Summer was approaching, so lots of plants out again Lyn! What a vast variety of Opuntia Cactus plants there is...beautiful! Love the curly one, so cute! You really did a great job with such a display...they look wonderful! Have a wonderful evening Lyn and Hans! Sending you both lots of love from Malta!
haha the Prickly Pear Cacti are the ones I dread to touch when re arranging, as their tiny spined glochids stick to the skin just by looking at them haha :-D but it was so wonderful to get tidying them up and re arranging them, 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 wonderful afternoon XXXX
I love the Opuntia beside the Crassula. They absolutely compliment each other so well. :) Ive been watching all your videos on the progress with the polytunnel and im so impressed. it looks great. :) Hard work really paid off!
Thanks a million Denise :-D I have been working so hard re arranging all the plants and its such hard work but so much fun :-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 to Canada for a sunny Sunday today XXXXX
Lynnie!!! Although I've seen your cacti and succulent collection many times before, seeing them all together now redefines the magnitude of the collection, which is phenomenal!!! Absolutely gob smacked!! I'm so happy for you! Everything looks well displayed too. Thank you for stating the names of the opuntias, I sure learnt some names from the video. Massive thumbs up! Keep it up Lynnie!!! From the garden city of India to the Emerald Isle, have smashing days in your poly tunnel with your incredible plant family! Cheers.
So happy you love the cacti collection :-D I will do a complete tour of the whole polytunnel in the next couple of weeks :-D its been so wonderful to get everything sorted out in there and make lots more space for the plants and when I re pot them on :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to the garden City of India for a plant filled amazing day ahead XXXXX
Hi Lyn!!!!!!!! A lort of hard work from both of you. So nice that now is all done. I saw the Stapelia is growing so well. And the opuntia i wish it blooms for you because it makes amazing flowers. But i am so impresed with the Alocasia. Wow guys what are you doing and it grows so well? All the plants you had sent me they are growing also well. They have all new growths now.
Thanks so much Iris :-D so happy you love the plants and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic plant powered Tuesday today XXXX
I bet your Tephrocacti are gorgeous Carol :-D Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle for a fantastic Wednesday XXXXX
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 wonderful new week XXXXX
Awesome job Lyn, polytunnel really does look great. I have one of those Opuntia rufida arriving soon, amazing you’d had yours for such a long time. Great video as always 😊👍🌵☀️
Thats brilliant news you have an Opuntia rufida on order they are gorgeous little Opuntias to grow :-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 wonderful new week XXXXX
I remember growing up as a kid and an neighbor had a opuntia cactus out in the yard. I remember really being captivated by it. That was 18 years ago. I recently went back to the location to recieve a pad. Unfortunately it was gone, you couldn't even tell it grew there at all. House was also abandoned. Very eerie feeling. Strange.
Thank you so much Anna :-D so happy you love the polytunnel and the cacti and thanks so much for watching and for your wonderful comment :-D sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a Sunny filled Sunday ahead XXXXX
Hi Lynn, :-D, could you please make a vid on your cactus soil mix? Like me, you live in a high humidity area and I would love to know your recipe or perhaps you have found a ready made mix that works well in your climate. Thanks Lynn.
