CrazyCactusLady
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Look at all the pups, are they the opuntias
The Cactus Thread
- Thread starter Zigs
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- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Look at all the pups, are they the opuntias
Yep, Opuntia monacantha monstrose. All from the same mother plant
Your little Opuntia looks like an O. microdasys rufida
CrazyCactusLady
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Ahh one Opuntia that I don’t have in my collectionYep, Opuntia monacantha monstrose. All from the same mother plant
Your little Opuntia looks like an O. microdasys rufida
they actually scare me cause of the glochids and I have three different types of Opuntia and I like them kinda, ooh let me right those names down 
CrazyCactusLady
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I like the fact it has red glochids something different from the other two I haveYep, Opuntia monacantha monstrose. All from the same mother plant
Your little Opuntia looks like an O. microdasys rufida
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Ahh one Opuntia that I don’t have in my collection
They can come in handy when you want guests to leave
CrazyCactusLady
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Ha ha oh my that’s so funny
CrazyCactusLady
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Just been sent an offer on some seeds Astrophytum on eBay until I looked where they come from Italy, as much as I would love to get some I don’t kinda trust these sales and plus they can get you with custom charges that they don’t tell you, I wonder if our local garden centres do them I’ve not seen any in the ones I have visited so far
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Just been sent an offer on some seeds Astrophytum on eBay until I looked where they come from Italy, as much as I would love to get some I don’t kinda trust these sales and plus they can get you with custom charges that they don’t tell you, I wonder if our local garden centres do them I’ve not seen any in the ones I have visited so far
I don't think I've had much sucess with seed from Italy yet, but that may have been my fault. I think the seed I bought that wasn't what it was meant to be was from Serbia
CrazyCactusLady
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Yeah well that’s why I started to read the negative comments and people were saying there no good, you don’t get the right seeds and there wanting the first timers who don’t really no what there getting into, now if it had been from a uk or someone well known who’s trustworthy from over seas then fine, so I think il go back to the drawing board on that oneI don't think I've had much sucess with seed from Italy yet, but that may have been my fault. I think the seed I bought that wasn't what it was meant to be was from Serbia
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Grump Bear has got his Tank Loco badge on today
He's a bit pee'd off that his mate Captain Neem Oil got to climb a Pilosocereus pachycladus and he didn't
He's a bit pee'd off that his mate Captain Neem Oil got to climb a Pilosocereus pachycladus and he didn't
CrazyCactusLady
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Oh my poor Grump bear that’s so not fair on himGrump Bear has got his Tank Loco badge on today
He's a bit pee'd off that his mate Captain Neem Oil got to climb a Pilosocereus pachycladus and he didn't
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- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Oh my poor Grump bear that’s so not fair on him
He hasn't worked out that the Captn climbed a bigger one than the one he's found
CrazyCactusLady
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Ha ha oh my there’s gunna be hell on when he does find outHe hasn't worked out that the Captn climbed a bigger one than the one he's found
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Yep
CrazyCactusLady
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Wow that’s huge, there’s biggest plant in my collection is my hair candles aka Espostoa lanata I think it’s about 8 inches tall
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Wow that’s huge, there’s biggest plant in my collection is my hair candles aka Espostoa lanata I think it’s about 8 inches tall
The one that Grump Bear has in the picture above will be that big in about 3 years
CrazyCactusLady
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Oh wow, I don’t no what’s the fastest growing out of all the ones I’ve got especially the column onesThe one that Grump Bear has in the picture above will be that big in about 3 years
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Oh wow, I don’t no what’s the fastest growing out of all the ones I’ve got especially the column ones
You'll soon find out
They'll slow down if there's not enough nutrient in the pot. I've got an Opuntia subulata which will happily grow a foot a year but my Brother has got one in a tiny pot that's years old and only 6 inches tall 
CrazyCactusLady
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That’s it isn’t it, I will be glad when all my cacti are sitting in some decent cactus soil rather then the stuff they came with from the garden centre, that reminds me I’m going to have to make up some kind of water collecting device for some rain water may just put out a big tub well it always rains in Yorkshire to be fairYou'll soon find out
- Location
- Kent, England
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
Yep, if in doubt use rain water for cacti, there's more of them that don't like hard water than those that do so it's easier to add lime to the compost where needed
I just put a page on my website to promote the Cactus Club...
www.ziggyscactus.com
I just put a page on my website to promote the Cactus Club...
Ziggy's Cactus Shop & Nursery, Kent, U.K.. - Cactus Club
Whether you're a seasoned cactus enthusiast or just growing a few plants on the window sill you'll probably find that at some stage you'll want to get together and talk to like minded people. That's where the British Cactus and Succulent Society comes in. There are branches all over the country
