How to repot a cactus
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In this video I show you how to re pot a cactus plant an dshow you two examples of very different shapes of cacti, one round and one tall :-)
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In this video I will be showing you how to re pot a cactus using two very different types of cacti in two different types of pots :-)
I hope you find the tips useful, please leave any comments or questions and take a look at my other cacti and succulent videos to see my weird and wacky cacti and succulents in greater detail. Please subscribe for updates.
HAPPY GROWING GUY'S :-)
I've been puzzling over how to pot up my tall Euphorbia trigona for a couple of weeks. Super informative how to - thanks!
So happy you found the video helpful and happy repotting with your Euphorbia trigona, thanks so much Ian 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
Omg I would never break my pots, it hurts just watching it XD
I totally agree. Just tap them out which works fine. I would never put a cactus in a plastic pot as the roots rot off more easily, clay pots all the way.
Nigel Cole it dose not work for me I wish it did
@@nigelcole1936 you can use the broken pot to put into a new pot. 👍
That is crazy breaking
The pot ,all she had to do was just move it around and it would easily come out ,pots are not cheap .
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My husband and I grew three cereus cacti from cuttings in pots and wanted to transplant them in our yard. Your video was the best I found on the internet. Your visuals and explanations were extremely helpful. I didn't need to break the pot I had leftover bubble wrap I used in addition to the newspaper. It worked like a charm. Thank you and I look forward to watching more of your videos. Excellent job and I love your accent!
Thank you so very much Kathy
@inside outside upside downside haha yes so true :-D I am a Silhillian :-D I still haven't lost my Brummie accent even though I have been living in Ireland 14 years haha :-D XXXX
have you ever tried tapping the clay pot all around its circumference with a rubber mallet? It works fine AND you save the pot !!
That's how I do it also. If it still seems stuck I stick my finger or a stick into the drain hole & push it out. I'm not wasting my pots..
Hi Lyn: Using newspaper is such a perfectly effective and simple idea I only wish I would have seen your video sooner! (been pricked through gloves many times) I really enjoy your videos and can listen to you talk all day. It also absolutely amazes me that in rain soaked Ireland you can maintain such a magnificent cacti collection. You really know your stuff. Thank you and keep up the good work.
***** Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment :-) I agree gloves are hopeless with the spines, they go straight through them and get stuck on them, soooo painful LOL! Yes growing these Desert plants are a real challenge here in Ireland with all the rain and damp air LOL! I often dream of living in a warm and dry sunny climate where I can grow them all outdoors in the garden instead of behind glass and in the house, but then I think part of the challenge and enjoyment of growing these plants is keeping them healthy and happy despite the conditions :-) Thanks so much for watching and have a MAGNIFICENT day ahead today :-) XXXX
You are a very charming, warm, beautiful soul. Thank you for your time.
Awwww thank you so much for your wonderful words and thank you for watching, and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Saturday today XXXX
Hi Lyn
Super demo on repotting tall and cacti with pickers
Thanks so much JoAnn for your wonderful comment and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
I just moved an I got a new San Pedro cactus an I was going to transplant it but I knocked it over an it hit the ground from 5 ft. in the air.It was so healthy it didn't even phase it.Its such a cool cacti.I hope it handle the stress.It looked okay.Thanks for all your info on 🌵🌵🌵🐦
Good luck with your San Pedro Greg, they really are tough plants :-D 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 couldn't break my pot. I'm gluing mine back together that accidentally break! Lolol. To each their own though. ❤️🥰
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Great info. Great video.
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending both you and Odin an abundance of love and happiness from right across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Sunday XXXX
I inherited a super old (more than 20yrs I guess) cactus and Jade mix in a rectangular plastic pot. Though lovely and healthy, the cactus spines is a pain when being touched most esp kids. You gave me an idea how to separate and repot my plants. I will try when I have time this spring, fingers crossed I will do good!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle for a sunny Saturday XXXXX
Just started collecting cacti, amazing luck, I have been given 25 very large and tall cacti so I have bought a greenhouse dedicated to the plants and they all need repotting so your video will be very usefull. Many thanks from Tony in bedfordshire.
