Is 50% standard potting soil, 30% sand, 10% gravel, and 10% perlite a good mix? I grow Eastern Prickly Pears in very poorly draining clay soil, and I occasionally see mushy red and orange spots in the winter, presumably rot. But it hardly ever kills them. They recover quickly in spring, some of the most versatile plants I've ever seen. They can grow in muddy fields, thin woodlands, and vast open deserts.
@@ulyssesnovotni3111 Thats fantastic you grow Eastern Prickly pears, the Opuntia prickly pears are definitely more tolerant of soils than some of the other desert cacti are, ideally its best to use extra gravel, e.g 40% standard potting soil with 20% gravel, 20% perlite and 20% sand, as this would be very well draining, 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
A piece of advice that goes along with "reason number one" is to water your cactus BEFORE you intend to repot it. It will allow your plant to take up some water so it can weather the dry spell of not getting watered after you've repotted it. Watering before repotting will also make it easier to remove the old soil, especially if it was planted in peat moss.
Thats a fantastic tip Terry :-D especially as it will help the cactus to take up water beforehand, and very good to water before repotting cacti that are potted up in peat, as peat can be like hard cardboard to try to remove when totally dry, and it could take weeks before the roots can re grow again if they all break off with the awful rock solid peat, thanks so much Terry for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Excellent and informative video, Lyn 😊 Comes at a good time as well with all the upcoming repotting. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a lovely evening from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
So happy you loved the video Daz :-D and Happy Spring to you and Edith, I still have tons of plants to repot this Spring haha, and its fantastic that the growing season is here again at last, bring on the sun and heat now we say haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic evening ahead XXXX
Committed some of these mistakes myself. Growing cacti really is a learning curve. I usually wait about a week after repotting before watering again. Thanks for the tips Lyn!
Thats fantastic you wait a week to water after repotting your cacti too Vera :-D and so happy you loved the tips, 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 today XXXX
When repotting orchids in a wet / dry cycle, point 1 applies as well but not for that long 😅👍🏼 Media, yes... Will take out an orchid root system as well 👍🏼 environmental influences, yes, check 😃 pot size... can't match that one, too many variables, but yes, pot being wet for too long could be an issue 👍🏼 oooohhh, yes, drainage holes, definitely a must for orchids as well 👍🏼👍🏼 rough repotting can be problematic for orchids as well, but sometimes its a must. Wow, I cant grow a cactus to save my life, but thought this super interesting to compare. Hope you don't mind, Lynn ❤ great video 🥰
So happy you loved the video Nina and it was fantastic you have shared your comparisons with Orchid repotting, Happy Spring to you, so happy that Spring is here at last and we have all of the growing season ahead of us, thanks so much Nina for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me from the Emerald Isle to Spain for a fantastic evening XXXX
Thanks for the info. I am definitely guilty of too big a pot sometimes. I did try trimming roots on a repot for a Cactus all I can say is it did not kill it, growing but not noticed it making a difference. I do give a single spray or two of water on a repot in my mind it is to connect the roots to the soil better. and I am in a tropical country so the moisture is gone very quickly. I certainly lost a couple pf cacti when first starting, using pots with drainage but with deep saucers underneath that retained the water, duh!
So happy you loved the info Walter :-D and thanks so much for sharing that you have trimmed roots on a cactus and it didn't harm it, and that sounds perfect with giving your cacti a bit of a light spray after repotting as you are in a Tropical country, thanks so much Walter for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
I think i have a few in pots that may be too big…but the tiny 2-3 inch pots seems sooo tiny and i feel like the wind may blow them over…but I am learning! This is a great video, thank you!
So happy you enjoyed the video Michelle :-D and thanks so much 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
So happy you enjoyed the repotting advice, and 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
Ah! I just bought a new cactus. I repotted one size up and watered all in the same day, before coming across your video. Lol! Here's to hoping my plant will be forgiving 😅
I don’t like to make drastic root trimming because my climate is not very suitable for fast root regrowing. It’s too dry, too hot or too cold for the most part of the year. Root regeneration is a very sloooooow process for me. 😄 Awesome video topic, Lyn!
So happy you loved the video Ana, and 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 CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hey Lyn ! Sorry about this last comment, this wasn't the comment I wanted for this video, I arrived home yesterday with a little alcohol, sorry 😅haha I can say that I only fail 4 of these 5 rules looool 🌵I hope I never have any problems, I'll learn the hard way 😆Lovely day for you and Hans !! 😜
hahahaha Ivano :-D I didn't see your other comment, but I hope you had a wonderful time haha, thanks so much Ivano 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 Portugal for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
Very interesting video full of interesting information! Thanks for the tips given! Loved watching your amazing collection of cacti and succulents! Thanks for sharing this Video! Have a wonderful evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Sending lots of love and happiness to you both!
So happy you loved the tips and the video Sylvia :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a fantastic Friday afternoon XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Yes I stopped using the commercial bagged, pre-mixed cacti/succulent stuff a while back. I couldn't understand why they all have peat, though everywhere says cacti need to dry quickly between watering. Also, when i first got into housplants in 2018, i made the same mistake with some aloe vera I got before i knew anything! I put small aloe pups in the big 10 inch ceramic pot thinking it would be room for the roots to grow🤣worse I didn't know about lighting either and just had it under a weak light. They didn't die but got very etiolated, and edema before I finally did research and put them in proper pots. They lived but never grew much. I eventually let them go.
