Too many plants! Tidying the greenhouse and talking succulents
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- The succulent and cactus greenhouse is full to the brim, and there's hundreds of seedlings that need to come out here in spring. Look's like it's time for a tidy up -- come along as I clear out some plants, kill a few, and talk everything succulents and cacti along the way.
There's some interesting Trichocereus plants, a random aside about grafting cacti, a Rauhocereus riosaniensis treated for an infection, the rediscovery of some oddly discarded caudex plants, a bunch of flowering Euphorbias, a stately old Fockea edulis, an unceremonious binning of a Euphorbia lactea crest, and several other curiosities.
There is never enough room, no matter which country you live in.
Yeah I agree with that! Buy new rack but soon full again... 😅
Always so true!
Its crazy seeing your bin filled with plants I'd love to attempt to save. Caring for them and then seeing them survive and outgrow injuries is what brings me the most joy about growing succulents! Whats your favourite thing about succulents? Cheers from Albury!
Don’t worry - the bin was mostly just full of hedge clippings! There’s a few very very diseased Trichocereus in there that really just needed to go, mostly for the sake of my other plants. The Euphorbia crest I actually managed to salvage a small piece the day after I shot this - very small, maybe 7cm, but there is still hope for it!
As for favourite thing about succulents… just how strange and weird they can look! Yours?
Cheers, thanks for watching!
There's the road warrior, then there's the plant warrior - this guy!
Hah! Cheers 🤙
We have the same situation but still I luv Cactus and succulents... I luv watching your video much luv from the Philippines🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Thank you! Appreciate it 🤘
Nice video! It's so nice to check out your greenhouse. It would be great to have a video similar to the one about lithops/conophytum, but focusing on pseudolithops. It would also be nice to hear about the process behind those adeniums-they look fantastic!
Definitely have an Adenium video in the works - and I’ll get to Pseudolithos and other difficult Asclepiads when it warms up a bit. Thanks
omg that difference in adenium shook me! Do a whole video on them
I will - very soon! Thanks
Welp, looks like I'm gonna need to track down a cissus tuberosa. That thing looks great!
They’re really cool plants!
Always a great and educational vid. We highly appreciate the content here in Cali brotha. Best of luck going forward. Hope to have a garden and the knowledge of cacti and succulents you do someday.
Appreciate it!
Great video as always! Gorgeous plants 🌵
Loved hearing about the origin story of your golden barrel! I have a few similar stories as well with seeds haha
I’m wondering if the webbing on your cristata could be from a spider mite infestation instead of ordinary spiders. It could also be the cause of the damage 🤔 If that’s the case, 70% rubbing alcohol works well on them when sprayed every other day.
Take care!
Thanks! It’s definitely just spiders causing the webbing, I’ve seen them scampering about when I water. That said, the scars could be caused by mites, although I don’t typically see typical spider mites in my greenhouse - I get different mites though called false spider mites. Don’t produce webs but do make damaged plants! Usually only get into the stressed or damaged plants.
Nice collection as always. Keep it classy!
Thank you kindly!
I have this problem as well, too many plant not enough time nor space. Another problem is if u get preety sick like i have been, so i really cant take care of plants. Thx god cactus and succulent tolerate nectlect...
Yeah, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with plants that need regular watering. My houseplants are all in a state of constant misery 😅
It was a shame to see your Pseudolithos turn to mush but I remember that was a common problem with stapeliads. I'd have something like an Edithcolea grandis about to flower & I'd come out in the morning to find a pile of jelly. Disheartening but we persevere.
Indeed! I’ve got many Pseudolithos seedlings so the loss of this one was no big deal… but when you grow plants, losses are always inevitable. An important part of the learning process.
awesome beard and great show.
Haha thanks 🙏
@@AridZine 00 rude to laugh at people who give you a fucking compliment asshole.
No disrespect intended, per the 'thanks.' But you do you, dude.
Traditionally no such thing as too many plants, but reality does strike occasionally. I see in the early pan your Operculicarya decaryi (?) is growing well, mine is so slow growing. What is in the rust fungus spray? Oooh you “proplifted” that golden barrel seed pod…no judgement, just envy. 🤣 Like hortlust over that Adenium socotranum, just wonderful. That plant you hacked up, could you cut off the top, clean and repot it and see what comes up from the remaining main stem? I’m pretty poor so seeing your garbage can/bin caused agita, geez so much stuff to possibly play with…sorry this is long last question - what is the plant top shelf under the mask, tight layers of colors and green leaves on top? Enjoyed this, thanks! 🌵😊
Hmmm… I don’t actually have an Operculicarya decaryi, so I wonder what it is that you’ve noticed there?
The rust spray is a product called Rose Shield. The active ingredient is called Myclobutanil.
