Watering wrinkled Opuntia Prickly Pear Cacti after 7 months - BEFORE & AFTER
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Hi Guys :-D I water my Opuntia cacti for the first time after 7 months of Winter dormancy and I show you the before and after transformation :-D
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Hi Guys :-D I water my Opuntia cacti for the first time after 7 months of Winter dormancy and I show you the before and after transformation :-D
I was so excited to see this video pop. Its just so fascinating howafter such a long period of no water they just bounce back, plump up and start growing. Im so glad you were inspired by my video and did one of your own. Thank you so much for linking to it.. I appreciate that so very much Lyn :) I loved watching your plants do what mine are also doing right now. Sharing the experience of growing such wonderful plants with people from all over the world makes me so happy. Have an amazing day!
I LOVED your video Denise and such a BRILLIANT idea to share the before and after of the transformation :-D it really inspired me to share the before and after too :-D its incredible how much these cacti will iron themselves out after a good drink haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Canada for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Very interesting wrinkle treatment for cacti!
It also works for humans, drinking water is the best to avoid wrinking 😄
hahaha this made me giggle so much :-D thanks so much Fernanda for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
something i think about when a plant doesn't respond completely to the first heavy watering, it's roots have dried out and it has to grow new ones to respond. so i don't waterlog it repeatedly(by mistakenly thinking it needs more water) for fear it may rot. many cactus will grow surface roots to take advantage of sporadic rains, so i give them time to regrow roots before i try watering again.
Thats so true Bob :-D I have had that happen with a few of mine in the past with the roots and I have had to re pot into fresh soil and give them more time :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Hi Lyn! Lovely video on the Before and After watering Opuntia Prickly Pear Cacti. These cacti were really desperate for a little water, poor cacti! It is amazing the great difference of how they plumped up after a little water! Enjoy your evening Lyn and Hans! Sending you lots of love!
haha Sylvia :-D they were so shrivelled and it was amazing to give these wrinkly Opuntias a good drink to fatten them back up again, they are looking very wrinkly again now and I am itching to give them some water and may give them a drink in the next week or two, the Opuntias are more tolerant of being watered at this earlier time of year than the other Desert cacti are, I wish drinking water would plump out my skin like it does with these Opuntias hahaha,:-D thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for an awesome afternoon
Great video :) I watered my opuntia the other day, the difference after their first water is amazing 🌵🌵😊
Thats wonderful you have watered your Opuntias too, its so fantastic to get them all perked up again :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Cacti are just amazing! This was great to see the difference if before and after. I wish I could get rid of my wrinkles this way! Haha! 😀🌵❤️
hahaha your comment made me giggle so much and so true :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
I don't have any of those cacti but that remind me of my nerve plant after four days with no water. Sick drama queen like lol love it
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Wonderful video. It was amazing to see the transformation. Many blessings.
Its incredible how much they transform with a bit of water in a few hours :-D thanks so much Renee for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Enjoyed your video. How cool on the difference between no water and after water. Beautiful
The transformation is so incredible Kathy :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Like magic!
thanks so much Rachel for your wonderful comment and for watching and Hans and I are sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Wexford for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Lynn, when u change the soil, do u actually throw old soul away? Or, do u put in your composting bin? Thanks!😊
Hi Christina :-D I I put the old soil into the composting bin as long as the soil has come from healthy plants and not plants that have died or are sickly :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
I just bought 2 Jacob opuntia and they're very shriveled!! I got them marked down. But...im going to repot them and give them fresh soil.
Thats fantastic Michelle :-D yes give them a re pot and check over their root systems and keep them in a warm position so they can recover faster, once you have re potted them you can give them a watering after about 2-3 weeks, but keep them warm and this will encourage them to recover faster, happy growing with your wonderful new Opuntias, and thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comments, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic weekend XXXX
Out of any of the neighbors that have a birdsview of your backyard from their's, had any ever asked for a tour?
haha yes we have had quite a few neighbours ask us what we have in the polytunnel and when we tell them they want to come and have a look, they are amazed to see us growing cacti in rainy Ireland haha, thanks so much Adam for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
The first watering of the season, do you include fertilizer in that watering? Or do you wait till the next watering?