Hi Rhonda :-D thats fantastic you stopped using the commercial cactus soils too, so many of them are such bad quality, thanks so much Rhonda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Thank you so much for this video. I have just moved to Fuerteventura in the Canaries and am new to growing cacti and succulents! I have a lot to learn, but I really want lots of plants both indoors and out, I have 2 gardens! Your collection is stunning 😍🌵💚
Thats so wonderful you have moved to Fuerteventura, and thats the perfect place for growing cacti and succulents too, you are so lucky, thanks so much Emma for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Fuerteventura for a wonderful Sunday XXXX
So happy you loved the video Bill :-D and I remember as a kid growing up losing quite a few cacti from watering them straight after re potting and from potting them up into big flower pots wanting them to grow big, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Could you do a video on colorful cactus and what causes it how to get more color or if you even can boost the color in cactus I love you videos very informative and I love your personality Love love love ❤❤❤
So happy you love my videos and personality :-D unfortently I don't have many colourful cacti except for my Gymnocalycium mihanovinchi and my Ubelamannia Cactus, but there are some amazing variegated colourful Astrophytum and Gymnocalycium cacti and if I get some in my collection I will definitely film a future video, 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 and upcoming weekend XXXX
So happy you loved the tips Molly :-D and 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 today XXXX
Good call Lyn 🙂 I nearly lost one that I bought in and I didn't check that it was in peat 😮 It nearly died of thirst 🙄 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊😊🌵🌵
Peat is so awful, and so many cacti now seem to be sold potted up in peat that is like cardboard on the roots, its so hard to wet the peat too, thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Hi Lyn, love the video, very helpful, I'm a bit behind watching your videos, I'm recovering from a virus, had it for the last five days, my nose is now looking like Rudolph ha ha, thankfully I'm heaps better now, so hopefully venturing out tomorrow xxx❤️❤️❤️
Awwwww so sorry to hear you have not been well with a nasty virus Jane, but thats wonderful you are feeling much better and are on the mend now, so happy you loved the repotting video and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Cheshire for a fantastic afternoon XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon hi Lyn, thank you for your kind words, it's day 6 today, and I'm feeling so much better, so went into town for an outing xxx❤️❤️❤️
@@janecarter3583 So happy you are feeling much better Jane and have a nice time in town, it looks like the weather is going to be quite nice this weekend too, very windy but nice and warm for April YAY XXXXX 😎🌞🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great video Lyn!!! Great sound advice !!! I always wait two weeks before watering. My sister watered right after and got away with it. But now since i told her to wait, she does. I alway make my own cactus mix. Our commercial mixes are mainly peat. Thanks for sharing Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌿🌻🍀🌾💐🌱🌹🌳🪴😃👍
So happy you loved the video Clyde :-D and thats fantastic you love to make your own cactus mix too, so many of the commercial mixes are full of peat and other not cactus friendly ingredients, I remember buying a cactus commercial mix once and when I opened up the bag the soil was all wet inside and a load of flies flew out of it haha, 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 XXXX
Ok, I did ask a question in one of your videos about cutting back the roots. Saw it on another CZcams channel but I believe it was from South Asia though.
Hi Christina :-D yes the good news is you can cut back the roots, I think I watched that channel too, it was amazing with a guy pruning back his Astrophytum cacti, I have not tried this myself with my cacti except for cacti that have had their roots die back and I have had to prune the roots off, but I have heard from other growers that it can help the cactus grow better, it would be an exciting experiment to try, especially with two cacti that are the same, and then repotting one as normal and the other one with the roots pruned back and to see what the results would be after a few months, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching,sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Monday XXXX
Great video! And perfect timing because my online cacti orders just arrived a few hours ago!! I always watch your videos regarding potting up cacti. Thank you so much and happy spring!
Thats fantastic news you have had a delivery of new cacti arrive Janella, thats so exciting, I bet you are so looking forward to potting them up, Happy Spring to you too and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Thats fantastic Nancy, I am so happy that you enjoy my tips and advice on growing cacti, 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 and upcoming weekend XXXX
Another great vid Lyn. I guess it's true what they say about beginner's luck. As a beginner back in 2016, I repotted and watered immediately. It just so happened that it was very hot. So, no harm done. Luckily for us newbees, we have Desert Plants of Avalone and Cactus Cafeine to guide us. Ta ta for now.
Awwww haha thank you so very much Marie :-D so happy you loved the video about the repotting, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hi Martin :-D so happy you love my videos, the Christmas cactus is doing amazing and is still blooming, its been blooming since November and as son as blooms finish more buds keep appearing, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Scotland for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
So happy you loved the video Vera :-D I am so happy that Spring is now here and its so exciting we have all of the growing season ahead to look forward to now, 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 Italy for a fantastic evening XXXX
So happy you loved the info Carol :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
❤I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I have learned alot from your videos. Super cool channel. Thank you. I always look forward to your videos. Lophs are the best 😊
So happy you have learned a lot from my videos Johnny, and Lophs really are the best haha, 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 today XXXX
I’m glad I watched this video, I am going to be repotting my extra special cactus I got given for Mother’s Day a few years ago. I certainly don’t want to make any mistakes! May I ask , is it best to wait until flowering is over to repot? Thanks ☺️
Thats fantastic you are going to be repotting your extra special cactus you got for Mothers day Holly :-D yes its best to wait until the flowering is over before repotting, it usually is ok but I have sometimes had cacti drop their buds if I repot them during their budding stage, thanks so much Holly for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a amazing weekend XXXX
G'day Peter haha :-D so happy you loved the repotting tips, and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
So happy you loved the video on the Repotting Magda :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing support and comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Heather :-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 New Zealand for a fantastic weekend XXXX
Pumice is fantastic to use and if I can't get any sand I love to use pumice instead, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
An excellent and very informative video Lyn, I'm definitely guilty of no. 3 although I think I've mostly got away with it with my Trichocereus cacti as they are less sensitive to moist conditions than many cacti, and also grow faster. They are a great genus of cacti to start learning with, but have their limitations when you start growing more difficult plants! I've got some Saguaro and Pachycereus Pringlei seedlings that will need repotting soon and I know they can both be very sensitive to conditions. Many thanks again, and happy cactusing from northern Spain 🌵💚😊
So happy you loved the video about Repotting Donald :-D and the good news is Trichocereus seem to be so much more hardy against moist conditions than the other cacti, even in rainy Ireland the Trichocereus we put out into the yard seem to do really well even though they get rained on all through the summer haha, thanks so much Donald 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 Northern Spain for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
So happy you loved the advice and 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 use to repot my cacti until I run out of space, winter came and I lost 60+% of my collection due to cold weather. Still have a couple of plants left over. I use cactus & succulent compost from Amazon & other online shops, plus add grit mix into the compost.