Tony Smith Hi Tony :-) Thank you so much for your lovely comment :-) That is fantastic that you have been given 25 cacti, that is wonderful and even better that you have a greenhouse too that you can keep them in, happy growing Tony, thanks so much for watching and sending you much love and happiness from Ireland XXXXXXX
Thanks for the reply and happy growing from here in west Texas! Great cactus country !!
I see you leaving heartfelt comments on other people's channels and on video, You just seem like one of the nicest people on earth. Your husband/bf, he's a lucky man.
Awwwww that is so lovely of you to say that
@@desertplantsofavalon oh thank you, you're very very kind. Would love you meet you one day😊. Cheers
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Wow this is great, love the tips and you’re adorable ha ha! Thanks for the joy and especially the muppets
So happy you enjoyed the video and my Muppet Tee Shirt haha
Well, it’s official. I now understand why plastic is preferred. I was repotting this morning from 3 inch terra cotta to 4 inch pots and was greeted by a mass of roots clinging to the walls of the pots! I thought of you and quickly decided that plastic was the way to go. Next repotting should be much easier...but I’m not looking forward to having to repot the rest of my collection. Yup, you guessed it. All are currently in terra cotta pots. Bleh!
Hi Kevin, Clay pots can be such a pain due to the roots clinging to the sides, and I used to love clay pots as they look so nice and they dry out faster but decided that plastic is better due to the roots sticking to the clay, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and PLANT POWER happiness and have a wonderful Friday XXXX
Thanks for showing this Lyn. Looks like quite an undertaking, but worth it :o)
I loved the tips! Won a new inscribed, a big hug from the family admirers of nature!
This was very helpful,and interesting video.
I am glad I took the time to watch.
I learned how to transplant my cactus with out getting injured,or damaging the plant.
Thank you for sharing.
So happy you found the video helpful Debra
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From Phoenix Arizona USA.
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to post this video.
Waiting not so patiently for spring in sunny Canada.
-Roger
I'm re-potting my barrel cactus tomorrow. I go to a place called California Cactus Center here in So Cal. They have the best cactus soil I have ever used. Love your vids. Keep up the great work ❤
So happy you love my vids and thats fantastic you will be repotting your Barrel Cactus today :-D happy repotting and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to California for a terrific Thursday XXXX
Hi there . My wife is really into cactus plants and loves to garden and really anything to do with plants ,flowers, vegetables or anything that grows. Great video on repotting a cactus.
+Dennis F Thanks so much Dennis for your wonderful comment :-) so happy that you enjoyed the video :-) sending you and your wife loads of love and happiness and happy growing from Ireland and have a wonderful Wednesday today XXXXX
awesome tips! Thank you!!!! keep smiling
Thanks so much Jessica for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness from right across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic day XXXX
Thank you for this wonderful video.
So happy you enjoyed the video Richard, 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
Super great video. The best I've seen on repoting cacti. I've been using old towels, instead of news paper. I use the towel as a hammock to support a tall cacti. The tape around the pot, is VERY smart. Thanks again for Your great videos. SAL.
Sal Petrillo Thank you so much Sal :-) That is so wonderful to hear that you are enjoying the videos, That sounds like a brilliant idea about using the towels as a hammock to support tall cacti, Thanks so much for watching and sending you much love and happiness from Ireland XXXXXX
You doing very good. I like your video and learn from you so I am recently growing cactus 🌵 and I love it.
Thats wonderful you are growing cactus, they are incredible plants to grow, thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic new week ahead XXXX
This was super helpful. I just came into possession of a echinocactus grusonii. Thanks for sharing.
+Trac McNguyen Thanks a million Trac for your wonderful comment and so happy that you found this repotting vid helpful, repotting a cactus is something everyone dreads having to do haha! and thats such brilliant news that you have a Echinocactus grusonnii :-) thanks so much for watching and sending you tons of love and happy growing from Ireland for a MAGICAL Sunday XXXXXX
The cardboard used on the tall cactus is a very helpfull tip :D i wil remember that when repotting my cacti.
Thanks from Martin in Denmark
StrongmanMS Thanks so much Martin for watching and for your comments :-) Sending you much love and happiness from Ireland and wishing you many Seasons Blessings XXXXXX
Great info! Fun attitude and not too "professor-like" boring! I just want to "save" some mistreated plants. Thank you!
