Great video Joe! Most comprehensive guide on cactus repoting I've seen on UA-cam, simple but truly great idea to repot this time of year when everyone seems to have more time for plants. I know you mentioned while repoting check for insects, I wonder how do you deal with it if you find meally bugs - it just so happens that I found some on my cactus roots. Looking forward to see what is your routine dealing with common cactus pests, perhaps a video someday ;) Oh and Happy 1 Year birthday! Į sveikatą!
Hey Marius! Thank you so much for watching and for your awesome feedback, really appreciated! Also, thank you so much for your channel birthday wishes, ačiū, ačiū! I will take your suggestion onboard for a video on this topic in the future, thanks! Ah yes, those mealy bugs are super annoying, so hard to get rid of unfortunately! I treat repeatedly with Isopropanol (easy to get on the internet, rubbing alcohol), spray and rub using a q-tip - repeatedly as the parent pests have usually alread produced eggs and a next generation, so even if they are killed, there is more to expect if treatment is not done repeatedly over a 1-2 week period. Especially the root mealy bugs are most difficult to get rid of. I would isolate from the rest of the collection, take out of substrate, wash roots, dry and apply the above several times. Only once ok, then repot, and monitor if any coming back. Hope it goes well, best of luck and have a great day!
@@cactusjoe Thanks Joe for a quick and informative reply! Good thing I left my cactus bare rooted. Alcohol treatment it is then. Ačiū! And looking forward to the next video.
Good Evening Joe ❤ thank you for your Videos! Ich habe deinen Kanal gerade abboniert und lerne so viel von dir über Kakteen 🌵🥰 Habe noch nicht so viele, möchte aber, aus Liebe zur Pflanze, alles richtig machen. Jetzt schaue ich Schritt für Schritt alle Deine wunderbaren Videos an! Ich wünsche Dir und Deiner Familie einen wunderschönen 2 Advent 🎄Greetings and all the best wishes for the season from Croatia
Good evening to you too and thank you so much for subscribing to my channel, a warm welcome to you!! Das freut mich sehr, daß dir meine Videos gefallen und ich freue mich auch sehr über deine Nachricht und Feedback! Übrigens, dein Deutsch ist ausgezeichnet, wow!! Ich möchte dir ebenfalls einen sehr schönen 2. Advent und eine gute und schöne Weihnachtszeit wünschen. Herzliche Grüße nach Kroatien! Sending Season's Greetings and very best wishes to you and your family!
❤ hey Joe, this is Pauline. It would be very helpful that when you talk about a plant actually talk about where it comes from and how to take care of it because there is many people like me that are dumb and just doesn’t know how to do it you have much knowledge to share and I appreciate all of it. Thank you so much.
Hi Pauline, aww thank you that's very kind of you, thanks for watching and for your valuable feedback. Indeed I often try to cover a bit of info for most plants that I show, in this video however I was focussed very much on the potting of cacti theme, so did not say too much about the individual plants shown. But your point is noted and let me see if I can cover a bit more infos on individual plants again in another future video.
@@cactusjoe Thanks! I have a relatively new, large glasshouse with a cacti/succulent section and want to expand onto this space. Looking at your layout is helpful.
So glad that you enjoyed watching the video, Newman, and that you found some of the tips useful, excellent to read! Haha, brilliant to read that you too are currently repotting, way to go!! Have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead, take care and happy growing (...or repotting rather, haha!) !!
Awesome video, Joe. Happy one year anniversary, too 🥳 I’ve repotted a few cacti in the winter in the past, didn’t do them any harm. In a way it does make sense to repot them while they’re not actively growing. I’ll have some Euphorbia repotting videos coming up soon, although those are pretty much awake and active already. Thank you for sharing with us as always my friend. Have a lovely evening and upcoming weekend from Edith & myself and happy growing 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Many thanks, Daz, as always very happy that you enjoyed the video, many thanks for watching and for your awesome feedback and support, hugely appreciated!! Excellent to hear too, that you have also succesfully used the winter period for repotting, when indeed the plants in dormancy are least disturbed! I am very much looking forward to your Euphorbia repotting videos! Wishing you and Edith a wonderful day and weekend, and sending very best cactus greetings, take care and indeed happy growing (...or repotting, haha) of course!!
Hey Joe,... Where you goin with that Gymnocalycium in yo hand!!!!? Sorry I am late,... I wish someone had shared your channel with us by now... We have a cactus channel, but its not even started yet,... I will let you know when we put something on there, Sir!!! Great channel, and great video!
...I'm goin down to pot that Gymno in terracota, my friend! Haha, all-time classic, RIP Jimmy! Thanks so much Mark, really happy you enjoyed the video and also like the channel! Thanks for signing up and joining the community, great to have you on board!! I really like your pottery channel videos and am looking forward to your cactus channel too! Hope you're having an awesome week, take care and happy growing!!😊👍🙏🙏🌵🌱🌵🌺🌼🌺💚😎
YAY Happy 1st year Anniversary on You Tube Joe :-D and we absolutely LOVE your AWESOME Cactus channel, you are like an Encyclopaedia of knowledge of growing Cacti and Succulents, and this is the PERFECT topic to do for this time of year, and really incredible info and tips you have shared in this fantastic video, I have been thinking about starting to repot some of mine now instead of waiting until Spring, as I have a little bit more time on my hands to repot now in late Winter than I will have in the Spring and Summer, and I have just uploaded a repotting video of my little Parodia lenighausii pup, thats perfect timing haha, I think its a really good time of year in late Winter to repot plants, as they are coming to the end of their dormancy and it means they have a head start for the upcoming spring, thanks so much for sharing this awesome video Joe, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Bavaria for a wonderful upcoming weekend XXXX
Hi Lyn! Thanks so much for your AWESOME feedback and supportive comments, really appreciated! I am super happy that you and Hans are both enjoying the channel and also finding the videos informative and useful! Haha, so kind of you to say this, but I am far from "encyclopaedic level" of knowledgeable, hahaha, in fact I keep seeing and learning new things all the time too, especially also from folks like yourself, and your own ABSOLUTELY brilliant channel - which is why I love this wonderful cactus & succulent friends community on UA-cam so much!!! It is indeed such a funny and excellent coincidence to have these repotting videos come out at almost the same time, haha! You are absolutely right, also from a time availability point of view, it is another good reason to use the mid/late winter period for cactus and succculent plant repotting! Thanks again for watching and all of your support, very best wishes and cactus greetings going out from my little greenhouse in Bavaria to you and Hans on the wonderful Emerald Isle!! Have a great weekend, lot's of Plant Power, and happy growing (...or repotting) of course!!
Awww, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! That is very kind of you and truly AMAZING that you had this on your radar!! I am really humbled and very happy indeed that you are enjoying the videos on my channel! I will try my best to keep interesting and hopefully useful content coming!! Have an awesome day and weekend and once again a warm THANK YOU for all your support and interest!! 🙏🙏🙏🙌👍😊🌵🪴🌵🌿🌺🌼🌸💚💚💚😎☀️
Hi Jena, thank you and welcome to the channel and community, awesome to have you join! Thanks for watching and commenting, appreciated! Wishing you a wonderful week ahead and happy growing of course!🙏👍😊🌵🌱🌵🏵🌺🌼💚😎
Hi! Thank you so much for your AWESOME feedback, really motivating and much appreciated! I'm really happy that you are enjoying the videos and finding them useful! Hope you are having a wonderful week, take care and best wishes! 🙏🙌👍😊🌵🪴🌿🌵🌼🌺🌸💚😎☀️
Happy Anniversary, Joe! One year woohoo 🎉. Wish you decades more! I too repot during winter for lack of anything to do. Lol! Your soil mix is so different from mine for obvious reasons. Your soil looks like my top dressing. Haha. Love watching your repotting. I’m a bit under the weather so I appreciate the long video.
Hi Ana, thanks so much for watching and commenting, and I also very much appreciate your anniversary wishes! Good to hear that you regularly report during the winter too, and indeed the generally lower activity level is just another good reason added to the long list, haha! Yes indeed, lol, I use only top dressing, throughout! As you say, the reason being that my substrate has to be extra fast and effectively water-draining in my quite often humid climate, wish I had the high temps and dry air that you have, haha! Once again many thanks and wishing you an excellent rest of the week, take care and happy growing (...or, re-potting of course, haha!).
Great video Joe. Much useful information for this novice As it is late winter here I will repot some my small collection of cacti over the next few weeks. Thanks for sharing your techniques
Thanks, Ted! Brilliant to read that there is useful information for you in this video and also that you will be doing some of your repotting in these last weeks of winter. As long as one continues to keep the repotted cacti quite dry for at least another 2-3 weeks they will be fine. Thanks for watching and for your wonderful feedback, much appreciated!
Hello, thank you so much for your wonderful feedback and comments, I am very, very happy to read this message from you and I am so glad that you are enjoying my channel! Very best cactus greetings to you, have a very nice day and happy growing!!🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌵🌼🌺🌸🌞💚😎
Thanks a million, Stacey, awesome feedback, really appreciated!! Hope you are having an excellent week! Best wishes, take care and happy growing of course!!🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌱🌵🌺🌼🏵💚😎
Haha, excellent to read that you are busy repotting your cacti and that this video has been useful and has come in handy for you with it's infos! Thank you for watching and for your wonderful feedback, really appreciated! Best of luck and lot's of success with the repotting! Happy growing!!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and I am very happy that you enjoyed the video! Have a wonderful weekend and cactus greetings to Sicily!