Oh no so sorry to hear you lost 60% of your collection, its always such a tough challenge getting our plants through the winter months, but thats fantastic you still have a couple of plants left over, thats fantastic you use a special cactus and succulent soil and add extra grit to the compost too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
I committed #5. Repotted about 25 or so in February, while in their dormancy, with a complete root pruning on each one. After the first couple hours, I was getting anxious and started to speed things up. I was kinda bummed that I felt rushed, cause I wanted this to be a meditative process, like making one of those sand and stone Zen gardens. Nope, i wasn't built for that.. Anyway, i only lost one, and it happened within just a few days of replanting. Something made me check on the only one that didn't make it, and was already completely mush, just above the substrate line. Thankfully, it was only a small PC marked for grafting, so I wasn't too upset about losing it, but still, it bothers me that i ended its time. I recently started the process of waking them up by misting with water, allowing just enough to drip down their sides and into the soil. Will begin the process of moving them all outdoors here in approximately 30days.
So sorry to hear you lost one of your Cacti Adam, I always find the transitioning period between late winter and early spring is the most challenging for the cacti, misting them is a fantastic idea as the sides and grooves on the cacti help to transport the light watering into the root ball, and wow well done on repotting 25 of your cacti in Feb, I still have so many left to repot haha, I am so looking forward to when I can move out the plants I have indoors, but its gone cold again here in Ireland with just 6-7c temperatures and 1c forecast for tonight, brrrrr bring on the sun and heat haha, thanks so much Adam for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
So happy you found the video informative Miche :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
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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 and weekend XXXX
So happy you loved the advice Sarah :-D and 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 and weekend ahead XXXX
So happy you loved the video Jim :-D and thats brilliant news you have been repotting some of your plants, Happy Spring to you, early Spring is such an exciting time of the year and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Perfect timing on this video for me as 8 am going to be repotting my cacti. They are way past due. Very good video 🌵🎼🌟sending lots of love from California to you and Hans 😊
So happy you loved the video on repotting cacti Pam :-D I still have tons of cacti left to repot this Spring haha, thanks so much Pam for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and FEATHERBABY Turkey and the adorable 'chows' lots of love and happiness and CRYSTAL and PLANT POWER to California for a wonderful weekend XXXX
I can't believe how many cacti plants you have lol. I have some Espostoopsis dybowskii cacti, a cluster of six in one pot and two individual ones in their own pots. The cluster was a Christmas present from 2023 and the problem is that most of them have some etiolation. I'm guessing that the shop they were purchased from had them growing somewhere with little light. If I place the pot somewhere sunny will they recover slightly or will they always remain this way?
Thats fantastic that you have some Espostoopsis cacti, they are amazing cacti to grow, the good news is they will recover and the new growth will grow normal, if they are very etioliated you can cut off the etioliated tips and the cacti will side shoot from the top, but if the etiolation is not severe you can leave them and although the etioliated part will always be there, over time as the cacti grow taller it will become much less noticeable, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
So sorry you have lost cacti due to these reasons too, thanks so much Mirriam for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
So happy you loved the tips and 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 today XXXX
Its difficult in my area to find stuff to make my own soil and all the nurserys here do all outside plants and no indoor mix stuff, and the "big box stores" dont have anything accept perlite and chciken grit
So sorry to hear that its difficult for you to find the ingredients for making your own soil, if you can't get commercial cactus and succulent soil you can use commercial houseplant soil and can add extra perlite and chicken grit to the houseplant soil, e.g 30% houseplant soil with 35% perlite and 35% chicken grit, as long as the chicken grit does not have anything added to it it will be fine to use, 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
Me alegro mucho de que el video te haya ayudado mucho y me alegro mucho de que lo hayas disfrutado, muchas gracias Gerardo por tu maravilloso comentario y apoyo y por mirarte y enviarte mucho amor, felicidad y PODER PLANTA para una velada maravillosa.XXXX
Hi Lynn, great video My question is when you repot do you only take off all the soil if the cactus is in bad soil a lot of peat like when you buy it first if the cactus is in good soil like you have potted it before do you just drop pot it without disturbing the roots?
So happy you loved the video Tina :-D yes if the cactus was in soil that is similar to the soil you will be potting it up in then I would drop pot it without disturbing the roots, the only time I have to loosen up the soil from the roots is if the roots are very rootbound and or the soil is bad soil with a lot of peat, 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
Great video, timely as well, just repotted my entire collection (square pots = more space😅). Wont be watering them till april, fine weather, hopefully 🤞🤞. Funny thing, my dad has being growing echinopsis for years, they fly for him, bog standard compost, and often not a drainage hole in sight, i don't get it😅😅, think he must never water them🤔!