Hi there, yes I LOVE to make my own soil mix for cacti and succulents and here is a link to a video I have made on How I make my own Cactus and Succulent Soil: th-cam.com/video/8s9Jq7qbfA0/w-d-xo.html thanks so much for your wonderful support and comments and for watching, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Wednesday today XXXX
thanks so much Jon for your wonderful comment and for watching the videos and sending you lots of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a sunny Sunday today XXXXX
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Wednesday today XXXXXX
Hi :-D Yes I have San Pedro and Bolivian torch cacti too I have a lot of different types :-D Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle for a fantastic Wednesday XXXXX
Hi many cacti varieties produce fruits but the most popular ones are Dragon fruit ( Hylocereus ) and Opuntia ( Prickly Pear fruits ) they are delicious :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle for a Terrific Thursday XXXXXX
Have you ever had to deal with chelinidea vittiger infestation on prickly pears and/or other cacti plants? I live in Texas and they are a extreme pain because they can kill a nice plant within a month
Hi :-D thankfully I have not had to deal with this pest but mealy bugs and spider mites are a pain for me, but chelinidea vittiger are awful pests, Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isl e for a fantastic Wednesday XXXXX
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
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 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
Hi Jamie :-D yes I have had quite a few flower and produce fruit in the past, I have managed to grow some of them from seed from the fruits, Opuntia are not the easiest to get to flower in cultivation compared to other types of cactus like Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium and Mammillaria, but when they flower the flowers are stunning, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hi Lyn! I have 3 opuntia humifusa compressa and all of them are wery shrively and don’t seem to absorb water. Yours looked like that too so is it normal? ( they where not like that before the winter) Is it true that they can take -25 to -45˚C?
haha I know its so large and special :-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
Hi Michelle :-D so happy you love the collection, I don't sell any plants myself but a good online website is trichocereus.co.uk and uhligkakteen.com and kakteenhaage.com, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Friday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon ok..yes i see that you have so many... Its amazing how i got involved with cactus plants by watching house plant tours on youtube snd this lady haf a unique astrophytum and i went shopping to find it. Ended up buying a mammillaria... type..then i just got more intrigued with cacti!! Now i have 18 different specimens in my collection so far!!
@@michellechapman8738 Thats fantastic you have 18 different types of cactus in your collection Michelle :-D these plants can be really addictive haha, and they really are amaizng plants to grow XXXX
Hi :-D I will be selling plants direct from the nursery when it is up and running but not online as its too time consuming and the mail service is not the best with sending plants :-D but direct from here I will be selling any extra seedlings I am growing and plants etc :-D I will be selling seeds online though
Surely mine is one of the ones you have there the owner couldn't take it when they moved gave it to me and said he was a special opuntia kind of looks like the one you said was 36 years old and special can I email a picture for a expert to identify i would greatly appreciate it 🙏
Hi Barry :-D I have just seen your email now, and so sorry for only just seeing your mail, your Opuntia is wonderful and although yours looks greener and more glossier than mine I am pretty sure your Opuntia is a variety of Opuntia rufida minima monstose, possible a hybrid between Opuntia rufida minima and Opuntia quimilo, 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 Friday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon when i rub different pictures of it through the internet it keeps giving me opuntia polyacantha or opuntia aurantiaca the polyacantha looks a little similar but not aurantiaca too round I'm going to research the new kinds you taught me Ive seen rufida come up but not quimilo or minama monstrose so polyacantha is out of the question then because that'sthe rabbit hole i was headed
Hi Guys :-D In this video I have fun re arranging all the Opuntia 'Prickly Pear Cacti" inside the polytunnel for the summer :-D
Summer was approaching, so lots of plants out again Lyn! What a vast variety of Opuntia Cactus plants there is...beautiful! Love the curly one, so cute! You really did a great job with such a display...they look wonderful! Have a wonderful evening Lyn and Hans! Sending you both lots of love from Malta!
haha the Prickly Pear Cacti are the ones I dread to touch when re arranging, as their tiny spined glochids stick to the skin just by looking at them haha :-D but it was so wonderful to get tidying them up and re arranging them, 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 wonderful afternoon XXXX
The poly tunnel looks great!! Love the idea of the cardboard toilet rolls holding the cacti up. Very handy.
So happy you love the polytunnel dear Kathy
I love the Opuntia beside the Crassula. They absolutely compliment each other so well. :) Ive been watching all your videos on the progress with the polytunnel and im so impressed. it looks great. :) Hard work really paid off!
