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by Joel143
Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:39 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Winter damage
Replies: 6
Views: 1176

Re: Winter damage

Mine grow outside and it got down to 19 degrees for several nights. On the new growth, the tips are damaged and starting to turn brown. Freeze damage. The older parts no signs of damage yet. Last year it had some damage in the middle of the column and now that area is just scarred. Look at the tips...
by Joel143
Thu Dec 26, 2013 8:37 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Winter damage
Replies: 6
Views: 1176

Re: Winter damage

Joel - San Pedro's are supposed to be good down to 18F -- but not frost, so sheet should be OK. I've got mine on my glass porch & last Winter it did get that low with no problems! Just went out & gave mine a gentle squeeze & there's a little "give", but no visible wrinkles lik...
by Joel143
Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:32 pm
Forum: Sick Cacti - Pests, Diseases, etc.
Topic: Winter damage
Replies: 6
Views: 1176

Winter damage

Hello everybody and Happy Holidays, I have a question concerning San Pedro cactus. I live in zone 9 in southern Louisiana and I have a 6ft San Pedro in a very large clay pot. With it being winter now I'm alittle concerned. We've only had three days so far whereby it got down to 30 degrees (not inclu...
by Joel143
Tue May 07, 2013 11:46 pm
Forum: Outdoor Cacti
Topic: raised bed question
Replies: 15
Views: 5161

Re: raised bed question

I get the oil absorbent from Walmart along with the sandy loam.
by Joel143
Tue May 07, 2013 4:46 am
Forum: Outdoor Cacti
Topic: raised bed question
Replies: 15
Views: 5161

Re: raised bed question

I am in southwest louisiana and in the process of starting a small raised bed for a few cacti. How is yours doing? And what did you use to make the cactus soil part? Did you put drainage rocks beneath the soil? I was baseing mine on a design for an alpine rock garden but would love to know what act...
by Joel143
Fri May 03, 2013 2:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: weather
Replies: 8
Views: 782

Re: weather

Oh yea. Weather here been getting rain off and on for the past four days. Last night a cold front came through with high winds; still very windy this morning. Tonight a low of 42. Seems like winter trying to hold on. Now everyone getting sick because of the weather shifting back and forth.
by Joel143
Mon Apr 29, 2013 3:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Keeping track of your collection?
Replies: 37
Views: 8508

Re: Keeping track of your collection?

I use Microsoft excel and it works fine for me. I can see you do it in an Excell. But do you put your pics in too? And if you do, how do you do it? Thank you. Yes I put my pics too. You can insert them. Plus size them. I've seen databases on Access as well but I've never worked with Access. Am more...
by Joel143
Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Got a Hold of some Decomposed Granite
Replies: 7
Views: 1145

Re: Got a Hold of some Decomposed Granite

Yes you can use decomposed granite. I wouldn't use pea gravel because of its smooth surface. I wish I could find DG small enough to use in my amended soil for my cacti. Right now I use oil absorbent.
by Joel143
Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Is this for reall??
Replies: 7
Views: 1042

Re: Is this for reall??

I agree, two plants with the larger one hiding the smaller one.
by Joel143
Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Keeping track of your collection?
Replies: 37
Views: 8508

Re: Keeping track of your collection?

I use Microsoft excel and it works fine for me.
by Joel143
Sat Apr 27, 2013 9:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Repottted Golden Barrel
Replies: 9
Views: 999

Re: Repottted Golden Barrel

Now I just hope, over time, the lower spines can return to some-what normal positions instead of pushed it because of being in a pot.
by Joel143
Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: Repottted Golden Barrel
Replies: 9
Views: 999

Re: Repottted Golden Barrel

It hasn't flowered yet this year but am looking forward to flowers hopefully soon. I used some strips of carpet to lift and move it. The hardest thing was getting it out of its old pot. I've always used clay pots reusing them as needed. In this case I had no choice but to take a hammer and shatter t...
by Joel143
Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Repottted Golden Barrel
Replies: 9
Views: 999

Repottted Golden Barrel

Finally be able to repot my large golden barrel. As you can see it's been in its previous pot for so long the spines are flat on the lower half due to growing against the pot. It's about 16" across so I repotted it in a whiskey barrel pot. The new pot is deeper than I would like it to be but it...
by Joel143
Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: fire ants in the soil
Replies: 21
Views: 2325

Re: fire ants in the soil

i kept most of mine indoors in a sunny room all winter with the exception of a blue glow agave and 2 unidentified aloes and another agave. i'll probably have to do that next year, i'm running out of room for all my cacti. what'd you do about rains? wouldn't the rains rot them while they were dorman...
by Joel143
Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: fire ants in the soil
Replies: 21
Views: 2325

Re: fire ants in the soil

[quote=" and joel, how have your cacti held up during these strangely long and cold winter?[/quote] Tlaloc my cacti have done quite well with no loss for the past 4 years all being outside year round. Now I have a greenhouse with the hardier remaining on my front porch. If it gets too cold like...