Cacti 101: a care guide & mini cacti collection tour!
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- Hello Plant Friends! 🌵
Cacti are one of my absolute fav's (same with succulents) and I feel like they get a bad rep for being labelled as a 'beginner' plant... but people find them difficult. So let's demistify cacti together! I promise they actually are really easy!!
Cacti Soil Mix:
- 3:2:1 (potting mix : coarse sand : perlite/pumice)
- Optional: slow release fertilizer & wood chips
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:04 - Light Req.
3:55 - Watering
6:14 - Cactus Soil Mix
7:25 - Fertilizer
8:42 - Cactus Propagation
10:18 - Cactus Collection Tour
15:57 - Outro
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Thanks for watching! See you all in the next video :)
Do you think Cacti are easy or difficult to care for?? Let me know! I killed 2 before figuring it out haha
I killed at least 4 when I was younger but also lucky bamboo for some reason.
Until recently, I found them so hard to care for. I probably killed 4 or 5 cacti/succulents. But I got a GORGEOUS Lemaireocereus marginatus (Mexican fence post?) and I really want to keep it alive, so your video came on point (I love your monsoon metaphor!) I've had it under a grow light for about 5 months and it's growing a little bump! I'd love to get a prickly pear. I love their unpredictable shape
I love cacti. Always looking for new ones. The Domino is cool. Hard to find but saw one at Home Depot here in Minnesota
Hi I’m from Texas and newish at plants. I love cacti of all shapes and sizes too. I think they are super easy if you do exactly what you said, treat them like they are in their environment. All my cacti and succulents are west facing on my patio so they get some brutal heat. All the other stuff is inside or at my front door. From May-September I water mine 2x a month and the rest of the year they are inside and only get water once a month. I know you said they grow slow and that is true sort of. They will grow as big and as fast as you let them. I like to move mine from the purchased pot to their forever pot as soon as they come home. It’s usually massive to replicate being planted in the ground to promote width and height growth. I love how you have them labeled bc I can never remember all their names.
I’ve had very good success with my various cacti! Lots of light and light on water!
Hilarious to hear you say, "he's coming home with me" and "this guy is so cute" . The last cactus is adorable. It /He looks like he's posing a fall with all four 'limbs' up in the air and a little tail to add. So cute. Love your cacti. Love your channel :)
The trailing one is Crassula muscosa ‘Watch Chain’
I have so many cacti.... so many I’ve lost count. I use to sell them
Thank you!!! 🌵 I'll label it 😁
Yes, was coming down here to say that. It's a cutie!
Was going to comment this as well. It's in the Jade plant family.
I love your cacti collection, I would really like to see a succulent edition too! I have a lot of cacti (50+) and they're really easy to care for once you get to know their specific care needs.
As far as cacti you need to know/see, I love Astrophytum asterias, Echinocereus rigidissimus (rainbow cactus) and Opuntia "Santa Rita". If you like Euphorbia too, I love E. ammak, E. platyclada, E. trigona Rubra and E. lactea "(especially E. lactea White ghost")! :)
I recently bought a monkey tail cactus! Highly recommend googling it, if you don't know what it is. When they grow out of their pots they look exactly like a monkey tail...I'm obsessed!!! And i found it at a grocery store because someone had ordered it and never claimed it.
I felt you on that bunny ears cactus mine now has a very rude name because the amount of time I have spent with tweezers picking those tiny see through spines out of my fingers. You can't even see them but you can feel them!
Thank you for your video. It’s still helping people 3 years later. Sadly I killed my Cuddly Cactus when I brought it inside for the winter and apparently watered it too much in lower light. 😢 I miss it.
You sound like such a sweetie!!! I have watched a couple of other cactus channels but they bounce all over the place and you actually talk slow enough that I can follow your video. Thank you for sharing and I have subscribed to your channel. Hopefully you will have more videos for me to watch. Keep a growin' baby girl.
Your little thumb cacti is either in the trichocereus or Pilocereus Pachyclandus family. Infact you have two of them. Watch “Desert Plants of Avalon” or “ Caffeine Cactus” . Those two ladies are full of cactus knowledge and the names . Enjoyed your video and info, too!
I also am a cacti fan and live in the North. Grande Prairie, AB so I understand this post. I still found it very helpful. Thanks. I desperately want a blue candle cactus. On my wish list. Great collection😊
You do such a wonderful job with your videos. They are always a hit for me.
🥰 thank you!
Every plant you feature in your videos, I instantly fall in love with haha. Maybe it’s because of your passion for plants that ignited the passion in mine lol.
