Re: Cactii care
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2020 11:07 am
Cactus native to high elevation where it, rains, snows, ice, blizzard, conditions does good with lots of water but soil still needs to have good drainage. This type cactus can stand in water a week or 2 from time to time and do good. These make good house plants no worry about killing them with too much water.
Low elevation desert cactus native to 115 degrees F temperature and very little rain all year is very sensitive to too much water. Soil that is too wet can give plants root rot & cactus plants will turn black color an rot near the bottom where moisture is.
It is very tricky to know what cactus you have if you bought it in the store. Go to Phoenix AZ Botanical cactus garden online look at pictures, read info, see if you can learn what cactus you have. There are many look alike cactus but take a closer look and know what to look for you can learn what cactus you probably have. There may be other places to look too. If you have cactus from another country it might be hard to learn what you have. You also need to know what color spring flowers are to know what cactus you have. Put your plants outside in spring they should blossom in about 1 month.
Mix about 75% sand with 25% garden soil if you need better soil. Cactus is an amazing plant it can stand worse possible conditions, freezing weather, snow, blizzard, 115 degree hot blistering sun, no rain, terrible soil with extremely low food value and still live. Cactus does very well growing in cool early morning sun for about 3 hours then full shade the rest of the day at 75 degrees every day, it will grow as fast as weeds if you feed it.
Low elevation desert cactus native to 115 degrees F temperature and very little rain all year is very sensitive to too much water. Soil that is too wet can give plants root rot & cactus plants will turn black color an rot near the bottom where moisture is.
It is very tricky to know what cactus you have if you bought it in the store. Go to Phoenix AZ Botanical cactus garden online look at pictures, read info, see if you can learn what cactus you have. There are many look alike cactus but take a closer look and know what to look for you can learn what cactus you probably have. There may be other places to look too. If you have cactus from another country it might be hard to learn what you have. You also need to know what color spring flowers are to know what cactus you have. Put your plants outside in spring they should blossom in about 1 month.
Mix about 75% sand with 25% garden soil if you need better soil. Cactus is an amazing plant it can stand worse possible conditions, freezing weather, snow, blizzard, 115 degree hot blistering sun, no rain, terrible soil with extremely low food value and still live. Cactus does very well growing in cool early morning sun for about 3 hours then full shade the rest of the day at 75 degrees every day, it will grow as fast as weeds if you feed it.