JoeCactus is right its construction sand. infact its silica sand. it is used here for construction. it is mixed with cement to make a mixture used for construction.its very fine almost like powder. it absorbs water a a second. all sand particles remains separate even its wet. i will post the picture...

is this not good to be used as stock???

dave is this not a opuntia? i thought its opuntia and i was cuttings its pad for grafting

i think success rate of fresh seeds is more quick then dry and those who are stored for a long time

everyone have own experience, but for my cactus its good

im from Pakistan. canal soil is really very good for plants and do not require any fertilizers but i use synthetic fertilizers as well for rapid growth. as Glacier melts from mountains it goes to rivers then to canals. on yearly soil is dug out of canals to make them deep and flowing. soil which is ...

very beautiful flower

im using same soil for last 3 years and is not drainy...in full sunlight it do not dries for two days. but still my plants are very happy with this soil. its very compact soil..no air can pass. even water drains in a minute :D. just to improve drainage of water i add sand into this i have read alot ...

1,2,4,5 looks similar to me but he told me that these are pair of two varities. 3 also looks a bit same, i purchased it from out of city and it traveled me in AC bus, when i opened it last week it was very cold,,may be it changed it color, i dont remember its color because he told me its melo and th...

daiv i purchased it from a person out of city. he told me that these are all melo cactus.

i plucked fruit of my melocactus and sown same time without drying and baby melo arrived after 5 days

im posting 5 melocactus plants pic. i want to know that all plants are same or not? and what is thier name thanks 1 http://i48.tinypic.com/29ppxj8.jpg 2 http://i50.tinypic.com/29fwkra.jpg 3 http://i49.tinypic.com/x3enwp.jpg 4 http://i48.tinypic.com/2qalld4.jpg 5 http://i49.tinypic.com/2z815d0.jpg

its canal soil mix with sand. soil in few pots is not good sp 4,5,8,9,10,11,12. i know but i dont have much time to change. now in October i will change the soil.actually percentage of sand is less in these plants. i was in hurry when i was unpacking these plants. im using mixture of canal soil mix ...

coronacactus what about rest of the plant names???

for me this is Echinocactus platyacanthus



and this one is fero (unknown)




what do u think isnt there any difference between them???

please identify rest of the fero please.