What to do with store bought cactus
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- čas přidán 2. 04. 2019
- Hi Everyone,
In this video I share with you what to do with cactus bought from stores.
The conditions that commerically grown plants are grown in are generally vastly different to the conditions they will be living in once you get them home.
This video shows you the intial preparations required when welcoming new cactus home.
I hope you find this video helpful.
Thank you for watching & of course.... Happy Gardening!
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Pretty much exactly what I do with newly acquired plants. I like to get as much of the old soil off as possible, even using a toothpick to remove stubborn bits. I’ll then treat it and wash the whole plant under a luke warm shower, leave them for afew day’s until repotting then at least a week before I water them and a week or so in quarantine. I don’t take chances anymore with risking things like mealybugs or spidermites being introduced to my other plants. You got some nice new ones there, love those Gymnos 👌👍🌵
It does not take all that long to repot cacti and it saves so many potential headaches as you have said mealy or spider mites these are nasty pests which can take hold so quickly. Prevention is better than cure. I think your method is much more thorough than mine. Thank you for watching & Happy Gardening!
Great video
fine looking man with fine looking cacti :D That bruchii could be a mutation or maybe a bruchii x. it's definitly not a regular one :D
In germany most cacti sold in hardware stores or even supermarkets are grown in coco coir or pure peat, wich is horrible and it comes of the roots so badly. But luckily we have lots of amazing cacti nurserys in germany as well.
I haven't been keeping up with the channel for a while but for cacti thats been indoors they looked very healthy! Going to look at the older stuff now :D
Awesome Walker 😁
Im happy too see that some where there is a company that takes in cacti with right latin names! Im Sweden all cacti that are in bigger stores are labeled ” cactus canariensis” . Because they usually are grown in the canary islands. Its makes me so mad and makes me dont want to by any cacti from them. There are so many good real cacti growers that could sell cactus on theses bigger malls! Well well maybee one Day they Will see the light!!😂🌵
Wow, that must be frustrating! But you could look at it as a fun activity discovering who they are. I don't care so much for cactus botanical names, I know many of them but I just grow cactus I like the look of. Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
Yes i could do that!:-) But as many cacti collectors im a cacti horder!😂 And i only want one of each cacti and then latin names is good!😊👍 Carl Von Linne that have many plants in the work their name came from sweden !😁
Enjoyed your info on top roots and size of pots.
I just love seeing you repotting! Seems so easy :)
Years of practice and 1000's of spines in my hands along the way! It does get easier, but my goodness did I find it daunting in the early years! Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
Great video. I've bought a few beauties at Bunnings over time. I'll repot now 👌
Thanks Karen, they have had some treasures recently which is quite the change. Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening.
Also I have been meaning to ask you how your seedlings are doing? They must be quite a few months old by now?
I wish the stores in my country would have tags with the fully grown plants pictured on them. Then they wouldn't have to hot glue fake flowers to naturally beautiful plants.
Katie Maddalena I know they should never have to do that
Great info!! And Wow no gloves when handling the cacti. Owww that must have hurt. Thanks for the great info 🌵❤️
Thank you! I have never worn gloves when gardening, cacti aren't too difficult to handle safely you just need to know your way around them... Happy Gardening!
Thanks to you, now I'm repotting every cactus I buy, some in hardened peat moss… not easy to remove! I already see a difference even after a week or so as my new cacti start making flower buds or "pups". Here in Canada, it's hard to buy a cactus with a proper name on it. Gymnocalycium are quite easy to recognize but I have to search the internet to guess the ID... and wait for the flowers to open so I can be sure of my guess!
I think repotting new cactus is an absolute must, the benefits are well worth the effort. Having a consistent soil mix across your collection makes things much easier to manage. Glad your cacti are responding well to the change in soil, I too notice an imporvement often within a couple of weeks which is lightning speed for cacti! Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
Really useful, thanks. I agree totally about the compost and checking for sneaky bugs. Mealies especially. These stores don’t really take care of their plants: they’re just another sales unit to shift. With that in mind, I still fall victim to the lure of cacti or succulents from garden centres, home improvement stores and supermarkets if I see something nice! Yes, they definitely can have the odd gem. My most recent finds were an Oreocereus, a Pleiospilos nellii (unusual: I’ve only found them at specialist sellers before) and a huge Echeveria in bud.
