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by SkyClan Cat
Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:56 am
Forum: General
Topic: What advice do you wish someone told you as a new grower?
Replies: 20
Views: 2545

Re: What advice do you wish someone told you as a new grower

1) When bringing them home and repotting, don't be afraid to blast them with the hose to get the old soil off the roots. 2) They'll be totally fine in just regular potting soil mixed with a crapload of perlite. They're SUPPOSED to be in something that holds water for SOME amount of time; don't just ...
by SkyClan Cat
Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: HooKed Spines
Replies: 13
Views: 6633

Re: HooKed Spines

"I will never own a hook-spined cactus" I told myself, before I picked up this pup machine (Mammillaria zeilmanniana) for 50 cents.

Here it is today, after two years.
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by SkyClan Cat
Sun Jul 05, 2015 12:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: What was your first cactus ever?
Replies: 30
Views: 4882

Re: What was your first cactus ever?

Mine was a fairy castle, the one in my avatar. But I didn't know what kind of cactus it was when I got it, so I had to google "cactus with glued on flowers" (this was before I knew this was a thing that was done with many species). It eventually died, though, as did several of the first fe...
by SkyClan Cat
Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Conveniently Timed Bloom
Replies: 2
Views: 776

Conveniently Timed Bloom

Gymocalycium baldianum says "happy 4th of July!"
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by SkyClan Cat
Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Favorite Mamms?
Replies: 17
Views: 3525

Re: Favorite Mamms?

It's hard to single out one species from such a large genus. I'll post two of my favourite that are usually not mentioned Mammillaria_meridiorosei_Dar154_320_20150327.jpg Mammillaria wrightii subsp. wilcoxii (meridiorosei) Dar154. Killer flowers. Mammillaria_dixanthocentron_305_20150201.jpg Mammill...
by SkyClan Cat
Fri May 29, 2015 7:52 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Finally starting some seeds
Replies: 17
Views: 4797

Re: Finally starting some seeds

Lost an alarming number of seedlings in two of the mixed pots, and the Rebutia pot just suddenly exploded into mold. Had to break out the tweezers, spray bottle, and hydrogen peroxide.

Here's how these look now.
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by SkyClan Cat
Sun May 17, 2015 1:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: I have another Gymno!
Replies: 2
Views: 872

Re: I have another Gymno!

iann wrote:Normally you wouldn't want to pot Marigolds and Gymnocalyciums in the same soil ;)
I'd add a load of perlite to the cactus's soil. :lol: I do still have a big bag of perlite.
by SkyClan Cat
Sat May 16, 2015 11:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: I have another Gymno!
Replies: 2
Views: 872

I have another Gymno!

From Corona Cactus. My first ever online cactus order. Gymnocalycium eurpleurum. IMG_5030.JPG I've been mainly focusing on orchids for the past couple years, but orchid prices frustrate me (most of the cheap ones end up being like $30 because of shipping), so I thought I'd take a break and buy a che...
by SkyClan Cat
Tue May 12, 2015 8:48 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Finally starting some seeds
Replies: 17
Views: 4797

Re: Finally starting some seeds

Rebutia minuscula count is now at 11.
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As for the mixed seedlings, not much to update on, other than the ones that aren't dead and moldy already are very very slowly getting nice and fat.
by SkyClan Cat
Wed Apr 29, 2015 9:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Don't ignore the small pots!
Replies: 10
Views: 1477

Re: Don't ignore the small pots!

I prefer small pots anyway for price and space reasons, especially since I have to bring all my cacti indoors for the winter.

(Plus if you or someone in your family eats yogurt, then you've got some free small pots right there once the yogurt is eaten)
by SkyClan Cat
Mon Apr 20, 2015 5:39 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Finally starting some seeds
Replies: 17
Views: 4797

Re: Finally starting some seeds

The mixed seedlings are taking their sweet time with any progress; meanwhile, more of the Rebutia seeds are coming up (7 so far).
by SkyClan Cat
Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:07 am
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Finally starting some seeds
Replies: 17
Views: 4797

Re: Finally starting some seeds

A couple of them now have their areoles starting to separate into more areoles. (Also I still have a bunch of years-old Rebutia minuscula seeds and sowed a few of them in a tiny pot to see if they would still be any good, even though as I understand, Rebutia seeds are supposed to have a relatively s...
by SkyClan Cat
Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:36 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Finally starting some seeds
Replies: 17
Views: 4797

Re: Finally starting some seeds

cute tiny spines (and some still-above-ground roots on that upper left one, grrr)
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by SkyClan Cat
Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:41 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Finally starting some seeds
Replies: 17
Views: 4797

Re: Finally starting some seeds

Lost a couple seedlings, most are still looking great, and many are getting spines!

Been keeping an eye on the mold, and it hasn't been causing too much trouble.
by SkyClan Cat
Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:13 pm
Forum: Grown From Seed
Topic: Finally starting some seeds
Replies: 17
Views: 4797

Re: Finally starting some seeds

Ah, didn't know I was actually supposed to be aiming for dark green. The ones in that pot are now, though (except for the two that just came up within the last couple days), so I guess they just needed some time for that. The roots appear to have mostly sorted themselves. Also I've got a few mold sp...