Cactus Care Made Easy | The Plant Doctor
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- ABOUT HILTON:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hilton Carter began his passion for plants in the spring of 2014, while living in New Orleans. With his love for interior design boiling over, he wanted to create a living space that felt more alive and relaxing. This lead him to began bringing in more plants and by 2015, now living back in Baltimore, MD, he would have accumulated more than 60 plants.
His knowledge for how to care for them came from what he gathered from nurseries, things he read online, but mainly from the trial and error he had gone through with those plants in his personal collection. Over the next few years Hilton would bring more than 300 plants into his home and studio, to create what many would call an urban jungle.
Through many years of developing his green thumb and his career as an artist, Hilton Carter continues his creative profession helping to style homes with greenery and share his passion with the community.
Instagram: @HiltonCarter
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Seeing this home filled with plants just made me so happy. Now I need. More. Plants.
Dont have too much
So nice to see someone talk about how to be successful with plants long term, not just in the Instagram moment. Yes, cactus and succulents look adorbs planted in all sorts of creative vessels that lack drainage holes, and sitting in a spot that gets no light, but that's not a plan for a healthy plant if that's what you are looking for. Hilton, please consider doing a video on choosing the right size container, choosing the right type of container (drainage vs not, use of cache pots, glazed vs unglazed and how all affect watering schedules), and choice and preparation of potting soils.
Thank you for all these wonderful suggestions!
A positive person. Full of energy.
Watching this is utter pleasure..
Beautiful displays!!! Elegant.
Getting some cactus asap! super helpful thanks
I enjoyed this video by Hilton, please have him talk about plants more often.
Love your enthusiasm and great information--thank you! 🌵💚👏🏼
I’ve had a cactus for about 3 years, the name I chose was prick lol. I had a partner for it who’s name was poke but poke passed shorty after potting sadly but I haven’t taken into consideration the proper care that they need, definitely going to start taking way better care of prick!
Hope the little prick is doing fine
Your place looks so beautiful filled with all those plants!
I love your home !
what a cool video
I love cacti too😍
I need a plant doctor channel, Hilton
Greenery, Blue sea and White sand = paradise
hi from france, great video ! thanks
Dude - I also love cactuses. Glad to know it's not just me.
all mine are outdoors. so in the heat of the spring of summer how often do i water. say for example it is 85 degrees and hotter. do i water weekly or every two weeks? Thanks
I would love to start with indoor plants/cacti. Thanks for sharing.
Love it I have one I can't identify...but it staying alive..lol. Do a apt tour of the plants please
I love this!!!
Can he please do more videos!!
I just acquired a 5ft tall apple cactus. I didn’t even know these types existed.
Thanks for the info, mine is so top heavy it must lean up against something. I’m definitely going to cut mine now since you explained how!!!
Unquestionably, I must have a "PURPLE" thumb, because I can even kill a Cactus. Furthermore, I had professionals plant a desert Oasis theme in my front yard including Peruvian Apple Cactus and it all died. Having said that, I live in the desert and I followed the instructions of watering. In addition, I even had the dirt evaluated and redone. However, every cactus I have planted or professionally planted has died 😳.
Romano Gitano
Don’t worry I once killed bamboo 🎋🤧
Did you test the PH of the water??
@@FulguroGeek Yes, that was the first advice a professional relay to me. And it came out well. In other words, I'm
starting from zero, and I'm having a desert landscape in my front yard & backyard as well. Crossing my fingers... HECK, I'm crossing everything!!!
Good video
I've been looking for ways to relive depression anxiety so I got into arts and now plants decided to make a plant wall in my room bought my first Caruso today from Walmart I do not have a green thumb lol I started with something I couldn't kill
Laila W ...awesome 👍 plants make me happy I love the challenge so I recently decided to buy some cactus and succulent seeds... but haven’t seeded yet 🙃 because I first wanted to learn how they grow and propagate different then other houses plants .. and I have started just about every plant I have from cutting.. So my husband and I go looking around at the different kinds of cactuses and succulents.. and now I have a living room and garage full of cactuses and succulents🤪👍 that need potting 😆 and as I have been potting then in different arrangements.. I have been learning a lot... it’s kept me busy... and it has helped me with my depression definitely 😁🥵 I hope to get a chance to see your update on your plant wall???