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@@desertplantsofavalon I have some plants that are possibly right up your alley...I can only correctly ID 1 since it is a local cactus. May I send you the pix? It helps me get some "brownie points" with our local junior college.
Thanks for your video, I know how to repot cactus now, love your videos :)
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching
This was very helpful. Thank you.
I love your channel
So happy you love the channel and thanks a million for watching :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland for a TERRIFIC Tuesday today XXXXX
Nice job!!! My two catus plants have been in their pots easliy 4 years so I'm thinking it is time for a new home. Your example is what I was thinking of doing, but never thought about scrunching newspaper to help the plant and placing cardboard between the stems. Thank you for this video. I believe I can do this, without harming my hand , arms or the cacti! Thanks
Good luck with your repotting Donna :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching :-D sending an abundance of love and PLANT POWER your way for a terrific Tuesday XXXXX
Very useful video, thank you x
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending an abundance of love and heaps of happiness from right across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Friday ahead XXXXXX
great simple advice on how to do the job well! thanks! and a great bubbly happy presentation. really fun. best wishes. Dave.
David clowsley Thank you so much Dave for your lovely comment and for watching :-) really happy you enjoyed the video :-) Sending you much love and happy growing from Ireland XXX
Thank you ! Wonderful video!
Thank you so much Richard, so happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for watching XXXX
Brilliant! 🌵
thanks so much Lori
Very much enjoyed watching this. You are a great help.
Steve Northbridge Thank you so much Steve for watching :-) So happy that you enjoyed the video and it was a help :-) Sending you much love and happy growing from Ireland for a wonderful week XXXX :-)
You look attractive and beautiful when smile. Keep on smiling each day!
Awwww thank you so very much Sim :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching, Sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX
Totally great tips. I learned something, and got great ideas.
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment :-) thats brilliant that you are learning lots from the vids :-) thanks a million for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happy growing from Ireland for a fantastic new week ahead XXXXX
Thank you and happy growing to you too,
but from florida!
Needed this video as planning to repot my plants. Thanks. Subscribed
Thanks so much for subscribing 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 wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
absolutely brilliant! 😍😍😍
So happy you loved the vid :-) thanks so much for your wonderful comment an dfor watching and have a fantastic day today XXXX
You could also tip the pot and use the spoon end or the wire your made to push plant out and save the pot. Great tip on using card board and newspaper to save your hands and the plant 8) thanks
Thanks so much for sharing your tips too :-D thanks a million for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending tons of love and heaps of happiness and happy growing from Ireland and have a fantastic Sunday XXXX
Great job beautiful Lyn, priority is not to hurt the cactus fantastic!!!! 💟
So happy you loved the repotting video Emmanouela :-D thanks so much for watching and for your fantastic comments and sending you an abundance of love and happiness your way for a fantastic day XXXXXX
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Hi Lynn, cute Muppet shirt 🤗! . I just discovered your channel about a month ago. Looking into your archives this weekend. You have gobs of great info!! 🌵❤️ from New Mexico, USA. Steve
Hi Steve :-D so happy you love my channel and Muppet shirt too haha :-D so happy you love the info on my channel and I have lots of more how to and care videos planned for this year too :-D thanks so much for your support its really appreciated
Wow. Great tips. Thank you.
This is Gold!, thanks for sharing!.
+Tomasz Zaleski Thanks so much for your wonderful comments :-) So happy that you are loving the vids :-) thanks a million for watching and sending you tons of love and heaps of happiness from Ireland to Venice Beach and have a BRILLIANT Tuesday ahead today XXXXX
Im getting such good vibes from this vid! I envy your lovely personality and obvious joy of life :D I have a cactus that is about 9 years old and was only ever repottet once and into sand. I want to give it a better pot and the right soil now so thanks a lot for this vid
+Y0GURTkun Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching :-) I'm really pleased that this video helped you :-) Sending you tons of love and heaps of happiness from Ireland for a wonderful evening ahead XXXX
wow, very good demonstration!!!
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending tons of love and heaps of plant power from Ireland XXXXX
So interesting, informative and useful video! Thank you very much!