So happy you loved the video Grainne :-D and thats fantastic you have repotted your whole collection into the lovely square pots, I really love the square pots too as they save so much space on the tables haha, and hahaha with your Dad and his Echinopsis, thanks so much Grainne for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic evening XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thanks, yeah that's the idea, utilise the space, have the terracotta pots on standby in case! Also found a very useful tool for making more holes in plastic pots, Lidl was selling them, a wood burning tool set, has all different tips, brilliant for burning a few extra drainage holes😂😂
Hello, what a great video packed with good information. Many good for regular house plants too. 😊 I wonder if you have any jade plants. I know that they are very common. I have a variegated one that is not growing many leaves for me. Do you know what I am doing wrong. It is in the right size pot and mostly draining soil (premade potting mix from the store). What do I do ? I must be doing something. Not sure if this plant is what you have. It is an inside plant. 😊
So happy you loved the video Mary Elizabeth :-D yes I have quite a few Jade plants, I really love them, I have a variegated Jade too, I notice my Jade's always drop a lot of leaves over the winter and then re grow them in the Spring, but I used to have my Jade's indoors and they didn't grow as well with the leaves, I move mine outdoors into the yard for the late Spring and Summer and it has really made a big difference with their leaves, I overwinter them in the polytunnel but they seem to really love the fresh air outdoors in the Summer, I use Baby Bio plant feed for them too and this seems to really help green them up and get growing new leaves, they love a nice bit of sunshine too as long as they can be protected from the harsh midday sun, 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 and upcoming weekend XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you for the great information. Sadly i live in an apartment and no plants outside. I do live in California and have this plant where it gets lots of sun. Maybe I can move it to the most sunny window but it is so small it drys out so much very quickly. I can only grow my pony tail palm there (it loves it). Well maybe I will make a succulent garden to go there and it will get more water then. Once again thank you for the great information. I really appreciate it. Wonderful plant power to you too. Oh yes do you know of a good CZcams channel for orchids? I need a bit of help with those too.
@@allonewordcaps Thanks so much Mary Elizabeth, yes Ninja Orchids is a fantastic Orchid Channel and Nina @Ninjaorchids is so knowledgeable about growing and caring for many different types of Orchids, I learn so much about Orchids from watching her wonderful videos XXXX
Hi, would you consider sharing what is the plant is visible from 5 secs from the start of the video? It looks like an in-between an Echinopsis Subdenudata and an Astrophytum Myriostigma? It is more similar to an Echinopsis than Astrophytum. Just curious to know. Thank you!
Hi Antonio :-D yes its an Echinopsis subdenudata although this particular Echnopsis is definitely a bit different looking to my other Echinopsis subdenudatas, thanks so much Antoni for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Hi Alexander, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Bavaria for a fantastic evening XXXX
I just bought a some variety of cactus online like astrophytum, mammillaria and cerues but i don't know where to put them semi shade or direct sunlight.
Hi there, Astrophytums and Mammillarias and Cereus all love direct sunlight, but if you have had them indoors or they have been boxed up through the mail its best to cover them loosely with shade cloth when you put them into direct sunlight just for the first 3 days to let them acclimatise to the higher light levels, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful upcoming weekend XXXX
Awwwww thank you so much my gorgeous SWEETHEART for all of your amazing support for me and my channel my hottie botty bear haha, I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH XXXXX
Hi, I normally re pot as soon as I have bought it to check over the soil and repot into my own cactus mix, most store bought cacti are often potted up in peat and its best to change the soil and plant the cactus into a well draining cactus soil, if I buy a cactus in the winter then I often leave the repotting until the Spring, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hi Tom :-D I will be watering the majority of my cacti for the first time after winter in April probably the second week in April depending on the weather, but I do have a few very wrinkled cacti I know I will have to water this weekend, I will just be giving them a very light water just enough to dampen the soil first, and then leave them a couple of weeks before giving the wrinkled ones a proper watering, I will be filming a video this weekend on how much water I give to the cacti the first time I water after the winter, but 95% of my cacti in the polytunnel I won't be watering yet until mid April, but if you have cacti that are wrinkling quite a lot you can definitely give them a very light watering now, thanks so much Tom 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 so much Thorsten for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
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 Friday XXXX
I done the same things at the same age my biggest one was putting them in a giant pot and a little over watering but did pretty good after the first 2 speaking of bad things for cactus don’t you just hate seeing them at stores with a fake flower glued right on top of the growing point I’ve seen them rip themselves apart trying to grow with it on their
Awwww yes I am the same Travis, I really hare to see the cacti with fake flowers stuck on them, the flowers are often glued or pinned through the cactus, and removing the flowers often damages them, I have seen lots of succulents painted with glitter and coloured paint and I can never understand why they do this to plants, especially as nature made them beautiful already, thanks so much Travis for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness from the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon you’re welcome I’ve seen the painted ones to in both cacti and succulents looks like spray paint I will never understand y something that took so long to grow to that size just to be painted and will surely not live very long it seems like the fake flower ones I’ve seen was hot glued on and they were sure to get it on directly on the growing point in every spine
So happy you love my videos, I live in Belfast, N.Ireland, 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 Wednesday XXXX
5 Reasons Why your Cactus dies after Repotting 🪴🌵🥰❤
Is 50% standard potting soil, 30% sand, 10% gravel, and 10% perlite a good mix? I grow Eastern Prickly Pears in very poorly draining clay soil, and I occasionally see mushy red and orange spots in the winter, presumably rot. But it hardly ever kills them. They recover quickly in spring, some of the most versatile plants I've ever seen. They can grow in muddy fields, thin woodlands, and vast open deserts.
@@ulyssesnovotni3111 Thats fantastic you grow Eastern Prickly pears, the Opuntia prickly pears are definitely more tolerant of soils than some of the other desert cacti are, ideally its best to use extra gravel, e.g 40% standard potting soil with 20% gravel, 20% perlite and 20% sand, as this would be very well draining, 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
A piece of advice that goes along with "reason number one" is to water your cactus BEFORE you intend to repot it. It will allow your plant to take up some water so it can weather the dry spell of not getting watered after you've repotted it. Watering before repotting will also make it easier to remove the old soil, especially if it was planted in peat moss.
