North-central Californian grower

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My big plants are sucking up the summer heat with relish...
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And...very exciting...my largest Cleistocactus straussii (at right in the image above) is calling some friends over to have a party...
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I'll grow it as long as it doesn't have glochids. Gaudy flowers a plus.
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Your columnars grow incredibly straight, Barry. Beautiful looking garden! And I'm sending a PM about the Astro seeds.
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First time I've gotten a plant from this genus to flower: a nighttime apparition from Discocactus placentiformis.
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Aren't those Discos the most amazing cacti??
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Very nice collection. =D> =D> =D>
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I guess it's time to repot!
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That's mighty pushy of him!
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Better out than in.
And as the walls come down and as I look in your eyes
My fear begins to fade recalling all of the times
I have died and will die.
It's all right.
I dont mind
I dont mind.
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My Huntington Echinopsis having a party!
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BarryRice wrote:My Huntington Echinopsis having a party!
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Wish I'd been invited!!
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fanaticactus wrote:
BarryRice wrote:My Huntington Echinopsis having a party!
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Wish I'd been invited!!
Same here!
Buying a cactus a day will keep the madness away.
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Pollination day!
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Yet another spectacular success story with a genus I simply can't seem to keep alive. Happy pollination, Barry!
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Two years, they've been content to sit in a pot and grow roots. So far nothing else from rooting tubercles of Ariocarpus retusus. ssp. trigonus.
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Hi Barry.

Are you still using the set-up you depicted in this thread?:

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What in general are the things you are going to emphasize this year -- based on previous years experiences -- as you prepare for the upcoming winter season?

James
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