Cactus Unboxing - some beautiful cuttings
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Ziggy offered me a cutting from his eve's needle cactus to compare growth rates with mine, which we suspect may be a monstrose variant with slower growth. He very kindly included some other cuttings too, which I'm really excited about. I'll get these potted up over the next few days, although it's now quite late in the year so I probably won't get a lot of growth until next year now.
Some nice ones from Ziggy there. Nice to see some Pterocactus originally from me in your collection now 😊 Thank you for sharing with us. Have a lovely evening from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
Thanks Daz, yes originally your Pterocactus so I need to read up how to care for it :-). The others are now in grit so hopefully should root before the season ends. Wishing you and Edith a great evening.
Ziggy set you up :) You are correct that you have the monstrous form which is easier to identify by the excessive pupping. I think your monstrose eve is actually looking very healthy despite your less than ideal conditions.
Many thanks for your comment, it just goes to underline that when you buy something on the internet you don't always get quite what you expected, although in this case I'm happy with the plant itself. The branch I am growing now on its own roots is certainly producing a *lot* of side branches. Ziggy's cuttings are now all potted up and the already-rooted A. Subulata is showing some signs of having taken on water. I'm hoping there's enough warmth left for the other cuttings to send out roots quickly so they can get through the winter.
More dancing Opuntias getting around...nice video! 😀😎👍
Thanks for commenting, I'm actually really excited about the Vestita, very happy that Ziggy sent me this one. A couple of years ago I did some timelapse videos of mung bean germination so a dancing cactus would be a great candidate for something similar.
@@DFJA01 That would be great! My most recent video is on this very subject!
@@newbotany Just watched it and subscribed to your channel, thanks for your comment. 🙂
@@DFJA01 Thanks!
Excellent Donald 🙂 YOUR PARROT HAS ESCAPED 😬😁 You're all Opuntia'd up now 😁 You could lob the smaller ones straight into grit if you wanted, they should root in a couple of months. They were clean breaks so no need to worry about callousing over. I'll try to do a vid of the latest one that just turned up. The Pterocactus cuttings came from Daz originally. Glad you like them 🙂🙂🌵🌵
Many thanks again, I've prepared some grit to root them in but it's a bit damp so will give it a couple of days to dry out before doing so. I just spotted the Pterocactus on your Cactus tour video, it's a beautiful and curious plant. I might have to get handy with a saw and prepare a similar box for it! 🙂🌵💚
@@DFJA01 Excellent stuff 🙂 Mines not flowered yet but I think Cactus Joe's has 🙂🙂🌵🌵
Wow!!
You can never have too many cacti 😂😂😂❤🌵💚