Aww shucks, thank you, Patti! I'm constantly amazed they're still alive - I always have this uneasiness in the back of my mind that they'll just up and rot one day. It has happened before!
Hi Jenny! I recently found your channel and can’t tell you how much I have been enjoying your videos. The cacti are stunning, and I love the pace of your videos. Even your voice is super relaxing haha. Sending my best wishes for Cookie’s health!
My goodness this is the most wonderful comment to receive! You made my day! It encourages me to keep going too. And thank you so much for the well wishes for Cookie. We'll take all the positive vibes we can get!
I hope Cookie is doing well! I have the same "just get out the garden hose" thinking. But your plants still look beautiful and everyting is going just swimmingly. It does not need to be perfect. Happy growing because our plants need to make us happy!
Thank goodness for the plants! In my most stressful moments, admiring the plants really helps create a quiet moment. I try not to hold my breath when I break out the garden hose, LOL. My care regimen keeps changing as time goes on, and every time a change occurs, it's risk! LOLOLOLOL. Cookie is doing alright so far! We're taking it day by day. We'll enjoy all the good days we can get!
Hello Jenny greetings from germany, watching your videos and to make a great job. You have a beautiful collection. I love the video from the botanical dessert garden. It is like beeing with you, so far away. Can you make a video how you are watering your cactees. I think they need not so much water, because of growing so slow and how you keep them alive ( sun, temperature and shadowing, regards from green south of germany Helmut
Hello from Arizona, Helmut! I'm so glad you enjoy the garden tours! It is so much fun to be able to watch videos from around the world, I love it too. That is a good idea on making a video on how I care for my plants - let me think on it. Interestingly, my care regimen has been changing over time - it has become much more relaxed but has not come without consequences.
Hello Jenny, congratulations on many beautiful ripe fruits! It is very special moment for every cacti grower when plants (especially rare plants) successfully reproduce under their care. If you sow the seeds immediately you'll be amazed by the germinationa rate (often close to 100%) and general vigor of the seedlings. Best regards, Nino P.S. N. jussieui has been transfered to the genus Eriosyce, so it's E. jussieui now 😃
I'm chuckling to myself because I know I can always rely on you to help with the correct names, Nino. Those darn Eriosyce - I can't keep up!! I really want the Ariocarpus seeds to just fall into the plant pot and grow with the mother plant. I think some of them may have already done so - it would be so much fun to see if any seedlings come up!
Epithelantha micromeris can self-pollinate. Their heads are covered with red fruit pods, which looks better than flowers, because their pink flowers are really small, and the color contrast is not as bright as red fruit pods😆
one thing ario growers do is acidify the water(it seems to benefit all plants actually). it should be 5.5 pH to 6.5 pH. i just found out last year myself that using alkaline water will slowly kill them. i use white vinegar about 2 eye droppers full per gal gives me 5.5 pH down from almost 8 pH out of the tap. i use a pH test kit from a tropical fish store. i also water them once a week thoroughly in summer, once every 2 weeks in spring/fall and a ''spritz'' once a month in winter. in arizona i think you could get away with a bit more than in washington DC where i live. you have a nice collection of retusus varieties.
Yes! I watched a video where Elton Roberts talks about acidifying water for Arios and other genus as well. I was following this advice all last year, using either rain water or vinegar-ized water. This year, I got overwhelmed with the sheer number of plants to water in the warm weather so I started just hosing everything down with the garden hose with straight tap water, it's about all I can manage (I stopped buying plants as a result). If they start looking sad or I take a turn in the wrong the direction, I might go back to the lower ph water just for them. Your watering frequency looks very similar to mine despite the difference in our climates. Do you have organics in your soil? The mix I use here is 75% pumice and 25% cactus soil.
@@cookiescacti no organics. i mix turface, perlite, pumice, some sifted loam from my yard(get rid of the fines, use the grittier portion), limestone chips and gravels, a heaping tablespoon of wood ash/gal, some garden lime, maybe another tablespoon, and sometimes a little plain rinsed zeolite from auto supply, made from baked diatomaceous earth, called 100% fuller's earth on the bag. the wood ash is akaline and acts as a very low dose fert, like 0-2-2 strength. i use rainwater also but sometimes i acidify that since it is usually neutral, (pH7). i try for 5.5 pH.
When these plants came into my possession, it was under the condition of "til death do us apart." They are stuck with me for the rest of their lives. I do sell my seedlings on occasion, which I announce on my Instagram page.
I would say their plants are all grown in cultivation given how clean the plants are and the ones I've purchased have all been in very good condition and well-cared for. I haven't seen anything that has given me doubts on the legitimacy of their plant sources. When the plants come into my care, they're left outside year round so they start to look rougher than when I received them. However, always trust your own gut. Browse their listings and trust your own judgement.
Is it normal for ario to yellow the under leaves n prioritise new growth? I have one growing rapidly from top, but also the under leaves turn rapidly yellow- start from the tip, and some felt softer when pushed from the bottom of the leave- tho the outer skin still hard, felt like a water ballon inside, I plugged it out n check the soil only to find rapid root growth as well, Im so confused since this is my first ario n its from thai😂
Since the roots look nice and healthy then the plant is probably fine. I am no expert in Ariocarpus but when I look through the plants I have, I don't see the lower tubercles dying off as the new ones grow in. I'm sure there are some lower ones that do die off but it's not very obvious. I've seen videos of Ariocarpus in nature where the lower leaves die off preserving the new growth during severe drought. How long have you had your plant?