Thanks a million Denise :-D I have been working so hard re arranging all the plants and its such hard work but so much fun :-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 to Canada for a sunny Sunday today XXXXX
Lynnie!!! Although I've seen your cacti and succulent collection many times before, seeing them all together now redefines the magnitude of the collection, which is phenomenal!!! Absolutely gob smacked!! I'm so happy for you! Everything looks well displayed too. Thank you for stating the names of the opuntias, I sure learnt some names from the video. Massive thumbs up! Keep it up Lynnie!!! From the garden city of India to the Emerald Isle, have smashing days in your poly tunnel with your incredible plant family! Cheers.
So happy you love the cacti collection :-D I will do a complete tour of the whole polytunnel in the next couple of weeks :-D its been so wonderful to get everything sorted out in there and make lots more space for the plants and when I re pot them on :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you lots of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to the garden City of India for a plant filled amazing day ahead XXXXX
Hi Lyn!!!!!!!! A lort of hard work from both of you. So nice that now is all done. I saw the Stapelia is growing so well. And the opuntia i wish it blooms for you because it makes amazing flowers. But i am so impresed with the Alocasia. Wow guys what are you doing and it grows so well? All the plants you had sent me they are growing also well. They have all new growths now.
Thanks a million dear Olga
It looks beautiful! Love those Opuntia!
So happy you love the Opuntia Eileen
Looking lovely
Thanks so much Iris :-D so happy you love the plants and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic plant powered Tuesday today XXXX
Loved seeing your Opuntia collection. I only have a few (3) Tephrocacti, but they’re intriguing plants.
I bet your Tephrocacti are gorgeous Carol :-D Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle for a fantastic Wednesday XXXXX
cool video, I luv your accent! and the touching story of your brother and the association of 36 years! wow... 🌵👌🏾
So happy you enjoyed the video, and thank you so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic Monday XXXX
That opuntia rufida miniature that is over 30+ years old. Wow! Mine grows very, very, very sloooowww. 🐢
So happy you love the Opuntia rufida its a slow grower indeed :-D and is so tiny and compact in size :-D so happy you have this little beauty too
What a place you have there.... its terrific
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 wonderful new week XXXXX
Awesome job Lyn, polytunnel really does look great. I have one of those Opuntia rufida arriving soon, amazing you’d had yours for such a long time. Great video as always 😊👍🌵☀️
Thats brilliant news you have an Opuntia rufida on order they are gorgeous little Opuntias to grow :-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 wonderful new week XXXXX
I remember growing up as a kid and an neighbor had a opuntia cactus out in the yard. I remember really being captivated by it. That was 18 years ago. I recently went back to the location to recieve a pad. Unfortunately it was gone, you couldn't even tell it grew there at all. House was also abandoned. Very eerie feeling. Strange.
Awwwwww that is so sad to read
Beautiful 😍
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
Love your poly tunnel. You're really and inspiration. Love all your cati they're geourgeous.
Thank you so much Anna :-D so happy you love the polytunnel and the cacti and thanks so much for watching and for your wonderful comment :-D sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a Sunny filled Sunday ahead XXXXX
Hi Lynn, :-D, could you please make a vid on your cactus soil mix? Like me, you live in a high humidity area and I would love to know your recipe or perhaps you have found a ready made mix that works well in your climate. Thanks Lynn.
Hi there, yes I LOVE to make my own soil mix for cacti and succulents and here is a link to a video I have made on How I make my own Cactus and Succulent Soil: th-cam.com/video/8s9Jq7qbfA0/w-d-xo.html thanks so much for your wonderful support and comments and for watching, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Wednesday today XXXX
Wow amazing 👏👏
Thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful plant powered weekend XXXX
Love watching your videos
thanks so much Jon for your wonderful comment and for watching the videos and sending you lots of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a sunny Sunday today XXXXX
Beautiful
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Wednesday today XXXXXX
Wonderful collection. Have any San pedro or bolivian torch cactus?
Hi :-D Yes I have San Pedro and Bolivian torch cacti too I have a lot of different types :-D Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle for a fantastic Wednesday XXXXX
Which fruit-bearing cactus varieties.?