Thats a fantastic tip Terry :-D especially as it will help the cactus to take up water beforehand, and very good to water before repotting cacti that are potted up in peat, as peat can be like hard cardboard to try to remove when totally dry, and it could take weeks before the roots can re grow again if they all break off with the awful rock solid peat, thanks so much Terry for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Excellent and informative video, Lyn 😊 Comes at a good time as well with all the upcoming repotting. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a lovely evening from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
So happy you loved the video Daz :-D and Happy Spring to you and Edith, I still have tons of plants to repot this Spring haha, and its fantastic that the growing season is here again at last, bring on the sun and heat now we say haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic evening ahead XXXX
Committed some of these mistakes myself. Growing cacti really is a learning curve. I usually wait about a week after repotting before watering again. Thanks for the tips Lyn!
Thats fantastic you wait a week to water after repotting your cacti too Vera :-D and so happy you loved the tips, 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 today XXXX
When repotting orchids in a wet / dry cycle, point 1 applies as well but not for that long 😅👍🏼 Media, yes... Will take out an orchid root system as well 👍🏼 environmental influences, yes, check 😃 pot size... can't match that one, too many variables, but yes, pot being wet for too long could be an issue 👍🏼 oooohhh, yes, drainage holes, definitely a must for orchids as well 👍🏼👍🏼 rough repotting can be problematic for orchids as well, but sometimes its a must. Wow, I cant grow a cactus to save my life, but thought this super interesting to compare. Hope you don't mind, Lynn ❤ great video 🥰
So happy you loved the video Nina and it was fantastic you have shared your comparisons with Orchid repotting, Happy Spring to you, so happy that Spring is here at last and we have all of the growing season ahead of us, thanks so much Nina for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me from the Emerald Isle to Spain for a fantastic evening XXXX
Thanks for the info. I am definitely guilty of too big a pot sometimes. I did try trimming roots on a repot for a Cactus all I can say is it did not kill it, growing but not noticed it making a difference. I do give a single spray or two of water on a repot in my mind it is to connect the roots to the soil better. and I am in a tropical country so the moisture is gone very quickly. I certainly lost a couple pf cacti when first starting, using pots with drainage but with deep saucers underneath that retained the water, duh!
So happy you loved the info Walter :-D and thanks so much for sharing that you have trimmed roots on a cactus and it didn't harm it, and that sounds perfect with giving your cacti a bit of a light spray after repotting as you are in a Tropical country, thanks so much Walter for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
I think i have a few in pots that may be too big…but the tiny 2-3 inch pots seems sooo tiny and i feel like the wind may blow them over…but I am learning! This is a great video, thank you!
So happy you enjoyed the video Michelle :-D and thanks so much 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
Thanks for the repotting advice Lyn 💚🌵
So happy you enjoyed the repotting advice, and 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
Ah! I just bought a new cactus. I repotted one size up and watered all in the same day, before coming across your video. Lol! Here's to hoping my plant will be forgiving 😅
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and Happy Cactus growing to you XXXX
I don’t like to make drastic root trimming because my climate is not very suitable for fast root regrowing. It’s too dry, too hot or too cold for the most part of the year. Root regeneration is a very sloooooow process for me. 😄 Awesome video topic, Lyn!
So happy you loved the video Ana, and 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 CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hey Lyn ! Sorry about this last comment, this wasn't the comment I wanted for this video, I arrived home yesterday with a little alcohol, sorry 😅haha
I can say that I only fail 4 of these 5 rules looool 🌵I hope I never have any problems, I'll learn the hard way 😆Lovely day for you and Hans !! 😜
hahahaha Ivano :-D I didn't see your other comment, but I hope you had a wonderful time haha, thanks so much Ivano 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 Portugal for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
Very interesting video full of interesting information! Thanks for the tips given! Loved watching your amazing collection of cacti and succulents! Thanks for sharing this Video! Have a wonderful evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Sending lots of love and happiness to you both!
So happy you loved the tips and the video Sylvia :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a fantastic Friday afternoon XXXX
Video good beautiful my friend ❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹
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Yes I stopped using the commercial bagged, pre-mixed cacti/succulent stuff a while back. I couldn't understand why they all have peat, though everywhere says cacti need to dry quickly between watering. Also, when i first got into housplants in 2018, i made the same mistake with some aloe vera I got before i knew anything! I put small aloe pups in the big 10 inch ceramic pot thinking it would be room for the roots to grow🤣worse I didn't know about lighting either and just had it under a weak light. They didn't die but got very etiolated, and edema before I finally did research and put them in proper pots. They lived but never grew much. I eventually let them go.
Hi Rhonda :-D thats fantastic you stopped using the commercial cactus soils too, so many of them are such bad quality, thanks so much Rhonda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Thank you so much for this video. I have just moved to Fuerteventura in the Canaries and am new to growing cacti and succulents! I have a lot to learn, but I really want lots of plants both indoors and out, I have 2 gardens! Your collection is stunning 😍🌵💚
Thats so wonderful you have moved to Fuerteventura, and thats the perfect place for growing cacti and succulents too, you are so lucky, thanks so much Emma for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Fuerteventura for a wonderful Sunday XXXX
Good video Lyn. I agree that watering too soon is a killer. Actually, it is generally easy to do most things too soon with cacti.