They're all just so cute 🥲❤ love all my plant babies!!! 🌿
You present so well loved this video
Ahhhhh yayyyyyy!!!! Your collection are gorgeous 😍😍
Enjoyed 🍃
This was a great video! Thanks so much. You were informative without overloading us. And clearly you love cacti! And I totally agree about the whole “get a cactus if you’re a noob to plants!” It is not as simple as that. I’m willing to bet that most people have killed their first few cacti. The watering is what screws most people over as well as what type of soil to use. There’s definitely a learning curve to successfully grow a cactus!
Thank you so much. I love your video. You cover so many questions I have about my beautiful old cacti I just inherited . They must be over twenty years old. Some are doing great. Some may be too dry and seem to have lost half their soil. I want them to be very happy. I have a nice grow light, a very good bay window. I think I will get some cactus soil mix and repot a few , and be very conservative with water over winter. I am very excited about my new old cactus friends. You helped me a lot demonstrating how you water, and I now have more of an idea how to take care of them.♥️♥️
Thank you for the comment 🥰 and good luck with your cacti, they sound amazing!!! ❤🌵
I just bought a variegated prickly pear/optunia sunburst after drooling for weeks. I'm so in love and it wasn't very expensive for an uncommon cacti. I know they get big and I read they can grow quickly for a cacti, but I needed it and have no regrets
Thank you for such an informative video, for someone who claims not to know the names of cactus you do know very well how to look after them and you inspired me.
The cactus you are holding at minute 14 is of the Crassula family possibly Crassula Lycopodioides. At minute 14:20 looks like a mamilaria.
As for suggestions on cacti to collect, I'd go go the Crassula family, they are succulents and fun - no thorns lol. My Crassula ovata is 35 years old. I keep telling everyone who'd listen to try and look after at least one plant, because it is a great feeling to have a plant for such a long time.
Keep posting 🙂
I loved your video, it's the best I have seen I too love Cacti and Succulents. Learnt some good tips. Thank you from thr UK.
She said, he grew himself a little hat. I'm dead, too funny.
I love how you compare one to a beaver's tail! So canadian of you haha (from a fellow canadian)
😆😆😆 bahaha so true, it really does look like a flat little beavertail though!!
@@PlanteriorDecorator it really does! 🤣💗
Good collection
Omg!!! I lol in the intro!! Bunny ears cactus are cute until their spikes go to your skin.... 😂
Plants are so addictive
I've finally got an apt with the right South east lighting
So I'm finally free to pursue
This hobby
The one that you said with a blue color? The name is actually blue myrtle cactus! (Myrtillocactus geometrizans)😍 I have one too! Im from Philippines 😊 love your cacti ♥️
Gotta love a good cactus with arms! Hope you find one soon 🤞
Please do a repotting video!!! When to do it, how to do it 😁🌵❤
YES, please!!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I think cactus are the gateway plant to gardening. I recently started propagating cactus and now I’m hooked! Well, sometimes stabbed.. but it’s worth it 🌵 😅
This is my first seeing your video clip and subscribed now. I am aslo cactus lover and I have some cactus you explained in front of my home, growed in last month. Thanks 🌵
Ive been pricked so many times over the years! My barrel cactus left some pointers in my fingers without me even knowing until my fingers get red and irritated. Lol
ok! skincare routine, please!!! thank you for all the good tips!
Nice cacti care video. Those Opuntia glochids are no joke! I had to rehome mine. Lol
I finally purchased a bunny-ear cactus last week but made the big mistake of repotting it without wearing gloves. I stuck it out because I was already holding it. BUT NEVER AGAIN! 😭💗🌵I still love it tho. (Awesome vid btw) 🌈
I love in Hawaii, there's no choice but to get sun. And rain sometimes.
New subscriber here....Cacticollector and lover, too.thanks for the care tips❤
Awesome Cacti Tour!!! Thank you so much! PS.. I think you're "Super Cute"!!!! ; ) Please have a great rest of 2022!!!! : )
A fun cactus I got recently is a Road Kill cactus. I am hoping it will bloom--time will tell 🌵
Hi, the cacti in minute 14:40 is Myrtillocactus geometrizans and it´s the cacti with arms of corean shop , sorry for my english
i like catus too I have some variety but a common variety Hope I can have other variety soon
The trailing one looks like a watch chain succulent? It’s a crassula... at least that’s what it looks like to me... 😬😁 the more you touch the powdery ones, the less powdery they’ll be. They never get the powder back wherever you touch them. As for the spikes things? Use duct tape to get them out 😁
Loved your video, wonder if your trailing cacti is the watch chain that will grow outdoors here in New Zealand, now under the eaves of the house as we are in winter...looking forward to viewing more of your videos.
Got a lot of these tall cacti at home...try raising a moon cactus
Astrophytum are really cool
You very cute,I love cactus too. I watching in Thailand and I like you videos.Thank you for sharing..
