Thank you for this video! It's the first winter with my cacti and I also have seedlings and some small ones! I live in a similar climate in Massachusetts, so I've been really appreciating your videos. They've been very helpful to me.
So happy you enjoy my videos and find them helpful, and thats wonderful you have cactus seedlings too, thanks so much Jessica for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
So happy you loved the info on watering cacti in Winter Luna :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
I’m glad that you demonstrated how much is a “little” water. Many tutorials here on UA-cam just say it but do not actually show the amount. Thanks for that. It assures me that I have been going in the right direction when it comes to winter watering. Peace.
thanks so much Ras El :-D for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
thanks so much Traci for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
My first winter with a lot of cacti and I had to move most of them out to the poly.. I bought a few translucent boxes from Dunnes and keep them in those, in the poly. Thanks for stressing in several of your videos NOT to water while over wintering in the poly. Such a relief to have good info from an expert. Many thanks, Lynn. I did have to cut back my Cylindrica Sanseveria as they were touching the walls of the boxes and rotted. Amazed to see how they recover by closing the top of its stem. When I know its going to freeze, I bring the boxes into my utility room which is unheated at 8°C lowest. Thanks again , Lynn.
Thats brilliant that you bring the boxes into the utility room on the very cold nights, the big translucent boxes from Dunnes Stores are so good for holding cacti and succulents, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
Yey very informative video, great advice. A must watch video. I do water those which are very shrivelled inside my house as well. So nice to see your collections in the polytunnel, all lovely beautiful plants. Thank you for sharing. 🤗💚🌵
So happy you loved the video my wonderful Cactus Powered Sister :-D and roll on Spring we say haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Wales for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Your grow room is perfectly in order Lyn! Love your perfection! Love also your wonderful collection of plants! Keep up the good work! Sending you Lyn and Hans lots of love and wish you have a wonderful evening!
So happy you love the Grow room :-D I had to give these cacti a good drink as they were starting to look too shrivelled haha, 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 a sunny afternoon XXXX
Excellent information... I have noticed shrinking too, its mostly my Gymnocalycium which are very prone to shrinking during the winter so I give them a little sip of water, but I do house all my cactus indoors so they dry out a bit more. My room is a similar temperature to your grow room in your video. Great video Lyn, enjoyed! 😁🌵🌵🌵👍🏻
So happy you enjoyed the video Claire :-D its always a dilemma at this time of year with watering our cacti, and I am so looking forward to the Spring again when I can get watering all the cacti in the polytunnel :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Very good video, Lyn. I also water some of my shriveled cacti during winter because our winter is mild compared to other places and our humidity level is always very low. We also get intense sunlight all year round. Watching this video makes me feel “less guilty” about watering during winter. 😁Lol!
So happy you loved the video Ana :-D and your climate is so nice and dry and sunny even in Winter, and you are definitely doing the best thing to water your cacti in Winter with your sunny and dry conditions, here in Ireland it is wet, wet, wet, haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER from Ireland to Las Vegas for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Great video Lyn, I was going to give a few of mine a little bit of water over the weekend but they’ll have to wait now, we got some very cold temps coming and loads of snow forecast for Saturday night into Sunday 🥶 Thank you for another awesome informative video Lyn, from Edith & myself to you and Hans, have a wonderful evening and weekend ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
Thanks so much Daz :-D yes its absolutely freezing here today haha and its forecast to snow and very cold temps from this afternoon, brrrrrr, I always feel by Feb that I am itching to get watering our cacti in the polytunnel but know that Feb and even March can be the coldest months, roll on Spring haha, thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thanks for being awesome Lyn!! you're the best! thanks for answering emails even though you must get hundreds !! Huge fan! heaps of love!!! I have some of that same genus that are super shriveled and was wondering If I shouldn't just give em' a tiny sip... THANKS!!!