I'm realizing that I like cactus( the clumping ones). They're easy to care for especially if you travel a lot and don't need to worry about watering every week.
I like his energy. Thank you :) lol
.. Dear Mr. Hilton, you just saved my day 🤗 my euphobia trigona aka cowboy cactus, haven't been watered in ages, I think.. About a couple of months or so, and before that only every ther month I think, when I kinda remembered.. It is normally sitting in my working room (eastern window) but it has grown too tall now 😀😅 I might just put it on my working table instead..
I love this 🥰
Thanks for sharing
You're a good fella. That cheered me up :)
Great vid ❤️
Hi! Can you tell me where you got that really cool glass antique-looking greenhouse with the cacti inside? It's beautiful!
What type of fertiliser should I use for my cactus? They’re very small
You are amazing.
Thank you for this. I really want to get a cactus 🌵 my only issue is obviously it is September .. would this be a weird time to grab one ?
I have a super bright light for my room and it gets light from that for about 11 hours a day. Will it survive?
I adore you!! I had a barrel cactus in the front yard of my last house that had these gorgeous almost electric glowing peach colored flowers bloom on the top that were so gorgeous that I made sure to bust off the polinated bulbs of those flowers after the flowers died in order to get thousands of seeds to grow them myself and I've successfully grown these babies from seed. The only problem is I'm not sure how long they need to stay in that very moist environment that they germinate in so I haven't successfully kept them alive. They are so cute as tiny babies though because they all grow their own little hairstyle in the beginning. Mostly a little mohawk but they are each different. Any ideas how long from germination until it is safe to transplant them into cactus soil to feed and water like adult cactus require. I know that cactus being a succulent needs the soil to completely dry out in between waterings but when I try to adjust them to that kind of care is when I wind up losing them 😔. You should grow the dragon fruit cactus. Those are fun.
When should you first water your cactus, after its dormancy? (It was the first day of Spring today, but it's still cold, where I live.)
Right now I'm watering mine once Every 3 weeks. I figured once October rolls around I'd cut back to once every 4 weeks - once a month. Think that'd be Ok?
I currently have around 72 plants( feel free to check out my plant tour, soon to do an updated one here soon.) I'm like you. I LOVE Cactus, but I'm not as good you with them.
Wow is that really your apartment!!???😲😲😲😍😍😍😍
Sure is! We're working on a House Tour with Hilton so we can show you more ASAP!
Thanks. Why my cactus ( like the one ou have by the mirror) is pale? almost white-yellow. I bought it like that and some parts are black.Looks like it had leaves or flowers? I don’t know if it’s like that because too much direct light ( they had it in a green house). I’m in Japan and direct light in my house comes from the east side. I think I’ll leave her all day in the house because on sunny days I was taking outside ( east) all my cactus ( winter in the center of Japan is sunny, dry and cold ). Thanks
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW !!! I got a cactus plant, had it from a seed. it's now 20cm tall - apparently cacti don't require plant food but i read online elsewhere that we can - plant food reg based 10/10/10 for it's properties? is that right it can have plant food? apparently they don't need it but it does show them brighter colours apparently.
Very informative video
Hi .. I was wondering if there is a way I could send u pic of a cactus 🌵 that I have had for a few years and have no clue what it is but it growing all sorts crazy lol was wondering if u could tell me what cactus it is if I could somehow send u a pic?
Plus was wondering if could cut a portion off and propagate a new one?
Thank you 😊
Is this cactus fertilizing and water routine used for any type of cactus? I have a few barrels and a josephs coat.
