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- Thu Aug 02, 2018 11:58 am
- Forum: Greenhouses etc.
- Topic: Greenhouse progress
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8882
Re: Greenhouse progress
interesting greenhouse! who manufactures the joiners you used for your framework?
- Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:12 am
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Help with identification, please!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 847
Re: Help with identification, please!
l believe it is Hylocereus costaricensis.
- Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:56 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: low e glass, how does it effect cacti growth?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 535
Re: low e glass, how does it effect cacti growth?
Thank you Dave. Those are interesting links.
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 3:09 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: low e glass, how does it effect cacti growth?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 535
low e glass, how does it effect cacti growth?
this morning I opened my east door to collect snowmelt to water my plants. The warmth of the sun streaming in was wonderful! Nearly all of my windows are low e glass and pass almost no heat. Are they filtering out wave lengths that cacti need to grow or grow well?
- Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: When do I put them all outside ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1350
Re: When do I put them all outside ?
i have been keeping cacti for many years in heated rooms over the winter and outside in an open shelter in summer. I water very lightly about once a month in winter to prevent root loss. in March I up the frequency to every 2 weeks, but still a small quantity( not enough to drip). When I see growth ...
- Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:15 pm
- Forum: Grown From Seed
- Topic: how to not grow cianobacteries!?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1370
Re: how to not grow cianobacteries!?
I have found that the greenish/brown slime is very attractive to fungus gnats and they will destroy whole pots full of seedlings. they eat the roots or hollow out the seedlings. I have had some success spraying pots with insecticide then top dressing the pots with a deep layer of napa 8822 to preven...
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:04 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Upload your cactus seed pods/fruits
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1415
Re: Upload your cactus seed pods/fruits
Mammillaria blossfeldiana.
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:52 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Upload your cactus seed pods/fruits
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1415
Re: Upload your cactus seed pods/fruits
Mammillaria blossfeldiana
- Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:23 am
- Forum: Free For All
- Topic: Mug Shots -Wonder who you're talking to?
- Replies: 593
- Views: 352801
Re: Mug Shots -Wonder who you're talking to?
Me at Organ pipe National monument,day three of my dream trip to Arizona, Utah and Colorado!
- Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:05 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Just Interesting ... thought you MIGHT like to see ...
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7281
Re: Just Interesting ... thought you MIGHT like to see ...
this is my M. perbella blooming in late September. It is about ten years old, in a 10 centimeter pot. the head in the lower left is in process of dividing.
- Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:15 pm
- Forum: New Member Welcome
- Topic: hello from central New York.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 872
hello from central New York.
I received my first cactus from my grandmother a pink flowered Schlumbergera.I still have it 40 years later. A trip to Arizona this spring rekindled my interest in my collection. I have about 70 xeric cacti I have accumulated since 2006, mostly from local big box stores.my cacti have been languishin...
- Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:51 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: How to add images to your post
- Replies: 30
- Views: 98300
Re: How to add images to your post
Is there a way to post photos directly from my iPhone?