I was just wondering this today!! Thanks for posting. I have only just started watching so you may mention this, but would you adjust for which part of Ireland/Britain you live in?
@@GlasshouseandGarden Thats perfect timing haha :-D yes it can depend a lot on the climate of your area, e.g in the South of England it can be much more sunnier and drier in Winter, and in other parts of England and Ireland and Scotland it can be much colder and rainier, in Ireland Cork can have very mild Winters and without any frost but other parts can be much colder, here in Belfast the Winters are very mild but very wet and high in humidity, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and your support, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful evening XXXX
I brought my Trichs outdoors late March because we too had a mild winter. Then it snowed like a foot, nearly completely covering my plants. I didn't even bother bringing them back in for that week. They did just fine.
@@1neAdam12Its incredible how hardy they can be, Trichocereus can be tough guys :-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 fantastic new week XXXX
Desert Plants of Avalon Hallo dear nice Lady Lyn!!!! Thank you so much for all the information, and for sharing these!!!! 👍 Yoursincely from Renate Vienna
So happy you loved the information and the video dear Renate :-D I really love the Summer months and don't want the Winter to arrive haha, but I know I will have all the wonderful Schlumbergera Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti blooms to look forward to this Winter, thanks so much Dear Renate 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 Vienna for a fantastic new week XXXX
So happy you love the plants Jillian :-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 fantastic new week XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Russ :-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 terrific Thursday XXXX
So happy you loved the video Ana :-D it only seems like yesterday we was planning for the spring and now we are thinking of the upcoming Winter, 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 to Las Vegas for a super Sunday today XXXX
thanks so much Mick 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
So happy you loved the Video Nicola :-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 fantastic new week XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Elda :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland to Albania for a fantastic new week XXXX
Thanks for this wonderful video full of important information! Some new things I have learned today! Thanks! It will be a problem this winter with the rise in electricity to keep alot of growlights on! Hope you have a wonderful evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Sending you lots of love and happiness!
So happy you loved the video Sylvia :-D the high rising costs of electricity is a worry with the grow lights and polytunnel heater, and I will have to have a re think about the polytunnel this Winter I may just replace the heater with the dehumidifyer and cover a lot of the plants with fleece cloth, hopefully we will have a mild Winter after the heatwaves, and I can have the growlights on a timer to just come on for a couple of hours, just enough to give them a boost in Winter, thanks so much Sylvia 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 Malta for a fantastic afternoon and new week XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Craig :-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
haha Trees are amazing too, so happy you love the Cacti, 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 super Sunday XXXX
I hate to think we are heading into winter. The worst part is the darkness of short days. I am lucky that we usually get warm days till first week of November. Thanks for another informative vídeo, dear Lyn 🙏❤️😍
So happy you enjoyed the video Fernanda :-D I really hate the thought of the Winter too haha, it only seems like yesterday I was all excited for the Spring, the dark short days I really don't like in the Winter, and I wish I could hibernate and overwinter with all the plants and wake back up again in the Spring hahaha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Portugal for a fantastic new week XXXX
For a couple of newbies that's great Information Lyn, And we share the same environment! We are about 50/50 cactus and succulents and was told To slow both down for the winter months, and yet some Of our succulents are still flying along, possibly because In this part of the British isles (essex)we are still enjoying Some great weather. Oh well,thank God and you for Good clear advice,thanks always, Bill Maureen.
So happy you loved the information Bill :-D it can be difficult to know when to stop watering especially as the Summer is continuing to still be very warm, we have had a couple of heavy rain downpours on sat night and last night, but its been very sunny and very warm still during the days, we are definitely having an Indian Summer after the heatwave, although this temperature is nice and comfortable now compared to a few weeks ago haha, I still have cacti coming into bud but I dont think the buds will last to full term at this late in the season, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you and Maureen lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Essex for a fantastic new week XXXX
Thnks, Lynne. I just gave mine a good watering yesterday. I will be moving them off the enclosed front porch a soon as the temps start to drop and into the bay windows with grow lights.. My geraniums and begonias stay on the porch with heaters when the temps drop to 45F.
Thats fantastic Mick :-D you are well prepared for the upcoming Winter, I can't believe how fast this Summer has flown, one minute we was looking forward to the Spring and now its coming up to the Winter haha, thanks so much Mick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Hi Lyn, many thanks for another great video, lot's of very useful tips as always, thanks so much for sharing! Wishing you and Hans a relaxing Sunday evening and a wonderful week ahead, take care and happy growing!!🌵🌵🌺🌱😊💚😎
So happy you enjoyed the video Joe :-D I always dread the thought of the Winter arriving and it only seems like yesterday I was all excited for the Spring, I am really hoping that we have a mild Winter this year as all the rocket sky high rising electricity costs really concerns me with heating the polytunnel, thanks so much Joe for your fantastic comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Bavaria for a wonderful evening ahead XXX
Thank you very much for your information about stop watering cacti for the winter. I will stop my watering in the end of this month. I am from Germany and I have some cacti on the windowsill since 4 years. During this time, some of them were unfortunately overwatered but I am still learning. I've been thinking for a long time how to deal with the cool temperatures in my rooms. I hope my cacti have a good winter rest in this year. Greetings from Thomas
So happy you enjoyed the video Thomas :-D and thats wonderful you have cacti for 4 years, the cool temperatures in your rooms will be perfect for overwintering your cacti, thanks so much for your fantastic comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Germany for a wonderful evening XXXX
So happy you loved the tips Peter :-D and Happy Spring to you and Ellyn, I can't believe how fast the growing season has gone, one minute I was so excited for the Spring and now its coming up to Winter argh haha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a fantastic new week XXXX