Hey plan doctor can you help me out I would like to use cow manure and mix it in with my Cactus soil and I wanted to make sure if that was safe if not I would like to try to use the T method for my succulents but I wanted to know if that would harm the roots
Need help. Growing cactus inside, the only windows I have are facing North, I barely get any sun and six months of winter. I'm using a 45w sixband fullspectrum light in a reflective tent, I got bad cats. Does anyone have info growing cactus this way. My light is sitting about 18 inches away. Did have it at 20 inches originally- 14hr timer.
3:58 that cacti on the right with the small leaves, not sure what it’s called but I have it. My question is, do the small leaves fall off eventually?
so when it is 90 plus degrees and my cacti are out doors in the heat do i water weekly, or do i go a full two weeks? thanks
hi Mr Green, you are so funny, and you are surrounded with green.
What fertilizer do u use for your cacti?
How do you feel about grow lights?
what fertilizer do you use for your cacti
How did you grow that Apple cactus like that?? I cannot get over it. I have to know 🤣
Nice video! Does anybody know what type of cactus is on at 4:01 ? I just bought my cactus and it is still in its 2.5" pot. When should I be repotting this?
I'm working on getting an answer for you about the type of cactus!
As for repotting, you'll want to do that when you start to see roots showing through the drain holes on the bottom of the container. Best to do it in late winter or early spring!
Hilton says it's a "Sun Goddess Trichocerus"
What kind of fertilizer?
i always been told that cacti need direct sun on them and it is a must.. filtered direct sun in Mediterranean sun will be less harsh .. but direct .. i never heard that one can put cacti in bright indirect sun
Would these care tips apply to a Christmas Cactus, as well?
No, a Christmas cactus is more of a tropical plant, its native environment is usually a rainforest. A Christmas cactus needs a whole lot more water (in a well drained pot) than a normal desert cactus does. There are plenty of good videos on TH-cam about how to look after your Christmas cactus.
Can you tell me what the plant to the right in your video picture is??
Can I hang my cactus is a window? Or is that too much for it?
And it’s great to protect against radiation
What is the cactus at 0:00 called?
I just got 5 cactus I bought online. I’m nervous about watering them.
Cooper The Great in Summer i water mine every 1 or 2 weeks depends how much sun it gets or how dry the soil is and not only the top also below
How does it call long cactus infront of mirror?
what is the name of the cactus on the right at 3:55?
I water my cactus every 4-5 weeks and I only feed it once in March.
Odd topic but nice skin jealous 🤗
I left my cacti outside I forgot to take them inside and it rained now I am wondering if they are going to die?
If you think your cactus has had too much water and/or the soil the cactus is in is waterlogged. Take the cactus out of the pot before root rot sets in and repot it in some dry cactus/succulent compost. I would probably not water it for couple of weeks too. Hope this helps.
I got plants all over my office
4:01 hey what kind of 🌵 is that
bro your cereus peruvi is etiolating pretty bad. maybe do a video on how to avoid this?
Ok so your house is beautiful... Surrounded by plants haha.
Cactus and succulents really need VERY well draining soil. Grit, grit, grit! Extra perlite, granite chicken grit, molar clay kitty litter, coarse sand, pumice rock, lava rock....add any combination of these to your organic succulent soil, along with the extra perlite. Roots of these plants need to dry out.
You just water around the plant. I know you said not to water at the bottom why? I always water from the bottom with rocks under them. Isn't that easier?
Cactus dirt...aka sand.
Not all of us work in a office or at a desk
No offense, but you sound like a really zen gardener
Mine pricked me smh 🤦🏻♂️
I currently have a 100% cacti kill rate... 😅
YOUR BEARD ARE BUSHIER AND SHARPER THAN MY CACTUS NEEDLES.
I’m watching this video cus i have one plant , ONE cacti and it’s dead
i had it for 3 years maybe 4 it was like 5 heads? Now all dead only one is struggling
Cactus or cacti? Doctor? Smh cactus is one cactus . Cacti is plural. The future ladies and gentlemen. Just put “ Dr” on the front of your name. Easy peasy. A shout out to the education system of the United States. Probably thinks the water is curvy , too. Video is informative though ty for that .