Hi Tim, thank you so much, very happy that you are enjoying the videos and finding them useful, much appreciated! Best wishes and lot's of cactus greeetings, have a wonderful weekend!
1st year!! Awesome!!! I usually start doing a bit of repotting around the end of February. By this time I'm seeing buds and flowers forming & new growth from some. The way I usually test the soil for moisture is to take a long bamboo skewer, very thin, and slide it in the soil. If soil comes out on it , it will usually have moisture. If the skewer comes out powder dry, it needs water. You have some very good points in this video. Going to start on my sansaveria collection this weekend. Many are looking like they are going to bust their pots!! I've had this happen with them before. They are very strong!! Thanks for sharing your wonderful video Joe!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, out to Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🥀🌳🏵🌿🌸🌷🌱🌲🌹🌴🌾🌻🪴💐🍀😃👍
Many thanks, Clyde, appreciate all your wonderful comments as always! Thanks of course for watching and also glad you found some interesting points in the video. I like your bamboo skewer method too, haha, sounds just as effective! Wow, yes I have had the same experiences and surprises with Sansieverias, their roots and shoots are mega powerful indeed and have cracked open pots here too, lol! Great also to read that you do some repotting late February too! Indeed, it is a good time also to check on the new buds slowly appearing! Wishing you a wonderful saturday and weekend, and sending awesome cactus greetings from my little greenhouse in Bavaria to you at Morris Park in the Ozarks, best wishes and take care my friend!!
Happy Anniversary Joe!!!! Hard to believe it has been a year already for you and your amazing channel! This is a FANTASTIC video! The timing could not be better, not just in the month that we're talking about, but the fact I was going to ask you this week if you could do a video about if we should re-pot in winter! For many years I have pondered that question, but remained undecided, until now. I have already made a list of all the cacti that I should repot this week and next. This was very informative, and I learned quite a few things from you.... The dummy pot idea is absolutely genius! I think that really helps give us an idea of when to water, as it is something that still makes me a little bit nervous even though I haven't killed any of my cacti by overwatering. Not yet anyway, ha ha! And also, I had no idea about removing roots when repotting! It makes sense though, and you demonstrated it so I could see how easy it is to gently tease them away. The lovely Lyn of desertplantsofavalon, does this with her Haworthia plants, and I started doing it also-with great success! My quandary about the cacti, was I didn't want to repot in spring when a lot of them are starting to flower, I didn't like repotting in summer when others were starting to flower, and didn't like the idea of interrupting their growth cycle in that time period either. Fall is a time for them to wind down for their winter rest in my cold room, and that didn't seem like a great time to repot either. So winter is really the perfect time, and I am so happy you made this video! I am going to start doing mine at this time of the year, and I can imagine I will see the results, as I don't find the cacti that I repot in the spring and summer really take off like I think they should. And those are the ones that won't flower until the next year when they're not repotted-so I am interfering with that process. This video is a game changer, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Joe, I can't wait to see your next video! And by the way, I am very interested in how to take care of any insect problems during winter, in the other seasons if I see anything I use Castile soap, water, and rubbing alcohol mixture. Sometimes I will use neem instead. If there's a large insect outbreak during winter, how do you best take care of that without soaking the cacti soil when it is supposed to be dry? That would be a great video I think! And I apologize for this super ridiculously long post! But I am so grateful to you for this vital information, it is going to make my life so much easier, not to mention my beloved cacti collection! They thank you too! 🙏🌵💚🌸🌸😊
Hahaha, thank you soooo very much for your ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, most amazing feedback, Lady Lee, super appreciated!!! I am super happy that you found the video useful and that you enjoyed the contents!! Thanks for watching and commenting!! Great suggestions and ideas for future video topics, will do!! Wishing you a wonderful rest of the week, take care and best wishes!! And happy growing of course (....plus repotting, haha!!) 🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌱🌵🌼🌺🏵💚😎
@@cactusjoe hahaha! Thanks to this video that is what I spent today doing, repotting a bunch of cacti! What a timesaver that will be come the growing season, when I have lots to do out in my flower and vegetable gardens too. I'm wishing you a wonderful week also, and thank you for always taking the time to respond to your subscribers. You rock! Keep the videos coming Joe, I think it's safe to say everyone here absolutely loves them! Happy growing to you too my cactus loving friend! 🙏🌼🌻🌞⭐🪴🍀☺🌵🙏💚🙏
I almost lost my blu azurus. Isaved it and repotted in a plastic pot. It actually grew better in the plastic(3in of growth) during the summer and the rain was great.. Now its October and i put it in a terracotta pot with another blu torch!! I love these plants!!!
Hi Michelle, indeed I agree with you, these blue torch cacti are wonderful, in fact they are among my all time favorites! Yeah, it's definitley worth experimenting a bit to see whether terracota or plastic pots are more suitable in your specific growing conditions, and also for which plants best to use which pot. That is why in my video I do not make a choice for a single pot type, since all types have their pro's and con's and so knowing these is most important, so you can then choose the best type in your circumstances. Have a wonderful day, best wishes and happy growing!
Thank you, yes indeed these cacti are beautiful! I will feature my plant in a future video once again, thanks for that wonderful suggestion! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 🙏🙏👍🙌😉🌵🪴🌵🌿🌼🌸🌺💚😎☀️🙋♂️
A jolly good repot Joe 😄 Happy Aniversary, you've done well this year 👍🏼I repot the ones I can in the winter but quite a few are snuggled up till spring, which won't be long 🙂🙂🌵🌵🙂🙂
Thank you so much, Ziggy, much appreciated! Nothing like a good repotting session, haha, and great to hear that you also repot some of your cacti in the winter! Hope you have a wonderful Saturday evening and Sunday too, my friend. Happy growing (...and repotting of course, haha)!!
Great advice. Thank you. And learning that potting/re-potting in the late dormancy period can actually be better for the cacti was very helpful. And Happy one year anniversary. Looking forward to learning more. Be well, be safe.
Hi William, thank you so much for your anniversary wishes, very much appreciated! Also, I'm really happy that you found the video and some of the advice useful. Thanks for watching and commenting, and wishing you too a safe and awesome day and weekend ahead! Best wishes and happy growing!! 👍🙏🌵🪴🌵🌼🌺💚😎
I find your reasoning to repot cacti mid winter to be very sound! I usually repot newly purchased cacti and succulents in the cold months to get them out of their plastic pots which keep the soil too moist. I feel confident in potting up older plants as well now that I’ve watched your video.
Hi Jane, wonderful to read your comments and feedback, very happy that you found the information useful and compelling! I completely agree with you, it is quite important to get plants out of their plastic pots if the soil mixture stays too moist for too long, which is very often the case indeed with plants coming from supermarkets, nurseries and plant centers - these soils are mainly made for fast growing/selling purposes, but not really suitable for growing cacti a bit "harder" and longer term succesful of course. Thanks again for watching and wishing you a wonderful Friday evening and weekend ahead, take care and happy growing (...or potting!) of course!
Very nice presentation Joe. I finished up mine this morning after our discussion, and it all worked out well. I will start ramping up my timers and lights in a few days. I appreciate the effort and thoughts that you give to your work.
Hey Bill, many thanks, so happy to hear you enjoyed the repotting video! Excellent to hear too, that all has worked well your end with your own repotting! Exciting times, brilliant to read that you will now slowly be starting up the systems your end, I absolutely LOVE your very special and elaborate, fully automized indoor setup!! Very best wishes and cactus greetings for all of that of course! Enjoy your weekend my friend!
Your approach to repotting mid- winter makes lots of sense, this is why I love your channel, it is invaluable information you don't get anywhere else! I like to add a bit of pelletized tomato fertilizer to my soil mix and a bit of manure to give my cacti a little boost, I might be wrong for doing so, but I like to experiment and see what works and what doesn't. I was super excited about this video coming out since yesterday and as soon as it was out it was like holding Jesus hand for me😁...excellent video as always my friend, and, Happy growing! Happy Anniversary to your channel 🎊🎉...may many more subscribers come to your channel!
So brilliant to read your awesome feedback, David, thanks so much indeed!! So happy that you enjoyed the video and found it useful. Also, many thanks for your wonderful anniversary wishes, aww thank you, haha, I certainly won't stop anyone from subscribing and joining the community, haha! Adding a tiny bit of pelletized fertilizer will probably be fine, indeed great to experiment, haha! With all that TLC and the extras, your cacti will probably outgrow their pots in no time, so potentially plenty of repotting sessions coming up there, David, lol!! Thanks again my friend, take care, very best cactus greetings and hope you are having a great weekend! Happy growing!!
Hi Kes, welcome to my channel, and thanks for watching and commenting, appreciated! Happy to hear that you like the videos! Have a nice day, happy growing!!👍😊🌵🌱🌵🏵🌺🌼
Know what would be a great idea, a 12" rotating table that has a vibrating module at its base. Maybe one with a dimmer switch to adjust the vibration frequency. This way, as you're repotting, the substrate settles quite nicely around the roots. And with the added feature of a slow rotation, you can remain stationary and simply pour in the mix. Where do you find such finely reduced minerals for your plants? I like the appearance that the small gravel adds. (Not the top dressing, but the substrate mix itself).
