Re Potting my Ariocarpus retusus Cactus Plant & sharing my Tips 

So happy you love the Ariocarpus cacti too :-D they really are awesome cacti and so different in their appearance to traditional desert cacti with their almost Agave look about them, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX

Awwww thanks so much Viktoria, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, wishing you a fantastic plant powered new week XXXX

The Ariocarpus cactus is a beautiful and wacky one indeed Sylvia :-D and so happy you love it too, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a fantastic afternoon XXXX

So happy that this cactus is a fave of yours too Todd its a beauty :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle to Florida for a wonderful weekend XXXX

Its an amazing cactus Cher and so happy you enjoyed the video and the info and thank you soooooooo much for all your INCREDIBLE comments and friendship and all your support

So happy you love the plants and the new LED lights too dear Renate

So happy you love Ariocarpus too Daz :-D they are so amazing and very unique as a cactus :-D thanks so much for your fantastic comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Edith tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER GALORE from across the Emerald Isle for a brilliant Sunday XXXX

Hans is brill at recording and its so much easier when I have my hands free to make vids and Hans is so happy that you love his filming Kathy

So happy you love this cactus and the repotting Peter :-D its a wonderful wacky and unique cactus to grow

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a wonderful weekend XXXX

Thats wonderful news that you have two Ariocarpus retusus too Carol :-D they are so cute to grow from seedlings

OMG that is cold Clyde :-D we are still having it very mild here in Ireland and Uk with double figures still at night, thats wonderful that you have your greenhouse and home all nice and warm and cosy :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and Hans and I are sending you and Deb an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle to Morris Park in the Ozarks for a wonderful warm weekend XXXX

Hi Bob :-D This Ariocarpus I bough as a young seedling around 25 years ago but it is slow growing but it was very tiny when I first bought it :-D it has never flowered for me, I water it in the Spring and Summer about once a month always making sure that the soil is fully dry before watering it again, I keep the soil totally dry from September until late March, I have never added limestone to the soil mix but I have heard that other growers do, I have some Ariocarpus fissuratus seedlings too that I have grown from seed this year :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a wonderful weekend XXXX

thanks so much Petra for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a wonderful weekend XXXX

Awwww so happy you enjoyed the repotting video Khoi :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a wonderful weekend XXXX

Thanks so much Ben :-D I have never grafted Ario's before but I know a lot of growers do really well by grafting them onto Trichocereus stock :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a wonderful Wednesday XXXXX

Hi Carine :-D the good news is that the VT premium substrate can be used in the same way as grit or pumice as its airy and lets water in and out of the substrate and will still be perfectly fine to use as a pumice and grit alternative for your cactus and succulent soil, I would be happy to use it myself as a grit/pumice alternative, so happy you loved the video, I will be repotting quite a few more this Spring and Summer haha, thanks so much Carine for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Belgium for a fantastic evening XXXX

@@desertplantsofavalon Thank you so much for replying and sharing your knowledge...Now i feel like a lesser idiot for ordering the wrong 'pumice' and so glad this substrate is good too.... Again thank you!!! Take care and keep save you two... big hug🤩😍😍

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haha Todd :-D yes we will have to get Hans to do a video on his basses he has some wonderful beauties :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle to Florida XXXX

thanks so much for all your wonderful love and support and for watching Nadia and sending you an abundance of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a wonderful weekend XXXX

Pumice and Lava is fantastic, thanks so much Nick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Denmark for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

So happy you love my channel and you have been one of my very long term Subs and thank you so much for your long time support, It can be very tricky to re root an Ariocarpus once it has been degrafted, I have not tried it myself, but I know of a couple of growers who degrafted their Ariocarpus as they wanted them to grow on their own roots, but they refused to re root and they had to re graft them again, it may be possible to do but can be a bit difficult for Ariocarpus to root itself once removed from the grafting stock, because Ariocarpus have large taproots when grown from seed, and without a taproot it can be tough to get them to root on their own, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle XXXX

@@desertplantsofavalon thank you do much for getting back to me..I was thinking the same thing because of the taproot I have been watching your channel for a very very long time I may not comment on evey video but trust me I don't miss any of them ...

@@DEAexotics Awwwww thank you so very much for all your amaizng support :-D I really appreciate it so much :-D sending you lots of love and heaps of PLANT POWER your way XXXXX

Thats fantastic news that you ant to buy an Ariocarpus K.Titus :-D they are amazing cacti but can be a little bit tricky when it comes to watering etc as they have tuberous roots that are a little prone to rot, but if you pot them up in an extra well draining soil mix, of 50% small grit and 25% Horticultural sharp sand and 25% loam soil they will do well and I find that keeping them in a clay pot is better for the drainage too, Ariocarpus retusus is a great one to start off with, as long as you are extra careful with the watering and keep them totally dry over the Winter, they will grow well for you although they are slow growers but wonderful and very unique little cacti to grow :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comments and for watching and sending lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Friday and weekend ahead XXXX

So happy you love this cactus, I keep this one in my polytunnel that I heat over the Winter month to keep the temperature above 5 Celsius / 41 Fahrenheit, but you can grow these outside in the Spring and Summer once any chance of low night temps and frost has passed, but overwinter them cool an dry indoors in a window or in a heated greenhouse or polytunnel etc in the Winter, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a safe and sunny Wednesday XXXX

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Hi Heather :-D yes Dudleyas are the same, its best to only water them when the soil has totally dried out in their pots, thanks so much Heather for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

@@desertplantsofavalon Thanks Lyn - really appreciate your help 👍❤️❤️

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