Great video Lyn!! Yes its sometimes hard to gage when to say when!! Our weather and conditions have to do a lot with it as you said . And pot size also I will be starting to bring it some of the larger plants this week and getting ready for our annual wind down from the summer. Thanks for sharing this great video Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🌷🌳🌻🌴🌺🌿🏵🌲😃👍
So happy you loved the video Clyde :-D I dread the thought of the Winter with the cold dark short days, but the Schlumbergeras blooming in the Winter time make me feel happy, it only seems like yesterday we was all excited for the upcoming Spring and now we are planning for the Winter argh haha, 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 for a fantastic new week XXXX
Hi Lyn! Here in Japan it's 30% humidity in winter with sunny days at about 10℃ and nights down to -8℃. All my cacti do fine with low humidity outdoors, and I put a thick polythene, clear sheet round my shelf; like a greenhouse. Just use the heater on cloudy overcast days, and mainly the dehumidifier👍🌵 I do bring plants indoors like my succulents; crassula jade trees, stapelias, hoodia. I leave my Haworthias outdoors all winter😱💢They have a transparent large plastic cover and the tray the pots sit in is insulated with reflective aluminium foil, thermo-foam👍🌵
Thanks so much Newman for sharing how you overwinter your plants, thats amazing your Haworthias are outdoors in Winter, and that sounds fantastic with the reflective aluminium foil thermo foam, and at 30% humidity its so good you have the air nice and dry :-D I hope that it will be a mild Winter like last year in Ireland and I can just use the dehumidifier instead of the heater as it uses a fraction of the cost in elec, thanks so much Newman 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
Awesome video, Lyn. I usually start to wind down on the watering of the desert cacti this month, then stop around mid-October or until we start getting the first frosts. Hopefully the summer goes on for a bit longer yet though, still been nice and sunny and warm here but still desperate for rain again. Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a wonderful evening from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
So happy you loved the video Daz :-D the weather has been amazing yesterday and today very warm and sunny, and warm temps forecast for this week too, it really has been a hot long Summer, we have had a couple of very heavy downpours of rain Saturday night and again last night, and it was so good to get the rain barrels filled back up again, I hope you get some rain too soon, thanks so much Daz 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 new week ahead XXXX
I've actually had to back off watering a lot of my indoor cacti here! It's been so tricky keeping them alive inside, because desert weather is.... strange, to say the least. I've lost more than half of the cacti I started the year with LOL. Thankfully, they're all easy to replace, but man... it's been a challenge 😅.
Thank you for this information. I have the largest collection of cacti this year than ever before. I will be bringing them inside to an unheated room where they will stay warm enough to not freeze. I needed to know when to quit watering. I will bring mine inside by October 29th.
Thats wonderful you have a larger collection of cacti than ever, its so addictive haha, and bringing your cacti into an unheated room for Winter is perfect for overwintering them, thanks so much Cheryl for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Great information Lyn, as always, and this is the time of year you have lots of moving around of plants, such tiring work but you are dedicated to your plants 😊👍🏻🌵 I stop at the end of September, will usually give one half amount of water early September and then again at the end half the amount. As all my cactus live permanently all year indoors some get a little bit if needed once a month but apart from that I don't water again until next Spring.😄
So happy you loved the video Claire :-D it only seems like yesterday I was excited for the Spring and now we are planning for the Winter, thats fantastic you stop watering at the end of September too, the weather has still been so nice and warm for September and I hope that we have a mild Winter this year, thanks so much Claire 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 from across the Sea for a terrific Thursday afternoon XXXX
Since the winters in Europe aren`t harsh anymore`t I bring my cacti to the garage after 1. of november. I have made good experiences letting them in the open this long.
Its so good that the Winters in Europe are not harsh, It means we get to leave the cacti outside for that little bit longer, 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 Tuesday today XXXX
This was brilliant Lynn, thanks. Like most of us, I am concerned about the cost of electricity and keeping the glasshouse at 5C+ over winter. I hope we are in for a mild one, although that brings different problems in terms of pests in the garden etc. Take care and may the wind always be mild across your cactus house!
So happy you loved the video :-D yes I really hope we get a mild Winter this year too, I am wondering how the Winter is going to be as we have had such a hot sunny Summer in UK and Ireland this year, and it may continue to be more mild over Winter, Pests are such a pain though if the temps don't drop too cold, I noticed more Mealybug and spidermites in the polytunnel last Winter as it was a mild one, the elec costs are worrying and I think I will only be putting on the heater on the very cold nights when frost is forecast, and the rest of the time I will be covering a lot of them with fleece, I will have to do things a little bit differently this year I think, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Always love your positivity!!! Are most cacti able to survive very cold weather (ie below freezing over night) providing they are dry enough?
@@GlasshouseandGarden Awwww so happy you love my positivity :-D a lot of cacti like Gymnocalycium and Echinopsis, Opuntia, Mammillaria and Rebutia are very cold hardy if kept totally dry and can survive below freezing, depending on the variety, as some are less cold hardy than others in the same genus, the air humidity can be the biggest problem, as its the damp air and cold temperature that can be a problem, but if you can open up the greenhouse on the dry Winter days to ventilate as much as possible this really helps, we have a dehumidifier that costs less to run than the elec heater, ( 380w ) compared to our BioGreen heater at 1kw, and think we may be using that on the very cold frosty nights instead of the elec heater, and covering a lot of them with fleece cloth, but keeping the cacti as dry as possible and ventilation is definitely the best XXXXX
This was really useful as I started to collect different cacti since the start of the year and was starting to wonder when to stop watering, also on a side note my first one I had as a gift was 2 years ago and although its lost two growths on it its still surviving 😊
So happy you found the video useful Harry :-D and thats wonderful your cactus from two years ago is still going strong :-D 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 Tuesday XXXX
Great video. I usually stop watering mid or end of September, may also change setting on my heater in the greenhouse. Can you please do a separate video which epiphytes you overwinter at home and which should be fine in a greenhouse - thank you.
