Topic 9 of 42: Succulents/Cacti
Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (17:46) |
Wolf (wolf)
Do you have a cactus garden? Share your secrets here.
46 responses total.
Topic 9 of 42 [garden]: Succulents/Cacti
Response 1 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (17:48) * 1 lines
i have no luck with cactus. i can grow a few succulents indoors (like christmas cactus) but the true cacti, i love to death. i have one that survived all winter outside and has actually grown a bit. i have two in a glass vase that i keep in a northern window. they're actually growing too. but i practically ignore them.
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Response 2 of 46: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Mar 15, 1999 (23:00) * 1 lines
find you some natives, and let nature take care of them for you...
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Response 3 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (10:27) * 1 lines
i know of no louisiana cacti natives. and i keep them in a dish garden. i have seen some texas varieties grown in the yards, but as my daughter says, i've already got thorn bushes (my roses)!
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Response 4 of 46: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Mar 16, 1999 (23:21) * 1 lines
not to mention the thorns in your sides...
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Response 5 of 46: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Apr 7, 1999 (17:18) * 1 lines
a crown of???
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Response 6 of 46: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (01:32) * 1 lines
sure, why not?
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Response 7 of 46: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (12:25) * 2 lines
how bout a briar patch...
you could be brer rabbit!
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Response 8 of 46: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:24) * 1 lines
who's gonna be the fox?
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Response 9 of 46: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:25) * 1 lines
(besides, physically, I resemble brer bear more...)
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Response 10 of 46: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (14:46) * 2 lines
but he was kinda doofusy...
it just wouldn't work...
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Response 11 of 46: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 8, 1999 (19:50) * 1 lines
put it on the list...
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Response 12 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Mar 28, 2000 (20:39) * 5 lines
i have successfully overwintered a few cacti. they spent most of the winter outside and the coldest part inside. but they're back out. the barrel types really did well with the coolness.
have a few more now including the starfish cacti (the blooms are out of this world and are supposed to have a disgusting odor). mine had buds but the one in bloom didn't stink at all.
the hen and chicks did well outside all winter long. (i remember ours doing just fine in kansas so i figured they'd do well here too)....picked up a couple more of them. i love hen and chicks!
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Response 13 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Mar 28, 2000 (21:50) * 1 lines
I have a jillion Crown of Thorns plants, two large Desert Roses and a dumb little real cactus in a pot which does not like all the moisture we get. Oh yeahm,, I have aloe vera growing all over the place, too
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Response 14 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Mar 28, 2000 (21:53) * 1 lines
Oh, and Christmas cactus in all sorts of colors blooming all sorts of times of the year...and a tinker-toy plant which is trying to be a tree.
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Response 15 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Mar 29, 2000 (11:28) * 3 lines
i learned that the adenium (desert rose) needs to be watered well and not treated like a cactus at all in order to ensure strong growth. mine is at the office in a southern window so i can enjoy her oddity!
the one and only aloe that i have is growing well but rather strange with her twisting and turning. don't know if i can put her outside....
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Response 16 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Mar 29, 2000 (18:05) * 1 lines
My aloes divide and make babies all around themselves. Lop off the large ones which hang crazily out of the pot or just put it outdoors that way. You could put up a wire armature to keep it upright. Your pineapple might just need one, too - similar to a tomato cage.
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Response 17 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Mar 29, 2000 (18:06) * 1 lines
Btw, my adeniums live outdoors under the open sky all year long. They are huge and in gigantic pots...and get the most of our 150+ inches of rain per year.
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Response 18 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Mar 29, 2000 (18:10) * 1 lines
Oh...and they are both full of blooms.
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Response 19 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Mar 29, 2000 (21:35) * 1 lines
i wish mine would bloom. can they handle full sun? (adeniums)
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Response 20 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Mar 30, 2000 (12:51) * 1 lines
Mine are in the full tropical sun all of the time! Just make sure they get enough water!
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Response 21 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (10:22) * 1 lines
cool beans!
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Response 22 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (14:49) * 1 lines
I must have about 20 buds and flowers on the smaller of the two adeniums and more than that on the large one which is also putting out new branches with buds from its obese trunk. They are so spacey-looking they are maxed-out cool.
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Response 23 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (14:54) * 1 lines
they are some of the strangest looking plants i've ever seen which was why i felt compelled to buy it. then seeing how big they can get via my internet searches, i am amazed! mine is only a foot tall and i limited the water at first, but once i learned they really like to be wet, i let it have as much as it can take!
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Response 24 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (15:27) * 1 lines
If yours is in a pot, just wait till you repot it. There is a huge bulb of root under the soil which stores water, too. They are so improbable-looking, especially with those brilliant dark pinkish-coral trumpet flowers sticking out all over the place. I could never have dreamed up a plant which looked like that!
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Response 25 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (15:29) * 1 lines
They respond nicely to mild fertilizer formulated to make plants bloom. Just go easy on it if they are in pots.