Hi Bennie :-D yes I use fertiliser with the first watering, and I will be giving the cacti the first watering today and will film a video for today, and I love to use tomato feed as the high potash helps to encourage more blooms, I normally use half the strength of tomato feed that they recommend using for tomatoes on my cacti, but with the first watering of the year I use just quarter of the strength, so the plants can get adjusted slowly to the watering and feed, thanks so much Bennie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
I just sat mine outside for the rain to water them. They were so shriveled and now looks good.
Thats wonderful Cora the fresh rainwater is the very best for them :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Very nice 👍 I watered my cacti the other day
Thats brilliant news that you have watered your cacti too Ben :-D the weather has been so nice and dry and mild the last few days its been so fantastic to get out and tidy up in the polytunnel and water some of the plants at long last haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle and have a FAB FUN day XXXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon thanks Lyn I’ve got work meetings then I’m off garden centre shopping ❤️❤️
haha have a wonderful time plant shopping Ben and I hope the work meetings go well :-D XXXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon aww thanks Lyn I’ll keep you updated on what gems I find today x
Do they feel soft when they're thirsty? I just got an opuntia cutting from a nursery. It feels mushy but is also quite dry.
Hi Jillian :-D yes when they are dehydrated they will feel soft and spongy, but if the Opuntia is brown and soft it could be possible rot, but if the cutting is green and healthy looking it will plump out again once it has taken root, thanks so much for watching and good luck with your new cutting XXXXX
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Hi Lyn, do you ever have trouble with bird droppings, how do you deal with it? Doesn't it damage the plant's skin?
haha yes I have quite a few Bird that 'poop' on and in the plants, our next door neighbour loves to feed the birds and we get lot of Seagulls that are very tame and fly into our yard and will sit on the polytunnel roof and we are always wiping off their 'poops' haha, its mostly our Epiphyllums hanging up outside that get 'hit' lol! but thankfully we haven't had any damage to the plants, I think it may act as a bit of fertiliser for them haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic Monday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thanks so very much for responding. Yeah we also feed the birds and was worried about damage to the cacti's skin. If your delicate Epiphyllums do not get damaged, then certainly my desert cacti can handle the poop. We only get chickadees and sparrows; nothing as big and mean as seagulls. You and Hans be careful out there. Those seagulls are mean!
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Great video. 👍🏼
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic weekend XXXXX
My (indoor) opuntia is looking so shriveled and sad, despite having had water. Dropped all its ears too. Will there be a good chance they come back from that? All my other cacti are fine and in the same spot, only the opuntia is looking like it's time to prepare funeral arrangements.
Hi there, so sorry to hear about your Opuntia, it can be normal for them to shrivel during Winter but it can sometimes be caused by other things like hidden insect pests like Mealy bugs that hide in between the pads and roots, if there are no signs of any insect pests then I would remove it from the pot its in and check that the rots have not rotten to be on the safe side, good luck with your Opuntia and thanks so much for watching XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon I have literally done that five minutes ago, haha! Has nice looking roots, pot is a good size. It is looking so very sad it looks dead, so I was surprised to see such strong roots! I guess I'll wait and see if she makes it out alive. Thank you for responding, especially so quickly! We all need plant savers in our lives, haha!
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why not water them 2 or 3 times during the winter ?!
Hi Elizabeth :-D because I overwinter these cacti in a cool polytunnel I keep them dry with no water over the Winter months, because cacti are very likely to rot when watered during winter when they are dormant, thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
During this period, was there any root loss in this plant?
Hi Emre :-D there wasn't any root loss after being kept dry for many months, and they all plumped back up again in the spring after a good watering, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Good, Thanks for your answer, as a breeder I have been following you for a long time and making use of your experience. I wish you many pleasant days in your work.