Very helpful. Thanks x
So happy you found the video helpful, thanks so much for watching and have a fantastic day XXX
I love this video! and your shirt!!! lol, I just bought some small cactuses and I hope they get huge like these somday!!
c3r3br0b0t Thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comment :-) So happy you loved the video and the shirt haha! I love the Muppet Show :-) Sending you much love from Ireland XXXXX :-)
I've been binging a bit watching your channel. Love your personality and energy. I have some large potted specimens I've had for 25 years. I'll have to make a little video and post it. Have fun... Peace.
So happy you love my channel and personality and WOW I bet your large plants you have had for 25 years are INCREDIBLE :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Friday XXXX
Great vid, very helpfull
BM's Aquatics Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching :-) so pleased to hear that you found the video helpful, sending much love from Ireland for a wonderful day XXXX
Another life saver video for me haha I’m really afraid to repot cacti. Thank you
So happy you found this video helpful Katherine :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a wonderful weekend XXXX
So beautiful cactus
thanks so much for your lovely comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful day XXXXX
Thank you I got a lot out of it
Lynn, I really enjoyed your video. It gave me many tips that I hadn't thought of and the photography and presentation was first class.
Daniel, Ballyduff, Waterford
+Daniel Cahill Thank you so much Daniel for your wonderful comment and for watching :-) and so happy to see you are also here in Waterford :-) Sending you much love and happiness for a FANTASTIC day ahead XXXXX
Hi Lyn, an oldie but goodie here ( hahaha I've gone all 'smashie and nicey, blush😳) I'm searching your channel for advice on potting on cacti. Something some of my little ones are needing but I'm a wee bit nervous. Sending big smiles and thanks for all the great info. 🌺Tish
haha Tish so happy you like this re potting vid, its some years ago now but still the same method :-D thank you so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Edinburgh for a FANTASTIC Friday XXXXX
Thanks for sharing your technique. I have used cardboard, but I really like the newspaper idea. :-) We are enjoying cactus flowers in California right now... Hope you are too. :-)
Harimblade Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for subscribing, i have subbed your FANTASTIC channel too, you have some beautiful cacti :-) We are enjoying some lovely flowers on the cacti at the moment, You are so blessed living in California with all that sunshine, it must be wonderful to be able to have your amazing plants outside in the fresh air :-) Sending you much love and happiness from Ireland for a FANTASTIC weekend :-) XXXXX
I am absolutly in love with that round cactus you got there! What on earth is it?
I have 10 cacti/ succulensucculents myself and currently I'm trying to save my Eve's Pin from a bought of overwatering. I thought watering my plants once a week every Sunday was okay and Sangria ( Eve's Pin ) started getting wrinkly. I thought it may have been from being underwatered, but I still watered her once a week. Turns out an Eve's Pin needs water once every 10 - 14 days! I let her and Mister Harry, ( He is a cat us with four nubs that was getting swollen and his soil has not drying out thanks to the soil and being in a glazed pot ) I let them both dry their soil out. Mister Harry is no longer swollen but Sangria my Eve's Pin is a little mushy and wrinkled. Not discolored wich is a good sign. Right now I have her in a dark place for a day or two hoping she'll become solid again and We'll work out those wrinkles soon. :/
But yes, what is that delightfully round Cacti called? XD
Its a Ferocatus setispinus cactus haha :-D and I have had this plant for many years now :-D about 20 years
hi,been watching more of your videos,i love the way you present the films with so much passion and joy,best wishes to you and your partner
hi lyn,thanks for the reply
your brave girl love the video thanks.
whats this Lyn. cruelty to cactus, beating them with a hammer, seriously ,another good tip thanks again lots of Love and best wishes from north east Scotland
hahahaha Mike :-D so happy you enjoyed the repotting video :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to North East Scotland for a terrific Tuesday afternoon XXXXX
Hi Lyn I have to repot one of my catcus. Thanks so much for the ideas. I will try. Thanks from Tasmania Australia. I found your
TH-cam from watching your partners TH-cam.