Hello from Canada! 🥰 Thanks for watching ❤🌿
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😂🤣 🌵yup I've murdered a few. Hey while I'm here you inspired me to try houseplants so I started with some succulents and now my "Polly" arrives tomorrow. 😁 oh and my Rudsta cabinet arrives Monday. My husband thanks you 😂😂🤣
I think we need that succulent tour XD
Thanks so much for this info. I am going to add coarse sand to my mix. I have lots to succulents mostly and some cacti 🌵 (they are beautiful!!!)
Me: *about my husband* "once or twice a year I give him the monsoon."
LOL!!! You could call him "The Beave"!! I'm sure that puddy-tat's will learn super fast once pricked by "The Beave"!! 😹🤣🤣🤣! Cacti are not poisonous to cats right?? Not that they would want to eat them. Have you ever tried cooking with them?? Thanks for the best most info so far!! 🌵🐾🦫🦫🦫🦫🌵🐈⬛🌵🐈🌵. 🐈⬛🐈🌵
Prickly pear can grow flowers that become fruit if in the right conditions and soil.
bagus lagi! cantik! hurrah!
Great vid.. I'm in Vermilion Alberta Can
Hi Alina. I hope I spelled your name right. 😊 Love your channel! Your blue cactus is Blue Candle Cactus. It’s also called Bilberry Cactus, Myrtillocactus Geometrizans. I have it too.💚
I understand a cactus is a slow grower, but how do you know when it needs to be repotted to larger container? Thank you
Not sure but the little blue one you showed near the end might be a blue columnar (pilosocereus pachyclauds)
Zigzag cactus, orchid cactus, teddy bear cactus, blue candelabra cactus, peanut cactus, mistletoe cactus, coral cactus, old man of the Andes cactus, turks cap cactus, fairy castle cactus, dragon fruit cactus and hedgehog cactus are a few to name that I have in my collection. All are different with their own uniqueness.
your little trailing cutie is called a Watch chain crassula or Crassula lycopodioides
14:40 looks like a San Pedro Cactus ;) you should look up "Mexican Fence Post Cactus"
You are gorgeous, just like your cute cacti.
Nice collection,i also have small collection
All my cactus thriving in summer
Hi! Amazing video! Do you have a soil ratio for cactus?
Wondering how you handle them when repotting? We've found it pretty awkward to get them upright into the fresh soil & they don't seem to grow into it, just staying in their little nub.
14:30 myrtillocactus geometrizans
I don’t know angels love cacti. ❤
Would love to see how you repot cacti! Any tips or tools you may use. I have trouble repotting my bunny ears due to those million spikes lol 💕💕
Cooking tongs with plastic or silicone ends.
I use cooking tongs 😁
I’ve also seen some people used folded up newspaper as a handle of sorts when repotting. You can try tape to get some of the spikes out! Maybe duct tape?
i never had cacti, then 2 months ago i bought one for fun. I loved it. Now i have a whole bunch bought online and just deliverd. aaaannnd i do not know anything bout taking care of cacti. Great video you made!!! The last days i searched on internet youtube, how to take care of them, should i put them out in summer... i bought plenty growlights as well, not knowing if i don't kill them putting them under it 😱😃.... so the little cacti deliverd today are in their nursery pots. lots of soil fell out, rooths are coming out under the nursery pot, and the soil is sooooo dry it crack. Also the soil is like little stones, hard pieces of sand. Not like the soil for cacti i mix this with perlite some little stones and maybe now as wel soil for orchids. So Can i change the pots now from nursery to terracotta or do i have to wait for spring (after 21th of march). if i repot them do I give them straight away water, or do i wait for a few days/week/more weeks. I live in Belgium, so i guess it's almost the same envirement then where you live. All tips are welcome in case of what you would do with just deliverd cacti/Euphorbia. I think Euphorbia is no cacti but i am not sure.... thanks for the great video, loved it !!!🤩🤩🤩
They can survive indoors fine but they can be put outside in the summer. I just keep them indoors all of the time. I don't like bringing plants from outside indoors due to pests. I re-pot all of my cactus straight away but I don't water until a few days or a week later. The stones in the soil are for increased drainage. Perlite isn't always enough or the stones may have been used as top dressing. Be sure not to water them too much because they store a lot of water due to their natural environment. I water mine every 2 weeks but it's not hot here. The best method is the 'drench and dry' method. Allow the soil to dry out completely and then drench it completely. Be sure all of your pots have drainage holes. The best soil is Grow Buddha with some Horticultural Lava Rock as top dressing. Or you can make your own based on their ingredients. You should check out the Prickly Pear Cactus, where you are they will produce edible fruit, flowers and loads of pads that can be propagated.
@@mreverybody1150 Thank you so much for your information, have a great day, grtZ Carine 💝
How do
You take care of them during winter seasons?
I have the blue cactus you have in your collection. I believe they call it blue candle. Mine lost the blue hue. My guess is lack of sun light. Trying to figure out if it's gone forever. I cant find any information on it.
