They're big and beautiful!!!

Don't give up on them. Some things are permanent but plants can recover from a lot of different sufferings.

Would cinnamon be a good thing to apply to a fresh cut as made with the taking of a cutting?

Your description of osmosis in the roots implies that using very pure water encourages the plant to take up the water. This is bad how? There is also the suggestion that somehow the distilled water would go into the plants leaving behind something else. Leaving behind "better" water? Leav...

How do you expose young seedlings yearning for stronger light to better light with out burning them?

Like put them in shady sun for an hour the first several days and gradually increase the duration in the shady sun?

Would people sometimes unnecessarily graft plants as an experiment or graft practice?

it certainly is attractive!

Congratulations, Andy!

It's nice to see a happy cactus.

I think I see a turtle like figure in the lower right corner, but I'm probably wrong.

Gorgeous seedlings Tony!! What luck! Cactus seeds are s - l - 0 - w! I wonder if there are certain species that sort of hold 'records' for slow germination.. :-k I'm crossing my fingers that Trichocereus chiloensis will germinate for me. I feel I've had a lot of luck so far. ..As soon as I have a ca...

I'll guess some genera..

Maybe you got some astrophytum, a turbinicarpus and a copiapoa?

Can't a cactus catch a shower once in a while?

Hurray!!

It's nice to see your hylo and tricho's doing very well.

I'm glad to see some cactus success in a region near me!

Would you care to relate any insights or challenges you have faced in your climate and region?

cat, cactus protector spirit!

daiv wrote:I guess another way to look at the question would be in ground vs. in pots.

I was just thinking about that last night!

I'm all potted for now, but I'm curious to experiment/learn with plants that might survive a cold New Jersey winter.