So happy you loved the video Magda :-D thats a fantastic idea with the video and I will plan on making one over the next few days, and I will give you and your channel a special shout out as a video request :-D most of the Epiphyllum's and Rhipsalis do well in a greenhouse over winter, but there are a few that need warmth in Winter and I will make a special video on the Epiphytes about what is cold hardy and what is not, thanks so much Magda 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 from across the sea for a fantastic new week XXXX
So happy you enjoyed the video Beaner :-D and thank you so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday today XXXX
Hi Lyn, i have never used horticultural fleece before but have considered it a few times. In my case, I would use it on some of my balcony plants/trees that are borderline hardy for this climate, like my Canna for example. So the fleece would get wet. I'm a total novice though, so I would welcome any tips on how you apply it: perhaps you can make a video if and when you use fleece? Just an idea. Best to you and Hans
The Horticultural fleece works well for protecting from frost, I have used it a few times on my Epiphyllums in the polytunnel and also we used to use it on some of the more delicate outdoor potted plants, the only problem we find is with the outdoor plants and all the rain we get the fleece gets wet and can be heavy on the plants, now we bring into the house any of the more sensitive outdoor potted plants because of the fleece always getting wet due to the rain, I am not sure if we will be using it again this year but if we do I will definitely make a video, we would loosely wrap the fleece around the plants at least 2 layers of fleece and use pegs to hold the fleece around the plants to stop the fleece from blowing away, thanks so much Nathalie for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for an amazing Tuesday XXXX
So happy the video was perfect timing Andy :-D yes I stop watering the Lophs and Arios at the end of Sept too, awwwww I really wanted to go to the National show but wasn't able to make it this time, but it must have been awesome and I hope you had a fantastic time there, thanks so much Andy for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Great video with lots of great information. Do you hold off with the watering for eurphobia plants during the winter? Or do you give a bit of water. What about plants like the Ric rac cactus? Are they treated like a thanksgiving cactus? Also, do the roots of these plants disintegrate without any water whatsoever, whether cactus or eurphobia. Live in Canada and its now middle of Nov. Keep up the good work!
So happy you oved the video Annette :-D yes I hold off watering the majority of my Euphorbia except the Euphorbia milli as mine seem to want to continue blooming in the winter, I do still water my Rik Rak cactus lightly about once every 6 weeks in winter just to prevent their leaves from shrivelling too much, the good news is when Euphorbia and Cacti are resting during the winter months their roots stay solid and are evolved to go many months without water without their roots dying or disintegrating, thanks so much Annette for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Canada for a super Sunday XXXX
Hi Lyn, thank you for your great videos, I just wondered if my euphorbia would be ok to over winter on a south facing window sill or should I put it under a grow light ? ☺️
Hi Suzanne :-D a south facing window is perfect for overwintering your Euphorbia, I overwinter a lot of my Euphorbias in my south facing kitchen window and they do really well, you wont need to use a grow light as a south facing window is perfect lighting for them, thanks so much Suzanne for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Thanks! Keeping a close eye here on the weather. Have recently moved severa desert cacti under the outside roof to start to dry out. So much rain here. I plan to move them back and forth into the dry sun and back onto the covered porch till it is time to bring them all in. Wondering if you give your ephitic cacti any fertilizer this time of year.. I usually do one last feed for the Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti, but don't know if this helps or not.
Thats wonderful you have moved cacti under the roof to start to dry out for the Winter, yes I give the Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti a good feed for the last time in the middle of September with a half strength tomato fertiliser to encourage their late October to early January blooming, I dont feed any of the Epiphyllums except my Epi oxypetalum and Epi Zig Zag anguliger, as they bloom for me in October, I gave them their last feed this weekend ready for their October blooming, 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
One thing to know about cactus and succulents is they respirate at night instead of day like most plants they do this to conserve water and the key that they all need is a cooler more humid night versus day so they can properly exchange gases
thanks so much Christoph for sharing this info and for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
Hi Lyn! Great video! I took the plunge and bought my first cactus this weekend...a thimble cactus. It's been neem oiled and replanted in my mix in a small clay pot. It will be in my kitchen under grow lights so....maybe water until mid-October? Thank you for any advice you have!
Hi Molly :-D so happy you have bought your first Cactus, and a Thimble cactus is perfect, yes watering until the middle of Oct is best if you are keeping your cactus in the kitchen under the lights, Good luck with your wonderful new Thimble Cactus, and thanks so much Molly 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
@@desertplantsofavalon Than you Lyn! Looking forward to your vlog on when to stop watering succulents as right now 80 percent of my collection IS succulents. I have learned and continue to learn so much from you and all the info you share. XO
Hi Dobrila, keep your cacti dry in Winter with no water until the Spring, Mealy bugs are such a pain but if you use Rubbing alcohol /Isopropyl Alcohol put into a spray bottle and spray the cacti thoroughly every few days this will kill the mealy bugs on contact, once the mealy bugs are dead spray with the rubbing alcohol weekly to keep them away, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
I have a moon grafted and a strawflower catus. They're in small pots. I don't know much, I just started to take an interest in cacti. Are you supposed to not water them at all in winter or just a bit? Also Is their break over in may?
Thats fantastic you have started to grow cacti, growing these amazing plants is so rewarding, its best to keep them dry over the winter months from late September until late April/May, then start watering again from April/May depending on the weather and where you are growing them, if you are growing them indoors and they are in small pots you may still need to water them very lightly in winter about once every 6 weeks just enough to stop them from shrivelling, I have lots of tips on my website on watering and growing cacti that may help you as a newbie, my website is www.desertplantsofavalon.com Happy growing and have a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX
I realize this was a year ago but it just came up in my feed today. What is happening with the roots in bone dry soil over the winter months. Is the cactus living off stored water inside its body. What keeps the roots alive or from shriveling to dust?
Hi there, when the cacti are resting over the winter they go dormant and they don't take up any water from their roots, they store water in their bodies and use their water stores to get through the winter, the roots stay alive by going dormant in the dry soil and can survive many months without drying, cacti really are incredible survivors, 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 XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you! I now live in South Texas and keep a lot of cacti in pots and have some in the ground as well. But I’m new to it. I’ve visited Ireland many, many times. I was always surprised to see jumbo sized tropical plants and tropical leaves. I saw this in Clifden in the west Connemara. But it’s an island and like all islands and I suppose tropical plants like the rain and mist?? But how are the cactus getting there too? Surely they can’t be native plants! But maybe I’m mistaken in that too.
