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Can you do a quick video on repotting a fockea? Cleaning the roots for a clean caudex or soil medium or pot size. Doesn’t have to be a big one! Just an idea!
Superb collection! I have a handful of Fockea Edulis plants, my question is how to identify male vs. female flowers and how to hand pollinate them? There's nothing on RU-vid or the Internet that I could find. Maybe you next video? Thanks
Yes, great question and good idea! Thank you! The flowers usually appear in summer, have thick narrow green calyces and white petals. It’s difficult to distinguish between male and female flowers as the look so similar. The male flowers have an array of fine stamens with very small anthers that contain the pollen. The female flowers have a stigma surrounded by what look like anthers… but are not. Hope that makes sense. Hopefully we can do a video about it when we see some examples in the garden. Have a wonderful day!
Excellent advice about not choosing a pot that overpowers the plant. The plant is the star! Gorgeous pots and beautiful plants - what more could you want? 😊
Hi there, we are in Southern California in Los Angeles. My dad uses cactus & succulent soil with 60% pumice and the topping is finely crushed lava rock.
"Very, very old" Those huge caudiciforms are all illegally field collected plants decades old. ALL OF THEM. Where did you get them from? Not Lowes, that's for sure.
Hi there, of course they are not illegal and I do not associate or agree with any illegal plant activity whatsoever. I would never purchase a poached specimen and would never be a part of that. They were either grown from seed from a grower or collector that I bought from or were from a nursery. And also there are so many places to purchase rare plants if you know where to go in the plant community besides Lowe’s...it’s more about the connections you have to be able to find what you’re looking for. I hope this answers any concern you have with this subject. Furthermore, please consider that there is a way to respectfully ask a question without making such a negative impression. We would appreciate it if any further comments are made with respect as we hope to only keep a positive and polite plant community here. Thank you and have a nice day. 💚
My dad’s response is…”I would not recommend vermiculite as it is porous and will retain moisture which is contraindicated for succulents. Perlite is a good substitute for pumice.” Hope that helps!
Yeah, I remember this video! That Pony Tail totally deserves a spotlight. What a beauty! I love your caudex collection as well as the pots you create. I am thinking of taking a pottery class to get started and make my own pots for my plants and caudexes. Well done! I am excited cause I recently got two Pony Tails and they are so pretty. I hope I don't kill them. I think they prefer the outdoors.
Great inspiration. I did pottery for 20 years. Got out of it but now that I’m into succulents and cacti I’m thinking about starting again. No wheel this time. What glazes do you use? Thanks. Eddie.
Thanks so much. appreciate the comment and question. I use a variety of glazes, it depends on if I’m firing at a cone 10 or cone 5, I generally use 2 to 4 glazes per pot to get the color variation. I’m trying to achieve.
@@PotsbyRobert thanks again! Keep making videos with the different variety of Caudexes plants please please! I love your collection and everyday I find a new variety. They are all so unique and beautiful.
Thanks so much. I put a lot of thought, time and effort into the display of the plants so I can clearly see each specimen. Appreciate your comment. 💚🙏🏼
I often think back about the first succulent that caught my eye and got me into the hobby and how I stupidly lost it some 7 years ago, it was an Echinopsis 'Domino' which i thought was the cutest thing ever not having spines like the others. Eventually I went on reddit for advice as to why the plant that i had indoors was so etoliated, everyone basically told me that it needs sun because it's a cactus 'duhhh'. I live in the San Joaquin valley and I put my poor cactus outside in the sun in the middle of the scorching summer. Before i knew it, it turned completely white and pretty much got cooked going from my desk to being against a hot sunny wall. I think for me its sad because I've never really lost any other cactus other than that first one and if I didn't go online for help I'd probably still have him.
Wow, hello there! Thank you for the comment, amazing to connect with other plant lovers from all over the world. Appreciate the comment and thank you for subscribing. 🙏🏼💚
Ooooooh yeah, you just got another subscriber! 👀👀👀 I saved this video to watch at the end of my day right before I go to sleep, hoping it would live up to its title/thumbnail and did it how! What a treat! I can't wait to go through your older vids to see what these incredible babies look like at other times of the year! I could watch and listen to you talk about these guys for hours! Really looking forward to seeing and learning more about your whole plant collection but these guys in particular!
Wow thank you so much for your comment. 🙏🏼💚So happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching and appreciating these awesome caudiciforms as much as we do!