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The voice was so entertaining to be honest.
what are those ones that have super long spines that are at 5:50?
Hi there :-D they are Opuntia polyacantha :-D and they grow wonderful long but softish white hairy spines :-D there are quite few different varieties of them :-D thanks so much for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER your way for a FANTASTIC day XXXXX
The one that you call Opuntia Fragilis at 9:48 doesn't like like that species to me. Opuntia Fragilis has many small distinct pads, and quite a few whitish spines on the tops of the pads. It looks more like a Cholla to me, probably a South American cholla akin to the one on the left at 10:23. Aarre Peltomaa
Thanks so much for the correct ID on the Opuntia's :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Thursday XXXXX
3:20 Opuntia monacantha monstrose
Thanks so much for the ID Peter :-D thanks so much for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER your way for a FANTASTIC day XXXXX
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thanks so much Ariel for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX
It’s amazing how they transform after their first watering. Mine look like totally different plants now they’ve all swelled up after having a good drink.
Great video, Lyn 👍☀️🌵
It really is so incredible how they perk up after a good drink haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
set up a camera doing a time lapse!
Yes that would be AMAZING :-D thanks so much Terry for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
you too @desertplantsofavalon . love following your channel, keep it up
What a wonderful video Lynnie! It's like watching a magic show with plants. Haha. Very interesting and informative, and well deserving of a massive thumbs up. From the garden city of India to the Emerald Isle, have a fantastic-week! Stay blest. Cheers.
So happy you enjoyed the video :-D its incredible how the transformation is before and after with the Opuntias and how they fill up with water again :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to the Garden City of India for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Glad you “ ironed out all the wrinkles” 😂 they worried me for awhile. Great job 👍🏼
Its wonderful to see them ironed out again haha :-D thanks so much Miche for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Do you recommend just regular rain water first after a long drought or should you use fertalizer then too?
Hi Priscilla :-D you can fertilise them from their first drought too but I usually give them their first drink with rainwater then fertilise them the second or third watering :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
What a wonderful transformation! I love that. Wish consuming water would smooth out my wrinkles. Ha ha ha
hahaha Dori :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a BRILLIANT Wednesday today XXXXXX
Great video, I'm starting to understand the love for cactus and succulents after spending time in Palm Springs, CA this month! I'm looking forward to growing my opuntia collection I've got 5 so far, love these opintia viedos! Yours are the best in YT, sending love and happy plant vibes from Seattle, WA✨🌵💚
Thats fantastic you have 5 Opuntia, they really are amazing Cacti to grow and I will have another Opuntia video coming on my channel on Tuesday, it must have been so wonderful to spend time in Palm springs, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Seattle for a fantastic new week XXXX
I LIVE IN o HEMifusAS NAtive range, and mind shrivel and hang over the pot despite getting rain and show allwinter, it takes them about 2 weeks to wake up, but my inside guys are commpletely dry all winter and pop back in 24 hours
Its amazing how they pop back up and yes I notice the ones indoors really spring back to life in hours faster too :-D thanks so much Alex for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Here in Ohio where opuntia hum is native- we often warm up a bit and get rains in the winter. So if it’s above freezing- I wouldn’t hesitate to give them some water so that the roots wouldn’t die back (not really sure if that’s what happened but my gut feeling is telling me to go with nature)
Thanks so much for letting me know, and thanks so much for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful new week XXXX
I live in Los Angeles and it rains in the winter months. I leave most of my cactus outside and they get winter rain. The minimum temperature this winter was 40F. The only plants that do not get any winter rain are the Lithops. I will not water the Lithops until last years' leaves are gone. I like the fact that you grow your plants in the greenhouse during the winter and do not water until the spring. I only have two seasons and not four seasons.
Thats AMAZING John and so wonderful to hear the differences with our climates and the care and watering with them both :-D I so wish I lived in a warmer climate like LA with the warmer temperatures and sunshine there instead of wet and grey Ireland haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Lyn! I am very excited because one of my cactus is doing great in the new spot that I put it in and it’s now growing a flower!