Thanks so much Laurence for your wonderful message, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
Thanks Lyn, great video and very helpful. Although you've told us a few times on your channel about holding back watering in winter, this elaboration on the topic taught me another thing or four that I didn't know yet and was really helpful. As someone else commented, it was great to see you demonstrating the amount of water you give too. It's a slow process to learn from experience and a painful process if it means losing plants along the way, so I'm very grateful to be able to learn from the knowledge that you built over the past 2.5 decades!! And super helpful for me that you have the Irish climate... I wish you and Hans and your plants good strong vibes to get through the 'Siberian weather' that they predict for the coming 4 days. Xx Nathalie from Dublin
Hi Lyn! Wow...a full to the brim room of stunning cacti. Love seeing all of them. Great informative video on watering the right way during winter. Love your poyete cacti and you have loads. Polytunnel is looking just as awesome. Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾 to Belfast and happy growing.
So happy you enjoyed the video on watering cacti in Winter Molly :-D and I am so looking forward to the Spring haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Malaysia or a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Its amazing how our cacti can really shrivel up as the Winter goes on haha, its so wonderful when we water them again and they start to iron our their wrinkles, thanks so much Christina for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
So happy you love the plants Denis :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Serbia for a wonderful new week XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
So true indeed Alex :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Philadelphia for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
So happy you liked the info Alex :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Vera :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
thanks so much Magda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Sea for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
thanks so much Elmer for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Have watered only a couple of Euphorbias. Stellata and my enigma, because the branches sometimes die if not given a little during the winter. But not much. And Euphorbia trigona ,to keep the leaves from falling off. Good information for all out there!! Thanks for sharing Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🏵🌴🌺🪴🌹🌲🌷🌳😃👍
Thanks so much Clyde :-D I think I will need to give my Euphorbia stellata a watering too as the leaves are looking a bit like dried paper lol! and my Euphorbia medusas are starting to lose their branches and I was going to email you to see if its ok to give them a little drink, I keep them in the office and its heated about 70 Fahrenheit, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park in the Ozarks for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Yes Lyn, it's kind of a delicate balance. If the arms of the medusoid Plants are shriveled, it's probably best to give a little drink. Just a spot of water. If not , they will lose arms. I lost my Flanaganii to dry rot. Reason unknown. It didn't turn black or brown, just soft like too dry. When I pulled on it , it came out too easy. Cut back the dying tissue. And I am now trying to root the remaining head. Not much success yet. But these are hard to root if cut in the middle of the stem. Easy if cut as a cutting from the main plant. So yes , go ahead and give a little. Just think, just a little longer and spring will spring to life!!! Have a great day Lyn!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🏵🌴🌺🪴🌹🌲🌷🌳😃👍
@@morrisparkintheozarks6831 So sorry you lost your flanaganii to dry rot, I will keep my fingers crossed you can get it to re root again, I will give mine a little drink to stop the branches from dying back, yes roll on Spring we say haha, we are counting the days haha XXXX
Thank you very much for a very useful video. I'm always in doubt if I should give them a bit of water or not during the winter months, so very nice to see your take on this 😊
thanks so much Kim for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
So happy the video answered your questions and concerns :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Thank you Lyn for value information. I have as well 15-20 C on my windowsill in the kitchen where is a lot of cacti and I do not water at all. 👍🌱 I think Mammilaria prolifera forming flower buds. Have amazing day! 🌵
Thats fantastic news you have your Mammillaria prolifera forming flower buds :-D Spring is nearly here thank goodness, thanks so much George for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Moldova for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
thanks so much Ken for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a fantastic Sunday and new week ahead today XXXX
thanks so much Patricia for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
A small sip of water on a late, sunny winter's day is unlikely to do much harm if it's clear that the cactus is badly shrivelling and losing size. The roots are always efficient at picking up the small amount of moisture given. Generally, I water my cacti the same way as you do. Bone dry from (November to January), with the first sip in February or March dependent on the recent weather and the visual condition of the plant. Northerlies and easterly winds have kept the temperatures below average here since Christmas with very low spells of sun. So I am not expecting any plants to break out of dormancy at this stage. In contrast to last year, I had new spines and flower buds on several of my plants becouse it was much sunnier and warmer. I am hoping by late February to begin rolling back dormancy measures if the weather has improved. So far there is little sign of that. Winter in Somerset is still very much in charge. Thanks again!.
