Gardening - succulents and cacti?

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Gardening - succulents and cacti?

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Does anybody grow indoor succulents and cacti ?

What's your watering schedule like, and do you plunge or spray?

We bought one each of these a couple of weekends ago and I've been misting them weekly, but I believe I should be soaking them once a week. They're sitting on a fairly warm well lit window sill.

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AFAIK it's safe to give them a good weekly plunge as long as they can drain and the roots are not sitting in water. It's a myth that cacti don't need water.
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I've never had much success with cacti, but this one I found was one of a whole bunch a neighbour left behind when they moved out. Where it turns from brown to green is the time I looked after it. Was on my east facing kitchen window sill and got the morning sun... and miraculously it actually flowered.

I've got one of the same type here and trying to replicate the conditions but no luck as yet.

Like Heng says, after you water them drain them well and don't let them sit in water.

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StroppyChops wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:36 pm They're sitting on a fairly warm well lit window sill.

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Wow! That's some window sill you got there! :tumbleweed:
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They call them, mothers in law chairs :beer3:
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I spray
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StroppyChops wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:36 pm Does anybody grow indoor succulents and cacti ?
Isn't the whole point about them being outside?
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that genius wrote: Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:08 pm
StroppyChops wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:36 pm Does anybody grow indoor succulents and cacti ?
Isn't the whole point about them being outside?
I think they need to be kept indoors or in a greenhouse for most of the year in temperate climates. It shouldn't matter here.
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If they are local cactus there should be no problems. However if your ornamentals have their provenance from a different climate this info may be irrelevant to you. On our property there are aloe verde and dragon fruit which can survive the rains of wet season and the waterless heat of dry season with no problems.

Elsewhere in the village farmers use bontilyaek as a barrier primarily to keep out unwanted critters and/or to keep cattle in. Bontilyaek is a cactus that. grows a meter or more in height and is loaded with thorns. Also, as usual I've no idea if that is a local or proper name. In any case I
wouldn't recommend it as a house plant.
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taabarang wrote: Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:59 pm If they are local cactus there should be no problems. However if your ornamentals have their provenance from a different climate this info may be irrelevant to you. On our property there are aloe verde and dragon fruit which can survive the rains of wet season and the waterless heat of dry season with no problems.

Elsewhere in the village farmers use bontilyaek as a barrier primarily to keep out unwanted critters and/or to keep cattle in. Bontilyaek is a cactus that. grows a meter or more in height and is loaded with thorns. Also, as usual I've no idea if that is a local or proper name. In any case I
wouldn't recommend it as a house plant.
We were out in the provinces for the engagement party a few weeks back and noticed the family was growing pineapples as a barrier. Seemed to be working.

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