Nelson, BC? Don't you have frost and cold there?

I would root this cutting first in warm place and plant them outdoors in spring maybe.

Looks like spineless Trichocereus been grown in shade.

Editing (as enhancing) is included in phone camera software. Also, the phone is supposed to be always handy, nearby. And the old Cannon is like an extra luggage. A phone without a sim card maybe? Not sure about the current prices. P.S. Smartphones are not good for birdwatching, for now. DSC-6824-Edi...

Currently, I’ve been having trouble with sunburn with a few of the cacti as the sun gets lower with the season transitioning further into Fall, so I could use some tips and suggestions as to how to keep my collection safe with the transition of the seasons. Just keep plants shaded from western (= a...

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As an experienced grower you would already know what you like and can grow and so you have a growing strategy already!

I doubt this cactus will be willing to grow during winter months because it's heat lover. Just don't water it at all till April or spring comes there. Dark places are not good for cacti. If you have a corner or spot where temps do not go often above 20 C put it there even with minimum light. I know ...

Two typical summer bloomers in my conditions are T. polaskii:


and T. swobodae:

The same was for Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. schwarzii.

It also depends on the power of the mat (like ~7 W) and size of the incubator, is the later open or closed, well insulated and so on. In some cases it would just slightly increase the temperature or in others may reach 10 C up. Try it first how it works in your setup. Then leave it on till the seeds...

Hello everyone, I’ve recently went to a full hydro mix of pure pumice and it takes around 8-10 days to go from fully wet to bone dry depending on how warm and dry the environment is. Should I add in another mineral that doesn’t hold as much moisture to get the medium to dry out faster or is that ti...

These five of my plants are among those perished at some point this year. https://live.staticflickr.com/1492/24188582092_16015fd625_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/5765/22746294492_f5187a8e75_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52681806518_87ac4165b1_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/655...

Still blooming. IMG_2262xc.JPG IMG_2266rz.JPG Guess the seedlings' breed. SAM_6969zx.JPG Not the last blooms. SAM_6980cx.JPG https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53386114966_2bd23d7df3_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53386114926_8f57a052a0_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/533861149...

.... By "mineral nutrition" do you mean there's some other component(s) that you'd add to these mixes to provide some more nutrients a la The Stone Eaters, or just that you still need to periodically fertilize with water? If you don't mix some granulate fertilizer into that mix you have t...

Features look great. But the price is kind of high even for large packages. If you keep or try for 3 plants is fine but for large collection...

And we still have to use additional mineral nutrition with these mixes.

Few days later I had buds on a couple Echinopsis.

Keeping those plants indoors? If weather worsens the buds can be aborted or stay small until next spring.

These plants can be just late with their bloom. Or your summer is still ongoing. What is your climate? In collections Ariocarpus sp. are typical fall bloomers. Also Ferocactus latispinus. My Mammillaria huitzilopochtli also blooms in December even in Oaxaca they experience no real winters but just d...

Aside of E. oxigona that was filling with fragrnce whole my balcony even in the morning after a night of blooming , I have to mention the local E. vivipara. Its flowers spread rose scent at least 1 - 2 meters around it especially if the air is more less still.