Thats fantastic that you found my channel from my partners you tube :-D Good luck with repotting your cactus Abbey and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Tasmania, Australia for a fantastic evening XXXX
Nice presentation, you rock the cacti. GF1 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😎
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and watching and sending you an abundance of love and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald isle and have a wonderful Wednesday XXXXXX
Hi there Jason :-) Thanks for watching + for the questions, yes it is possible to save a clay pot if you can gently loosen the soil around the edges of the pot first, but I always find by doing this you can damage the roots as the roots tend to cling to the clay + I find it safer + easier to break the pot. When re potting to a bigger pot I always find it best to transfer it to just the next size up as cacti can be very prone to rotting if they are kept in too big of a pot than CONTINUED
Hi Lynn, Just found your website what a lovley cheerful girl you are. I will watch you more now. About 40 yrs ago he was about 10 at the time. our son got into cacti growing, he joined the local society, they all grew them in square pots, they could be placed together thus taking up less room, also looked neater,. I still have a lot of them and I am trying my streptocarpus in them. I buy lithops now and again.
+Shirley Carwardine Thank you so much Shirley for your really wonderful comment :-) that so lovely to hear about your son joining the local Cactus society all those years ago, funny enough I am am member of the one in Dublin here in Ireland and a lot of the members also like to grow them in the square pots, the square pots look so nice and neat but they are so hard to find now, and most of the people I know have to order them online, I love Lithops too, they are wonderful plants and so unusual :-) Thanks so much for watching, and sending you an abundance of love from Ireland XXXXX
Nice video helps me alot
Mark A Thank you so much Mark for watching and so pleased to hear that the video helped :-) Sending much love and happy growing for a fantastic weekend XXXX
Thanks for the information
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and heaps of happiness and PLANT POWER from Ireland for a fantastic Friday today XXXX
Thanks and wishing you the same thoughts from America :-)
Someone knows their shit... instant subscribe, thank you!
(This is the exact same way we are taught to handle desert life here in Southwest Arizona) well done! :)
Thank you so much Craig for subscribing and thanks so much for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle to Arizona XXXX
You're so cuuute !! :D
LOL! thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching :-) XXXXX
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Thank you!
Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching too XXXX
Thank you so much!!!!
Thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comment XXXX
Sending u loads of sun from Germany 🇩🇪
Thank you so much Thorsten, we definitely need the sun here, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Germany for a wonderful weekend XXXX
I use the ruler on ceramic pots worked so far and no broken pots, I guess it might damage the roots a little bit, but not noticed anything happening because of it.
Thats a brilliant idea with using a ruler to loosen up the sides of the clay pot, thanks so much Billy for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic day XXXX
Hi - Thank you for the info. Would you ever separate those stems when they are younger and shorter? I have a small pot about 10cm in diametre, with 6 of those in at around 15cm tall. Should I leave all 6 'tall cacti' in the one pot do you think?
Might also be a silly question, but is there any recommended way to encourage them to grow tall like yours?
if some desert plant need repoting. which is the best season to repot any cacti and succulent.
Hey Lyn! One question. What do you do with really small cacti with a pot that are maybe 2 and a half or 2 inches wide?
Hi Michael :-D if the cacti are still very small, I always leave them in the same pot until they are much bigger, if the cacti are a lot smaller than the size of the pot, I make sure that I am extra careful with the watering, and only water around the base of the cactus and not the whole of the soil in the pot, you can transplant them into a smaller pot but when cacti are very young it may be best to leave them in the same pot even if the pot is bigger than ideal for them, and be extra careful with the watering, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX
thank you very much.
+madel verniz Thank you so much Madel :-) Sending you lots of love from Ireland for a wonderful evening XXXXX
You need your own tv show !!
LOL! :-D thanks so much Elizabeth for your fantastic comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle and have a wonderful Monday XXXXX
great vid
Vinccent usa_ Thanks so much for your lovely comment and for watching :-) Sending much love from Ireland and have a great Wednesday XXXXX
Very helpful video, thank you! I'm planning to re-pot my 7 year old, oft-neglected San Pedro cactus and had no idea what the root system was even like (I assume it's similar to those shown in this video)!
Mark Van Slyke Thank you so much Mark for your lovely comment :-) Yes the root system of your Pedro will be very similar to these two in the vid and when you re pot San Pedros they grow really fast after as I have found out with a few of mine :-) Thanks for watching and have a fantastic week ahead :-) XXXX
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I have a question I can’t seem to find a good answer on with google searches. So I have like a 5’ tall cereus peruvianus in my living room and he needs a new pot. I recently got him and he has three columns total and two that are leaning at like a 40 degree angel from the base. (As in they seem to have grown that way?) is it possible to separate them and gently separate the roots without killing them so they can be repotted more upright? The lean makes him a little dangerous to move sometimes and I worry about the strain to the base as he gets taller. Thank you! I really love your videos they’re super helpful.