Thanks so much James for your wonderful words and for sharing your experience with your plants at this time of year :-D yes Winter here in Belfast is still very much in charge too, and today we have really cold temps and snow is forecast this week too brrrrrrrr, I am itching for the Spring again haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Somerset for a wonderful Monday and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Very interesting video Lyn👌😊. I do the same as you do because here in the mediterranean coast my gymnos don't rest very much in winter and although I have them outdoors (under roof), they receive plenty of sun and wind that dry them very much. That makes necessary for me to water once or twice during winter as long as I see that we have mild temperature. But everyone has to consider their circumstances to decide if it's necessary to water their plants. Love from Spain 😘💕🌵☮️🌺
So happy you enjoyed the video Vanesa :-D and you are so lucky living in Spain with all the nice sunshine, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Spain or a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Another point to consider is how much light your plant is getting. If you have your plants in a warm room with low light, which can happen especially for the first few months of winter, you need to be very careful about watering. You want to give them enough to reduce shriveling, but not enough to start them growing. If they start growing under low light, you will get etiolation, that is thin, unhealthy growth. This can be prevented by hanging grow lights above your plants.
So very true indeed Emmit :-D etiolation is so common in high heat and low light, grow lights can really help at this time of year with the low light levels, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Hi Lynne love your cactus, I watered my cactus because it’s warm in the house, but for some reason I lost 2, one was completely dried out and the other was completely white mouldy. It broke my heart, I do have more cactus they are doing well and I guest I won’t water them until March. Thank you for the wonderful videos and advice.🥰❤️
Hi Diane :-D so sorry to hear about your cacti , Winter is so tough for our cacti, and getting them through these tough months are the hardest, but its best to keep the cacti dry now until the end of March, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thanks for clarifying about cacti care in winter :) I have two little cacti now, a domino and ferocactus. I guess what I was confused on was whether shriveling (and using up water reserves) meant that the cactus was not really dormant. I have them in my basement that drops down sometimes to about 13 C (57F) at lowest, but to get it any lower Id have to open a window. So I was never sure if my cacti were actually fully dormant. I've only been giving them a little bit of water once a month.
So happy that you enjoyed the cacti care, it can be so confusing in Winter, especially late Winter when to know if you need to water your cacti when they shrivel, the good news is Spring is getting closer now, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you both lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Hi Laura :-D I do sometimes giveaway cactus seeds but I am only able to give seeds away to people in UK or Ireland due to postage restrictions, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thank you for this great video. I always feel terrible not watering my cacti, but I know it is better for them ;) My opuntia snow cactus is drooping terrible...Is it a good idea to build some kind of support for them? Hope you and Hansi are doing great and staying well xoxoxo
Hi Anja :-D so happy you enjoyed the video, yes you can build a support for them, I have made a little frame for some of my Opunita cacti in the past made of bamboo sticks to stop them from flopping over, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Hi there😌🙌Great and very helpful video. Your minimum winter temperature in winter in your greenhouse is 5℃? I see it's warm enough to keep your crassula ovata jade trees alive and happy.
So happy you enjoyed the video Newman :-D yes I keep the greenhouse at a minimum temperature of 5c, and I keep the majority of the plants all dry with no water until the spring, this keeps them overwintering well, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Hey, thank you for the information! I have my cacti in our yurt. They get some daylight but not much, mostly artificial light. In the winter at night the temperatures get down to about 10°C because we're sleeping and unable to feed the wood stove, but during the day it gets up to 20-25°C when we are able to feed the stove. Although when both of us are away at work, it will stay at 8-10°C during the day and it only warms up in the evening when we get back home. So given the wild temperature fluctuations, should I give my shriveled cacti some water or wait till late March?
