm not sure if it's them, or they look a lot alike, but unfortunately in recent years, these white pests attack all the vegetation in nature not far from me, and they come to my garden and attack everywhere. But it's good that it doesn't stick to potted plants, because I often sprinkle water on the plants' leaves.
So happy you loved the video George :-D thats a shame that the vegetation by you is getting attacked by pests, and thats awful that the pests are coming into your garden too, insect pests are such a pain for us plant growers, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Moldova for a fantastic weekend XXXX
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thanks so much Susan for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Oh, you mentioning the Q&A, that was a reminder, hope I'm not to late... 🙃
I have a small unrooted pup that I bought several months ago, and it has not developed roots. It has a brown "spot" where it was attached to the mother plant, like corking. It looks healthy, it's not soft, it has nice colour. But no roots... 😬 It has probably taken in some water from the soil through it's "skin" , since it's still firm.
So the question is: Is there something to do about this ??? The pup is very small, maybe 1 1/2 cm across.
Hi Brit :-D thats good news is if the pup is still firm and has a nice colour, sometimes cactus pups and cuttings can take many months even a year or more before they will root, what you can do to speed up the process is put the pot with your pup in onto a plant heating mat, these plant heating mats are often used for germinating seedlings faster but the bottom warmth may encourage faster rooting, if you have your pup in a nice bright position but away from excess direct sunshine it should root in time, I often mist spray with a water sprayer some of my cuttings and unrooted cactus pups I pot up, I lightly mist the cactus and just very lightly mist the surface of the soil as it seems to encourage quicker rooting, this may help, but I bet you will see roots over the coming weeks and months, thanks so much Brit for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you, I will try out your advice starting with more heat from underneath ! 👍
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Thanks so much for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
The big box stores regularly have cactus with straw or plastic flowers hot glued on them. 😡😡
Its so awful that they do this to cacti as they are so beautiful as they are, all the garden stores here have all the fake flowers stuck on them too and cacti and succulents all spray painted pink and blue, it looks so awful, thanks so much Dave for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
It's an outrage that they jam those stupid stupid stupid plastic flowers in to the cacti. I've acquainted them with the fact that they're damaging the product when they do that. I agree with Hans, it's plant abuse. I bought one like that once but only because it was a Echinocereus Rigidissimus Rubiuspinis. You can't find those hardly, even at the on line cactus stores. I recently bought a second one from Mountain Crest Gardens as a backup and it was the only one they had, very dear $$$ as well. Oh my, this is a sore spot with me isn't it?
It really is so awful that they do this to cacti, I so hate to see the awful fake flowers pinned or glued onto them, and I see so many succulents spray painted bright pink or blue and glittered, it really does look so awful and I feel so sorry for the plants they do this too, plant abuse it is and it makes me mad, thanks so much Marie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
this is so helpful + informative!! i bought a cactus w a bit of etiolation once early on bc i was uninformed. ive also been curious as to if you use any fertilizer for your cacti? im having such a hard time finding decent info on fertilizing cacti. i put a small bit of worm castings in my soil mix but am thinking some fertilizer during growing months might help get even more growth :)
So happy you found the video helpful and informative :-D yes I love to fertilise my cacti from Spring until late Summer with a half strength tomato feed, it sounds crazy but the high potash in the tomato feed really helps to encourage more chances of blooming, and it has the same formula as a lot of the Cactus feeds but more economical and with a higher potassium/ potash and fantastic for all types of cacti and succulents, here is a link to a video I have made on how I fertilise my cacti: .czcams.com/video/Y-TlXfEuiGw/video.html thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thank you that is so awesome!! i just recently started using a bit of CalMag/ tomato feed leftover from an old cannabis grow + actually got 2 giant blooms in one of my cacti recently! as well as the propeller plant! so you are most definitely on to something there. thank you for always answering my questions + sharing your knowledge. have a wonderful weekend!
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I buy most of my cacti from nursery stores and most are dry. Some are shriveled up but they bounce back.
Thats fantastic you by most of your cacti from the nurseries Michelle :-D and thats fantastic they are sold in dry soil, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
I live by "the only time is now" so i buy plants "now" and repot "now" but i am silly i will never enjoy my plants in plastic pot so i "need" to repot the day i get the new plants and that is extra for my cacti i dont own a single one in plastic i just cant i would drown it in a week
haha Anders :-D the best way to live is by living in the now too, and thats fantastic you repot the day you get them, you have a wonderful collection, thanks so much Anders for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
It’s appalling that they glue on a fake flower or pinned!
It really is so awful that they do this to these plants, thanks so much Shanti for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
I think the reason they paint the plants or put those ridiculous googly eyes on them is for the kids. It's great to get the kids involved with plants but, don't they understand that a plant cannot be covered with paint!
Argh I know it drives me mad Marie, they treat the plants as things as if they are plastic instead of living nature, and many of these plants will not survive long term long covered in paint as they are not able to get enough light to photosynthesise due to the paint covering them, XXXX 😢❤
I saw these painted cacti and succulents for the first time a few weeks ago at a local grocer. I was utterly horrified. The glued on flower thing is bad enough! I am happy to report that I’ve rescued two cacti from the big chain home stores that came with glued on flowers, and after gently removing them, I’ve had real blooms and very happy plants!!
@@ladystardust9707 Thats so fantastic you have rescued two cacti that had glued flowers on them and they bloomed for real for you Ashley, and it is always extra special when you have rescued them too, thanks so much Ashley for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to California for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Do not like plastic flowers - like you. A sour way to damage a beautiful cactus.
It really is so awful to see fake flowers on these cacti especially as they are beautiful as they are, thanks so much Donna for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Very good advice my Darling Pie! So awsome!!!
Awwwww so happy you loved the video my SWEETHEART
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