I might have been able to do that, but the whole plant was pretty diseased in the end. After this video I did manage to find a small, clean chunk that I’ve set aside to try to regrow, though. About 6 or 7 cm across.
Most of the garbage can is full of hedge trimmings… just the stuff at the top - some very very diseased Trichocereus plants that really needed to go.
As for the plant on the top shelf… had a look but wasn’t quite sure which plant you were referring to 😅
@@AridZine hi thanks for the answers! The couple of plants I noticed in the moving scan were thin woody branches off maybe a caudex with tiny leaves. I got a small Operculicarya decaryi from a grower last year, I love it. I’m just learning it seasonal growth, it’s summer here ( east central NJ/USA) and its doing well in an east window. 🌱 Ok I feel better about the stuff you bin now, yes diseased things really need to be chucked out! 🌱oh and after I rewatched the video I think what I saw on the top shelf that you had already mentioned earlier is a Euphorbia bupleurifolia, very cool plant. I’d never seen one, they run about $20 online, Amazon has a E. Pachypodioides that has red flowers for $13 that looks nice too. 🌱I love seeing the unusual plants you have, I didn’t realize how interesting Euphorbia can be, geez. It amazes me how one can be fascinated by plants ( and insects and rocks) all their life and still learn new things, so thank you! 🌱 Judi
It’s 730 am here, I woke up earlier and checking my phone saw your reply, nice to start the day with planty thoughts 😊🌵🪴
It's nice to hear the rainbow lorikeets in the background of your video, this time. Do they play any part in pollenating your cacti and other succulents?
They’re lovely birds and make beautiful warbly song - don’t get among my plants at all though. All the pollinating that happens around here is done either by paintbrush or by bees and hoverflies.
Lovely video mate. What do you do in case of a storm? I have been wondering about that ^^ best regards
The plants out in the weather just soak it up. They’re in a pretty sheltered spot in terms of wind… and if we got hail, I’d probably chuck a towel over them.
@@AridZine Guess you are not close to the sea, here in Denmark it blows cats and dogs. Even bigger clay pots will get blown about. Best regards mate ^^
That oreo in the background. Is that one of Mark's pots?
Sure is! They’re so good
The obesa that u showing is corking, is that normal for semi young plants or it is a sign of over watering? I have a few of them and some corking for me and some dont😅.
I’m not 100% sure - maybe someone else can chime in - but I think it can often be associated with under-potting. Less corking if they have adequate root room. Could be way off the mark though.!
@16:52 there is a cacti that is very reminiscent of a juvenile citrus, green sticks with huge spines, what is it?
It’s called Adenia globosa - in time it grows a huge fat base, from which those spriny vines emerge.
@@AridZine Wow! What a weird one.
Are you throwing away those Trichocereus spp? In hope the taxonomy hasn't changed when I failed to notice.
Or eating them? You no doubt know, if it were one of the sacred variations in species, that a bit of sodium hydroxide, hydrocarbon solvent, distilled water and sulphuric acid, with a bit of vacuum filtration and separation funnel, could make eating most of the plant unnecessary.
Haha I’m not eating them - they’re riddled with pathogens. Was using them for rootstock but they’d just infect whatever I grafted to them so time for them to go.
@@AridZine whatever pathogen they have, I guarantee it could not survive through a pH variation from 14 to 2.
I think I’ve bought too many plants already, only have window sills to put them. Bad as it sounds I won’t feel as bad losing mine, if you can lose yours. I’m in the UK, would it be ok to put some of them outside sometimes.
Yes they can certainly go out sometimes - depends heavily on the weather. Don’t take them from a windowsill to full blasting sun either; a recipe for sunburn.
@@AridZine thanks, will do.
What rack brand is that one?
love your work
It’s a Rackit kit from Bunnings.
@@AridZine thanks mate totally forgot they had the short legs
For the cacti that you sprayed with the fungicide, would propagating it still be a viable option? Or is fungus stuff one of those issues that kinda wrecks the plant? Can you cut it out like rot (I'm not sure if that's even the proper way to deal with rot on cacti)?
You could propagate it, definitely. In this case it’s so superficial though that it’s probably best to just spray. You could cut it off too… but not worth the scarring in my opinion.
@@AridZine Thank you!
is that a bupleurifolia @ 15:35 ?
Yes! It’s the big grandmama of many of my baby bupleurifolia
How can you tell the difference between euphorbia genders?
I expect I’ll make a video about this shortly… but the males have pollen, the females don’t.
@@AridZine Oh! So essentially the flowers. Very exciting then when they flower! Thank you!
Do you sell any, or given my bank balance, do you give any away?
Got some spare space here, just not sure I can outlive some of the plants already here, like the Gingko biloba, which has a thousand and a half years on me.
I do sell plants regularly - I’ve got a webstore. Do a Google search for Bayou Bros and you’ll find me - currently paused for winter though.