@@TheQueensWish thats fantastic you have visited Ireland many times, it really is a beautiful country, and they are some amazing tropical plants that grow along the coast, the cactus are usually grown indoors and are not native, but some of the Opuntia species can survive in Ireland if they are protected from excess rain, XXXX 🥰❤🌵
So happy you love my Prince tattoo :-D and Happy Holidays to you, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic Holiday and 2023 ahead XXXX
haha so happy you are loving my accent :-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 fantastic new week XXXX
Thank you for the very informative video, Lyn! Indeed the price of electricity will cause problems with the grow-lights this year. I have about 25 tiny Melocacti (about 1 cm diameter) and I can't decide if leaving them in a not heated area, without water all winter long as I do with the bigger cacti, or keeping them in the house and watering them from time to time. I just repotted them from the seedsbed, into single little pots. Can I ask you what you would do?
Hi Vera :-D thats wonderful you have 25 baby Melocacti, I would definitely recommend keeping them inside the house, and watering them about once every 7-10 over the Winter, the reason is because Melocacti need more warmth and water in Winter than the other types of Desert cacti do, and because they are still small seedlings at 1cm, they would need to still be watered regularly over the Winter months, I would overwinter them in a bright light position and at room temperature and a watering once every 7-10 days, let them dry out slightly in between waterings but don't let them go too long dry as young seedlings can dry out their delicate roots if they go too long without water when they are still young, Good luck with growing your Melocacti cuties and thanks so much Vera for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you very much dear Lyn for your precious advice! I will do this way! You have been really helpful, as usual! PLANT POWER, hugs and love to you! XXXX 💓
Hi there, because the temperatures will still be warm but the day length at this time of year is shorter, its still best to not water your cacti during the Winter unless they start to show signs of shrivelling, because the warm temps will prevent your cacti from having a total overwinter you may have to give a light watering if they show signs of shrivelling, but its still best to hold back on watering as much as possible and protect them from any rain to prevent your cacti from growing stretched during the winter due to the lower light levels, Thanks so much for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Cambodia for a wonderful day XXXX
Thanks so much for sharing the tip about the Basalt clay Christoph, I will definitely look into that, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered day today XXXX
I'm a new subscriber. From one second to the next a got addicted to cacti, first it was succulents and then i stumbled on to cacti and i was sold. Don't know why i didn't discover them earlier. In time of 2 or 3 months i am now on to 131 cacti maybe 15% of them succulents. I don't know much about them, i'm searchin for sites where to find if my cacti are hardy or not. When it's dormancy time.. Do you put your cacti out in the garden, or all in this green house. I keep mine all inside my house because that's for the moment the only thing i know. I am scared killing them with this climate ! (i live in Belgium) it's more difficult than i thougt. And watering them. Now i see this video and i am really surprised. How do you manage to keep your cacti so beautifull and watering them all 😱 Do you do it all by yourself? I am alone so i have to take care of them alone! You as well? Where do you start taking care of them. You have a great collection, love it. Thanks as well for your inspiring videos. Grtzzzzzzzzzzzz from Belgium Oh Ana from Cactus caffeine told me to take a peak at your videos because she thinks we have the same climate. Grtzzz bye Carine🤩🤩
@@desertplantsofavalon Ohhh thank you so much for replying your so nice. And thank you for your information. I will keep watching your videos (and i hope you keep on making plenty of them) so i learn a lot and i'll know eventually what to do. Have a great day, big hughs from Belgium and you all take care. Love Carine 💝
You should check out the Sulcorebutia rauschii, those are frost hardy and beautiful. They grow loads of little babies and produce flowers too. I find one of the best methods to deal with Cacti is the 'drench and dry' method. I have quite a lot of Cacti indoors, but also have some in a small Greenhouse. Even when they aren't cold hardy, I think if they survive, they will slowly adapt to their new environment. But you can always buy hybrids that have been made more cold hardy.
@@mreverybody1150 I like to keep them indoors, i am afraid of spiders and that sort of insects... if they crawl into my cacti 😨🏃♀... not a hero in that matter 🤣. If i may ask you one more thing. I've bought all my cacti/succulents online because i don't go out much because i am in a lot of pain. From november 2022 till now my last purchase i didn't water none of them. And now i want to put them in terracotta pots. I am struggling what to do because i didn't water them because of winter here till end march. If i put them over the coming weeks in terracotta pots. I should wait a week to water them, correct. and i put all my cacti in front of a south facing window without any protection in front of them because they need a lot of sun is that also good? Or Should i water them first wait a week and then put them in terracotta pots, or the other way round. first in terrracotta pots wait a week and then water them. I have purchased about 150 cacti/succulents also Euphorbia's. So it will take a time to repotting them!! Also i read in a encyclopedia that you should water Euphorbia's all year through even in winter. And i didn't do that since a bought them. I hope they don't die on me 😱... Thank you so very much for your help, i am really gratefull. Have a nice day and take care 🤩💝
Thats fantastic you still water your plants that are indoors over winter Michelle, I still lightly water the Euphorbias and tropical cacti over the winter too as my house is kept warm over the winter months, 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 XXXXX
thanks so much Marie for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX
When do I stop Watering my Cacti for their Winter Rest ?
I was just wondering this today!! Thanks for posting. I have only just started watching so you may mention this, but would you adjust for which part of Ireland/Britain you live in?
@@GlasshouseandGarden Thats perfect timing haha :-D yes it can depend a lot on the climate of your area, e.g in the South of England it can be much more sunnier and drier in Winter, and in other parts of England and Ireland and Scotland it can be much colder and rainier, in Ireland Cork can have very mild Winters and without any frost but other parts can be much colder, here in Belfast the Winters are very mild but very wet and high in humidity, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and your support, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful evening XXXX
I brought my Trichs outdoors late March because we too had a mild winter. Then it snowed like a foot, nearly completely covering my plants. I didn't even bother bringing them back in for that week. They did just fine.
@@1neAdam12Its incredible how hardy they can be, Trichocereus can be tough guys :-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 fantastic new week XXXX
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Hallo dear nice Lady Lyn!!!!
Thank you so much for
all the information, and for sharing these!!!! 👍
Yoursincely from Renate Vienna
So happy you loved the information and the video dear Renate :-D I really love the Summer months and don't want the Winter to arrive haha, but I know I will have all the wonderful Schlumbergera Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti blooms to look forward to this Winter, thanks so much Dear Renate 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 Vienna for a fantastic new week XXXX
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection
So happy you love the plants Jillian :-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 fantastic new week XXXX
Another great video
So happy you enjoyed the video Russ :-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 terrific Thursday XXXX
Great video Lyn! While it is still warm here in Vegas, I know the weather can shift anytime soon. Time to prepare for the cold.