Thats fantastic news Jorgia :-D I bet you are so looking forward to the flower :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
Can we propagate wrinkled cactus????
Hi Samreen :-D yes you can still propagate wrinkled cactus, but plump cuttings are always best, thanks so much for watching and good luck with propagating XXXX
Do you think you'll make a vlog on how to repot spiney opuntia? I've been avoiding that kind just b/c I have very little idea of how to repot without needing a blood transfusion afterwards. Haha
Hi Ramica :-D yes I have a few Opuntia I will need to repot this year and I will make a video on them when I do :-D haha yes the blood transfusion made me giggle haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
I just use tongs to toss mine into a McDonald's drink carrier (the moulded recycled pulp ones)and toss that onto a fresh soil pile, either for indoor in a pot, or outdoor for the rest of the season. The pulpy mush from water is easy to push new delicate roots into as well as help hold a bit of extra moisture for a short time. Just make sure the pads are topside up or if they lay down the top half is elevated above the "bottom".
I've had some i didn't think were going to make it, but laying on their sides started rooting (more root potential spots = more root improvement with small root growth) and got healthy again, so I pulled it off it's side and stood it up and so far (overwinter) it has grown a matched pair of bunny ears. I will have to trim the new growth off when moving outside because they are not getting enough light indoors to get regular pancake shaped pads. But since it was almost dead they don't hurt for now and help the base get healthier to grow well when moved back outside.
I was trying to get them to root indoors before this winter and they just kept melting, drying out completely and or turning into petrified pieces. I was going to throw them away and that's how they got into the drink carrier and started trying to root after being rained on while tossed on top of the garage's garbage can lid. They were rescues from someone else and mostly dead when I got them.
Also I'm sure the similar type of egg cartons would work well for smaller cacti.
It was just a happy accident annnnnd keeps me from having to pot them "hands-on" i had enough of that trying different ways to save them before the McDs carrier...
Next i need to figure out how to keep them from collecting my hair like some creepy stalker, they may start life wearing hair nets🤷♀️ lol
Certainly a big difference.
Its amazing how these Opuntia plump them selves up after a good drink, thanks so much Walter for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXX
This makes me feel so much better about mine! Great video
thanks so much Tristin for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a terrific Thursday today XXXXX
I have an absolute fascination with the opuntia cacti. Especially the humifusa. I live in America and I saw on one growing at a restaurant and I stopped to ask the manager for a cutting and I got one. 😊
Thats fantastic you got a cutting of humifusa Matt :-D Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a sunny Sunday today XXXXX
You should make a video of you explaining when you should repot diforent plants
Hi Jorgia :-D yes I have made a video a few years ago on when to know when to re pot a cactus and succulent and here is a link to the video :-D ua-cam.com/video/3ufekjvsrP4/v-deo.html thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching XXXXX
What a wonderful video! Sending you 39 sunny and warm hugs from southern Sweden 🤩
Thanks so much dear Nelly
Desert Plants of Avalon oh my! I so happy. Me and Olga are so excited 😆 🌸🌸😘💜💜💜
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Great video lyn. I have a question tho, aren’t the opuntias winter hardy? I heard that you can plant them in your garden and not worry about rot or them freezing? Is that true, do you have any experience with that?
Hi there :-D Some Opuntia's are very winter and cold hardy if they can be kept dry over the Winter, but because I live in a very wet climate with high humidity I have to overwinter them inside the polytunnel, but if you live in an Arid climate you can grow them in the garden and they can take very low winter temperatures if plantd in a very well draining position and protected from rain and humidity, it can depend on where you live in the world, but here in Ireland and UK ( except the south of UK ) its a definite no to grow them in the garden :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a sunny Sunday today XXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I’m from Albania and I enjoy watching your videos. You always are so nice and lovely, keep on the good job that you do and your amazing POWER that you have. Thank you so much :)
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Beautiful cactus plants
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX
6:15 What
The fizzing of the stones if that’s what u noticed
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