Hahaha, I love your idea of such a rotating and vibrating potting aid! If you can design that then let me know please as i will order a few!! The components for my mineral substrate are from horticultural stores on the web, try on Amazon, searching for mineral cactus substrate ...pumice, basalt, zeolite, etc. Best wishes and have a great day!🙌👍🙏😊🌵🌿🪴🌺🌼🌸💚😎☀️
I love this, seems like a validation for my spur of the moment repotting sessions, good thing that i live in the Philippines, so the climate is forgiving 😌😂
Thanks, excellent to read this, glad you found the video useful! Thanks for watching and for your feedback, appreciated! Cactus greetings to the Philippines and wishing you an awesome weekend ahead!! Happy growing!!👍😊🌵🌱🌵🌼🌺🏵😎
Hallo Joe Vielen Dank für die vielen wertvollen Informationen. Hast du auch eine Emphelung zum Umtopfen, wenn die Pflanzern schon Knospen habe? In meibem Fall Aylosteta und Chamaecereus. Vieken Dank!
Hallo Jeanine, ganz herzlichen Dank für Deine liebe Nachricht und Dein tolles Feedback, freut mich sehr daß Du die Infos nützlich findest! Ja also, richtig gute Frage! Bei Kakteen die bereits Knospen angesetzt haben, da warte ich bis nach dem Verblühen. Meist werden nämlich die Knospen leider abgeworfen wenn man zur gleichen Zeit umtopft. Bei diesen sehr früh blühenden Gattungen wie Aylostera, Rebutia, usw. da sollte man dann lieber bereits im Dez/Jan umgetopft haben, falls man ebenfalls die Ruhezeit zum Umtopfen ausnutzen will. Hoffe die Antwort hilft Dir weiter. Liebe Kakteengrüße, Joe 🙌🙏👍😊👍🌵🪴🌵🌿🌺🌼💚😎☀️
Hi Joe, congrats on your 1st anniversary on You Tube. Another informative video. I personally don't repot until early spring however, your method seems to work well for you. I have a few purchases I need to repot into terra cotta so I will repot those this weekend. Hoping to see your Euphorbia collection sometime in the future. Loving the spines!
Hi Donna, many thanks for watching and very glad that you found the video informative! Thank you so much also for your anniversary wishes, much appreciated!! Yes indeed, early spring is also a great time for repotting, everyone has their own routines and things to do / timings when to do, that work best, fantastic! Yes indeed, once I have a bit more time on my hands again (...after all this repotting going on right now, haha), I will indeed make a video about the Euphorbias and also other parts of my collection. Hope you are enjoying your weekend, very best cactus & succulent greetings, take care and happy growing of course!!
Im so glad you made it 1000 subscribers!! Congratulations and well done you deserve it! I found your content recently and I was your 995th subscriber! Your content is amazing, don't stop ever! And happy 1 year anniversary! Im sure you've come a long way and still have so much to learn and grow!
@Satevo thank you so much for all your awesome feedback and comments, these mean a lot to me and are truly appreciated!! And of course also a warm welcome aboard, so great to have you join as a part of the community!! Really brilliant to read that you are enjoying the videos and channel, many thanks indeed for subscribing!! I am so blessed and motivated by the wonderful people and plant fans like yourself in this community, thank you!!🙏🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌵🌱💚😎
Hello Joe! Happy 1st year Anniversary of You Tube!! This has been a very helpful video. I don't think I will repot any of mine since I just bought them last summer. I do however plan to use the dummy pot idea!! Have fun repotting and giving your cacti some extra special attention!!
Hello Cheryl! Thank you for your anniversary wishes, much appreciated! Also, super that you found the video helpful, thank you very much for watching and for your awesome feedback as always! Your plan makes a lot of sense, no point repotting just now yet. Glad you found the dummy pot idea worth trying, haha, it is just something minor really, that I have found useful doing over the years. Indeed I am having lot's of fun at the moment, lot's to repot as I did not do so a lot last year, so catching up this year! Hope you are having a wonderful Saturday and weekend! Best wishes, take care and happy growing of course!
Joyeux anniversaire ! Happy anniversary ! Thank you for all your informations. I started to repot my cacti two weeks ago. I agree, this time of the year is perfect for repotting them. I also like to buy new plants at the end of January beginning February for the same reason, especially if the plants have to travel few days. I think they are less disturb because they still in dormancy. Your substrate looks so great. I try to use the same inorganic composant but it’s not easy to find it and for a good price hahaha. Last year I bought it in Germany when I visited Uhlig Kakteen. Thank you for this great video !! 🌵🌵🌵💚💚💚
Merci beaucoup, Anna! Really appreciated reading your wonderful comments and feedback, thanks so much for watching the video! Fantastic to read that you too succesfully repot your plants this time of the year too. Regarding the inorganic components, I have found that the company VulkaTec sells a very good mix (called cactus substrate premium) on their online shop, and although it is still not super cheap, it is a very good product, and buying from them directly is still a much better deal than the same product (re-)sold by several cactus nurseries in Europe. They deliver across the EU I think, in case you are interested. Thanks again for all your awesome comments, have a wonderful Saturday evening and a relaxing Sunday!
Hi Joe, thank you, I didn’t know Vulkatec and next time I need substrate for sure I will try them. For the moment I am testing Lechuza. Their Basic Pon has the same composants than the Kakteensubstrat premium from Vulca Tec : Lava, Bims und Zeolith. Have a nice week ! 🌵🌵🌵💚💚💚
Hi joe congradulations i saw your video on cleistrocactus colademonis- monkey tail i just bought one and asked you for advice, and now am a proud owner of 12 now my favorite cactus
Hi Sandie! Thank you!! WOW, that sounds absolutely AMAZING, you are now growing TWELVE of these Monkey Tail cacti, that's truly marvellous, hahaha!!! I must say, you are a truly dedicated cactus collector and I'm hoping your plants will all be flowering abundantly for you! That will just be an unbelieavably beautiful and stunning sight!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Enjoy your weekend and happy growing of course!
A warm welcome to my channel, thanks so much for watching and subscribing! Loads of cactus greetings & G'day to you from my little greenhouse in Bavaria, Germany!👍🙏😊🌵🌵🌿🌱🏵🌺🌼💚😎
Happy UA-cam anniversary, Joe! This is a huge achievement! What kind of camera and video editing software do you use if you don't mind me asking? Your video quality is always excellent
Thanks for your wonderful feedback, Jenny, appreciated - and thanks for watching! Glad you find the video quality excellent, no elaborate equipment really, I use mostly a mix of my smartphone and my DSLR camera as I also love photography as a hobby. What are you using?
@@cactusjoe Thanks for the information, Joe! I'm using a cheap camcorder. Someday I need to upgrade. And my video editing software is no good. I'm using a cloud based editing program because I'm on a Chromebook. Hmmmm... ideas...
Happy Channelversary, Joe! This video was so helpful to me. I've grown indoor plants for years but recently started collecting cacti so have many questions and you've answered one of them today and it makes total sense. Thank you!!!
Thanks so much for all your awesome feedback, Molly! I'm super happy that you found the video useful! Just feel free to ask any of those questions that you have, will try to answer. Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated, have a wonderful day and weekend, happy growing!!
@@cactusjoe Thank you! I do have a question. I grow my cacti on a South facing windowsill and on a plant table below with lights. I've ordered a few this Winter and repotted them in my own mix after a period of isolation from my other plants. They're in my kitchen and I m assuming I won't begin watering them until Spring. I'm in the NE of USA. So maybe give them a small drink in April? I appreciate your advice!
@@mollys1584 hey Molly, yes indeed, that sounds like a sensible thing to do in late March/April, depending on the temperatures then! The warmer the temps get on the windowsill, the more evaporation of course, so giving them a little bit of water on a sunny day is indeed a good idea - best in the morning, so any water on the plants dries by the evening. Hope this helps, take care and sending you lot's of cactus greetings to the NE of USA!
Hi there! I have shown my cactus soil mix at 16:20 in the following video: ua-cam.com/video/AgX4Ol2XY6U/v-deo.htmlsi=o1dj-GquMty__Z32 Hope you find it useful, best wishes and happy growing!!🙌👍🙏😊🪴🌵🪴🌺🌼💚😎☀️ 16:20
Hi there! Thanks for watching and commenting, appreciated! Very happy you enjoyed it! Perhaps you missed it, but at around 16:20 in this video, I also show the standard soll mix ingredients that I use. Hopefully that's what you are looking for? Happy growing!!
@@cactusjoe Thank you so much. We have a tendency to listen to UA-cam and not watch We both of us missed the words on the screen. Keep up the great work. ☺
Joe, have you discussed the composition of the substrate in detail in your videos? Do you dose lava, basalt, quartz sand and grit equally ? Do you use a mixture or just one of them?
Hi Marcin, not in great details, but - just in case you missed it - I do list all the ingredients to my standard cactus substrate mix in this video at 16:21 Hope that is useful. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, best wishes, take care and happy growing of course!
Great video! I've been repotting some of my gasteria plants now and do the same as you with the root systems. I wonder if you then do the same thing I do. After repotting, I tell myself I won't be watering that plant for about two weeks. Trouble is, I have repotted plants and potted up new plants on many different days and can't keep track of all of these two week periods! How do you keep track of when individual plants may need water when it isn't winter time? I try to get them all on the same schedule, but there are always times when something might need some water. Thanks for all the tips!
