MrXeric wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:41 am
You're welcome Mrs. Green
I think it would be a good idea to use porous terracotta, especially if you have grown anything in them before without problems. Some growers find issues with it, but I grow much of my collection in porous terracotta without problems.
Thank you MrXeric
As I started collecting again only a couple of years ago, I don’t have the necessary experience yet. ( regarding terracotta pots) To me it just sounds logical that a pot who ‘breathes’ is better/safer than a ‘non-breathing’ pot in a colder climate. More ‘forgiving’ so to speak if I should happen to give the plant to much water.
Not that I have a habit of doing so, in fact I am pretty sure that I have given a lot of the cacti to little water in the growing season, fearing they would rot.
My other plants ( the non -succulent ones) are potted in an easier potting medium, for me anyway. ( and plastic pots) I am pretty used to both see, feel and weigh the pot to estimate the need or not for watering. But with using another mix ( more non-organic) for the cacti, it both look, feels and weighs a lot more, even dry so I can’t use my experience with other plants/substrate for watering the cacti. On top of that the pots I use for the cacti are often smaller compared with the plant size than for other plants.
Steve Johnson wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:00 am
[quote=Mrs.Green post_id=394774 time=<a href="tel:1655900963">1655900963</a> user_id=17196]A last question on the matter; considering my climate, wouldn’t it be a good idea to use terracotta pots ?
Unless the inside of your house looks like this...
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...I don't think you'll need to use terracotta.
In case you haven't seen it before:
https://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45833
If you like the look of terracotta, you'll find a helpful hint in my presentation.
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Thank you Steve Johnson
Very beautiful but no, I don’t see any resemblance
Thank you, I had forgotten about that post, did read it some time ago, have re-read it and I am still a bit uncertain to be honest.
anttisepp wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:35 am
Astrophytums are bullet-proof plants. They need only sun enough other things aren't very important. My first myriostigma was with me in all life complications and still alive as 2-3 year younger ornatums. The seeds (they are all my own seedlings) were large and growth always was problem-free.
PS never used clay pots, to say more I hate them
as "killers of the plants".
Thank you Anttisepp
Bullet-proof? Hmm..I begin to wonder if the first three I bought wasn’t Astrophytums after all?
They lasted not a month, none of them.. I do hope the new ones will survive , at least they seems to have much better roots than the previous ones, who had very little and very thin roots. Funny, I have had no qualms about repotting all the other cacti but these ones, I have a feeling like they are the finest china and hardly dare touching them.