Hello, thought I would introduce myself. I put a cactus garden in the front of my house a few weeks ago and moved some cacti into it recently. Currently I have a golden barrel cactus that I have had for a few years, a trichocereus pachanoi crest, a normal trichocereus pachanoi, and a small prickly pear. I am growing them in containers. The two pachanoi are new to me by about a month. I know that the golden barrel and normal pachanoi need to be repotted, the soil holds too much water in this wet rainy environment. They are in a southern exposure with plenty of sun so I think I am OK there. Actually the reason that I started a cactus garden is that the sun and heat in that location kills pretty much everything I have ever put there....
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The guy I bought them from recommended a potting mix of 20%Promix BX and 80% perlite for container gardening. I have no idea if this is right or not, any advice would be appreicated. He was also side dressing fertilizer on the top of the pots with a granular fertilizer. Granular sure is convenient, but I am not sure if this will burn the cacti or not. My camera battery is recharging right now, but I'll post a picture of the cacti once it takes a charge, but I guess you all have seen a cactus before
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