Thanks Terry, super happy that you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching and also for your awesome feedback! 🙏😊 Haha, indeed those are great questions, and keeping track of repotted plants that need a bit of root drying/healing time can be a bit of a challenge for me at times too! What I have done in recent years is to place those pots/plants in a separate space, so physically separated in a bit of a "dry zone" in my collection. And then after 1-2 weeks, depending on weather, i move them back into their original, proper locations. In that way it becomes a bit easier for me to remember who is ready for watering again! Hope that helps. Enjoy your weekend and happy growing of course!👍🌞🌵🪴🌵🏵🌺🌻💚😎
I noticed that the new substrate you're using for repotting is somewhat wet/moist. Don't you think it would be advisable to let the "wounds" on the root system dry out and heal for at least 1-2 days before repotting, especially since your substrate contains organic matter? I agree on everything you said and been repotting my cacti in february for as long as I can remember. I always let the roots dry out for several days before burying them again, though. Congratulations on your anniversary and keep up the good work. Best regards, Nino
Hey, Nino! Many thanks for watching and for your excellent feedback, really awesome to hear that you too have been succesfully repotting/potting in February for a long time! Regarding the substrate, in my experience that is more of an issue when using plastic pots, BUT, you had me worried for a moment, haha, I went out to the greenhouse to check on the substrate!! But it is actually very dry in fact, lol! But you make an excellent point. I indeed, but only very rarely (...only for super, super rot-sensitive plants, and where I am removing "fresh" roots), also wait a few days before I put them back into substrate. What I always do, however, is to place all newly potted plants on to a top/high shelf in the greenhouse for a week or so (in the winter), where it is warmer and drier. And also, the terracotta pots do the rest, regarding "pulling out" any remaining dampness from the substrate. It sounds like you are a long-time, very experienced grower of cacti too, which is brilliant, where are you based? Thanks again also for all your awesome comments about the channel, wishing you a very enjoyable weekend ahead! And happy growing of course!!
@@cactusjoe I live in Croatia (Zagreb), and have been growing cacti for about 35 years now. Actually It's a bit longer than that, but 35 years ago I started to get "serious" about it. About that time I got an address of Gerhard Koehres from an older cacti grower, wrote to him and requested for catalogue, and made my first order of seeds. I was quite ambitious and ordered seeds of all the "easy" species (Aztekium ritteri, Pellecyphora aselliformis. Encephalocarpus strobiliformis, Ariocarpus fissuratus, number of Epithelantha and Turbinicarpus species, etc. 😄). As you can imagine, the results were not spectacular, but, miraculously, I still have two surviving Aztekiums on their own roots from that time. Some years after that I found out about Karel Rys and several other big growers ... the rest is history. I think we might be of similar age (I'm 53). I had a long pause in sowing cacti from seed (more than 15 years), but several years ago I decided to start again. It's much easier this days with all the information easily accessible, specialized substrates, fertilizers, LED lighting, etc. Anyway, I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel. Have a nice weekend Joe.
@@Nino_G hey Nino, wow, brilliant we are almost neighbours, Croatia is such a beautiful country! Really good to hear that you too have been "in the business" for a very long time and obviously also with some very famous names and cactus gurus. Also excellent and so funny to read about your experiences with the "easy species", haha, sounds just like what I did in my early days too, I think we all make these "bold" moves early on! I wish I was still 53, haha, just add another nine - but I always say it's just a number, lol! Yes I agree, it is so much easier with the seed growing, with all the available tech these days! Thanks once again so much, and brilliant to have you on the channel and part of the community! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, best wishes and take care!
Hi cactus Joe, I like your informative videos. I had watered my cactuses in mid November. I hadn't seen your video on winter time watering yet. I'm now letting them get dry till about middle of March, I think you said. Sure enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.
Hey Louie! Great to hear and much appreciated, thanks for your awesome feedback. Very happy that you are finding the videos informative and useful! Hope you are having a great day!
Hey Joe, happy new year. This is Pauline. I have one of those blue crest, but I noticed around the bottom of it it has its is peeling it’s been like that since the summer it’s been in my window in a cool room I don’t know what it is. I’m afraid to open it up to book the outer part of the skin looks fine but it’s around the base. What can I do for it?
Hey Pauline! Thank you and wishing you a Happy New Year too! Best wishes for 2024 to you and your loved ones! As long as that base of your blue crest cactus is not looking soft or watery and dark (that would likely be rot if it were) it is probably nothing to worry about. A lot of cacti get these brownish-colored parts at their base, that is called corking and can look a bit like the bark of tree and sometimes also can peel a bit. As long as the plant is healthy and grows in the main growth season then you need not worry about this appearance at the base of cactus stems.
Hi Joe, thank you for the video. what do you do your used soil afterwards ? Since our mix is allmost 80% inorganic, i reuse my old soil by adding worm castings or chicken manure and giving it a rest for some time.
Hi Mert, great to hear from you again!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting, much appreciated! It's a great question, indeed I like to reuse my substrate too, unless it was contaminated by a plant that died of root rot...those fungi, sometimes also viruses are nasty and hard to fully get rid of, so that soil i throw away. But the other soil, I clean of dead root pieces (sieve) and keep it for a year or two outside to regenerate! Then I heat to 80C for a few hours in an old electric oven before reusing. Do you reuse your soil too? Enjoy your weekend and happy growing of course!
Good Q&A. My collection is on average only about 2-4 years old, and so I’m approaching more repotting and recycling of my mineral based $oils. Was thinking of sifting out the organic coir and castings, and baking the minerals for reuse. Seems like a consensus! Ty.
Hey, where do you get those shallow terra cotta pots? Can I get them here in the US? Do they have a website? All we have here are the overly tall terra cotta pots here.
Hi @solarwinds ! I get mine at a local plant and gardening supermarket and they originally come from Italy (...but i think made in China...). Unfortunately I am not sure whether or where you could get them in the U.S. but it might be worth checking via Amazon or Ebay for terracota pots with Italian design or manufacturing. Keeping my fingers crossed for a succesful search! 🙏🙏👍😉🌵🪴🌵🪴😎🪴☀️🏜
Hi Ted, thanks for watching and for your question. Any cuttings or e.g. pups that you take from cacti and other succulents should first be kept in the shade for a week or so, without potting soil. This is to ensure that any cuts or damaged roots can properly heal off - and thereby reduce risk of rotting. Only then place them into potting soil, and very lightly start watering. Hope this answers your question. Happy growing!👍😊🌵🪴🌵🌼🌸💚😊😎☀️
Hi Kaz, thanks for watching and for your question. Indeed, I never use screens, instead I cover the drainage holes at the bottom of my pots with shards of old terracota pots, Leca beads or small flat stones. The disadvantage, in my view, of screens is that they still leak finer-grained substrate, and they remain wet for a long time, which triggers growth of fungi and bacteria. Also, when repotting, I can quite easily push the substrate with plant out of the pot with a thin, firm stick when I use a shard. This does not work with a soft screen... Best regards and happy growing!👍🙏🙌😊🌵🪴🌼🌺
Oh no plz dont tell me i need to repot my cacti, i give them a new pot when i get them but i was thinking cacti only needs repoting or up potting when old pot gets to small or if something is wrong, my 250 bonsai needs repotting (soil change) every year or two so i dont think i will have time to repot "change soil" in my cacti to. Maybe i get bonsai words confused with normal plant words, i think of repot as soil change and root trimming if needed
Hi Anders, no need to worry, you certainly do not have to repot all your cacti just for the sake of repotting. Only if there is a good reason or requirement, e.g. existing pot is too small, or soll mix not appropriate (most cacti from supermarkets), or if you want to move from plastic pot to terracota (or the other way round) like my example in the video. Also, cactus substrate does not last forever, so repotting into fresh soil/substrate every few years can really be very beneficial for the plant! Have a fun Friday afternoon and evening and enjoy your weekend my friend, happy growing!!😊👍🌵🌱🌵🌺🌼🌺🏵💚😎
Great video Joe! Most comprehensive guide on cactus repoting I've seen on UA-cam, simple but truly great idea to repot this time of year when everyone seems to have more time for plants. I know you mentioned while repoting check for insects, I wonder how do you deal with it if you find meally bugs - it just so happens that I found some on my cactus roots.
Looking forward to see what is your routine dealing with common cactus pests, perhaps a video someday ;)
Oh and Happy 1 Year birthday!
Į sveikatą!
Hey Marius! Thank you so much for watching and for your awesome feedback, really appreciated! Also, thank you so much for your channel birthday wishes, ačiū, ačiū! I will take your suggestion onboard for a video on this topic in the future, thanks! Ah yes, those mealy bugs are super annoying, so hard to get rid of unfortunately! I treat repeatedly with Isopropanol (easy to get on the internet, rubbing alcohol), spray and rub using a q-tip - repeatedly as the parent pests have usually alread produced eggs and a next generation, so even if they are killed, there is more to expect if treatment is not done repeatedly over a 1-2 week period. Especially the root mealy bugs are most difficult to get rid of. I would isolate from the rest of the collection, take out of substrate, wash roots, dry and apply the above several times. Only once ok, then repot, and monitor if any coming back. Hope it goes well, best of luck and have a great day!
@@cactusjoe Thanks Joe for a quick and informative reply! Good thing I left my cactus bare rooted. Alcohol treatment it is then. Ačiū! And looking forward to the next video.
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Maybe consider using a dusting of sulfur powder on the soil as well.