So happy you loved the video Bill :-D and I remember as a kid growing up losing quite a few cacti from watering them straight after re potting and from potting them up into big flower pots wanting them to grow big, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Could you do a video on colorful cactus and what causes it how to get more color or if you even can boost the color in cactus
I love you videos very informative and I love your personality
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So happy you love my videos and personality :-D unfortently I don't have many colourful cacti except for my Gymnocalycium mihanovinchi and my Ubelamannia Cactus, but there are some amazing variegated colourful Astrophytum and Gymnocalycium cacti and if I get some in my collection I will definitely film a future video, 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 and upcoming weekend XXXX
Great tips Lyn...for us newbies but nice reminders for 🌵 growers one and all! 😊
So happy you loved the tips Molly :-D and 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 today XXXX
Good call Lyn 🙂 I nearly lost one that I bought in and I didn't check that it was in peat 😮 It nearly died of thirst 🙄 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊😊🌵🌵
Peat is so awful, and so many cacti now seem to be sold potted up in peat that is like cardboard on the roots, its so hard to wet the peat too, thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Hi Lyn, love the video, very helpful, I'm a bit behind watching your videos, I'm recovering from a virus, had it for the last five days, my nose is now looking like Rudolph ha ha, thankfully I'm heaps better now, so hopefully venturing out tomorrow xxx❤️❤️❤️
Awwwww so sorry to hear you have not been well with a nasty virus Jane, but thats wonderful you are feeling much better and are on the mend now, so happy you loved the repotting video and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Cheshire for a fantastic afternoon XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon hi Lyn, thank you for your kind words, it's day 6 today, and I'm feeling so much better, so went into town for an outing xxx❤️❤️❤️
@@janecarter3583 So happy you are feeling much better Jane and have a nice time in town, it looks like the weather is going to be quite nice this weekend too, very windy but nice and warm for April YAY XXXXX 😎🌞🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@desertplantsofavalon hi Lyn, thank you, I had a lovely day. Looking forward to the weekend xxx❤️❤️❤️
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Great video Lyn!!! Great sound advice !!! I always wait two weeks before watering. My sister watered right after and got away with it. But now since i told her to wait, she does. I alway make my own cactus mix. Our commercial mixes are mainly peat. Thanks for sharing Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌿🌻🍀🌾💐🌱🌹🌳🪴😃👍
So happy you loved the video Clyde :-D and thats fantastic you love to make your own cactus mix too, so many of the commercial mixes are full of peat and other not cactus friendly ingredients, I remember buying a cactus commercial mix once and when I opened up the bag the soil was all wet inside and a load of flies flew out of it haha, 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 XXXX
Ok, I did ask a question in one of your videos about cutting back the roots. Saw it on another CZcams channel but I believe it was from South Asia though.
Hi Christina :-D yes the good news is you can cut back the roots, I think I watched that channel too, it was amazing with a guy pruning back his Astrophytum cacti, I have not tried this myself with my cacti except for cacti that have had their roots die back and I have had to prune the roots off, but I have heard from other growers that it can help the cactus grow better, it would be an exciting experiment to try, especially with two cacti that are the same, and then repotting one as normal and the other one with the roots pruned back and to see what the results would be after a few months, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching,sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Monday XXXX
Great video! And perfect timing because my online cacti orders just arrived a few hours ago!! I always watch your videos regarding potting up cacti. Thank you so much and happy spring!
Thats fantastic news you have had a delivery of new cacti arrive Janella, thats so exciting, I bet you are so looking forward to potting them up, Happy Spring to you too and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Thanks to all of your tips and advice, I have changed how I care for my cactus plants and do believe they have been doing better 😀
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Thats fantastic Nancy, I am so happy that you enjoy my tips and advice on growing cacti, 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 and upcoming weekend XXXX
Another great vid Lyn. I guess it's true what they say about beginner's luck. As a beginner back in 2016, I repotted and watered immediately. It just so happened that it was very hot. So, no harm done. Luckily for us newbees, we have Desert Plants of Avalone and Cactus Cafeine to guide us. Ta ta for now.
Awwww haha thank you so very much Marie :-D so happy you loved the video about the repotting, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hello from Scotland I love your videos how is your Christmas cactus doing
Hi Martin :-D so happy you love my videos, the Christmas cactus is doing amazing and is still blooming, its been blooming since November and as son as blooms finish more buds keep appearing, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Scotland for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
Really interesting video, thank you Lyn! It's spring, yay!!! ❤🌵 XXXX
So happy you loved the video Vera :-D I am so happy that Spring is now here and its so exciting we have all of the growing season ahead to look forward to now, 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 Italy for a fantastic evening XXXX
Great info Lyn! Thanks for sharing.
So happy you loved the info Carol :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
❤I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I have learned alot from your videos. Super cool channel. Thank you. I always look forward to your videos. Lophs are the best 😊
So happy you have learned a lot from my videos Johnny, and Lophs really are the best haha, 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 today XXXX
I’m glad I watched this video, I am going to be repotting my extra special cactus I got given for Mother’s Day a few years ago. I certainly don’t want to make any mistakes!
May I ask , is it best to wait until flowering is over to repot?
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Thats fantastic you are going to be repotting your extra special cactus you got for Mothers day Holly :-D yes its best to wait until the flowering is over before repotting, it usually is ok but I have sometimes had cacti drop their buds if I repot them during their budding stage, thanks so much Holly for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a amazing weekend XXXX
G'day Lyn, great tips on potting up Cactus . Lots of love from Ellyn and me. 🌵🌵🌵😘😗😙😍❤💋
G'day Peter haha :-D so happy you loved the repotting tips, and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
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Great video with plenty of information and explanation.
