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- Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:26 pm
- Forum: Cacti Places
- Topic: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4556
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b39/CFODAL/th_DCP_9541bw.jpg Here's the view from Apache Leap, supposedly named after an 1860s incident where a surprise attack by the U.S. military led to several Apaches jumping off of the sheer cliffs rather than face capture. The butte in the background is Pick...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:57 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Giants in the house. Anybody?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5054
- Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:41 am
- Forum: Cacti Places
- Topic: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4556
- Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:10 pm
- Forum: General-Succulents
- Topic: Pachypodium namaquanum (Halfmens) in habitat
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5820
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:33 am
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Ferocactus acanthodes?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1020
Ferocactus acanthodes?
These are both from Yavapai County, Arizona. I think they are Ferocactus acanthodes. What do you think? The last shot shows the typical environment. This may be the only place where Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) and saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) commingle naturally. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:36 am
- Forum: Free For All
- Topic: more desert shots...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2935
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:04 pm
- Forum: Cactus Picture Contest
- Topic: Special Contest 1 - Discussion
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11444
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:02 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Trim the roots or not?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5325
Wow Tim, that's quite a meticulous procedure. My next question--if the roots get trimmed, agressively or minimally, can they go back in the same pot, or should you upgrade? The rationale being if the root trimming promotes new growth, and now the roots have room to move through the pot, you can use ...
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:19 am
- Forum: CactiGuide.com Comments
- Topic: Is it impossible to write any form of the word "disallowed - see forum rules&
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5335
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:57 am
- Forum: CactiGuide.com Comments
- Topic: Is it impossible to write any form of the word "disallowed - see forum rules&
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5335
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:10 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Trim the roots or not?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5325
If I had a photo, you'd understand what I mean, but let me just say that the roots were running circles around the margins of the pot and seriously, it was compacted like a brick. It would have been extremely traumatic for the plant, due to high root loss, to simply break apart the soil to remove th...
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:03 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Trim the roots or not?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5325
I turned the pot over and tapped the sides until the whole enchilada came out in one piece, like a brick. (what can I say?, I didn't know how to pot cactus until recently). So I used a fine mist to separate the soil from the rootlets. There did not appear to be a whole lot of torn roots via this met...
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:27 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Trim the roots or not?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5325
I guess my dilemma is similar to that discussed in this recent, hotly debated topic... Root Structure . I'm going to trim back about 1-2 cm of the finer roots. Either way, with its substantial root system, and a new, aerated soil medium, it should show some improvement next year...or still yet this ...
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:52 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Overwintering a columnar cutting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1235
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:48 am
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Trim the roots or not?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5325
Trim the roots or not?
I've had these Escobaria for about five years. They never did much, growthwise. Maybe because they were too cramped, I don't know. Anyway, I just took them out of their pot for the first time today to change to a better soil and was surprised by the root mass. Would they benefit by my trimming off t...