Glad you found the video helpful! I am not adverse to buying commercially grown plants, it just not often I find something of interest. The larger nurseries are very much about maximising profit. Sounds like you found some real gems recently, well done! Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
I got an anisitsii in Nov ‘17 (America) gave it a proper dormancy and it sent 5 different rounds of 1-3 flowers throughout 2018. I hope multiproliferum is a big bloomer as well
Dormancy makes a massive difference in flower production, sounds like you anistii was very thankful for the rest! I will have to wait a few months for multiproliferum to flower, I hope its a good bloomer too! Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
nice i used furudan and starkle g.
I just started to watch your videos and i'm grateful to have done so because i just bought my first set of cacti.So informative and i can't wait to repot my cacti too.
And by the way,i love your soil mix
A new subscriber from the Philippines.
Welcome!
That's great you have started a collection, what cacti do you currently have?
Happy Gardening!
@@87walker Sorry to say that i can't even name them all,just a few.I ordered them online and i forgot the names the seller gave me.Even my other succies,can't name them all.What stuck to my mind is that Rondo,flapjack and maybe 5 others.The others,just go by the name "succies",haha.
Nice video, thanks for posting! You must have some tough skin, I always use tongs. lol BTW, have you ever used NEEM as a bug killer?
This bloke is great, got a question, what don't you like about Bunnings soil mix?
Your Aussie “Big Box” soil looks 100 times better then that of Altman plants here in the US, it has so much peat it’s like doing surgery trying to free up the roots to repot.
Thankfully peat is not widely used in Australia, I personally use it in small amounts but I have seen it used solely in the US, in a commercial setting it makes sense but as you have said trying to get the roots free is a nightmare. Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
The first Gymnocalycium looks more like Gymnocalycium masoneri Ssp Matoense
johan springer my G. anitsii looks nothing like the first one
Great video. Very informative. I've purchased a flowering miniature rainbow cactus. Small buds are forming. How should I go about repotting and watering? Also, I know a lot of ppl have asked this, but are there any alternatives for 'BugKilla' granules?
Hello,
I have some video's about repotting and watering on my channel which you might find helpful.
The active ingredient in "Bug Killa" is imidacloprid, any product containing this will work in a similar way.
This ingredient is banned in many countries though so you might not be able to find it.
Happy Gardening!
I have a gymnocalycium bruchii and it looks like the one you got. I bought it from a cactus nursery. You can check the picture in my Instagram (cactuscaffeineusa) for comparison but I will also be featuring it soon in my channel. Great purchases! 👍🏼🙂
Gymnocalycium are known to have many varients under the one variety so I think definitely Bruchii but the other ones I have are both white spined. Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
Hi.. I just bought two cacti from a store and I was wondering can I repot it right away even though it's winter...Also of the ones I bought it's a mini with white hair not sure what it's called cause Im new to this but I got suspicious if the hair might be somewhat fake it looks really bright.. I haven't noticed any glue
I wouldnt re-pot in winter unless absolutely necessary.
Some cacti actually do have bright white hair, it's not fake.
Happy Gardening!
You're lucky Bunnings label the Cacti, I bought 9 all different from B&Q in the UK all labelled a. cactaceae
Gotta love a generic label! (NOT!)
Can make things fun though, tracking down who you've got.
Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
Also, what is the active ingredient in Bug Killa?
The active ingredient is Imidacloprid, there has been recent studies indicating that this is a pesticide linked with collony collapse in bees. I use this only on plants within the greenhouse which is effectively a closed environment. I have been looked for a viable alternative for the past few years. Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
87walker gotcha, I am looking for an alternative as well, that is what I use. I have decided I will bring plants inside while they bloom if I have treated them with Imidacloprid
I rushed straight to Bunnings after watching this video, not to buy more plants but to buy the Bug Killa. I rejoiced watching you add the Bug Killa, thinking, “Yes! my mealy bug problems will soon be over”. But unfortunately this product and many others are now off the market. The lady at Bunnings explained that it was due to the pesticide ingredients killing bees :(
Damn does that nursery put crushed kitten souls in their soil or what?
Where to get the bug killa???
It is not an easy product to find but you might be able to find a different product with the same active ingredient which is called imidacloprid. Good luck & Happy Gardening!
Trying to focus on what you're saying but I keep checking you out instead
Just what i do. I just dont trust store/wholesale soil anymore...
It's not worth risking and once your collection starts gaining size it is just too diffiuclt to keep track of a dozen or more different soil mixes. Thanks for watching & Happy Gardening!
Would you, please, name the annual pest control powder/granules you use for the potted cacti? I'm wondering if its available in the USA.
The brand name is "Bug Killa" it is not available in the USA (I have a friend who lives there) but the good news is the active ingredient can be found, the ingredient you are looking for is called "imidacloprid". Hope that helps & Happy Gardening!