So happy you loved the video Ana :-D it only seems like yesterday we was planning for the spring and now we are thinking of the upcoming Winter, 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 to Las Vegas for a super Sunday today XXXX
Thanks Lyn. Looking forward to the similar information on succulents.
thanks so much Mick 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
Another great video thank you! So informative and your bubbly personality brightens my day!
So happy you loved the Video Nicola :-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 fantastic new week XXXX
Hi Lyn! Thank you for sharing with us this great informative video! Greetings from Albania to Ireland!
So happy you enjoyed the video Elda :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland to Albania for a fantastic new week XXXX
Thanks for this wonderful video full of important information! Some new things I have learned today! Thanks! It will be a problem this winter with the rise in electricity to keep alot of growlights on! Hope you have a wonderful evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Sending you lots of love and happiness!
So happy you loved the video Sylvia :-D the high rising costs of electricity is a worry with the grow lights and polytunnel heater, and I will have to have a re think about the polytunnel this Winter I may just replace the heater with the dehumidifyer and cover a lot of the plants with fleece cloth, hopefully we will have a mild Winter after the heatwaves, and I can have the growlights on a timer to just come on for a couple of hours, just enough to give them a boost in Winter, thanks so much Sylvia 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 Malta for a fantastic afternoon and new week XXXX
Thank you Lynn for a very informative and helpful video. I always greatly enjoy your videos so please keep on producing them. Craig 😁
So happy you enjoyed the video Craig :-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
Dangggg I love the trees where I live so I gotta love the rain too but... those cacti omg I'm in love
haha Trees are amazing too, so happy you love the Cacti, 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 super Sunday XXXX
I hate to think we are heading into winter. The worst part is the darkness of short days. I am lucky that we usually get warm days till first week of November. Thanks for another informative vídeo, dear Lyn 🙏❤️😍
So happy you enjoyed the video Fernanda :-D I really hate the thought of the Winter too haha, it only seems like yesterday I was all excited for the Spring, the dark short days I really don't like in the Winter, and I wish I could hibernate and overwinter with all the plants and wake back up again in the Spring hahaha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Portugal for a fantastic new week XXXX
For a couple of newbies that's great Information Lyn,
And we share the same environment!
We are about 50/50 cactus and succulents and was told
To slow both down for the winter months, and yet some
Of our succulents are still flying along, possibly because
In this part of the British isles (essex)we are still enjoying
Some great weather. Oh well,thank God and you for
Good clear advice,thanks always, Bill Maureen.
So happy you loved the information Bill :-D it can be difficult to know when to stop watering especially as the Summer is continuing to still be very warm, we have had a couple of heavy rain downpours on sat night and last night, but its been very sunny and very warm still during the days, we are definitely having an Indian Summer after the heatwave, although this temperature is nice and comfortable now compared to a few weeks ago haha, I still have cacti coming into bud but I dont think the buds will last to full term at this late in the season, thanks so much Bill for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you and Maureen lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Essex for a fantastic new week XXXX
Thnks, Lynne. I just gave mine a good watering yesterday. I will be moving them off the enclosed front porch a soon as the temps start to drop and into the bay windows with grow lights.. My geraniums and begonias stay on the porch with heaters when the temps drop to 45F.
Thats fantastic Mick :-D you are well prepared for the upcoming Winter, I can't believe how fast this Summer has flown, one minute we was looking forward to the Spring and now its coming up to the Winter haha, thanks so much Mick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Hi Lyn, many thanks for another great video, lot's of very useful tips as always, thanks so much for sharing! Wishing you and Hans a relaxing Sunday evening and a wonderful week ahead, take care and happy growing!!🌵🌵🌺🌱😊💚😎
So happy you enjoyed the video Joe :-D I always dread the thought of the Winter arriving and it only seems like yesterday I was all excited for the Spring, I am really hoping that we have a mild Winter this year as all the rocket sky high rising electricity costs really concerns me with heating the polytunnel, thanks so much Joe for your fantastic comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Bavaria for a wonderful evening ahead XXX
Thank you very much for your information about stop watering cacti for the winter. I will stop my watering in the end of this month.
I am from Germany and I have some cacti on the windowsill since 4 years. During this time, some of them were unfortunately overwatered but I am still learning.
I've been thinking for a long time how to deal with the cool temperatures in my rooms. I hope my cacti have a good winter rest in this year.
Greetings from Thomas
So happy you enjoyed the video Thomas :-D and thats wonderful you have cacti for 4 years, the cool temperatures in your rooms will be perfect for overwintering your cacti, thanks so much for your fantastic comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Germany for a wonderful evening XXXX
Hi lyn , greats tips again . 🌵🌵🌵🌵⚘😘
So happy you loved the tips Peter :-D and Happy Spring to you and Ellyn, I can't believe how fast the growing season has gone, one minute I was so excited for the Spring and now its coming up to Winter argh haha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a fantastic new week XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon , thanks Lyn. I hope you and Hans have a great week, sending you lots of love from Ellyn and me. ⚘😘
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Great video Lyn!! Yes its sometimes hard to gage when to say when!! Our weather and conditions have to do a lot with it as you said . And pot size also I will be starting to bring it some of the larger plants this week and getting ready for our annual wind down from the summer. Thanks for sharing this great video Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌💖🌵🌷🌳🌻🌴🌺🌿🏵🌲😃👍
So happy you loved the video Clyde :-D I dread the thought of the Winter with the cold dark short days, but the Schlumbergeras blooming in the Winter time make me feel happy, it only seems like yesterday we was all excited for the upcoming Spring and now we are planning for the Winter argh haha, 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 for a fantastic new week XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Yes Lyn, it's the never ending circle, I've also split a ton of wood to be ready!!✌💖🌵😃👍
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Hi Lyn! Here in Japan it's 30% humidity in winter with sunny days at about 10℃ and nights down to -8℃. All my cacti do fine with low humidity outdoors, and I put a thick polythene, clear sheet round my shelf; like a greenhouse.