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Response 26 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (16:46) * 1 lines
this one's still in the pot it came home in. so it has another bulb under the soil? and i thought the one on top was enough!
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Response 27 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (17:10) * 1 lines
I think you should repot it. It will be so thankful for being able to wiggle its toes it will do nice things for you! (You're gonna be amazed!!!)
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Response 28 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (18:23) * 1 lines
so it doesn't care to be bound in the pot? it's in a six inch pot with about an inch space between the rim and the bulb all around. does it prefer cacti soil or just regular old houseplant soil?
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Response 29 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (18:33) * 1 lines
Mine is in mixed volcanic cinders and Jungle Growth (or some such bagged growth media for plants). Now, I realize you are semi-short on your supply of volcanic cinders (though they may be dropping in from Japan eventually!) so you can use sand or whatever to break up and drain the soil more efficiently. It is pot bound and would probably love cacti soil. Repot it and you will see how ecstatic it will be when you do. It will reward you only like a Deaser Rose can.
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Response 30 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (18:33) * 1 lines
Adenium...cannot spell Desert anymore.
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Response 31 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (18:34) * 1 lines
*laugh* i knew what you meant!
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Response 32 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 31, 2000 (18:41) * 1 lines
I know...but, it was one of those awful moments when Yapp takes over and you just stare in disbelief at the goof which escaped your notice not moments before. Talk about time standing still...!
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Response 33 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, May 27, 2000 (13:39) * 1 lines
I just checked my adeniums and the small one has 20 flowers on it! I questioned the resident male about it and he said he put some Miracle Grow Bloom Booster on them as well as my pathetic roses and Christmas Cacti collection (I have some blooming now which blooms every months but December, and others which only bloom then) and on my Dancing Ladies Orchid, and they are all full of blossoms. That is really good stuff!
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Response 34 of 46: Hosta (wolf) * Sat, May 27, 2000 (19:27) * 1 lines
my adenium is thriving in the all day sun but no blooms yet. you have oncidiums (dancing ladies)? cool. i have one.
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Response 35 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, May 27, 2000 (19:32) * 1 lines
Yup! Oncidiums and there are three sprays of fragrant little yellow orchids about 3 feet long each just covered with the dime-sized orchids with the brown markings on the yellow orchids. First thing in the morning it is wonderful to see them and inhale some of the good Hawaiian air...
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Response 36 of 46: Hosta (wolf) * Sun, May 28, 2000 (09:51) * 1 lines
i know. they do give off the lightest fragrance!
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Response 37 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 28, 2000 (22:15) * 1 lines
Yup, they do, but the ademias do not. Missed taking a great picture for you by one day. Next bloom you get to see the picture!
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Response 38 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 29, 2000 (23:53) * 3 lines
My small ademia two days after maximum bloom
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Response 39 of 46: Maggie (sociolingo) * Tue, May 30, 2000 (03:30) * 1 lines
MMM worth looking for your pix!
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Response 40 of 46: Hosta (wolf) * Tue, May 30, 2000 (18:22) * 1 lines
wow!!!!!!
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Response 41 of 46: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, May 30, 2000 (20:26) * 1 lines
Yours does not bloom like that??? Put that Miracle-Gro stuff on it. There is hardly enough plant to sustain that many flowers. I just had to take the digital out and show you what it looked like! My other one (the BIG one)has paler pink flowers on it. Will photograph that when it is in full flower.
Topic 9 of 42 [garden]: Succulents/Cacti
Response 42 of 46: Hosta (wolf) * Tue, May 30, 2000 (21:15) * 1 lines
no blooms yet but i think it's still too young. it has grown quite a bit with the new pot and full sun. lots of leaves and the branches are darkening up and more leaves are sprouting.
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Response 43 of 46: Hosta (wolf) * Wed, Dec 5, 2001 (22:48) * 3 lines
well, marcia was bragging about her christmas cactus so i'm waiting for the pic *LAUGH*
oh, i forgot to tell you all, my adenium did bloom--one single rosy pink bloom under lights during the winter. i've since had to give her away to another gardener who loves weird plants. but, i'm on the lookout for another one!
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Response 44 of 46: HostaToo (MarciaH) * Mon, Mar 25, 2002 (20:08) * 8 lines
My ademiums look pretty bad. I need to repot them and feed them again. Only one bloom? On my small one last summer I counted 15 flowes and buds!
Taken after its prime but a rain storm intervened. This plant was so full of flowers you could not see the actual plant!!!
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Response 45 of 46: Hosta (wolf) * Tue, Mar 26, 2002 (11:25) * 3 lines
beautiful!!! (yes, the adenium only produced one small bloom)
my christmas cactus is blooming again (and yes, it's the christmas variety)...
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Response 46 of 46: Hosta (wolf) * Wed, Aug 7, 2002 (22:06) * 3 lines
found an adenium today in a bonsai dish. i'll be repotting it into a bigger bowl and placing it outside later on this week.
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