Saguaro123 wrote:Very nice pics. That must be a very old Opuntia in your yard.
It has probably since the house was built so it could be 30+ yrs old
Glad to see you made it in one piece. Looks like you've done this before. Nice job of packing. I hope all your plants made the trip, ok.
That Opuntia stem looks massive. They don't know how to surrender with grace, they fight to the end. I know that one has not seen the end yet.
Thanks John, I have not moved plants before but did ask lots of questions to others who had
The opuntia stem is quite large 3feet around at its narrowest to 5 feet at the widest
Ugh, while i don't envy you, i sure do applaud you! Thats a ton of work...not to mention all the stress of how they will fair the trip!
Darryl stress what stress!!!!!!!!! I was nut case packing plants to all hours of night
Wow, that's a lot of work. Nice collection you have too!!
Looks like some snails or slugs have been nipping on that Opuntia.
Thanks Andy, took me a lot of year to build up the collection and was not going to leave it behind.
I noticed the marks only yesterday and it probably is snails as there are plenty around
Wow, I wonder how big that opuntia was before someone hacked it up.
From what I understand it was higher than the fence and took quite a bit to get it out. It was cut back as the previous tenants had small children.
Hello Betty,
I have never moved that many plants around and I do agree, it must be quite a bit of an undertaking. Also, that huge Opuntia stump in your yard is amazing. I do have a number of large Opuntia plants in my plantings, but nothing that looks like that yet!
Do you have more room to grow your succulents and cacti at your new location?
Harald I actually have less room where I am now but as they have always been in pots they fit just fine. Got to do a bit of moving them around when I get time once I have cleaned to yard up a bit.
WOW!! Now thats one heck of a pack and move. You did a wonderful job packing all those plants.. That Opuntia must have been massive at one time...
Thanks Tracey..........I wish I had seen it before it got the chop, but glad it survived
darn Betty, stuff that for a move
Although, i do see a great area for a raised garden bed and greenhouse
Michael I agree totally now that its over
If you look at the pic where the cactus are by the old messy bbq you will see an old aviary that the door is nearly off............well this is going to be the hot house and a shade house will go up behind the opuntia
Hi Bet, I reckon there were long sighs of relief when you finally cleaned up the last of the unpacking etc. ...Tons of room on that concrete there for more plants!
Hey CP the sighs of relief are still happening
Yep tons of room under the fruit trees and out the front and down each side of the house and ummmmm in the cellar
Could make a great place for the heat mat in winter once I get game enough to battle to spiders and see how big it is
Welcome to suburbia neighbour. I'm about 35 minutes drive away from you.
Have you visited the nearby Lara nursery before?
Thanks neighbour....so which direction are you in?
You mean this place
Took these on Friday plus more, first visited there was back in May
Roraima is my home away from home as is Collectors Corner these days. I am in Melb most weekends and drive past CC on the way home. Roraima is only 8kms from my house.........darn I seem to be buying new plants every week......... but I'm not complaining
Betty
I hope all your plants made the trip, ok.