So happy you loved the video on the Repotting Magda :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing support and comment and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
Super helpful as usual Lyn - thanks so much 👏👏❤️
So happy you enjoyed the video Heather :-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 New Zealand for a fantastic weekend XXXX
It's hard to find sand for cactus mix I just use cactus soil and pummice. Thx for the video 😊🌵🪻🌱🪴
Pumice is fantastic to use and if I can't get any sand I love to use pumice instead, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
An excellent and very informative video Lyn, I'm definitely guilty of no. 3 although I think I've mostly got away with it with my Trichocereus cacti as they are less sensitive to moist conditions than many cacti, and also grow faster. They are a great genus of cacti to start learning with, but have their limitations when you start growing more difficult plants! I've got some Saguaro and Pachycereus Pringlei seedlings that will need repotting soon and I know they can both be very sensitive to conditions.
Many thanks again, and happy cactusing from northern Spain 🌵💚😊
So happy you loved the video about Repotting Donald :-D and the good news is Trichocereus seem to be so much more hardy against moist conditions than the other cacti, even in rainy Ireland the Trichocereus we put out into the yard seem to do really well even though they get rained on all through the summer haha, thanks so much Donald 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 Northern Spain for a fantastic Friday and upcoming weekend XXXX
Great advice ❤
So happy you loved the advice and 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 use to repot my cacti until I run out of space, winter came and I lost 60+% of my collection due to cold weather. Still have a couple of plants left over. I use cactus & succulent compost from Amazon & other online shops, plus add grit mix into the compost.
I have been collecting cacti for 4 years.
Oh no so sorry to hear you lost 60% of your collection, its always such a tough challenge getting our plants through the winter months, but thats fantastic you still have a couple of plants left over, thats fantastic you use a special cactus and succulent soil and add extra grit to the compost too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
I committed #5.
Repotted about 25 or so in February, while in their dormancy, with a complete root pruning on each one. After the first couple hours, I was getting anxious and started to speed things up. I was kinda bummed that I felt rushed, cause I wanted this to be a meditative process, like making one of those sand and stone Zen gardens.
Nope, i wasn't built for that.. Anyway, i only lost one, and it happened within just a few days of replanting. Something made me check on the only one that didn't make it, and was already completely mush, just above the substrate line. Thankfully, it was only a small PC marked for grafting, so I wasn't too upset about losing it, but still, it bothers me that i ended its time.
I recently started the process of waking them up by misting with water, allowing just enough to drip down their sides and into the soil. Will begin the process of moving them all outdoors here in approximately 30days.
So sorry to hear you lost one of your Cacti Adam, I always find the transitioning period between late winter and early spring is the most challenging for the cacti, misting them is a fantastic idea as the sides and grooves on the cacti help to transport the light watering into the root ball, and wow well done on repotting 25 of your cacti in Feb, I still have so many left to repot haha, I am so looking forward to when I can move out the plants I have indoors, but its gone cold again here in Ireland with just 6-7c temperatures and 1c forecast for tonight, brrrrr bring on the sun and heat haha, thanks so much Adam for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
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Very informative… Thank you for sharing.👍🏼👍🏼
So happy you found the video informative Miche :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
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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 and weekend XXXX
Thanks Lynn lots of useful advice for a beginner like me
So happy you loved the advice Sarah :-D and 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 and weekend ahead XXXX
Hello Lyn another fantastic video with lot's of great advice. I have just repottted a few of my plant 🤞 so far all's well.
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So happy you loved the video Jim :-D and thats brilliant news you have been repotting some of your plants, Happy Spring to you, early Spring is such an exciting time of the year and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
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Perfect timing on this video for me as 8 am going to be repotting my cacti. They are way past due. Very good video 🌵🎼🌟sending lots of love from California to you and Hans 😊
So happy you loved the video on repotting cacti Pam :-D I still have tons of cacti left to repot this Spring haha, thanks so much Pam for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and FEATHERBABY Turkey and the adorable 'chows' lots of love and happiness and CRYSTAL and PLANT POWER to California for a wonderful weekend XXXX
I can't believe how many cacti plants you have lol. I have some Espostoopsis dybowskii cacti, a cluster of six in one pot and two individual ones in their own pots. The cluster was a Christmas present from 2023 and the problem is that most of them have some etiolation. I'm guessing that the shop they were purchased from had them growing somewhere with little light. If I place the pot somewhere sunny will they recover slightly or will they always remain this way?
Thats fantastic that you have some Espostoopsis cacti, they are amazing cacti to grow, the good news is they will recover and the new growth will grow normal, if they are very etioliated you can cut off the etioliated tips and the cacti will side shoot from the top, but if the etiolation is not severe you can leave them and although the etioliated part will always be there, over time as the cacti grow taller it will become much less noticeable, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
I have lost cacti many times because of these reasons.I now know better.
So sorry you have lost cacti due to these reasons too, thanks so much Mirriam for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Thanks Lyn great to get these tips
So happy you loved the tips and 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 today XXXX
Its difficult in my area to find stuff to make my own soil and all the nurserys here do all outside plants and no indoor mix stuff, and the "big box stores" dont have anything accept perlite and chciken grit
So sorry to hear that its difficult for you to find the ingredients for making your own soil, if you can't get commercial cactus and succulent soil you can use commercial houseplant soil and can add extra perlite and chicken grit to the houseplant soil, e.g 30% houseplant soil with 35% perlite and 35% chicken grit, as long as the chicken grit does not have anything added to it it will be fine to use, 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
Muy bien explicado. Me ha servido mucho. Gracias 🌵☀️
Me alegro mucho de que el video te haya ayudado mucho y me alegro mucho de que lo hayas disfrutado, muchas gracias Gerardo por tu maravilloso comentario y apoyo y por mirarte y enviarte mucho amor, felicidad y PODER PLANTA para una velada maravillosa.XXXX
Hi Lynn, great video
My question is when you repot do you only take off all the soil if the cactus is in bad soil a lot of peat like when you buy it first if the cactus is in good soil like you have potted it before do you just drop pot it without disturbing the roots?
