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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 26, 2007 17:10:23 GMT 1
Looks like they're coming on OK. Any problems?
Suggestion you top dress with grit or aquarium gravel. Makes them look tidy and sets them off nicely.
I'll look for a link to cactus show exhibits for you to show what I mean.
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Post by sweetleaf on Jun 26, 2007 17:14:29 GMT 1
One or two seem to be static but not sick, I have decided to be patient,  Ill get some gravel tonight`! |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 26, 2007 17:19:19 GMT 1
They sometimes put their first efforts into rooting. Mind you, I wouldn't water at present with this weather.
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Post by sweetleaf on Jun 26, 2007 17:30:28 GMT 1
Ill keep my watering can on standby for better weather then.  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jul 23, 2007 16:56:22 GMT 1
These are my new cacti - nothing special, bog standard ones, I like them though! The start of my collection. No labels though.....dear Mick.........   |
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Post by Sleepy on Jul 23, 2007 17:05:05 GMT 1
These are my new cacti - nothing special, bog standard ones, I like them though! The start of my collection. No labels though.....dear Mick......... Top one looks like a mammilaria |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jul 23, 2007 17:14:00 GMT 1
Does it? We seem to have bosoms all about the board today.....  My houseplant book is so old there are only a few cacti in it and the pictures are appalling. I'll mark it down as that then.Thanks Sleepy |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 23, 2007 17:48:08 GMT 1
The left hand one with the deep ribs is the same as I bought at GWL it has gorgeous flowers, see P7 of this thread (I think) and was ID`d by Mick as Pseudolobivia species. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jul 23, 2007 20:40:24 GMT 1
Of course it is! The one with the lovely white flower! DOH! Honestly, my memory is appalling...thanks Sweetie!
The other has lots of little babies snuggling around its base. Lovely.
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Post by sweetleaf on Jul 23, 2007 20:44:54 GMT 1
They were pink flowers, but they were lovely When the flowers finished the stems shrivelled and dropped off. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Jul 24, 2007 7:10:17 GMT 1
Mine has a white flower. I know this because the mankier one next to it on the shelf was flowering.
So what is the one with the yellow flower just emerging? Any idea?
I know Mick is very busy at the moment - Insurance, The White Man's Burden..........(The Goons, I still have the record, very very funny). I can wait......
I have repotted them all already too - it's a great motivator knowing they are going to be IDed by proper gardeners! DON'T tell me I shouldn't have done it when they're about to flower.......
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 24, 2007 8:32:36 GMT 1
Yup, the little pink flowered one is a Mammillaria, the white flowered is an Echnopsis possibly oxygonus or eyriesii (Pseudolobivias tend to have pink or red flowers) and the last one is Notocactus ottonis although it now seems to be called Parodia ottonis.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 2, 2007 12:52:23 GMT 1
I shall be starting a Z-A of cactus and succulent next week. Please watch this space.
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 15, 2007 8:16:33 GMT 1
Still pondering about where to keep my cactus and now I'm being nosy! I know you don't have a digital camera (yet....) but have you got your plants just plonked on a work table Mick? Or have you got them all "displayed"? I imagine you have hundreds in pots knocking about and all efficiently labelled and grouped...is that right? |
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 16, 2007 8:26:29 GMT 1
'fraid so fourpence. All families grouped together etc. But I also have to divide the greenhouse into warmer and cooler sections in winter so there is a grouping there as well.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 20, 2007 8:59:43 GMT 1
Well cactus fans - it's that time of the year. One more water, probably this weekend and thats it. Leave them dry then until March. If you've got them indoors rather than a greenhouse perhaps a little water every 6 weeks but keep them in the coolest, brightest spot that you can.
Succulents in general terms can still be watered through to about November then dry until March - Haworthias, Gasterias, Aloes, Agaves and most Crassulas. Stapeliads can be watered through October if the weather is good but it's a bit of a balancing act with them at this time of the year. Living stones should continue to get some water as many of them flower at this time- wait until the leaves feel rubbery or are wrinkly than give a little water - don't drown them.
There are some winter growers however that need water right through - Aeoniums, Tylecodons, Othonnas and succulent Pelargoniums. Water well, let them dry right out then water again etc.
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Post by sweetleaf on Sept 20, 2007 9:06:22 GMT 1
I was going to ask about winter care today, you beat me to it! Which Cacti would benefit most from coming in from the GH and which would not mind the cooler temps in there? I do have a heater, what temps should I be aiming for ? |
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 20, 2007 9:14:57 GMT 1
They will be better in the greenhouse generally and 5c is fine.
Have you got Stapeliads? They might be better indoors although if you have a propagator they could stay in there but without the top on. Let me know on that as you need to water differently.
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Post by sweetleaf on Sept 20, 2007 9:25:11 GMT 1
I do have some stapeliads, cuttings mostly and one quite big plant, I was thinking of the little Aloe and the Avonia too they seem vulnerable somehow.  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 20, 2007 14:07:50 GMT 1
Ideally Stapeliads should have a min of 10c but 13 or even 15 is better.
Are the cuttings rooted? I can't remember what you've got.
The Aloe and the Avonia will be fine. Just a little water for the Aloe for another month say.
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Post by sweetleaf on Sept 20, 2007 14:15:26 GMT 1
Ill bring the stapeliads into the house, all the cuttings are rooted, including some I took myself in August. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 27, 2007 13:45:38 GMT 1
Well down then Sweetleaf. We'll make a grower of you yet |
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 1, 2007 8:52:32 GMT 1
If you have cacti and/or succulents in the garden, now is the time to start thinking of bringing them in. Check them over for slugs and snails first though and I have to say that I do put mini slug pellets around them in the greenhouse.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 7, 2007 18:29:23 GMT 1
Mickiepoo....do I need to do anything with the two succulents you gave me at Barnsdale? They seem quite happy in the conservatory and I wasn't planning on repotting them anytime soon...
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 12, 2007 9:35:54 GMT 1
Just pinging this cos my Mammillaria is STILL flowering its lovely little socks off and the Echinopsis has started to show more fluffy buds! I thought that was it until next year - aren't they amazing plants?
It's getting a bit cold in the conservatory at night though.....will that hurt them Mick?
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