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Ten Rules I’ve Learned for Potted Succulents | ben's cactus
https://benscactus.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/ten-rules-ive-learned-for-potted-succulents
Admiring the beauty of plants. Ten Rules I’ve Learned for Potted Succulents. Some very nice information on succulents! Because I Find Weeding to Be Great Stress Relief. After all my reading, I’ve been learning a lot about soil for succulents, and wanted to share what I’ve learned. Most of this involves the soil, but there’s a bit about container choices as well. 1,477 more words. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to email (Opens in new window).
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Jan 2016 Cameron trip part 6 | ben's cactus
https://benscactus.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/jan-2016-cameron-trip-part-6
Admiring the beauty of plants. Jan 2016 Cameron trip part 6. Ok , here’s the leftover pictures that I haven’t uploaded, enjoy 🙂. Ferocactus with broken growth tip. Euphorbia among the cacti. Mammillaria, possibly nudum form too. Mutation in Gymnocalycium, give me an idea about an experiment. A jungle cactus, first time seeing this. First time seeing Crassula bloom, I guess low temperature is an absolute must for Crassula. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Jan 2016 Cameron Trip part 5.
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jan 2016 Trip to Cameron part 3 | ben's cactus
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Admiring the beauty of plants. Jan 2016 Trip to Cameron part 3. Ok let me continue with Cactus Point, there are many interesting cacti and succulent there, enjoy 🙂. Nice, fluffy areole. First time seeing a Gymnocalycium fruit! Weird growth, where are all the spines? Melocactus with three tips. Barrel cactus with black areole. Tallest Astrophytum I’ve ever seen! Next stop is the Butterfly Garden! Should be uploaded by tomorrow! Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Jan 2016 Cameron trip part 2.
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Vicious summer | ben's cactus
https://benscactus.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/vicious-summer
Admiring the beauty of plants. It’s finally summer again, summer here in Malaysia means the changing of the wind direction, blowing away any clouds and makes it super hot! This time of the year is where many cacti will get sunburnt. Well except for Mammillaria, they are really hard to burn. It’s been one week without rain, and the heat waves blasted heavily on our cacti. That’s the normal weather for January and February. But after two weeks, it started to rain everyday again! The Mammillaria are not hap...
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November | 2015 | ben's cactus
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Admiring the beauty of plants. Gymnocalycium pfanzii or saglionis? I got these four beautiful cacti from KL, during my first trip to a florist shop in KL. The cacti are Continue reading →. There it is, our first Mammillaria schiedeana, to be honest Continue reading →. The classic Mammillaria gracilis mostruosa, it has many names and is Continue reading →. Follow ben's cactus on WordPress.com. Vicious summer continued…. Ten Rules I’ve Learned for Potted Succulents. Winterbourne House a….
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Sick Succulents | ben's cactus
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Admiring the beauty of plants. Since the summer heat arrived, most of my cactus and succulents are struggling to adapt. Some that can’t adapt are either sun burnt or severely dehydrated, check out my post on that: Vicious summer. I like to share with you some sick cactus of mine. This poor Astrophytum got severe root mealybugs infection and dehydration, a good wash of the root and a new potting mix of more granite seems to help with its recovery. More weeks passed and it finally grew new leaves! So I pro...
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Jan 2016 Cameron Trip part 5 | ben's cactus
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Admiring the beauty of plants. Jan 2016 Cameron Trip part 5. I’ve had a busy day today, however, I’m still going to upload photos of my trip! Let’s continue with Cactus Valley. Tallest Kalanchoe I’ve seen. Mammillaria spinossissima cv. un pico! I should be able to upload all photos by tomorrow, enjoy 🙂. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to email (Opens in new window). Jan 2016 Cameron Trip part 4.
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Vicious summer continued… | ben's cactus
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Admiring the beauty of plants. Vicious summer continued…. I thought the heat wave won’t last very long, I was wrong, just last week, it was declared that the weather would be the hottest it has ever been. Reaching 38 degree Celsius in some areas. As I was not free to go back to my hometown these past few weeks, our cacti and succulents took some damaged. Astrophytum asterias nudum flatten into the soil. This poor little seedlings turned very red. Red colour Echinopsis subdenudata. Enter your comment here.
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Cactus soil for beginners | ben's cactus
https://benscactus.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/cactus-soil-for-beginners
Admiring the beauty of plants. Cactus soil for beginners. Ok, here’s a better guide about mixing the right cactus soil. I will take into account of climate too in better understanding soil mixes. All of this information are of my own experience in growing cacti, reading and studying about cacti growing in other country, it may not be too accurate, but I hope it’s a good start for beginners. Thirdly, the nutrients content. How fertile should your soil be. Secondly, the drying rate, this is where climate c...
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