Just use the heater on cloudy overcast days, and mainly the dehumidifier👍🌵
I do bring plants indoors like my succulents; crassula jade trees, stapelias, hoodia.
I leave my Haworthias outdoors all winter😱💢They have a transparent large plastic cover and the tray the pots sit in is insulated with reflective aluminium foil, thermo-foam👍🌵
Thanks so much Newman for sharing how you overwinter your plants, thats amazing your Haworthias are outdoors in Winter, and that sounds fantastic with the reflective aluminium foil thermo foam, and at 30% humidity its so good you have the air nice and dry :-D I hope that it will be a mild Winter like last year in Ireland and I can just use the dehumidifier instead of the heater as it uses a fraction of the cost in elec, thanks so much Newman 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
Awesome video, Lyn. I usually start to wind down on the watering of the desert cacti this month, then stop around mid-October or until we start getting the first frosts. Hopefully the summer goes on for a bit longer yet though, still been nice and sunny and warm here but still desperate for rain again. Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a wonderful evening from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
So happy you loved the video Daz :-D the weather has been amazing yesterday and today very warm and sunny, and warm temps forecast for this week too, it really has been a hot long Summer, we have had a couple of very heavy downpours of rain Saturday night and again last night, and it was so good to get the rain barrels filled back up again, I hope you get some rain too soon, thanks so much Daz 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 new week ahead XXXX
I've actually had to back off watering a lot of my indoor cacti here! It's been so tricky keeping them alive inside, because desert weather is.... strange, to say the least. I've lost more than half of the cacti I started the year with LOL. Thankfully, they're all easy to replace, but man... it's been a challenge 😅.
Oh no Ashley
Thank you for this information. I have the largest collection of cacti this year than ever before. I will be bringing them inside to an unheated room where they will stay warm enough to not freeze. I needed to know when to quit watering. I will bring mine inside by October 29th.
Thats wonderful you have a larger collection of cacti than ever, its so addictive haha, and bringing your cacti into an unheated room for Winter is perfect for overwintering them, thanks so much Cheryl for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX
Great information Lyn, as always, and this is the time of year you have lots of moving around of plants, such tiring work but you are dedicated to your plants 😊👍🏻🌵
I stop at the end of September, will usually give one half amount of water early September and then again at the end half the amount. As all my cactus live permanently all year indoors some get a little bit if needed once a month but apart from that I don't water again until next Spring.😄
So happy you loved the video Claire :-D it only seems like yesterday I was excited for the Spring and now we are planning for the Winter, thats fantastic you stop watering at the end of September too, the weather has still been so nice and warm for September and I hope that we have a mild Winter this year, thanks so much Claire 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 from across the Sea for a terrific Thursday afternoon XXXX
Все понятно и без перевода - красивая коллекция , спасибо ! Удачи вам !
Большое спасибо за ваш замечательный комментарий и за то, что посмотрели и желаю хорошего дня XXXX
Since the winters in Europe aren`t harsh anymore`t I bring my cacti to the garage after 1. of november. I have made good experiences letting them in the open this long.
Its so good that the Winters in Europe are not harsh, It means we get to leave the cacti outside for that little bit longer, 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 Tuesday today XXXX
This was brilliant Lynn, thanks. Like most of us, I am concerned about the cost of electricity and keeping the glasshouse at 5C+ over winter. I hope we are in for a mild one, although that brings different problems in terms of pests in the garden etc. Take care and may the wind always be mild across your cactus house!
So happy you loved the video :-D yes I really hope we get a mild Winter this year too, I am wondering how the Winter is going to be as we have had such a hot sunny Summer in UK and Ireland this year, and it may continue to be more mild over Winter, Pests are such a pain though if the temps don't drop too cold, I noticed more Mealybug and spidermites in the polytunnel last Winter as it was a mild one, the elec costs are worrying and I think I will only be putting on the heater on the very cold nights when frost is forecast, and the rest of the time I will be covering a lot of them with fleece, I will have to do things a little bit differently this year I think, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Always love your positivity!!! Are most cacti able to survive very cold weather (ie below freezing over night) providing they are dry enough?
@@GlasshouseandGarden Awwww so happy you love my positivity :-D a lot of cacti like Gymnocalycium and Echinopsis, Opuntia, Mammillaria and Rebutia are very cold hardy if kept totally dry and can survive below freezing, depending on the variety, as some are less cold hardy than others in the same genus, the air humidity can be the biggest problem, as its the damp air and cold temperature that can be a problem, but if you can open up the greenhouse on the dry Winter days to ventilate as much as possible this really helps, we have a dehumidifier that costs less to run than the elec heater, ( 380w ) compared to our BioGreen heater at 1kw, and think we may be using that on the very cold frosty nights instead of the elec heater, and covering a lot of them with fleece cloth, but keeping the cacti as dry as possible and ventilation is definitely the best XXXXX
This was really useful as I started to collect different cacti since the start of the year and was starting to wonder when to stop watering, also on a side note my first one I had as a gift was 2 years ago and although its lost two growths on it its still surviving 😊
So happy you found the video useful Harry :-D and thats wonderful your cactus from two years ago is still going strong :-D 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 Tuesday XXXX
Great video. I usually stop watering mid or end of September, may also change setting on my heater in the greenhouse. Can you please do a separate video which epiphytes you overwinter at home and which should be fine in a greenhouse - thank you.
