VLOG #14: Watering Cactus / Trying a new Fertilizer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- It is time to give my cactus plants its first watering with fertilizer after its long winter rest. This time, I am going to try something new, a fertilizer that will hopefully make my cactus flower abundantly.
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I feel some sort of satisfaction when you water haha! I've always watered around the cacti's. I was so afraid to water "on" them. I'm so silly! I'm going to start giving them some love on top too. Unless it's not safe to do that on all cacti's?
I water them sometimes on the top to wash the cactus. It was windy all week and my plants are dusty. 😉
@@CactusCaffeine oh! hahahaaa..I didn't even think about them getting dusty. I'm so silly. Thank you Ana!
Watching you water your cacti gives me so much serotonin haha especially right now in midterm season for us college students💗 I’m obsessed with cacti but not the best plant caretaker haha so I’m learning so much from you!!💚 thank youuu
Aww. That is such a heartwarming compliment. I’ve killed a lot of plants over the years. But it will always get better. 😉👍🏼 Good luck in school, too!
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Thank you. That means a lot to me. The flute is played by my young nephew, who was born blind so it is special to the family.
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Hi Ana,Good videos,thank you for sharing🤗👍
Thank you! Hope it helps
Deb tried the coffee coke, she liked it too!! I thought it sounded a bit strange. I've used to use the Miracle Grow bloom fertilizer. It does ok. But to tell you the truth, after I saw both you and Lyn use the tomato feed , I tried it last season and I think it works better than the bloom feed. Haven't fed any succulent plants yet. Only our leafy plants. Going to have to wait a little bit. We are getting rain for the next few days. Great video Ana!! A good bit for people to know!!! From Morris park in the Ozarks, out to Las Vegas, have a great day!!! Peace,Love and blooming plants!!! ✌💖🌵🌸🌿🌷🌳💐🌲🌹🌴🌻
Thanks for sharing your experience on other types of fertilizer. I was considering using an orchid bloom booster, too. But I settled for this one bottle instead. We’ll see how it goes. 😉 Coffee coke caramel is good. I have yet to taste the vanilla. 😃
The only caffeine that I drink is Cactus Caffeine 😜. Your cacti look great, I think you're going to have more flowers if it's possible 😊🌵👌💕.
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I can't believe how pretty those flowers are! My mammillaria glosii has a bunch of little flowers right now.
I love to see signs that the plants are waking up. How exciting that you are enjoying early buds and blooms! It always feels so good to reintroduce water to thirsty plants. 🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵😀
Thank you
Hi ms Ana. You have a beautiful collection of flowering cacti.
Great job. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Hello Ana, I like your blog about cactus and also aloes, I am learning from them. Maraming salamat and more power to you.
OMG HIII! LOVE YOUR PLANTS!
Hi Ana! I just wanna give a tip, if you have a hard time finding id for your plants I really recommend the app "plantnet". It really helps me finding the id for my plants! just take a photo and it will actually find the id. It works better with flowers, since flowers are more distinct and could be set apart better from each species😀
Oh thank you so much for that tip! 😃
Thanks for sharing ❤️🙏🏽❤️
Another awesome and informative video, Ana 😊 It’s that time of year again 🥳 Looking forward to seeing the results of the new fertiliser you’re using, I’ll probably try the tomato fertiliser this year as well, we can get that brand here. Thank you for sharing with us as always Ana, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜☕️
You 2 are have the same topic in your latest videos 🥰 but because you are from different continents so your ways are quite different. Very interesting. The growing advice will really depend on your location, climate and resources available. That E. villosa is amazing! So small yet such a strong bloomer parang uminom ng Coke. Gising na gising! 🤣
The Vanilla Coke coffee is so good.
Yes, I like the Vanilla and Caramel flavors.
Looking good 😊
First! Good morning Anna!
You were up at 4am?! 😮😁 I was still 😴
@@CactusCaffeine yes, my work starts 5am 😂
Wow thanks for this vlog again!!
FANTASTIC video Ana :-D and its so wonderful to get watering again after their Winter rest :-D and so wonderful to see blooms already :-D I I will be starting watering with tomato fertiliser with most of mine in the polytunnel at the end of this month too, and I have my Gymno mihanovichii coming into bud and so excited but most of mine in the polytunnel are still snoring away haha :-D so looking forward to the results from your new fertiliser, thanks so much for sharing Ana, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful Sunday today XXXXX
Beautiful collections ❤️
I love all your dessert plants 🥰 I’m new in cacti n succulents but it’s fun to learn new things everyday. Love from Rhea in Ireland
I will have to be on the look out for those cokes. I love regular vanilla coke and classic coke.
Hi! Love your video!🌵💚! Can I use on my very small 3 inch pot of fuzzy cactus 🌵,old man being one,the plant food sticks to fertilize?💚
Love your videos!!!! My mom used to say “puera usug” all the time 🥰
Lol! I heard them a lot from my aunts and uncles. Now, I say it to my plants. 😄😁 Thank you for your compliment. Cheers! 🌵☕️
First ! Good morning Anna!🌵🌵🌵😂
I’ve tried the coca-cola vanilla coffee one. It’s definitely weird and good at the same time. Ahaha
I still haven’t tried that one yet. The store near me is always out of vanilla coffee coke. Must be popular. Weird but good. Hahaha 🤪
My cactus are all indoors but not watered any fully yet, only ones coming into bud or severely wrinkled ones especially Gymnocalycium have been given a little light watering.