Hi Natalia :-D thats so wonderful you have a Yurt, :-D because of the fluctuating temps its best to not water your cacti now until about mid to late March, they should still be ok and should plump back up again in the Spring when you water them, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
This is great timing- my mammillaria carmanae is flowering today, which is weird, it also flowered in the end of November. I got in October a I haven't watered it once. It's on west facing window in an unheated kitchen. Do you get that often? Is it unhealthy and a sign it's in distress to be flowering this time of year? Thanks for all your info on your videos it's been really helpful
Thats wonderful news that your Mammillaria Carmenera is flowering :-D the good news is that its normal for many Mammillarias to flower in mid to late winter, and you dont need to worry as its normal, itss an added bonus to see blooms on our cacti in Winter, thanks so much Sophie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Interesting. I'm starting out on this journey. So tell me, do Caudex shrivel? I have a young Desert Rose and would hate to kill it. It is inside under lamp at 28c. Looks to be stable with 1 new leaf showing, so not dormant any more. Cheers in advance
Hi Olaf :-F yes Caudex plants still shrivel in the Winter and their caudex bodies will often shrink back in size as they use up the water reserves in the caudex, thats wonderful news you have a new leaf growing on your Desert Rose :-D and at 28c its safe to go ahead and water as normal, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Haha i kept mine indoors at 20 to 30c and didnt water them often (1ce a month).. now they all look very thirsty lol.. and my bunny ear might not survive haha (bunch of new green heads but the base plant is very horribly wrinkled lol
WOW at 30c thats a heatwave haha :-D but luckily Cacti can adapt to both low and high temps in Winter :-D I would definitely give your Bunny ears a good drink now if its at 30C
How much light do cacti need over winter? It will be my first winter with my small collection of cacti and I am wondering where to overwinter them. I am in Canada if that helps
Hi Nat :-D the good news is cacti can manage with much less light in the Winter months when they are resting, if you have a bright window or location this will be perfect for them, it doesn't have to be a sunny window as long as it is bright, if you are overwintering them inside of a room away from a bright window then you can use a LED plant grow light over the cacti that is left on for around 5-6 hours a day in Winter, if you can overwinter them cool and dry and bright this is the perfect overwintering, thanks so much Nat for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Canada for a wonderful Tuesday XXXX
I recieved a cutting from a ebay seller and its been growing crazy not sure of what it is(succulent) but the tips keep bending over limp. Should I be worried. Should I do something? Its in my bay window 70 degree inside about 20 degree outside.
Hi there, it can be difficult to say because it can depend on the type of succulent it is as there are thousands of different types, and many need different care requirements, but here is a link to a website on the Succulent ID of many of the most popular Succulents: wwwSuccGuide.com XXXXX
Yeah just killed one of my rare ones by accident. Wish I would have watched this vid first. My San Pedro loves water in winter but only 4 5 inch wide ones do from what I can tell
Oh no so sorry to hear this, its so gutting when we lose plants, especially the rarer ones, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching and have a terrific plant powered Tuesday today XXXX
Hi Guys :-D In this video I talk about Watering shrivelled Cacti in Winter :-D
Thank you for this video! It's the first winter with my cacti and I also have seedlings and some small ones! I live in a similar climate in Massachusetts, so I've been really appreciating your videos. They've been very helpful to me.
So happy you enjoy my videos and find them helpful, and thats wonderful you have cactus seedlings too, thanks so much Jessica for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Thanks a lot for all the great info Lyn 👍👍 There's always so much to learn how to take proper care for our cacti.