A faster method of filling the sides is to use a flexible sheet of hard plastic, add some your soil, bend, lift and slide the soil off along the sides. Do this all around the edges and tamp. Repeat until desired depth of soil is achieved.
Finally a very good instruction video and so much good energy that just made my day even better :-) thank you very much. I do have a couple of questions: how do I know if my cactus needs reporting and what do I do when the roots are not in a great shape? Btw. I live in Florida and my "babies" just love it! Lol
Thank you so much Roger for your WONDERFUL comment :-) So happy you enjoyed the video, Sending you tons of love and happiness from Ireland :-) XXXX
Question did I see in a previous video a Eves Needle? If so please tell me how toget it to flower. I reside in Northern California.
Hi Debra :-D yes I have an Eve's needle cactus, although mine has never flowered yet, they can be difficult to get to flower, but they love plenty of sunshine and monthly fertilising in Spring and Summer, I like to use a weak strength fertilizer for tomatoes for my cacti as the extra potassium gives them a boost for flowering but these Eve's Needle cacti will usually flower when they get to be over 2-3 feet high, and it will be wonderful to see flowers on ours in the near future :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Northern California for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX
Fab videos Lynn. Ireland? I am sure I can hear a hint of Black Country! Mavellous!
Chas Cox Thank you so much Chas for your lovely comment :-) Yes I am from Birmingham, i have been living in Ireland 8 years now, no sign of an Irish accent yet though haha! Thanks so much for watching and have a FANTASTIC day ahead XXXX
I left B'ham in the 70s to go to University......but still have a little "tang" in my voice especially after a pint or two! X
Nice blue cactus
So happy you love the blue colour of this beautiful cactus Sai Sandeep Ponna :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic afternoon XXXX
There is an English Gardner I watched a show where he went around and redid Gardens for people and help them learn how to plant and grow plants.
He had a trick of taking the plant out of the pot placing the pot in the next size up or whatever he was planting it in pack the dirt around it pull the pot out and just sit the plant in and just do some light touch up look so simple with cactus it might be a good idea to make sure you don't have air pockets in there or whatever might want to check him out and give it a try I do not know his name sorry about that.
what is the name of the blue cactus? i have one that is very similar, but it has yellow spikes
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Thanks so much Rick for your WONDERFUL comment :-) re-potting is definitely the one part of this hobby I am not so keen on haha! especially re-potting the very tall spiny ones, and when you have as many as me it can sometimes take me a whole week to re pot just one shelf of my plants haha! Sending you tons of love and happiness from across the pond Rick :-) XXXX
You don't have to crack the pot... just take a flat head screw driver, push it down in at the edge through the soil to the bottom of the pot, and do this about four or five times around the circumference of the pot..
and turn it up sidedown, it'll come out easily with a pat. I ran into the same problem with very rootbound column... I was shaking it upsidedown and it wouldn't come out! Now I just do this, works every time no problem.
Also, why don't you use bigger pots?
you gave very useful tips - well worth a listen, thanks
thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you tons of love and happiness and heaps of PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a brilliant weekend ahead XXXX
Hi I recently purchased a cactus from Lowe's and it appears be rotting and I've only had it for a week and I have a few questions about it, so it's a small Irishman cactus and the rot only goes up about a centimeter but is there any way that the roots would still be alive that being said what color should they be as it's roots are a light brown color. If I need to cut off the rot how far past it should I cut? I presume the cactus was over watered as the soil was very wet, if I cut off the rot how long will it be before New roots come in and what color should the callous be what when it starts to form? Sorry if that's a lot of questions and thank you!
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Hi there :-) Thanks so much for your WONDERFUL comment :-) Yes most liquid houseplant feeds are perfectly safe to give to cacti, I would use it at half strength though, I usually use chempak cactus feed or baby-bio or a liquid tomato feed and use it at half strength than they recommend for normal plants :-) Sending you much love and happiness from Ireland :-) XXXX
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