Just a quick update.
Ive been watering the cacti every 2-3 days
and giving them a GOOD watering (thanks bill )
They look like new plants now!
The cacti in the top first picture has filled right
out and the other one seems to be a lot better too.
Once again thanks to all for the advice
J

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Nice result there !
My missus goes mad if i bring 1 or 2 cactus
home let alone 2 truckloads

One good soaking dished out
Cheers again guys

Hi Guys, Thanks a lot for the replys. They seem pretty well stable in the pots and they do move about a small bit but no more than the other cacti. With regards to the soil,i dug in a few inches and its bone dry. Should this be dry or slightly moist ? Also checked out the lower parts of both of them...

Hi All, Seem to have a slight problem with 2 of my cactus. They appear to be shrivelling up and looking worse for wear. As you can see from the picture below they live on the front window of my living room and get the sun as soon as it comes up util about 1pm when they get shade as the sun moves ove...

Thanx for the welcome.
I got some perlite now,i'll give it a few weeks
then repot again,this time in a pot with decent drainage and hopefully all will be well.
Oh and you can guarantee the south will be getting the worst of the weather soon as wimbledaon in due to start soon

Thanks for the advice,i will be going to the shops today for some new supplies.
Oops that will laziness on my part,the less i have to type the better J stands for Jason.

Thanks a lot for the advice guys,much appreciated. Just a few more things (sorry if im a pain :oops: ) When i repotted them i didnt put any stones or gravel into the actual soil,so its just soil and nothing else in the pot. Also the pot that they are in doesnt have any holes in the bottom for draina...

Repotted my cactus today. Just moved them into a bigger pot as there was 4 or 5 in the one small pot. Bought some cactus soil and i have some gravel which i will add on top soon. I figured it would be good to give them some room to grow. Once in the pot i added just a very small drop of water to eac...

Thanks for the responses :D Ive just had another look at the pterocactus and the corryocactus pics on this website and it looks to be a Corryocactus melanotrichus. I actually bought the cactus from a church fete for the princely sum of 25p..(got dragged round by the girlfriend lol) so i wont be able...

Thanks bill for letting me know..ive tried some different webspace now hopefully they should be ok now.

Hi, can anyone help with identifying my cactus? I got it about 3 weeks ago. http://www.hype-design.com/pics/1.jpg http://www.hype-design.com/pics/2.jpg http://www.hype-design.com/pics/3.jpg It says on the label "mixed perocactus" which i would guess should say Pterocactus. I had a look on ...