So happy you loved the info on watering cacti in Winter Luna :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
I’m glad that you demonstrated how much is a “little” water. Many tutorials here on UA-cam just say it but do not actually show the amount. Thanks for that. It assures me that I have been going in the right direction when it comes to winter watering. Peace.
thanks so much Ras El :-D for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thank you Lynn. I always learn so much from you and Hans .
thanks so much Traci for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
My first winter with a lot of cacti and I had to move most of them out to the poly.. I bought a few translucent boxes from Dunnes and keep them in those, in the poly. Thanks for stressing in several of your videos NOT to water while over wintering in the poly. Such a relief to have good info from an expert. Many thanks, Lynn. I did have to cut back my Cylindrica Sanseveria as they were touching the walls of the boxes and rotted. Amazed to see how they recover by closing the top of its stem. When I know its going to freeze, I bring the boxes into my utility room which is unheated at 8°C lowest. Thanks again , Lynn.
Thats brilliant that you bring the boxes into the utility room on the very cold nights, the big translucent boxes from Dunnes Stores are so good for holding cacti and succulents, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Verry nice cacti, thankyou for sharing.
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
Yey very informative video, great advice. A must watch video. I do water those which are very shrivelled inside my house as well.
So nice to see your collections in the polytunnel, all lovely beautiful plants. Thank you for sharing. 🤗💚🌵
So happy you loved the video my wonderful Cactus Powered Sister :-D and roll on Spring we say haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Wales for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Your grow room is perfectly in order Lyn! Love your perfection! Love also your wonderful collection of plants! Keep up the good work! Sending you Lyn and Hans lots of love and wish you have a wonderful evening!
So happy you love the Grow room :-D I had to give these cacti a good drink as they were starting to look too shrivelled haha, 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 a sunny afternoon XXXX
Excellent information... I have noticed shrinking too, its mostly my Gymnocalycium which are very prone to shrinking during the winter so I give them a little sip of water, but I do house all my cactus indoors so they dry out a bit more. My room is a similar temperature to your grow room in your video. Great video Lyn, enjoyed! 😁🌵🌵🌵👍🏻
So happy you enjoyed the video Claire :-D its always a dilemma at this time of year with watering our cacti, and I am so looking forward to the Spring again when I can get watering all the cacti in the polytunnel :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Very good video, Lyn. I also water some of my shriveled cacti during winter because our winter is mild compared to other places and our humidity level is always very low. We also get intense sunlight all year round. Watching this video makes me feel “less guilty” about watering during winter. 😁Lol!
So happy you loved the video Ana :-D and your climate is so nice and dry and sunny even in Winter, and you are definitely doing the best thing to water your cacti in Winter with your sunny and dry conditions, here in Ireland it is wet, wet, wet, haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER from Ireland to Las Vegas for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Great video Lyn, I was going to give a few of mine a little bit of water over the weekend but they’ll have to wait now, we got some very cold temps coming and loads of snow forecast for Saturday night into Sunday 🥶 Thank you for another awesome informative video Lyn, from Edith & myself to you and Hans, have a wonderful evening and weekend ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
Thanks so much Daz :-D yes its absolutely freezing here today haha and its forecast to snow and very cold temps from this afternoon, brrrrrr, I always feel by Feb that I am itching to get watering our cacti in the polytunnel but know that Feb and even March can be the coldest months, roll on Spring haha, thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thanks for being awesome Lyn!! you're the best! thanks for answering emails even though you must get hundreds !! Huge fan! heaps of love!!! I have some of that same genus that are super shriveled and was wondering If I shouldn't just give em' a tiny sip... THANKS!!!
Thanks so much Laurence for your wonderful message, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX
Thanks Lyn, great video and very helpful. Although you've told us a few times on your channel about holding back watering in winter, this elaboration on the topic taught me another thing or four that I didn't know yet and was really helpful. As someone else commented, it was great to see you demonstrating the amount of water you give too. It's a slow process to learn from experience and a painful process if it means losing plants along the way, so I'm very grateful to be able to learn from the knowledge that you built over the past 2.5 decades!! And super helpful for me that you have the Irish climate... I wish you and Hans and your plants good strong vibes to get through the 'Siberian weather' that they predict for the coming 4 days. Xx Nathalie from Dublin
haha so true Nathalie
Hi Lyn! Wow...a full to the brim room of stunning cacti. Love seeing all of them. Great informative video on watering the right way during winter. Love your poyete cacti and you have loads. Polytunnel is looking just as awesome. Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾 to Belfast and happy growing.