Good test to try out your new fertiliser, will be interesting to see the results, and are you looking to find a replacement for the tomato feed or will you carry on using the tomato feed? 😁👍🏻🌵🌞🏜️
I saw you domino cactus I think you need to repot it. Ahahahaa
Yes, I have so many lined up for repotting this spring. 🙂 Thank you for pointing that one out, Christian.
My cactus 🌵 are on my south facing window inside of my house.
I love the steno cactus and i still dont have ...it really catches my eyes
I hope you find one soon. 🤞😉 Thank you for your time.
I have started using a Tomato fertilizer call Neptune.
I would like to ask also on what should I do about my cactus, I cut its head but its not rotting yet its been 6 months. It is a gymnocalycium mihanovichii rubra
im new to your channel and i love love your echinopsis, i just got inlove with your way you care them.will they survive in the tropical country Phillipines? thank youu
Yes. Echinopsis can take more water compared to other types of cacti. But protect them still from too much rain. Also yung soil mo dapat fast draining. 🙂
@@CactusCaffeine salamat po sa tips, i hope 1 day i can buy some seeds from your beautiful echies plants
Have you tried fish fertilizer? I have some that I'm using on my houseplants. I'm going to use it on 1 of my cacti..(.Experimenting) then I'll use tomato fertilizer on the other one to see the difference.... I'll keep you updated
No, I haven’t tried fish fertilizer yet. Would like to know how yours go.
Well... My parodia bloomed with the fish fertilizer.(2022). Now im trying the fertilizer spikes on my echinopsis rainbow... Its been 2yrs no buds yet. March 2023...my mammillaria... bloomed in November...that was exciting to see!!
Good morning Ana. We have had 5 straight days of rain. I’m worried that my cactus is getting too much water. Should I be concerned? I usually water once a week. BTW the Vanilla Coke Coffee is good. I usually drink my coffee black, so this is very sweet to me.
Sorry, my reply is a bit late. If you have well draining soil, they should be fine. But if you can, I would move them to shelter them from the rain.
I finally found Vanilla Coke coffee, I am going to try it out soon. 🙂
Maraming salamat po.
My Parodia cactus is forming flower buds again 🌵🏵
Oh, how exciting! Great job. 😃👍🏼
i checked my cacti today and i noticed i have flower buds on three of my cacti and i have the aerols on a fourth that are swelling so i went ahead and watered them as i still have them inside my apt yet
They are waking up! 😃
Do you have any problems with them going with the cactus 🌵 going leggy I have had a few and wonder if there is any way to fix it
If they get too much fertilizer, it will make them grow fast, but leggy or looses its shape. This makes the cactus weak as well. Depending on what type of cactus you have, you can cut the top and Re-root them.
i have a few cacti and i would like to know if its safe to water as its almost mid march
Depends on where you are located. As long as there is no more forecast of frost and when you see some signs of waking up on your plants, then it is time! 😃
My birthday was last week and my kids got me new cactus !!😀 I have a question how can you take off the glued fake flowers 🌸? I know it’s bad for the cactus 🌵! 😕
Happy birthday! Nice present! 😃 I heat up a small nail or a needle with a candle and gently melt the glue with the nail. Try not to touch the cactus with the hot nail. 🙂
Thank you 😊
Helo! I have a mammillaria, possibly Bocasana which I received by mail and the plant is soft. I do not see any rot or dark spots. It was in bone dry material. I removed all the material and I water the roots every other day and no planting. Do you think it might have a possibility to recover? Thank you.
Is it winter where it came from? Maybe the cactus is just winter dormant. If there is no rotting and the roots look alive, then I wouldn’t worry. It will wake up again once the weather warms up.
@@CactusCaffeine yes, it came from Virginia Beach and they were in a Walmart store at $2 each. I have them in a plastic box with paper towel. They have sun in the mornings only for now. Thank you for your advice. Sorry to take your time, but I appreciate your help! God bless you and your family. Love your videos!
Hi, is it okay to fertilize when cactus are flowering? I have never fertilize my succulents nor cactus 😬
Yes! Fertilize when they are growing. Having flowers mean they are actively growing. 🙂
Looking for a follow up of this video
Help My cactus has not bloomed and I got a cutting from a friend who hers was just loaded with blooms what am I doing wrong
Also I've been afraid to water them. How much h2 o and when?
Unless they are too shriveled, you don’t need to water them if it is still very cold in your place. If you decide to water, water very little, do not soak the soil. 🙂
What is the NPK with the tomato fertilizer?
I’m a new year with cacti.
I saw the title and then the autoplay was the coke and my brain started to smoke "she is fertilizing with coke?"
🤣 Did TH-cam turn it into a “click-bait”? LOL! I did not even notice but that made me laugh. 😁
It's just a " BLOOM BUSTER " US ALL THAT'S NEEDED
What are the NPK numbers of the tomato fertilizer you use?