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Posted By: eclo Cactus in Winter... - April 24th, 2006 at 01:08 AM
Here are some pics of our cactus and succulents . Most are my wife's but she has gotten me hooked on them as well. We overwinter them in our homemade greenhouse . The hanging string of pearls and euphorbia in the purple pot, have been in bloom since early october and are still blooming on the 24 of April. This is a Mix Bowl my wife put together. I think it looks great! wavey
Posted By: margaret e. pell Re: Cactus in Winter... - April 24th, 2006 at 03:07 AM
Joy to you! Your plants are beautiful!! In the photo labeled "string of pearls and euphorbia", immediately to the left of the purple pot is a plant someone in the mystery plant section is trying to identify. If you have a name for it, maybe you could go there and tell them. In the same pic, to the laft of that, is a rangey, spikey, narrow and long cactus. What is it, please? I hope I live long enough for my plants to get as large as yours are! Thanks for sharing.
Posted By: angelblossom Re: Cactus in Winter... - April 24th, 2006 at 09:55 AM
eclo WOW!! I just turned many shades of green! laugh laugh they all look terrific!! thumbup clp Thanks for sharing!!
Posted By: Triss Re: Cactus in Winter... - April 28th, 2006 at 04:36 AM
Those plants are stunning!!! Do they stay in the greenhouse all year long or come out in the summertime?
Posted By: gardeningmomma Re: Cactus in Winter... - April 28th, 2006 at 01:44 PM
Your plants are gorgeous! How do you winterize the green house?
Posted By: plants 'n pots Re: Cactus in Winter... - April 28th, 2006 at 02:06 PM
Love your plants!
But... I'm even more impressed with your homemade greenhouse - very very nice!
Posted By: eclo Re: Cactus in Winter... - May 3rd, 2006 at 02:54 AM
We pretty much empty out the greenhouse in the summer! All the plants end up on the patio the porch and various other places in and around the garden and the greenhouse then becomes more or less storage for garden tools and extra pots and all kinds of miscellaneous stuff! If you go to the 'water garden' forum and look at the "My BIG Pond" post, you will find a few pics of the greenhouse in it's "winterized" state! And I think in the "Frugal Gardener" forum under "Homemade Greenhouse" I have explained how we winterize it! Glad you like it thumbup
Posted By: Triss Re: Cactus in Winter... - May 3rd, 2006 at 05:10 AM
Nice to know the plants get out of their "cage" in the summer so that they can be enjoyed outside!
Posted By: FRITO Re: Cactus in Winter... - June 13th, 2006 at 11:54 AM
Your collection is nice, I really like that homemade greenhouse also. DO you have anymore information on it? is it made from old windows and glass?
Posted By: eclo Re: Cactus in Winter... - June 14th, 2006 at 12:25 PM
Heyas Frito!

PM me and I will tell you what I can about all aspects of me greenhouse unless there are enuff people here that wanna here my ramblings and would rather I post publicly. Glad you like it!
Posted By: Anonymous Re: Cactus in Winter... - June 14th, 2006 at 01:39 PM
eclo, please post publicly, we LOVE reading about other's experiments and successes!
Posted By: eclo Re: Cactus in Winter... - June 23rd, 2006 at 05:29 PM
I have info for ya.... but I'm short on time.... gimme a day or so.... and I will post again.... I have some heat tape for you.... to "meld" your liner.... hmmmm, how long your seam?
ill post tommorrow and in the meantime, shoot me a PM wif yeraddress and I'll get it on it's way... smile
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