So happy you enjoyed the video on watering cacti in Winter Molly :-D and I am so looking forward to the Spring haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Malaysia or a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Last spring my variegated echinopsis looked like an accordion.. I gave them a soak before and a sip in winter this year 🍀
Its amazing how our cacti can really shrivel up as the Winter goes on haha, its so wonderful when we water them again and they start to iron our their wrinkles, thanks so much Christina for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
Hi Lyn very informative and so beautiful plantas, a lot of greetings from Serbia !
So happy you love the plants Denis :-D thanks so much for your wonderful friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Serbia for a wonderful new week XXXX
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thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
With seedlings its a balance between tough love and over babying them.
So true indeed Alex :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Philadelphia for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Tnx for the info, Lyn. Good video.
Alex
So happy you liked the info Alex :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Great video, thank you Lyn!
So happy you enjoyed the video Vera :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
very useful and helpful video, thank you for your advice
thanks so much Magda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Sea for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thank you so much for another highly informative video, Lyn!!! Warm regards to Hans! Sending you lots of love from Bakersfield, California!!!
thanks so much Elmer for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Have watered only a couple of Euphorbias. Stellata and my enigma, because the branches sometimes die if not given a little during the winter. But not much. And Euphorbia trigona ,to keep the leaves from falling off. Good information for all out there!! Thanks for sharing Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🏵🌴🌺🪴🌹🌲🌷🌳😃👍
Thanks so much Clyde :-D I think I will need to give my Euphorbia stellata a watering too as the leaves are looking a bit like dried paper lol! and my Euphorbia medusas are starting to lose their branches and I was going to email you to see if its ok to give them a little drink, I keep them in the office and its heated about 70 Fahrenheit, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park in the Ozarks for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Yes Lyn, it's kind of a delicate balance. If the arms of the medusoid Plants are shriveled, it's probably best to give a little drink. Just a spot of water. If not , they will lose arms. I lost my Flanaganii to dry rot. Reason unknown. It didn't turn black or brown, just soft like too dry. When I pulled on it , it came out too easy. Cut back the dying tissue. And I am now trying to root the remaining head. Not much success yet. But these are hard to root if cut in the middle of the stem. Easy if cut as a cutting from the main plant. So yes , go ahead and give a little. Just think, just a little longer and spring will spring to life!!! Have a great day Lyn!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🏵🌴🌺🪴🌹🌲🌷🌳😃👍
@@morrisparkintheozarks6831 So sorry you lost your flanaganii to dry rot, I will keep my fingers crossed you can get it to re root again, I will give mine a little drink to stop the branches from dying back, yes roll on Spring we say haha, we are counting the days haha XXXX
Thank you very much for a very useful video. I'm always in doubt if I should give them a bit of water or not during the winter months, so very nice to see your take on this 😊
thanks so much Kim for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Great video
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thanks so much. Your video answered all my questions and concerns from last video comment.
So happy the video answered your questions and concerns :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Thank you Lyn for value information. I have as well 15-20 C on my windowsill in the kitchen where is a lot of cacti and I do not water at all. 👍🌱 I think Mammilaria prolifera forming flower buds. Have amazing day! 🌵
Thats fantastic news you have your Mammillaria prolifera forming flower buds :-D Spring is nearly here thank goodness, thanks so much George for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Moldova for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Hello from the rising sun Japan another awesome video
thanks so much Ken for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a fantastic Sunday and new week ahead today XXXX
Great video Now I know how to waster
thanks so much Patricia for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
A small sip of water on a late, sunny winter's day is unlikely to do much harm if it's clear that the cactus is badly shrivelling and losing size. The roots are always efficient at picking up the small amount of moisture given.