So happy you loved the video Magda :-D thats a fantastic idea with the video and I will plan on making one over the next few days, and I will give you and your channel a special shout out as a video request :-D most of the Epiphyllum's and Rhipsalis do well in a greenhouse over winter, but there are a few that need warmth in Winter and I will make a special video on the Epiphytes about what is cold hardy and what is not, thanks so much Magda 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 from across the sea for a fantastic new week XXXX
park in ozarks recommend i check you out, thanks for the informative video
So happy you enjoyed the video Beaner :-D and thank you so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday today XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon I was up before the crack of dawn pampering and admiring my euphorbias, I’m so proud lol
@@beanerschnitzel794 Thats fantastic, and so happy you are a proud plant Mommy too :-D XXXX
Hi Lyn, i have never used horticultural fleece before but have considered it a few times. In my case, I would use it on some of my balcony plants/trees that are borderline hardy for this climate, like my Canna for example. So the fleece would get wet. I'm a total novice though, so I would welcome any tips on how you apply it: perhaps you can make a video if and when you use fleece? Just an idea. Best to you and Hans
The Horticultural fleece works well for protecting from frost, I have used it a few times on my Epiphyllums in the polytunnel and also we used to use it on some of the more delicate outdoor potted plants, the only problem we find is with the outdoor plants and all the rain we get the fleece gets wet and can be heavy on the plants, now we bring into the house any of the more sensitive outdoor potted plants because of the fleece always getting wet due to the rain, I am not sure if we will be using it again this year but if we do I will definitely make a video, we would loosely wrap the fleece around the plants at least 2 layers of fleece and use pegs to hold the fleece around the plants to stop the fleece from blowing away, thanks so much Nathalie for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for an amazing Tuesday XXXX
Great timely video Lyn thanks
Didnt see you at the National show?
Do you stop watering the arios and lophos end of september also?
Cheers andy
So happy the video was perfect timing Andy :-D yes I stop watering the Lophs and Arios at the end of Sept too, awwwww I really wanted to go to the National show but wasn't able to make it this time, but it must have been awesome and I hope you had a fantastic time there, thanks so much Andy for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon thanks for reply! Show was great it was my first time there 👍😀
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Great video with lots of great information.
Do you hold off with the watering for eurphobia plants during the winter? Or do you give a bit of water. What about plants like the Ric rac cactus?
Are they treated like a thanksgiving cactus?
Also, do the roots of these plants disintegrate without any water whatsoever, whether cactus or eurphobia.
Live in Canada and its now middle of Nov.
Keep up the good work!
So happy you oved the video Annette :-D yes I hold off watering the majority of my Euphorbia except the Euphorbia milli as mine seem to want to continue blooming in the winter, I do still water my Rik Rak cactus lightly about once every 6 weeks in winter just to prevent their leaves from shrivelling too much, the good news is when Euphorbia and Cacti are resting during the winter months their roots stay solid and are evolved to go many months without water without their roots dying or disintegrating, thanks so much Annette for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Canada for a super Sunday XXXX
Hi Lyn, thank you for your great videos, I just wondered if my euphorbia would be ok to over winter on a south facing window sill or should I put it under a grow light ? ☺️
Hi Suzanne :-D a south facing window is perfect for overwintering your Euphorbia, I overwinter a lot of my Euphorbias in my south facing kitchen window and they do really well, you wont need to use a grow light as a south facing window is perfect lighting for them, thanks so much Suzanne for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Oh shoot. Off topic, but I forgot to provide me Camponotus Pennsylvanicus pupae small sand grains, so they can cocoon 🤦♂️
Thanks! Keeping a close eye here on the weather. Have recently moved severa desert cacti under the outside roof to start to dry out. So much rain here. I plan to move them back and forth into the dry sun and back onto the covered porch till it is time to bring them all in. Wondering if you give your ephitic cacti any fertilizer this time of year.. I usually do one last feed for the Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti, but don't know if this helps or not.
Thats wonderful you have moved cacti under the roof to start to dry out for the Winter, yes I give the Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti a good feed for the last time in the middle of September with a half strength tomato fertiliser to encourage their late October to early January blooming, I dont feed any of the Epiphyllums except my Epi oxypetalum and Epi Zig Zag anguliger, as they bloom for me in October, I gave them their last feed this weekend ready for their October blooming, 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
One thing to know about cactus and succulents is they respirate at night instead of day like most plants they do this to conserve water and the key that they all need is a cooler more humid night versus day so they can properly exchange gases
thanks so much Christoph for sharing this info and for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX
Hi Lyn! Great video! I took the plunge and bought my first cactus this weekend...a thimble cactus. It's been neem oiled and replanted in my mix in a small clay pot. It will be in my kitchen under grow lights so....maybe water until mid-October? Thank you for any advice you have!
Hi Molly :-D so happy you have bought your first Cactus, and a Thimble cactus is perfect, yes watering until the middle of Oct is best if you are keeping your cactus in the kitchen under the lights, Good luck with your wonderful new Thimble Cactus, and thanks so much Molly 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
@@desertplantsofavalon Than you Lyn! Looking forward to your vlog on when to stop watering succulents as right now 80 percent of my collection IS succulents. I have learned and continue to learn so much from you and all the info you share. XO
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Hey lin my exhinopses rot out of millie bugs every year what can I do also can I water in winter?
Hi Dobrila, keep your cacti dry in Winter with no water until the Spring, Mealy bugs are such a pain but if you use Rubbing alcohol /Isopropyl Alcohol put into a spray bottle and spray the cacti thoroughly every few days this will kill the mealy bugs on contact, once the mealy bugs are dead spray with the rubbing alcohol weekly to keep them away, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX
I have a moon grafted and a strawflower catus. They're in small pots. I don't know much, I just started to take an interest in cacti. Are you supposed to not water them at all in winter or just a bit? Also Is their break over in may?
Thats fantastic you have started to grow cacti, growing these amazing plants is so rewarding, its best to keep them dry over the winter months from late September until late April/May, then start watering again from April/May depending on the weather and where you are growing them, if you are growing them indoors and they are in small pots you may still need to water them very lightly in winter about once every 6 weeks just enough to stop them from shrivelling, I have lots of tips on my website on watering and growing cacti that may help you as a newbie, my website is www.desertplantsofavalon.com Happy growing and have a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX
I realize this was a year ago but it just came up in my feed today. What is happening with the roots in bone dry soil over the winter months. Is the cactus living off stored water inside its body. What keeps the roots alive or from shriveling to dust?
Hi there, when the cacti are resting over the winter they go dormant and they don't take up any water from their roots, they store water in their bodies and use their water stores to get through the winter, the roots stay alive by going dormant in the dry soil and can survive many months without drying, cacti really are incredible survivors, 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 XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you! I now live in South Texas and keep a lot of cacti in pots and have some in the ground as well. But I’m new to it. I’ve visited Ireland many, many times. I was always surprised to see jumbo sized tropical plants and tropical leaves. I saw this in Clifden in the west Connemara. But it’s an island and like all islands and I suppose tropical plants like the rain and mist?? But how are the cactus getting there too? Surely they can’t be native plants! But maybe I’m mistaken in that too.