Good Evening Joe ❤ thank you for your Videos! Ich habe deinen Kanal gerade abboniert und lerne so viel von dir über Kakteen 🌵🥰 Habe noch nicht so viele, möchte aber, aus Liebe zur Pflanze, alles richtig machen. Jetzt schaue ich Schritt für Schritt alle Deine wunderbaren Videos an! Ich wünsche Dir und Deiner Familie einen wunderschönen 2 Advent 🎄Greetings and all the best wishes for the season from Croatia
Good evening to you too and thank you so much for subscribing to my channel, a warm welcome to you!! Das freut mich sehr, daß dir meine Videos gefallen und ich freue mich auch sehr über deine Nachricht und Feedback! Übrigens, dein Deutsch ist ausgezeichnet, wow!! Ich möchte dir ebenfalls einen sehr schönen 2. Advent und eine gute und schöne Weihnachtszeit wünschen. Herzliche Grüße nach Kroatien! Sending Season's Greetings and very best wishes to you and your family!
❤ hey Joe, this is Pauline. It would be very helpful that when you talk about a plant actually talk about where it comes from and how to take care of it because there is many people like me that are dumb and just doesn’t know how to do it you have much knowledge to share and I appreciate all of it. Thank you so much.
Hi Pauline, aww thank you that's very kind of you, thanks for watching and for your valuable feedback. Indeed I often try to cover a bit of info for most plants that I show, in this video however I was focussed very much on the potting of cacti theme, so did not say too much about the individual plants shown. But your point is noted and let me see if I can cover a bit more infos on individual plants again in another future video.
Happily my algorithms threw your channel across my timeline and I've signed up. Happy 1st birthday; I am looking forward to watching your videos.
Haha, yes that forever mysterious algorithm...brilliant, thank you, and I have just joined your channel too! Welcome and great to be connected!
@@cactusjoe Thanks! I have a relatively new, large glasshouse with a cacti/succulent section and want to expand onto this space. Looking at your layout is helpful.
Very helpful video, thank you!
Many thanks for watching and commenting, appreciated! Brilliant that you found the video helpful! Happy growing!! 🙏👍🙌😊🌵🪴🌵🌼🌺😎☀️
Thanks Joe👍😊🌵I enjoyed watching and the repotting tips were excellent! I actually repotted yesterday as I have the same repotting schedule like you😌🙏
So glad that you enjoyed watching the video, Newman, and that you found some of the tips useful, excellent to read! Haha, brilliant to read that you too are currently repotting, way to go!! Have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead, take care and happy growing (...or repotting rather, haha!) !!
Awesome video, Joe. Happy one year anniversary, too 🥳 I’ve repotted a few cacti in the winter in the past, didn’t do them any harm. In a way it does make sense to repot them while they’re not actively growing. I’ll have some Euphorbia repotting videos coming up soon, although those are pretty much awake and active already. Thank you for sharing with us as always my friend. Have a lovely evening and upcoming weekend from Edith & myself and happy growing 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Many thanks, Daz, as always very happy that you enjoyed the video, many thanks for watching and for your awesome feedback and support, hugely appreciated!! Excellent to hear too, that you have also succesfully used the winter period for repotting, when indeed the plants in dormancy are least disturbed! I am very much looking forward to your Euphorbia repotting videos! Wishing you and Edith a wonderful day and weekend, and sending very best cactus greetings, take care and indeed happy growing (...or repotting, haha) of course!!
Hey Joe,... Where you goin with that Gymnocalycium in yo hand!!!!? Sorry I am late,... I wish someone had shared your channel with us by now... We have a cactus channel, but its not even started yet,... I will let you know when we put something on there, Sir!!! Great channel, and great video!
...I'm goin down to pot that Gymno in terracota, my friend! Haha, all-time classic, RIP Jimmy! Thanks so much Mark, really happy you enjoyed the video and also like the channel! Thanks for signing up and joining the community, great to have you on board!! I really like your pottery channel videos and am looking forward to your cactus channel too! Hope you're having an awesome week, take care and happy growing!!😊👍🙏🙏🌵🌱🌵🌺🌼🌺💚😎
YAY Happy 1st year Anniversary on You Tube Joe :-D and we absolutely LOVE your AWESOME Cactus channel, you are like an Encyclopaedia of knowledge of growing Cacti and Succulents, and this is the PERFECT topic to do for this time of year, and really incredible info and tips you have shared in this fantastic video, I have been thinking about starting to repot some of mine now instead of waiting until Spring, as I have a little bit more time on my hands to repot now in late Winter than I will have in the Spring and Summer, and I have just uploaded a repotting video of my little Parodia lenighausii pup, thats perfect timing haha, I think its a really good time of year in late Winter to repot plants, as they are coming to the end of their dormancy and it means they have a head start for the upcoming spring, thanks so much for sharing this awesome video Joe, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Bavaria for a wonderful upcoming weekend XXXX
Hi Lyn! Thanks so much for your AWESOME feedback and supportive comments, really appreciated! I am super happy that you and Hans are both enjoying the channel and also finding the videos informative and useful! Haha, so kind of you to say this, but I am far from "encyclopaedic level" of knowledgeable, hahaha, in fact I keep seeing and learning new things all the time too, especially also from folks like yourself, and your own ABSOLUTELY brilliant channel - which is why I love this wonderful cactus & succulent friends community on UA-cam so much!!! It is indeed such a funny and excellent coincidence to have these repotting videos come out at almost the same time, haha! You are absolutely right, also from a time availability point of view, it is another good reason to use the mid/late winter period for cactus and succculent plant repotting! Thanks again for watching and all of your support, very best wishes and cactus greetings going out from my little greenhouse in Bavaria to you and Hans on the wonderful Emerald Isle!! Have a great weekend, lot's of Plant Power, and happy growing (...or repotting) of course!!
HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY on February 17, 2024! Love your videos, Joe!😊
Awww, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! That is very kind of you and truly AMAZING that you had this on your radar!! I am really humbled and very happy indeed that you are enjoying the videos on my channel! I will try my best to keep interesting and hopefully useful content coming!! Have an awesome day and weekend and once again a warm THANK YOU for all your support and interest!! 🙏🙏🙏🙌👍😊🌵🪴🌵🌿🌺🌼🌸💚💚💚😎☀️
Congrats on the anniversary! I just found your page, and am so very grateful for the great information.
Hi Jena, thank you and welcome to the channel and community, awesome to have you join! Thanks for watching and commenting, appreciated! Wishing you a wonderful week ahead and happy growing of course!🙏👍😊🌵🌱🌵🏵🌺🌼💚😎
love your videos Joe, thank you so much for all the information and help
Hi! Thank you so much for your AWESOME feedback, really motivating and much appreciated! I'm really happy that you are enjoying the videos and finding them useful! Hope you are having a wonderful week, take care and best wishes! 🙏🙌👍😊🌵🪴🌿🌵🌼🌺🌸💚😎☀️
Happy Anniversary, Joe! One year woohoo 🎉. Wish you decades more! I too repot during winter for lack of anything to do. Lol! Your soil mix is so different from mine for obvious reasons. Your soil looks like my top dressing. Haha. Love watching your repotting. I’m a bit under the weather so I appreciate the long video.
Hi Ana, thanks so much for watching and commenting, and I also very much appreciate your anniversary wishes! Good to hear that you regularly report during the winter too, and indeed the generally lower activity level is just another good reason added to the long list, haha! Yes indeed, lol, I use only top dressing, throughout! As you say, the reason being that my substrate has to be extra fast and effectively water-draining in my quite often humid climate, wish I had the high temps and dry air that you have, haha! Once again many thanks and wishing you an excellent rest of the week, take care and happy growing (...or, re-potting of course, haha!).
Super helpful! Looks like I know what I'll be doing this weekend!
Haha, thanks Marcela, really happy that you found the video helpful! Good luck and wishing you a succesful cactus potting weekend! 🙌👍😉🌵🪴🌵💚😎☀️😊
Great video Joe.
Much useful information for this novice
As it is late winter here I will repot some my small collection of cacti over the next few weeks.
Thanks for sharing your techniques
Thanks, Ted! Brilliant to read that there is useful information for you in this video and also that you will be doing some of your repotting in these last weeks of winter. As long as one continues to keep the repotted cacti quite dry for at least another 2-3 weeks they will be fine. Thanks for watching and for your wonderful feedback, much appreciated!
Thank you, you have a best cactus UA-cam channel Joe!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Hello, thank you so much for your wonderful feedback and comments, I am very, very happy to read this message from you and I am so glad that you are enjoying my channel! Very best cactus greetings to you, have a very nice day and happy growing!!🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌵🌼🌺🌸🌞💚😎
Can transplant cutting without cactus potting soil
I have cutting off my other cactus and no cactus potting soil will work
Happy one year anniversary Joe!! Keep up the great videos, can’t wait for the pre-spring content 🎉😊
Thanks a million, Stacey, awesome feedback, really appreciated!! Hope you are having an excellent week! Best wishes, take care and happy growing of course!!🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌱🌵🌺🌼🏵💚😎
Great video, just repotting a good few of my cacti now, good to watch a tutorial on this for us newbies!
Haha, excellent to read that you are busy repotting your cacti and that this video has been useful and has come in handy for you with it's infos! Thank you for watching and for your wonderful feedback, really appreciated! Best of luck and lot's of success with the repotting! Happy growing!!
...very compliments from Sicily
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and I am very happy that you enjoyed the video! Have a wonderful weekend and cactus greetings to Sicily!
I always enjoy your thoughts and your videos, Thank you for taking your time and sharing with others 😊😊
Hi Tim, thank you so much, very happy that you are enjoying the videos and finding them useful, much appreciated! Best wishes and lot's of cactus greeetings, have a wonderful weekend!