Generally, I water my cacti the same way as you do. Bone dry from (November to January), with the first sip in February or March dependent on the recent weather and the visual condition of the plant. Northerlies and easterly winds have kept the temperatures below average here since Christmas with very low spells of sun. So I am not expecting any plants to break out of dormancy at this stage.
In contrast to last year, I had new spines and flower buds on several of my plants becouse it was much sunnier and warmer. I am hoping by late February to begin rolling back dormancy measures if the weather has improved. So far there is little sign of that. Winter in Somerset is still very much in charge. Thanks again!.
Thanks so much James for your wonderful words and for sharing your experience with your plants at this time of year :-D yes Winter here in Belfast is still very much in charge too, and today we have really cold temps and snow is forecast this week too brrrrrrrr, I am itching for the Spring again haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Somerset for a wonderful Monday and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Very interesting video Lyn👌😊. I do the same as you do because here in the mediterranean coast my gymnos don't rest very much in winter and although I have them outdoors (under roof), they receive plenty of sun and wind that dry them very much. That makes necessary for me to water once or twice during winter as long as I see that we have mild temperature. But everyone has to consider their circumstances to decide if it's necessary to water their plants. Love from Spain 😘💕🌵☮️🌺
So happy you enjoyed the video Vanesa :-D and you are so lucky living in Spain with all the nice sunshine, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Spain or a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Another point to consider is how much light your plant is getting. If you have your plants in a warm room with low light, which can happen especially for the first few months of winter, you need to be very careful about watering. You want to give them enough to reduce shriveling, but not enough to start them growing. If they start growing under low light, you will get etiolation, that is thin, unhealthy growth. This can be prevented by hanging grow lights above your plants.
So very true indeed Emmit :-D etiolation is so common in high heat and low light, grow lights can really help at this time of year with the low light levels, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Hi Lynne love your cactus, I watered my cactus because it’s warm in the house, but for some reason I lost 2, one was completely dried out and the other was completely white mouldy. It broke my heart, I do have more cactus they are doing well and I guest I won’t water them until March.
Thank you for the wonderful videos and advice.🥰❤️
Hi Diane :-D so sorry to hear about your cacti , Winter is so tough for our cacti, and getting them through these tough months are the hardest, but its best to keep the cacti dry now until the end of March, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thanks for clarifying about cacti care in winter :) I have two little cacti now, a domino and ferocactus. I guess what I was confused on was whether shriveling (and using up water reserves) meant that the cactus was not really dormant. I have them in my basement that drops down sometimes to about 13 C (57F) at lowest, but to get it any lower Id have to open a window. So I was never sure if my cacti were actually fully dormant. I've only been giving them a little bit of water once a month.
So happy that you enjoyed the cacti care, it can be so confusing in Winter, especially late Winter when to know if you need to water your cacti when they shrivel, the good news is Spring is getting closer now, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you both lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Do you ever giveaway cacti seeds. I love planting seeds. Been looking for some
Hi Laura :-D I do sometimes giveaway cactus seeds but I am only able to give seeds away to people in UK or Ireland due to postage restrictions, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
Thank you for this great video. I always feel terrible not watering my cacti, but I know it is better for them ;) My opuntia snow cactus is drooping terrible...Is it a good idea to build some kind of support for them? Hope you and Hansi are doing great and staying well xoxoxo
Hi Anja :-D so happy you enjoyed the video, yes you can build a support for them, I have made a little frame for some of my Opunita cacti in the past made of bamboo sticks to stop them from flopping over, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
Hi there😌🙌Great and very helpful video. Your minimum winter temperature in winter in your greenhouse is 5℃? I see it's warm enough to keep your crassula ovata jade trees alive and happy.