@@TheQueensWish thats fantastic you have visited Ireland many times, it really is a beautiful country, and they are some amazing tropical plants that grow along the coast, the cactus are usually grown indoors and are not native, but some of the Opuntia species can survive in Ireland if they are protected from excess rain, XXXX 🥰❤🌵
I love your Prince Tattoo! :)
So happy you love my Prince tattoo :-D and Happy Holidays to you, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and have a fantastic Holiday and 2023 ahead XXXX
Hi I'm still loving ur Accent. 😁😁😁
haha so happy you are loving my accent :-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 fantastic new week XXXX
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Thank you for the very informative video, Lyn! Indeed the price of electricity will cause problems with the grow-lights this year.
I have about 25 tiny Melocacti (about 1 cm diameter) and I can't decide if leaving them in a not heated area, without water all winter long as I do with the bigger cacti, or keeping them in the house and watering them from time to time. I just repotted them from the seedsbed, into single little pots. Can I ask you what you would do?
Hi Vera :-D thats wonderful you have 25 baby Melocacti, I would definitely recommend keeping them inside the house, and watering them about once every 7-10 over the Winter, the reason is because Melocacti need more warmth and water in Winter than the other types of Desert cacti do, and because they are still small seedlings at 1cm, they would need to still be watered regularly over the Winter months, I would overwinter them in a bright light position and at room temperature and a watering once every 7-10 days, let them dry out slightly in between waterings but don't let them go too long dry as young seedlings can dry out their delicate roots if they go too long without water when they are still young, Good luck with growing your Melocacti cuties and thanks so much Vera for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you very much dear Lyn for your precious advice! I will do this way! You have been really helpful, as usual! PLANT POWER, hugs and love to you! XXXX 💓
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I am in Cambodia and I’m wondering what the winter watering should be here? It’s always around 80° and very humid?
Hi there, because the temperatures will still be warm but the day length at this time of year is shorter, its still best to not water your cacti during the Winter unless they start to show signs of shrivelling, because the warm temps will prevent your cacti from having a total overwinter you may have to give a light watering if they show signs of shrivelling, but its still best to hold back on watering as much as possible and protect them from any rain to prevent your cacti from growing stretched during the winter due to the lower light levels, Thanks so much for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Cambodia for a wonderful day XXXX
@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you so much for the prompt reply! I really appreciate it!
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Thanks so much Liliana for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness for a wonderful PLANT POWERED Sunday XXXX
Might consider using basalt clay to absorb the humidity in the green house
Thanks so much for sharing the tip about the Basalt clay Christoph, I will definitely look into that, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered day today XXXX
Your videos have been very helpful to me learning about my collection appreciate you taking the effort to put the info out there
@@Xt4209 Awwww thank you so very much for your really kind words Christoph, and thanks so much for your wonderful support XXXX
I'm a new subscriber. From one second to the next a got addicted to cacti, first it was succulents and then i stumbled on to cacti and i was sold. Don't know why i didn't discover them earlier. In time of 2 or 3 months i am now on to 131 cacti maybe 15% of them succulents. I don't know much about them, i'm searchin for sites where to find if my cacti are hardy or not. When it's dormancy time.. Do you put your cacti out in the garden, or all in this green house. I keep mine all inside my house because that's for the moment the only thing i know. I am scared killing them with this climate ! (i live in Belgium) it's more difficult than i thougt. And watering them. Now i see this video and i am really surprised. How do you manage to keep your cacti so beautifull and watering them all 😱 Do you do it all by yourself? I am alone so i have to take care of them alone! You as well? Where do you start taking care of them. You have a great collection, love it. Thanks as well for your inspiring videos. Grtzzzzzzzzzzzz from Belgium Oh Ana from Cactus caffeine told me to take a peak at your videos because she thinks we have the same climate. Grtzzz bye Carine🤩🤩
Hi Carine :-D I am so happy that you love cacti and succulents and thank you so very much for subscribing to me
@@desertplantsofavalon Ohhh thank you so much for replying your so nice. And thank you for your information. I will keep watching your videos (and i hope you keep on making plenty of them) so i learn a lot and i'll know eventually what to do. Have a great day, big hughs from Belgium and you all take care. Love Carine 💝
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You should check out the Sulcorebutia rauschii, those are frost hardy and beautiful. They grow loads of little babies and produce flowers too.
I find one of the best methods to deal with Cacti is the 'drench and dry' method. I have quite a lot of Cacti indoors, but also have some in a small Greenhouse. Even when they aren't cold hardy, I think if they survive, they will slowly adapt to their new environment. But you can always buy hybrids that have been made more cold hardy.
@@mreverybody1150 I like to keep them indoors, i am afraid of spiders and that sort of insects... if they crawl into my cacti 😨🏃♀... not a hero in that matter 🤣. If i may ask you one more thing. I've bought all my cacti/succulents online because i don't go out much because i am in a lot of pain. From november 2022 till now my last purchase i didn't water none of them. And now i want to put them in terracotta pots. I am struggling what to do because i didn't water them because of winter here till end march. If i put them over the coming weeks in terracotta pots. I should wait a week to water them, correct. and i put all my cacti in front of a south facing window without any protection in front of them because they need a lot of sun is that also good? Or Should i water them first wait a week and then put them in terracotta pots, or the other way round. first in terrracotta pots wait a week and then water them. I have purchased about 150 cacti/succulents also Euphorbia's. So it will take a time to repotting them!! Also i read in a encyclopedia that you should water Euphorbia's all year through even in winter. And i didn't do that since a bought them. I hope they don't die on me 😱... Thank you so very much for your help, i am really gratefull. Have a nice day and take care 🤩💝
Mine are indoors. I water them once a month
Thats fantastic you still water your plants that are indoors over winter Michelle, I still lightly water the Euphorbias and tropical cacti over the winter too as my house is kept warm over the winter months, 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 XXXXX
thanks so much Marie for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday today XXXX