Hi many cacti varieties produce fruits but the most popular ones are Dragon fruit ( Hylocereus ) and Opuntia ( Prickly Pear fruits ) they are delicious :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle for a Terrific Thursday XXXXXX
Where can I get my pollytunnel from?
Hi :-D we bought ours from www.feelgooduk online and they are very good :-D XXXXXXX
Have you ever had to deal with chelinidea vittiger infestation on prickly pears and/or other cacti plants? I live in Texas and they are a extreme pain because they can kill a nice plant within a month
Hi :-D thankfully I have not had to deal with this pest but mealy bugs and spider mites are a pain for me, but chelinidea vittiger are awful pests, Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isl e for a fantastic Wednesday XXXXX
Grand collection!
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
nice collection fam
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
Great work!!
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
Have any of your opuntia produced prickly pear fruit/flower?
Hi Jamie :-D yes I have had quite a few flower and produce fruit in the past, I have managed to grow some of them from seed from the fruits, Opuntia are not the easiest to get to flower in cultivation compared to other types of cactus like Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium and Mammillaria, but when they flower the flowers are stunning, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
Hi Lyn! I have 3 opuntia humifusa compressa and all of them are wery shrively and don’t seem to absorb water. Yours looked like that too so is it normal? ( they where not like that before the winter) Is it true that they can take -25 to -45˚C?
Hi :-D Yes the Opuntia humifusas are very shrivelly looking and this is normal for them to look like that almost like a shrivelled balloon haha
That plant Hans brought over from Sweden 😍😍😍
haha I know its so large and special :-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
Do you sell your plants?? So nice.. Great collection!!
Hi Michelle :-D so happy you love the collection, I don't sell any plants myself but a good online website is trichocereus.co.uk and uhligkakteen.com and kakteenhaage.com, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Friday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon ok..yes i see that you have so many... Its amazing how i got involved with cactus plants by watching house plant tours on youtube snd this lady haf a unique astrophytum and i went shopping to find it. Ended up buying a mammillaria... type..then i just got more intrigued with cacti!! Now i have 18 different specimens in my collection so far!!
@@michellechapman8738 Thats fantastic you have 18 different types of cactus in your collection Michelle :-D these plants can be really addictive haha, and they really are amaizng plants to grow XXXX
Holy cactus!!! You have such a large collection. Do you sell any of them?
Hi :-D I will be selling plants direct from the nursery when it is up and running but not online as its too time consuming and the mail service is not the best with sending plants :-D but direct from here I will be selling any extra seedlings I am growing and plants etc :-D I will be selling seeds online though
Surely mine is one of the ones you have there the owner couldn't take it when they moved gave it to me and said he was a special opuntia kind of looks like the one you said was 36 years old and special can I email a picture for a expert to identify i would greatly appreciate it 🙏
Hi Barry :-D I have just seen your email now, and so sorry for only just seeing your mail, your Opuntia is wonderful and although yours looks greener and more glossier than mine I am pretty sure your Opuntia is a variety of Opuntia rufida minima monstose, possible a hybrid between Opuntia rufida minima and Opuntia quimilo, 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 Friday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon when i rub different pictures of it through the internet it keeps giving me opuntia polyacantha or opuntia aurantiaca the polyacantha looks a little similar but not aurantiaca too round I'm going to research the new kinds you taught me Ive seen rufida come up but not quimilo or minama monstrose so polyacantha is out of the question then because that'sthe rabbit hole i was headed
@@barryszymanski8022 I hope you are able to ID your Opuntia and keep me dated if you find the correct ID XXXX 🥰🌵
@@desertplantsofavalon time to take your advice get off the cell phone and hit the books
@@barryszymanski8022 XXXX 😀🌵
I love the 36 year old one (sorry didn't catch the name) Such a sweet story behind it. They're all beautiful 🥰🤗🌵
Thank you so much
@@desertplantsofavalon - 😁🤗🌵