Depotted
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:34 am
Hi,
So, I followed up on the advice of repotting the cacti I recently got. Well, at least for 5 of the 10 as I didn’t want to risk them all straight away. And those also had either roots growing out of the holes in the bottom and/or were rather crowded in their pot.
First I depotted them using flowing tap water (along with a squirt bottle occasionally). They are now drying on paper towels on an oven rack on a balcony table. There is no direct sun.
First lesson learned: the gardening gloves I bought are useless. A thick towel is much better to handle the cacti.
Here, are photos of them:
2. Pilosocereus glaucochrous
I managed to untangle these 3 and plan on placing them into their own individual pots. 4. Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus)
In this case, how would you go about separating them? There is actually a smaller third one behind those two. 6. Vatricania Guentheri 7. Thrixanthocereus blossfeldiorum
This one was a bit weird when watering. I noticed that when placing its pot into a tray full of water that the top never really got moist. In all the others, this worked just fine. But when I rinsed off the soil I didn’t see anything unusual. And the roots were all the way to the bottom and growing out the holes. 8. Mammillaria aff. recoi
This one got me a little concerned with the lighter green at its base and then the pinkish “root stem” (not sure what this is called). Do you think this is root rot? It didn’t feel squishy but I am not well calibrated as to how it should feel like. Also, how would you separate these? There is a third smaller one behind these two. Do you see anything unusual or concerning in any of these? Is the removal of the soil sufficient?
I plan on repotting them tomorrow.
Thanks in advance. Best.
So, I followed up on the advice of repotting the cacti I recently got. Well, at least for 5 of the 10 as I didn’t want to risk them all straight away. And those also had either roots growing out of the holes in the bottom and/or were rather crowded in their pot.
First I depotted them using flowing tap water (along with a squirt bottle occasionally). They are now drying on paper towels on an oven rack on a balcony table. There is no direct sun.
First lesson learned: the gardening gloves I bought are useless. A thick towel is much better to handle the cacti.
Here, are photos of them:
2. Pilosocereus glaucochrous
I managed to untangle these 3 and plan on placing them into their own individual pots. 4. Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus)
In this case, how would you go about separating them? There is actually a smaller third one behind those two. 6. Vatricania Guentheri 7. Thrixanthocereus blossfeldiorum
This one was a bit weird when watering. I noticed that when placing its pot into a tray full of water that the top never really got moist. In all the others, this worked just fine. But when I rinsed off the soil I didn’t see anything unusual. And the roots were all the way to the bottom and growing out the holes. 8. Mammillaria aff. recoi
This one got me a little concerned with the lighter green at its base and then the pinkish “root stem” (not sure what this is called). Do you think this is root rot? It didn’t feel squishy but I am not well calibrated as to how it should feel like. Also, how would you separate these? There is a third smaller one behind these two. Do you see anything unusual or concerning in any of these? Is the removal of the soil sufficient?
I plan on repotting them tomorrow.
Thanks in advance. Best.