Not sure how I ended up here. But I’m glad I did. Subscribed!
Hahaha, brilliant, I'm very glad you did too! A warm welcome and thanks so much, appreciated!!🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌺🌵💚😎
1st year!! Awesome!!! I usually start doing a bit of repotting around the end of February. By this time I'm seeing buds and flowers forming & new growth from some. The way I usually test the soil for moisture is to take a long bamboo skewer, very thin, and slide it in the soil. If soil comes out on it , it will usually have moisture. If the skewer comes out powder dry, it needs water. You have some very good points in this video. Going to start on my sansaveria collection this weekend. Many are looking like they are going to bust their pots!! I've had this happen with them before. They are very strong!! Thanks for sharing your wonderful video Joe!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, out to Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🥀🌳🏵🌿🌸🌷🌱🌲🌹🌴🌾🌻🪴💐🍀😃👍
Many thanks, Clyde, appreciate all your wonderful comments as always! Thanks of course for watching and also glad you found some interesting points in the video. I like your bamboo skewer method too, haha, sounds just as effective! Wow, yes I have had the same experiences and surprises with Sansieverias, their roots and shoots are mega powerful indeed and have cracked open pots here too, lol! Great also to read that you do some repotting late February too! Indeed, it is a good time also to check on the new buds slowly appearing! Wishing you a wonderful saturday and weekend, and sending awesome cactus greetings from my little greenhouse in Bavaria to you at Morris Park in the Ozarks, best wishes and take care my friend!!
Happy Anniversary Joe!!!! Hard to believe it has been a year already for you and your amazing channel! This is a FANTASTIC video! The timing could not be better, not just in the month that we're talking about, but the fact I was going to ask you this week if you could do a video about if we should re-pot in winter! For many years I have pondered that question, but remained undecided, until now. I have already made a list of all the cacti that I should repot this week and next. This was very informative, and I learned quite a few things from you....
The dummy pot idea is absolutely genius! I think that really helps give us an idea of when to water, as it is something that still makes me a little bit nervous even though I haven't killed any of my cacti by overwatering. Not yet anyway, ha ha! And also, I had no idea about removing roots when repotting! It makes sense though, and you demonstrated it so I could see how easy it is to gently tease them away. The lovely Lyn of desertplantsofavalon, does this with her Haworthia plants, and I started doing it also-with great success! My quandary about the cacti, was I didn't want to repot in spring when a lot of them are starting to flower, I didn't like repotting in summer when others were starting to flower, and didn't like the idea of interrupting their growth cycle in that time period either. Fall is a time for them to wind down for their winter rest in my cold room, and that didn't seem like a great time to repot either. So winter is really the perfect time, and I am so happy you made this video!
I am going to start doing mine at this time of the year, and I can imagine I will see the results, as I don't find the cacti that I repot in the spring and summer really take off like I think they should. And those are the ones that won't flower until the next year when they're not repotted-so I am interfering with that process.
This video is a game changer, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Joe, I can't wait to see your next video! And by the way, I am very interested in how to take care of any insect problems during winter, in the other seasons if I see anything I use Castile soap, water, and rubbing alcohol mixture. Sometimes I will use neem instead. If there's a large insect outbreak during winter, how do you best take care of that without soaking the cacti soil when it is supposed to be dry? That would be a great video I think! And I apologize for this super ridiculously long post! But I am so grateful to you for this vital information, it is going to make my life so much easier, not to mention my beloved cacti collection! They thank you too! 🙏🌵💚🌸🌸😊
Hahaha, thank you soooo very much for your ABSOLUTELY AWESOME, most amazing feedback, Lady Lee, super appreciated!!! I am super happy that you found the video useful and that you enjoyed the contents!! Thanks for watching and commenting!! Great suggestions and ideas for future video topics, will do!! Wishing you a wonderful rest of the week, take care and best wishes!! And happy growing of course (....plus repotting, haha!!) 🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌱🌵🌼🌺🏵💚😎
@@cactusjoe hahaha! Thanks to this video that is what I spent today doing, repotting a bunch of cacti! What a timesaver that will be come the growing season, when I have lots to do out in my flower and vegetable gardens too. I'm wishing you a wonderful week also, and thank you for always taking the time to respond to your subscribers. You rock! Keep the videos coming Joe, I think it's safe to say everyone here absolutely loves them! Happy growing to you too my cactus loving friend! 🙏🌼🌻🌞⭐🪴🍀☺🌵🙏💚🙏
I almost lost my blu azurus. Isaved it and repotted in a plastic pot. It actually grew better in the plastic(3in of growth) during the summer and the rain was great.. Now its October and i put it in a terracotta pot with another blu torch!! I love these plants!!!
Hi Michelle, indeed I agree with you, these blue torch cacti are wonderful, in fact they are among my all time favorites! Yeah, it's definitley worth experimenting a bit to see whether terracota or plastic pots are more suitable in your specific growing conditions, and also for which plants best to use which pot. That is why in my video I do not make a choice for a single pot type, since all types have their pro's and con's and so knowing these is most important, so you can then choose the best type in your circumstances. Have a wonderful day, best wishes and happy growing!
Meus cactos preferidos são os rabo de macaco e o rabo de gato.
O seu rabo de macaco estava bonito nessa época, depois atualize ele para nós Joe!
Thank you, yes indeed these cacti are beautiful! I will feature my plant in a future video once again, thanks for that wonderful suggestion! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! 🙏🙏👍🙌😉🌵🪴🌵🌿🌼🌸🌺💚😎☀️🙋♂️
Very nice video, just what I needed, thank you very much.
Hi Mikael, thank you so much, excellent to read that!! Glad you found it useful, many thanks for watching and commenting! Happy growing!!👍🌵🌵
A jolly good repot Joe 😄 Happy Aniversary, you've done well this year 👍🏼I repot the ones I can in the winter but quite a few are snuggled up till spring, which won't be long 🙂🙂🌵🌵🙂🙂
Thank you so much, Ziggy, much appreciated! Nothing like a good repotting session, haha, and great to hear that you also repot some of your cacti in the winter! Hope you have a wonderful Saturday evening and Sunday too, my friend. Happy growing (...and repotting of course, haha)!!
Great advice. Thank you. And learning that potting/re-potting in the late dormancy period can actually be better for the cacti was very helpful. And Happy one year anniversary. Looking forward to learning more. Be well, be safe.
Hi William, thank you so much for your anniversary wishes, very much appreciated! Also, I'm really happy that you found the video and some of the advice useful. Thanks for watching and commenting, and wishing you too a safe and awesome day and weekend ahead! Best wishes and happy growing!! 👍🙏🌵🪴🌵🌼🌺💚😎
I find your reasoning to repot cacti mid winter to be very sound! I usually repot newly purchased cacti and succulents in the cold months to get them out of their plastic pots which keep the soil too moist. I feel confident in potting up older plants as well now that I’ve watched your video.
Hi Jane, wonderful to read your comments and feedback, very happy that you found the information useful and compelling! I completely agree with you, it is quite important to get plants out of their plastic pots if the soil mixture stays too moist for too long, which is very often the case indeed with plants coming from supermarkets, nurseries and plant centers - these soils are mainly made for fast growing/selling purposes, but not really suitable for growing cacti a bit "harder" and longer term succesful of course. Thanks again for watching and wishing you a wonderful Friday evening and weekend ahead, take care and happy growing (...or potting!) of course!
Thank you 😁😁👍👍☕️
You are most welcome! Thank you very much for watching and commenting, and I'm very happy that you enjoyed the video! Happy growing!! 🙏🙏🙌👍😊🌵🌿🪴🌵🌼🌸💚😎☀️
Very nice presentation Joe. I finished up mine this morning after our discussion, and it all worked out well. I will start ramping up my timers and lights in a few days. I appreciate the effort and thoughts that you give to your work.
Hey Bill, many thanks, so happy to hear you enjoyed the repotting video! Excellent to hear too, that all has worked well your end with your own repotting! Exciting times, brilliant to read that you will now slowly be starting up the systems your end, I absolutely LOVE your very special and elaborate, fully automized indoor setup!! Very best wishes and cactus greetings for all of that of course! Enjoy your weekend my friend!
Your approach to repotting mid- winter makes lots of sense, this is why I love your channel, it is invaluable information you don't get anywhere else! I like to add a bit of pelletized tomato fertilizer to my soil mix and a bit of manure to give my cacti a little boost, I might be wrong for doing so, but I like to experiment and see what works and what doesn't. I was super excited about this video coming out since yesterday and as soon as it was out it was like holding Jesus hand for me😁...excellent video as always my friend, and, Happy growing! Happy Anniversary to your channel 🎊🎉...may many more subscribers come to your channel!
So brilliant to read your awesome feedback, David, thanks so much indeed!! So happy that you enjoyed the video and found it useful. Also, many thanks for your wonderful anniversary wishes, aww thank you, haha, I certainly won't stop anyone from subscribing and joining the community, haha! Adding a tiny bit of pelletized fertilizer will probably be fine, indeed great to experiment, haha! With all that TLC and the extras, your cacti will probably outgrow their pots in no time, so potentially plenty of repotting sessions coming up there, David, lol!! Thanks again my friend, take care, very best cactus greetings and hope you are having a great weekend! Happy growing!!
Just found your channel Nice videos .