So happy you loved the video Tina :-D yes if the cactus was in soil that is similar to the soil you will be potting it up in then I would drop pot it without disturbing the roots, the only time I have to loosen up the soil from the roots is if the roots are very rootbound and or the soil is bad soil with a lot of peat, 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
Great video, timely as well, just repotted my entire collection (square pots = more space😅). Wont be watering them till april, fine weather, hopefully 🤞🤞. Funny thing, my dad has being growing echinopsis for years, they fly for him, bog standard compost, and often not a drainage hole in sight, i don't get it😅😅, think he must never water them🤔!
So happy you loved the video Grainne :-D and thats fantastic you have repotted your whole collection into the lovely square pots, I really love the square pots too as they save so much space on the tables haha, and hahaha with your Dad and his Echinopsis, thanks so much Grainne for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic evening XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thanks, yeah that's the idea, utilise the space, have the terracotta pots on standby in case! Also found a very useful tool for making more holes in plastic pots, Lidl was selling them, a wood burning tool set, has all different tips, brilliant for burning a few extra drainage holes😂😂
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Hello, what a great video packed with good information. Many good for regular house plants too. 😊 I wonder if you have any jade plants. I know that they are very common. I have a variegated one that is not growing many leaves for me. Do you know what I am doing wrong. It is in the right size pot and mostly draining soil (premade potting mix from the store). What do I do ? I must be doing something. Not sure if this plant is what you have. It is an inside plant.
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So happy you loved the video Mary Elizabeth :-D yes I have quite a few Jade plants, I really love them, I have a variegated Jade too, I notice my Jade's always drop a lot of leaves over the winter and then re grow them in the Spring, but I used to have my Jade's indoors and they didn't grow as well with the leaves, I move mine outdoors into the yard for the late Spring and Summer and it has really made a big difference with their leaves, I overwinter them in the polytunnel but they seem to really love the fresh air outdoors in the Summer, I use Baby Bio plant feed for them too and this seems to really help green them up and get growing new leaves, they love a nice bit of sunshine too as long as they can be protected from the harsh midday sun, 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 and upcoming weekend XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you for the great information. Sadly i live in an apartment and no plants outside. I do live in California and have this plant where it gets lots of sun. Maybe I can move it to the most sunny window but it is so small it drys out so much very quickly. I can only grow my pony tail palm there (it loves it). Well maybe I will make a succulent garden to go there and it will get more water then. Once again thank you for the great information. I really appreciate it. Wonderful plant power to you too. Oh yes do you know of a good CZcams channel for orchids? I need a bit of help with those too.
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@@desertplantsofavalon thank you for the good recommendation. I really appreciate it. I have already subscribed to her channel.
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Hi, would you consider sharing what is the plant is visible from 5 secs from the start of the video? It looks like an in-between an Echinopsis Subdenudata and an Astrophytum Myriostigma? It is more similar to an Echinopsis than Astrophytum. Just curious to know. Thank you!
Hi Antonio :-D yes its an Echinopsis subdenudata although this particular Echnopsis is definitely a bit different looking to my other Echinopsis subdenudatas, thanks so much Antoni for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX
Thanks. Greetings from Bavaria. 😊
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I just bought a some variety of cactus online like astrophytum, mammillaria and cerues but i don't know where to put them semi shade or direct sunlight.
Hi there, Astrophytums and Mammillarias and Cereus all love direct sunlight, but if you have had them indoors or they have been boxed up through the mail its best to cover them loosely with shade cloth when you put them into direct sunlight just for the first 3 days to let them acclimatise to the higher light levels, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful upcoming weekend XXXX
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When should you re-pot a cactus after you buy it?
Hi, I normally re pot as soon as I have bought it to check over the soil and repot into my own cactus mix, most store bought cacti are often potted up in peat and its best to change the soil and plant the cactus into a well draining cactus soil, if I buy a cactus in the winter then I often leave the repotting until the Spring, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Lynn when do you water cati .please . Help
Hi Tom :-D I will be watering the majority of my cacti for the first time after winter in April probably the second week in April depending on the weather, but I do have a few very wrinkled cacti I know I will have to water this weekend, I will just be giving them a very light water just enough to dampen the soil first, and then leave them a couple of weeks before giving the wrinkled ones a proper watering, I will be filming a video this weekend on how much water I give to the cacti the first time I water after the winter, but 95% of my cacti in the polytunnel I won't be watering yet until mid April, but if you have cacti that are wrinkling quite a lot you can definitely give them a very light watering now, thanks so much Tom for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
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I done the same things at the same age my biggest one was putting them in a giant pot and a little over watering but did pretty good after the first 2 speaking of bad things for cactus don’t you just hate seeing them at stores with a fake flower glued right on top of the growing point I’ve seen them rip themselves apart trying to grow with it on their
Awwww yes I am the same Travis, I really hare to see the cacti with fake flowers stuck on them, the flowers are often glued or pinned through the cactus, and removing the flowers often damages them, I have seen lots of succulents painted with glitter and coloured paint and I can never understand why they do this to plants, especially as nature made them beautiful already, thanks so much Travis for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness from the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon you’re welcome I’ve seen the painted ones to in both cacti and succulents looks like spray paint I will never understand y something that took so long to grow to that size just to be painted and will surely not live very long it seems like the fake flower ones I’ve seen was hot glued on and they were sure to get it on directly on the growing point in every spine
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Which city are you from dear? Love your videos
So happy you love my videos, I live in Belfast, N.Ireland, 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 Wednesday XXXX