prickle wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:53 am
i have been fascinated by cacti for as long as i can remember (visually), but it is only about a month since i first decided to actually grow some, and only about 2-3 weeks since i actually bought my first cactus ever.
now i have 8 already!!! 4 of them were bought by luck in one pot (was only 3 when i bought it
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), but i will be repotting them to their own pots tomorrow which will give me a family of 8 in less than 3 weeks.
my daughter keeps laughing at me because i am spending hours and hours almost every day researching my cacti and how to best look after them. she says i am getting old, but i cant stop!!
i am not ashamed
Hello Mr. Prickle and all the other addicts in this post!
I just saw this post of yours and I’m also worried that I might be addicted to Cacti.
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That’s the main reason I joined this group. I actually started with couple of succulents and just one cactus which I had last 23rd April and I realised that the succulents (non cacti) doesn’t really speak much to me as compared to my spiny friends (cacti mostly and Euphorbias). I all had mine in just a span of days, one after the other. The first ones I got was from an old lady with a nursery at her backyard that sold her cacti and succulents to me at a cheaper price since she knew that I’m just a student. I am picky with how my cacti looks like but I always pity those that are slightly damage that’s why I also end up getting even the slightly damaged ones (with fungi for some, distorted or some with snail damage too). I already have total of 24 cacti when I happened to get my first ever expensive purchase from a local warehouse last 2nd of June and another one just the other day.
Little did I know, today’s gonna be the craziest of all those days that I’ve purchased cacti as I was able to locate a local nursery/collector’s haven and spent $100 plus at a go... I’m like a 2 yr old kid inside a candy shop. Hehehe...
These are all the purchases I got and I am guessing that I’m gonna be coming back for more as I have lots listed in my Cacti and Euphorbia Wishlist...
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I tried telling my girlfriend and she told me that she’ll burn them when she sees them... Hahaha... I guess we’re all at the same page here. Lols.
On a side not, can anyone help me recognising this single cactus I bought without a specific name in it? It just says Lobivia but no one in the nursery was able to get its full name.
Thanks a lot!
This thread made me feel that I’m not alone in this craziness. If you call it like that... Hehehe...
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Btw, I wasn’t able to take photos of the nursery/plant collector’s haven but these are photos I got online from their website...
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