Hi Kes, welcome to my channel, and thanks for watching and commenting, appreciated! Happy to hear that you like the videos! Have a nice day, happy growing!!👍😊🌵🌱🌵🏵🌺🌼
Know what would be a great idea, a 12" rotating table that has a vibrating module at its base. Maybe one with a dimmer switch to adjust the vibration frequency. This way, as you're repotting, the substrate settles quite nicely around the roots. And with the added feature of a slow rotation, you can remain stationary and simply pour in the mix.
Where do you find such finely reduced minerals for your plants? I like the appearance that the small gravel adds. (Not the top dressing, but the substrate mix itself).
Hahaha, I love your idea of such a rotating and vibrating potting aid! If you can design that then let me know please as i will order a few!! The components for my mineral substrate are from horticultural stores on the web, try on Amazon, searching for mineral cactus substrate ...pumice, basalt, zeolite, etc. Best wishes and have a great day!🙌👍🙏😊🌵🌿🪴🌺🌼🌸💚😎☀️
I love this, seems like a validation for my spur of the moment repotting sessions, good thing that i live in the Philippines, so the climate is forgiving 😌😂
Thanks, excellent to read this, glad you found the video useful! Thanks for watching and for your feedback, appreciated! Cactus greetings to the Philippines and wishing you an awesome weekend ahead!! Happy growing!!👍😊🌵🌱🌵🌼🌺🏵😎
Hallo Joe
Vielen Dank für die vielen wertvollen Informationen. Hast du auch eine Emphelung zum Umtopfen, wenn die Pflanzern schon Knospen habe? In meibem Fall Aylosteta und Chamaecereus. Vieken Dank!
Hallo Jeanine, ganz herzlichen Dank für Deine liebe Nachricht und Dein tolles Feedback, freut mich sehr daß Du die Infos nützlich findest!
Ja also, richtig gute Frage! Bei Kakteen die bereits Knospen angesetzt haben, da warte ich bis nach dem Verblühen. Meist werden nämlich die Knospen leider abgeworfen wenn man zur gleichen Zeit umtopft. Bei diesen sehr früh blühenden Gattungen wie Aylostera, Rebutia, usw. da sollte man dann lieber bereits im Dez/Jan umgetopft haben, falls man ebenfalls die Ruhezeit zum Umtopfen ausnutzen will. Hoffe die Antwort hilft Dir weiter. Liebe Kakteengrüße, Joe 🙌🙏👍😊👍🌵🪴🌵🌿🌺🌼💚😎☀️
Hi Joe, congrats on your 1st anniversary on You Tube. Another informative video. I personally don't repot until early spring however, your method seems to work well for you. I have a few purchases I need to repot into terra cotta so I will repot those this weekend. Hoping to see your Euphorbia collection sometime in the future. Loving the spines!
Hi Donna, many thanks for watching and very glad that you found the video informative! Thank you so much also for your anniversary wishes, much appreciated!! Yes indeed, early spring is also a great time for repotting, everyone has their own routines and things to do / timings when to do, that work best, fantastic! Yes indeed, once I have a bit more time on my hands again (...after all this repotting going on right now, haha), I will indeed make a video about the Euphorbias and also other parts of my collection. Hope you are enjoying your weekend, very best cactus & succulent greetings, take care and happy growing of course!!
Im so glad you made it 1000 subscribers!! Congratulations and well done you deserve it! I found your content recently and I was your 995th subscriber! Your content is amazing, don't stop ever!
And happy 1 year anniversary! Im sure you've come a long way and still have so much to learn and grow!
@Satevo thank you so much for all your awesome feedback and comments, these mean a lot to me and are truly appreciated!! And of course also a warm welcome aboard, so great to have you join as a part of the community!! Really brilliant to read that you are enjoying the videos and channel, many thanks indeed for subscribing!! I am so blessed and motivated by the wonderful people and plant fans like yourself in this community, thank you!!🙏🙏🙏👍😊🌵🌵🌱💚😎
Thank you for this video. 🤠
Hi Richard! Thanks for watching and for your wonderful feedback, much appreciated! Happy growing!!👍🙌🙏😊🪴🌵🌿🌵🌺🌼😎☀️
Hello Joe! Happy 1st year Anniversary of You Tube!! This has been a very helpful video. I don't think I will repot any of mine since I just bought them last summer. I do however plan to use the dummy pot idea!! Have fun repotting and giving your cacti some extra special attention!!
Hello Cheryl! Thank you for your anniversary wishes, much appreciated! Also, super that you found the video helpful, thank you very much for watching and for your awesome feedback as always! Your plan makes a lot of sense, no point repotting just now yet. Glad you found the dummy pot idea worth trying, haha, it is just something minor really, that I have found useful doing over the years. Indeed I am having lot's of fun at the moment, lot's to repot as I did not do so a lot last year, so catching up this year! Hope you are having a wonderful Saturday and weekend! Best wishes, take care and happy growing of course!
Joyeux anniversaire ! Happy anniversary ! Thank you for all your informations. I started to repot my cacti two weeks ago. I agree, this time of the year is perfect for repotting them. I also like to buy new plants at the end of January beginning February for the same reason, especially if the plants have to travel few days. I think they are less disturb because they still in dormancy. Your substrate looks so great. I try to use the same inorganic composant but it’s not easy to find it and for a good price hahaha. Last year I bought it in Germany when I visited Uhlig Kakteen. Thank you for this great video !! 🌵🌵🌵💚💚💚
Merci beaucoup, Anna! Really appreciated reading your wonderful comments and feedback, thanks so much for watching the video! Fantastic to read that you too succesfully repot your plants this time of the year too. Regarding the inorganic components, I have found that the company VulkaTec sells a very good mix (called cactus substrate premium) on their online shop, and although it is still not super cheap, it is a very good product, and buying from them directly is still a much better deal than the same product (re-)sold by several cactus nurseries in Europe. They deliver across the EU I think, in case you are interested. Thanks again for all your awesome comments, have a wonderful Saturday evening and a relaxing Sunday!
Hi Joe, thank you, I didn’t know Vulkatec and next time I need substrate for sure I will try them. For the moment I am testing Lechuza. Their Basic Pon has the same composants than the Kakteensubstrat premium from Vulca Tec : Lava, Bims und Zeolith. Have a nice week ! 🌵🌵🌵💚💚💚
@@annatodorovic7963 sounds good, Anna, thanks and hope you're having a nice week too!
привет коллега....тебе привет из северной столицы России...спасибо за видео!)))
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi joe congradulations i saw your video on cleistrocactus colademonis- monkey tail i just bought one and asked you for advice, and now am a proud owner of 12 now my favorite cactus
Hi Sandie! Thank you!! WOW, that sounds absolutely AMAZING, you are now growing TWELVE of these Monkey Tail cacti, that's truly marvellous, hahaha!!! I must say, you are a truly dedicated cactus collector and I'm hoping your plants will all be flowering abundantly for you! That will just be an unbelieavably beautiful and stunning sight!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Enjoy your weekend and happy growing of course!
@@cactusjoe i have to thank you joe,i hope i can look after them,i might buy some more before they sell out
@@sandie9379 haha, sounds amazing!!
You just got one more Aussie subscriber
A warm welcome to my channel, thanks so much for watching and subscribing! Loads of cactus greetings & G'day to you from my little greenhouse in Bavaria, Germany!👍🙏😊🌵🌵🌿🌱🏵🌺🌼💚😎
@@cactusjoe cheers mate keep em coming 👍🏻
Happy UA-cam anniversary, Joe! This is a huge achievement! What kind of camera and video editing software do you use if you don't mind me asking? Your video quality is always excellent
Thanks for your wonderful feedback, Jenny, appreciated - and thanks for watching! Glad you find the video quality excellent, no elaborate equipment really, I use mostly a mix of my smartphone and my DSLR camera as I also love photography as a hobby. What are you using?
@@cactusjoe Thanks for the information, Joe! I'm using a cheap camcorder. Someday I need to upgrade. And my video editing software is no good. I'm using a cloud based editing program because I'm on a Chromebook. Hmmmm... ideas...
Happy Channelversary, Joe! This video was so helpful to me. I've grown indoor plants for years but recently started collecting cacti so have many questions and you've answered one of them today and it makes total sense. Thank you!!!
Thanks so much for all your awesome feedback, Molly! I'm super happy that you found the video useful! Just feel free to ask any of those questions that you have, will try to answer. Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated, have a wonderful day and weekend, happy growing!!
@@cactusjoe Thank you! I do have a question. I grow my cacti on a South facing windowsill and on a plant table below with lights. I've ordered a few this Winter and repotted them in my own mix after a period of isolation from my other plants. They're in my kitchen and I m assuming I won't begin watering them until Spring. I'm in the NE of USA. So maybe give them a small drink in April? I appreciate your advice!
@@mollys1584 hey Molly, yes indeed, that sounds like a sensible thing to do in late March/April, depending on the temperatures then! The warmer the temps get on the windowsill, the more evaporation of course, so giving them a little bit of water on a sunny day is indeed a good idea - best in the morning, so any water on the plants dries by the evening. Hope this helps, take care and sending you lot's of cactus greetings to the NE of USA!
@@cactusjoe Thank you Joe! Happy growing to you...Spring is just around the corner for us both!
Hi Joe! Have you made a video about the soil mix you use for cacti? If you have could you please link it for me 😊
Hi there! I have shown my cactus soil mix at 16:20 in the following video:
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Hope you find it useful, best wishes and happy growing!!🙌👍🙏😊🪴🌵🪴🌺🌼💚😎☀️
16:20
Great video, Can you tell me more about the soil mix or is there one of your videos that will tell me?
