Hey dude i just wanted to say you have a beautiful garden the variety is amazing id love to see a video about how you keep track of plants, how you decide what you want to grow and any particularly unique cact or maybe just some of your favorites and what makes them stand out iv managed to keep my san pedro alive 4 years now and i would love to start growing some of the more unique cacti and your garden is definitely one of the best examples on RU-vid . Great job please keep the videos coming
Thanks for sharing your amazing forest! Newer subsciber in awe of the density of your spikey collection, they doing well in your hands! I see you showing the cacti, your experiences, and observations is fun and helpful. I don't recall you ever mentioning but with this vast collection, do you sell cuts, seeds, or? Thanks and keep up the cool videos.
@@JamesEndo1 I sell cuts and some whole plants but I'm really in it for the genetics. So this is just the beginning for me. I wanto keep a lot of the real good genetics to cross with so don't offer a lot of those cuts unless there's a couple pups on it. Also in Sydney Australia. I will eventually sell seeds but probably not for a few years. Appreciate the comment 😁
Granted, this was an unusual set of circumstances that caused this problem, but in general, they’re not all supposed to live-it’s all part of natural selection. If we coddle seedlings with sterile soil mixes and fungicides, in effect we could be inadvertently breeding the toughness and disease-resistance out of them.
@@billyjack3580 100% agree we should all really be a bit more careless sowing seeds and bringing them up to get the tough ones. My only issue with that is I want certain characteristics. For example something like CSD even if it isn't tough I can cross it In the future with something that is quite resistant and then keep and distribute the seedlings from that. To keep the cool genetics but also have resistance. But I do struggle to let them go haha
@@LoveOfcacti those specific seedlings that were rotting are actually in shade constantly because of the fence between me and neighbours and the time of year. I don't water them at all unless we haven't had rain in a long time and they need it. Same with the smaller seedlings in containers. If the soil is completely dry and I know it's been dry for a while I'll give them a good soak. No real frequency. Weather is all over the place.
@@D1wata how do I keep the big ones upright in the small pots? Well I potted them into those pots at a smaller size where they wouldn't fall over and over time they just grow to that size and majority have their roots spread into the ground or into cracks and so keeps them upright but if you check out my insta there's a vid of a couple that have fallen over due to winds. But there were roots going into the soil that held it up.
@@LoveOfcacti I don't water anything in pots that are outside during winter only thing I will water in winter are smaller seedlings in containers as they will usually keep growing and can dry out quicker than pots. Well these guys are tolerating less than 6c because I know it's getting down to that temp. Even some of my smaller seedlings in containers aren't protected they are getting 6c and they are all good.
Potted plants 101 rule number one requires that you never fill your soil to the rim of the pot rule number two for cactus is drill more holes on the side and the bottom of the pot 4 root aeration one hole at the bottom will always cause drainage problems
@@LoveOfcacti yea I do have some stuff for fungal treatment but I'm just waiting for it to dry up before applying. Thanks I will look into mt-45 though.
Why not lift it out of the pot while waiting for it to dry? I have done so before but I have to admit my soil was much more inorganic so the roots didn't stick to the soil as much as I presume this soil would.
@@vincent5981 I'm assuming your talking about the seedlings? Because they are all labeled. And I don't really have the time and effort to take them all out keep them in order with the labels and then put them in when it stops raining because then they are gonna be back at the beginning of not being established in that pot. If they die they die. The strong survive but I would more so just move the pots under cover if I had room next time.
@@sempi8159 I like it. I wouldn't say I see a 100% difference with it but from everything i read it is beneficial in a lot of ways. And with it in my soil I am not getting too many problems especially with established ones.
@@sempi8159 well yea the nutrient uptake can be a problem at first but I feel I give them enough nutrients so it's not too much of an issue. I mean I hear we should be charging it up first but I'm never bothered. I feel as though it does hold a bit of water but also is airy so even when it rains heaps the pots will be wet but can still breathe.
@@drakeweddner for seeds from Peru? I get mine from aynor Chavez. My other seeds are just from anyone selling I'll buy from whoever aslong as they seem legit.