So happy you enjoyed the video Newman :-D yes I keep the greenhouse at a minimum temperature of 5c, and I keep the majority of the plants all dry with no water until the spring, this keeps them overwintering well, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
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thanks so much Susan for your fantastic support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful day XXXX
Hey, thank you for the information!
I have my cacti in our yurt. They get some daylight but not much, mostly artificial light. In the winter at night the temperatures get down to about 10°C because we're sleeping and unable to feed the wood stove, but during the day it gets up to 20-25°C when we are able to feed the stove. Although when both of us are away at work, it will stay at 8-10°C during the day and it only warms up in the evening when we get back home.
So given the wild temperature fluctuations, should I give my shriveled cacti some water or wait till late March?
Hi Natalia :-D thats so wonderful you have a Yurt, :-D because of the fluctuating temps its best to not water your cacti now until about mid to late March, they should still be ok and should plump back up again in the Spring when you water them, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
This is great timing- my mammillaria carmanae is flowering today, which is weird, it also flowered in the end of November. I got in October a I haven't watered it once. It's on west facing window in an unheated kitchen. Do you get that often? Is it unhealthy and a sign it's in distress to be flowering this time of year? Thanks for all your info on your videos it's been really helpful
Thats wonderful news that your Mammillaria Carmenera is flowering :-D the good news is that its normal for many Mammillarias to flower in mid to late winter, and you dont need to worry as its normal, itss an added bonus to see blooms on our cacti in Winter, thanks so much Sophie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday today XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon wow thanks so much so happy to have my cactus flowering! It's nice to have flowers at this time of year
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Interesting. I'm starting out on this journey. So tell me, do Caudex shrivel? I have a young Desert Rose and would hate to kill it. It is inside under lamp at 28c. Looks to be stable with 1 new leaf showing, so not dormant any more. Cheers in advance
Hi Olaf :-F yes Caudex plants still shrivel in the Winter and their caudex bodies will often shrink back in size as they use up the water reserves in the caudex, thats wonderful news you have a new leaf growing on your Desert Rose :-D and at 28c its safe to go ahead and water as normal, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
Haha i kept mine indoors at 20 to 30c and didnt water them often (1ce a month).. now they all look very thirsty lol.. and my bunny ear might not survive haha (bunch of new green heads but the base plant is very horribly wrinkled lol
WOW at 30c thats a heatwave haha :-D but luckily Cacti can adapt to both low and high temps in Winter :-D I would definitely give your Bunny ears a good drink now if its at 30C
How much light do cacti need over winter? It will be my first winter with my small collection of cacti and I am wondering where to overwinter them. I am in Canada if that helps
Hi Nat :-D the good news is cacti can manage with much less light in the Winter months when they are resting, if you have a bright window or location this will be perfect for them, it doesn't have to be a sunny window as long as it is bright, if you are overwintering them inside of a room away from a bright window then you can use a LED plant grow light over the cacti that is left on for around 5-6 hours a day in Winter, if you can overwinter them cool and dry and bright this is the perfect overwintering, thanks so much Nat for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Canada for a wonderful Tuesday XXXX
I recieved a cutting from a ebay seller and its been growing crazy not sure of what it is(succulent) but the tips keep bending over limp. Should I be worried. Should I do something? Its in my bay window 70 degree inside about 20 degree outside.
Hi there, it can be difficult to say because it can depend on the type of succulent it is as there are thousands of different types, and many need different care requirements, but here is a link to a website on the Succulent ID of many of the most popular Succulents: wwwSuccGuide.com XXXXX
Yeah just killed one of my rare ones by accident. Wish I would have watched this vid first. My San Pedro loves water in winter but only 4 5 inch wide ones do from what I can tell
Oh no so sorry to hear this, its so gutting when we lose plants, especially the rarer ones, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching and have a terrific plant powered Tuesday today XXXX
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Hi Jhon :-D thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX