anttisepp wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:15 am
Hello, what a nice cactus garden! What country are you from? Do you plan to leave them outdoors all year round or to dig them in autumn?
anttisepp,
Pereskiopsisdotcom,
Thank you for your positive feedback!
Actually I'm from south of Russia. I dug them (except O. humifusa) in autumn, potted back and placed to "greenhouse" (not actually, but it looks like).
Pereskiopsisdotcom wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:16 pm
Vitt13, this looks great! I remember your photos from last year, specifically degrafting and planting outside. I also remember your homemade LED lights for indoors. How has all of that worked for you throughout the winter? I've lost a lot of my Pereskiopsis this year so I'm not sure how I'm going to proceed. I also have limited yard space which may have to be devoted to vegetables because of rising food costs here. Did you put these in the ground already? I'm not very knowledgable about the gardening zones in Europe, but here in Canada, most people believe June 1st is the safest bet for beating the last freeze.
South of Russia is different. Usually we have no frost in April and but we have two heavy rainy weeks in second half of the month. This year is unusual, it's to cold for April and we have night frost.
Here you can see my place on the forecast map
https://www.windy.com/44.630/40.720?tem ... i:pressure
Usually I plan to place cacti in pots outdoor in mid April but this April still can give us heavy rains.
Here are degrafted update
https://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewto ... 46#p371646
Opuntia(s) humifusa are outdoor and already woke up.
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And here are my other cacti. My Pereskiopsis that I grew outside, now it looks odd. It lost all leaves in winter. It's warm now but Pereskiopsis do not respond to watering, still shrunken.