Good places to get Cactus

[TimN]

I ran across this online seller. Anyone bought from them?

http://csucculent.com

They are apparently in Ramona, CA. Wouldn't you know it, I was in Ramona yesterday!

[Harriet]

I've been on that website before but never bought anything, if I remember correctly their shipping was high compared to other stores. Neat stuff though!

[daiv]

Nope, I haven't heard of that outfit before.

[TimN]

I'd never heard of them before, that's why I thought it odd that they proclaim themselves as "We are the largest online supplier of succulents and cacti in the world."

I read a comment somewhere where they were complaining about the shipping from these guys. I put a plant in my cart and had it calc shipping. It was in the normal range, so I'm not sure what that was about.

Lots of stuff seems pretty reasonably priced.

[Harriet]

It has been some time (at least 6-8 months) since I last tried to place an order with these folks. I can't remember why I did not go through with the order - could have been shipping, or maybe a minimum order requirement that was too high - but it all seems perfectly "normal" now, so I have a new place to shop!

[philrc]

I just checked out their website. When I put 1 to 10 small cacti in my basket, estimated postage of $10 was shown, With number 11 estimated postage of $40 was shown.

If I were considering a purchase I would contact them,becouse $40 postage is way out of line.

[DannabisAx]

has anyone in the U.S. ordered from succseed.com? I am curious to the results.

They have an incredible list of species seed available.

[DannabisAx]

when I was browsing the csucculent items pages for cacti, I was seeing what seemed to be ALOT of repeated entries, like three or four times, as if the whole set repeated every 10 or so pages.

[daiv]

has anyone in the U.S. ordered from succseed.com? I am curious to the results.

I haven't personally, but others here have and I've heard lots of positive.

[daiv]

OH, and the duplicates are duplicates of the species, but from a different seed source. Notice that most have a different collection number with them.

[DWDogwood]

Re: csucculent.com- I had ordered from the website Cephalocereus nizandensis (Neodawsonia apicephalum, rare as hen's teeth) even after I pointed out to the proprietor that the associated photo was a Cleistocactus, which she attributed to a fiasco web designer issue, and that not to worry, the Ceph was legit. After 3 weeks and no order she profusely apologized and sent.....a Cleistocactus, as suspected. I told her of the error and she promised to send the correct plant but it never happened. On the plus side she sent a couple of comp mamms as a late fee with the first order and was responsive with the emails up to a point.

Re: succseed- Highly recommended. 20 seed packs are a fun little number to sow and they take paypal. The pictures make shopping fun. Recently finally had Seticereus roezlii that actually germinated after a few bad run-ins elsewhere. His seeds seem always fresh.

[Cactus_523]

I got some cactus from oldmancactus.com about a month ago and my ferocactus gracilis has what I think is a bruise its side on an areole on the side i dont think its rot because it's not squishy (does it have to be squishy to be rot)and it also had some mealy bugs too.

[MM]

Hi,
Im pretty now to collecting cacti and i have never ordered any plants but i want to. I tought of ordering from Mesa Garden but i dont know whats the minimum of plants per order and do they ship plants everywere (i live in Montenegro , Balkan) and what are the ways of paying them ( Im 15 )....

[DWDogwood]

Information on the website for overseas customers is offered :http://www.mesagarden.com/overseas.html

You can save having to pay $60 in export certificates by shopping EU nurseries:
http://www.adariagarden.ro/index.php
http://shop.vzacnykytky.cz/en/cactuses-16/
http://www.karel-rys.cz/setlang.php?lng=en

Good Luck

[MM]

Thanks