Hi there! Thanks for watching and commenting, appreciated! Very happy you enjoyed it! Perhaps you missed it, but at around 16:20 in this video, I also show the standard soll mix ingredients that I use. Hopefully that's what you are looking for? Happy growing!!
@@cactusjoe Thank you so much. We have a tendency to listen to UA-cam and not watch We both of us missed the words on the screen. Keep up the great work. ☺
Joe, have you discussed the composition of the substrate in detail in your videos?
Do you dose lava, basalt, quartz sand and grit equally ?
Do you use a mixture or just one of them?
Hi Marcin, not in great details, but - just in case you missed it - I do list all the ingredients to my standard cactus substrate mix in this video at 16:21 Hope that is useful. Thanks so much for watching and commenting, best wishes, take care and happy growing of course!
Great video! I've been repotting some of my gasteria plants now and do the same as you with the root systems. I wonder if you then do the same thing I do. After repotting, I tell myself I won't be watering that plant for about two weeks. Trouble is, I have repotted plants and potted up new plants on many different days and can't keep track of all of these two week periods! How do you keep track of when individual plants may need water when it isn't winter time? I try to get them all on the same schedule, but there are always times when something might need some water. Thanks for all the tips!
Thanks Terry, super happy that you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching and also for your awesome feedback! 🙏😊 Haha, indeed those are great questions, and keeping track of repotted plants that need a bit of root drying/healing time can be a bit of a challenge for me at times too! What I have done in recent years is to place those pots/plants in a separate space, so physically separated in a bit of a "dry zone" in my collection. And then after 1-2 weeks, depending on weather, i move them back into their original, proper locations. In that way it becomes a bit easier for me to remember who is ready for watering again! Hope that helps. Enjoy your weekend and happy growing of course!👍🌞🌵🪴🌵🏵🌺🌻💚😎
I noticed that the new substrate you're using for repotting is somewhat wet/moist. Don't you think it would be advisable to let the "wounds" on the root system dry out and heal for at least 1-2 days before repotting, especially since your substrate contains organic matter? I agree on everything you said and been repotting my cacti in february for as long as I can remember. I always let the roots dry out for several days before burying them again, though.
Congratulations on your anniversary and keep up the good work.
Best regards,
Nino
Hey, Nino! Many thanks for watching and for your excellent feedback, really awesome to hear that you too have been succesfully repotting/potting in February for a long time! Regarding the substrate, in my experience that is more of an issue when using plastic pots, BUT, you had me worried for a moment, haha, I went out to the greenhouse to check on the substrate!! But it is actually very dry in fact, lol!
But you make an excellent point. I indeed, but only very rarely (...only for super, super rot-sensitive plants, and where I am removing "fresh" roots), also wait a few days before I put them back into substrate. What I always do, however, is to place all newly potted plants on to a top/high shelf in the greenhouse for a week or so (in the winter), where it is warmer and drier. And also, the terracotta pots do the rest, regarding "pulling out" any remaining dampness from the substrate.
It sounds like you are a long-time, very experienced grower of cacti too, which is brilliant, where are you based? Thanks again also for all your awesome comments about the channel, wishing you a very enjoyable weekend ahead! And happy growing of course!!
@@cactusjoe I live in Croatia (Zagreb), and have been growing cacti for about 35 years now. Actually It's a bit longer than that, but 35 years ago I started to get "serious" about it. About that time I got an address of Gerhard Koehres from an older cacti grower, wrote to him and requested for catalogue, and made my first order of seeds. I was quite ambitious and ordered seeds of all the "easy" species (Aztekium ritteri, Pellecyphora aselliformis. Encephalocarpus strobiliformis, Ariocarpus fissuratus, number of Epithelantha and Turbinicarpus species, etc. 😄). As you can imagine, the results were not spectacular, but, miraculously, I still have two surviving Aztekiums on their own roots from that time. Some years after that I found out about Karel Rys and several other big growers ... the rest is history. I think we might be of similar age (I'm 53). I had a long pause in sowing cacti from seed (more than 15 years), but several years ago I decided to start again. It's much easier this days with all the information easily accessible, specialized substrates, fertilizers, LED lighting, etc.
Anyway, I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel.
Have a nice weekend Joe.
@@Nino_G hey Nino, wow, brilliant we are almost neighbours, Croatia is such a beautiful country! Really good to hear that you too have been "in the business" for a very long time and obviously also with some very famous names and cactus gurus. Also excellent and so funny to read about your experiences with the "easy species", haha, sounds just like what I did in my early days too, I think we all make these "bold" moves early on! I wish I was still 53, haha, just add another nine - but I always say it's just a number, lol! Yes I agree, it is so much easier with the seed growing, with all the available tech these days! Thanks once again so much, and brilliant to have you on the channel and part of the community! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, best wishes and take care!
Hi cactus Joe, I like your informative videos. I had watered my cactuses in mid November. I hadn't seen your video on winter time watering yet. I'm now letting them get dry till about middle of March, I think you said. Sure enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.
Hey Louie! Great to hear and much appreciated, thanks for your awesome feedback. Very happy that you are finding the videos informative and useful! Hope you are having a great day!
Hey Joe, happy new year. This is Pauline. I have one of those blue crest, but I noticed around the bottom of it it has its is peeling it’s been like that since the summer it’s been in my window in a cool room I don’t know what it is. I’m afraid to open it up to book the outer part of the skin looks fine but it’s around the base. What can I do for it?
Hey Pauline! Thank you and wishing you a Happy New Year too! Best wishes for 2024 to you and your loved ones! As long as that base of your blue crest cactus is not looking soft or watery and dark (that would likely be rot if it were) it is probably nothing to worry about. A lot of cacti get these brownish-colored parts at their base, that is called corking and can look a bit like the bark of tree and sometimes also can peel a bit. As long as the plant is healthy and grows in the main growth season then you need not worry about this appearance at the base of cactus stems.
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Thank you, very happy that you liked the video! Thanks for watching and for your feedback!
Hi Joe, thank you for the video. what do you do your used soil afterwards ? Since our mix is allmost 80% inorganic, i reuse my old soil by adding worm castings or chicken manure and giving it a rest for some time.
Hi Mert, great to hear from you again!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting, much appreciated! It's a great question, indeed I like to reuse my substrate too, unless it was contaminated by a plant that died of root rot...those fungi, sometimes also viruses are nasty and hard to fully get rid of, so that soil i throw away. But the other soil, I clean of dead root pieces (sieve) and keep it for a year or two outside to regenerate! Then I heat to 80C for a few hours in an old electric oven before reusing. Do you reuse your soil too? Enjoy your weekend and happy growing of course!
Good Q&A. My collection is on average only about 2-4 years old, and so I’m approaching more repotting and recycling of my mineral based $oils. Was thinking of sifting out the organic coir and castings, and baking the minerals for reuse. Seems like a consensus! Ty.
@@bartlipetri6895 yep, indeed Bart, that is possible.
Hey, where do you get those shallow terra cotta pots? Can I get them here in the US? Do they have a website? All we have here are the overly tall terra cotta pots here.
Hi @solarwinds ! I get mine at a local plant and gardening supermarket and they originally come from Italy (...but i think made in China...). Unfortunately I am not sure whether or where you could get them in the U.S. but it might be worth checking via Amazon or Ebay for terracota pots with Italian design or manufacturing. Keeping my fingers crossed for a succesful search! 🙏🙏👍😉🌵🪴🌵🪴😎🪴☀️🏜
Can transplant cutting without cactus potting soil
Hi Ted, thanks for watching and for your question. Any cuttings or e.g. pups that you take from cacti and other succulents should first be kept in the shade for a week or so, without potting soil. This is to ensure that any cuts or damaged roots can properly heal off - and thereby reduce risk of rotting. Only then place them into potting soil, and very lightly start watering. Hope this answers your question. Happy growing!👍😊🌵🪴🌵🌼🌸💚😊😎☀️
I have noticed that you aren’t using screens in your pots . Is there a reason for it?
Hi Kaz, thanks for watching and for your question. Indeed, I never use screens, instead I cover the drainage holes at the bottom of my pots with shards of old terracota pots, Leca beads or small flat stones. The disadvantage, in my view, of screens is that they still leak finer-grained substrate, and they remain wet for a long time, which triggers growth of fungi and bacteria. Also, when repotting, I can quite easily push the substrate with plant out of the pot with a thin, firm stick when I use a shard. This does not work with a soft screen... Best regards and happy growing!👍🙏🙌😊🌵🪴🌼🌺
Oh no plz dont tell me i need to repot my cacti, i give them a new pot when i get them but i was thinking cacti only needs repoting or up potting when old pot gets to small or if something is wrong, my 250 bonsai needs repotting (soil change) every year or two so i dont think i will have time to repot "change soil" in my cacti to.
Maybe i get bonsai words confused with normal plant words, i think of repot as soil change and root trimming if needed
Hi Anders, no need to worry, you certainly do not have to repot all your cacti just for the sake of repotting. Only if there is a good reason or requirement, e.g. existing pot is too small, or soll mix not appropriate (most cacti from supermarkets), or if you want to move from plastic pot to terracota (or the other way round) like my example in the video. Also, cactus substrate does not last forever, so repotting into fresh soil/substrate every few years can really be very beneficial for the plant! Have a fun Friday afternoon and evening and enjoy your weekend my friend, happy growing!!😊👍🌵🌱🌵🌺🌼🌺🏵💚😎