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- Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:56 pm
- Forum: Greenhouses etc.
- Topic: Shade cloth for plant stand
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6939
Re: Shade cloth for plant stand
Thank you both for the replies! I like the idea of tan cloth (the stand is white) but I can't find one in a lighter density. They seem to be 64-70%. I'm afraid that will be a bit too much shade, especially here in the north. I've just ordered a small piece of 30% to try. We're building the stand so ...
- Thu Jun 30, 2016 12:24 pm
- Forum: Greenhouses etc.
- Topic: Shade cloth for plant stand
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6939
Shade cloth for plant stand
My husband and I are planning to build a PVC plant stand for our growing cactus collection. We'll need shade cloth—any recommendations on the density? We live in northern PA, so we don't have Arizona sunshine to deal with, but at this time of year it still gets very harsh. The stand will be on a sou...
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:17 pm
- Forum: Cuttings & Offsets
- Topic: What is your propagation method for schlums?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2505
Re: What is your propagation method for schlums?
Nice! I'll keep the perlite method in mind. I've used it for rooting Mammillaria offsets, but not Schlumbergera. Try Hatiora if you can find one ... I also heard that they are difficult to grow, but I have 9 of them now and so far I haven't had any real problems. They grow quickly and are fun to wat...
- Wed Jun 22, 2016 1:01 am
- Forum: Cuttings & Offsets
- Topic: What is your propagation method for schlums?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2505
Re: What is your propagation method for schlums?
Snarfie, my method sounds similar to yours. I wait a few days after removing the cuttings from the mother plant. Then I pot them up in damp mix; lately I've been using a mixture of fine orchid bark, perlite, and a peat-free African violet mix (http://repotme.com/potting-mix/African-Violet-Mix.html&q...
- Tue May 31, 2016 12:48 pm
- Forum: Uses For Cacti
- Topic: Twisted Cactus sherbet
- Replies: 0
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Twisted Cactus sherbet
I found this unique mixed sherbet—featuring prickly pear—at a local grocery store and, as a huge fan of all things cactus, I had to try it. (My husband thinks it's time for an intervention.) The sherbet is delicious!
- Mon May 16, 2016 3:30 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Small blue cactus - Micranthocereus?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 766
Re: Small blue cactus - Micranthocereus?
Great, thank you!
- Sun May 15, 2016 1:27 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Small blue cactus - Micranthocereus?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 766
Small blue cactus - Micranthocereus?
I just bought this small blue cactus and I'm wondering what it is. Possibly Micranthocereus estevesii?
It's about 2.5 inches tall from the soil line to the tip of the spines, and it has 16 ribs.
Thank you!
It's about 2.5 inches tall from the soil line to the tip of the spines, and it has 16 ribs.
Thank you!
- Wed Apr 06, 2016 9:37 pm
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Growing Opuntia as a house plant
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2290
Re: Growing Opuntia as a house plant
There are many opuntias that are winter hardy to below freezing. Yes! If you can possibly try growing some outdoors, I would recommend it. I'm in zone 5b and have no trouble growing O. humifusa, which is actually a native cactus in your state and mine. They grow quickly, flower (and fruit) beautifu...
- Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:16 am
- Forum: Cultivation
- Topic: Easter Cactus, Hatiora gaertneri HELP
- Replies: 2
- Views: 671
Re: Easter Cactus, Hatiora gaertneri HELP
How is your Easter cactus doing now?
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Budded, flowering 'Easter' cacti
- Replies: 4
- Views: 817
Re: Budded, flowering 'Easter' cacti
Thank you! I've been buying pumice too, probably from the same seller. Some of my Easter and Thanksgiving cactuses are in a mix very similar to yours, and I use the bark mix for others as I said. The TCs and my Christmas cactus bloom like crazy (all are on their second bloom of the season now), so I...
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:11 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Budded, flowering 'Easter' cacti
- Replies: 4
- Views: 817
Re: Budded, flowering 'Easter' cacti
So beautiful! The orange is especially striking. Over the past year I've accumulated half a dozen of these in different colors (most propagated from segments of acquaintances' plants), but I haven't seen any buds yet this year. Perhaps they would have preferred cooler temperatures over the winter. W...
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 7:20 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Two new cacti
- Replies: 4
- Views: 799
Re: Two new cacti
Thank you all for the responses! I'm very much looking forward to flowers on the Notocactus, should they develop.
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 1:52 am
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Please help ID my new purchases
- Replies: 4
- Views: 899
Re: Please help ID my new purchases
The one on the far left in your second photo looks very similar to one I just posted. I'm thinking Parodia, don't know the species (perhaps mammulosa?).
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 2:08 pm
- Forum: Cacti Identification
- Topic: Two new cacti
- Replies: 4
- Views: 799
Re: Just in
So sad! I'm seeing this more often too, and I wish I could rescue them. There are some beautiful plants underneath that "makeup." I've seen other (non-cacti) succulents that are dyed, as well as poinsettias. (Some of the poinsettias even have glitter ... I might simply collapse if I ever s...