Have you tried using worm castings for your cacti?
Is it okay if I don't fertilize at all?
I’m in Az and someone planted a large cactus right in the ground.
It’s turning into brown rock and it’s growing. It doesn’t have food. I bought some cacdus mulch n dirt. Not sure to use it.
Maybe it’s thirsty? Fungus?
I don’t water it but once a month.
Hello from România
Do you recommend top or bottom watering for cacti?
Check out the totem pole cactus.
Yes, bunny ears so cute but such a pain in the butt ( literally) 😭
That intro gave me PTSD XD. I love my cacti but the ones with the small spines are hell. I accidentally touched one with the back of my hand and it was itchy for over a week.
How soon after re-potting them should you water them?
I have the cactus that has the red top ( sorry don’t know name is this cacti ) and the red top is rotting any suggestions as to what might
be going on and how to save it please and thank you 😊 ? Tia
Hi! I think my plant is dehydrated but also it is fall/going to winter time :X Ive had it for about a year and I've only watered them weekly 1-3cups max (1cup during the winter and 3 cups during the summer). I dont know what to do. my cactus does not show any browning/yellowing but is turning pale green/soft and one of them their spines can easily be snapped off.. I dont know what to do! please let me know! I have BIG cactuses in one pot (about 4-6ft high and all three are in one pot.. the 4ft one is the one that is suffering). I live in chicago... so im assuming it is the same climate as Canada. your help would be greatly appreciated! thank you. Also I believe that is a Peruvian apple cactus.
Hi… May I have the name of the last cactus you spoke about…It’s gorgeous!
I use tape to get the spikes out
I got a moisture meter probe
And I'm not sure how accurate they are
I think, that the one at 14:11 is Mammillaria (I don't know the exact species) and the one at 14:25 is Myrtillocactus geometrizans
@Andyson89 on tik tok is another Canadian Cactus lover from BC - he could probably ID any unknown cacti
I believe he works out at UBC botanical gardens
Great tips however I don't agree with watering a new propagated cactus as it will encourage rotting i will watter only if i see roots
I have a cactus but it's have a little brownish color in the middle what does that mean?
hard to say without seeing it... but cacti can rot if they're overwatered! so poking the spot with a chopstick to ensure it's not soft is what i'd recommend
if it's dry and hard, that's okay! sometimes cacti have little scabs from old injuries and they won't harm the plant :)
What is the last one in your video?
I enjoyed my prickly pear up until I got stabbed by it for the 8th or 9th time and then I gave it away. Had to... or else I may have ‘accidentally’ watered it to death. I’m fine with normal prickly cacti but when it comes to pears or any others that leave needles in your skin I can’t care for those anymore. Hahaha
Fair enough 😆 maybe me dropping the bunny ears wasn't as unintentional as I thought
I find mini cacti tricky. I lost two (one to root rot and one to shrinkage). They were near grow lights. I watered them weekly when fully dry as they are so small and dry out so fast. I’m afraid cacti will just barely survive in northern or other lower light conditions hence I use grow lights. One more mini cacti is shrinking. I repotted it and noticed its roots are short and dry. Perhaps underwatering? Or what causes shrinkage and how to prevent it? I missed a week of watering when I was away before I noticed the shrinking after. I usually water once a week when fully dry, including bigger cacti, even during winter since they are under grow lights. The bluish cactus you have may be Peruvian torch cactus or Stenocereus Pruinsus Cactus. I have the latter.
Cacti don’t need to be water once a week they can tolerate being dry for a long time. Try to mimic desert conditions as she stated in the video it does not rain for quite awhile in desert lands much less once a week. It will root root. Also use terracotta pots that helps pull any excessive moisture out of the plants.
@@sashajames3991 thanks for info. Just odd I hardly watered and put under grow lights and my small cacti shriveled and even died. So far I find watering tiny cacti every week or so seems okay as long as they are fully dry and getting strong light particularly from grow lights. The tiny babies I’ve had seem more delicate and could shrivel up unlike bigger cacti that can go for long periods without water.
Looks like a watch chain.
What is the big cactus called?
Hi I reported my pear cacti and the next day it turned yellow at the bottom 😢 (HELP) just want to save it before something goes wrong.
You mix your perlite, sand and soil, right you’re not just putting the pearlite and sand on the top??
04:20 that moment I decided to identify as a cactus
Lophophora!!
11:01 what kind of cactus is that?
You know what's super frustrating? When you buy a plant and there's no identification on it. It just says "succulent" or something like that. How the heck can I know how to take care of something if I don't know what it is? I bought a huge 4-5 foot cactus and it is so gorgeous I can't even stand it, but I don't know exactly what it is. I've done research and think it might be a Mexican Post Cactus, but I'm not totally sure. And I bought it from a nursery! Shouldn't they know what they're selling??
10:35 I need it