potting mix - July 11th, 2006 at 07:30 PM
Is this right if you make your own you use 50/50 ordinary potting mix and coarse sand.
It's getting about time I replant my barrel cactus.
Another question it's about 15 years old. How long do they live?
Edit: I will buy a bag of Cacti and succulent mixture. Found this to might be of interest to others.
Spiky cacti can be handled painlessly. Small cacti can be managed with kitchen tongs. But if you have a bigger cactus, the trick is to make up some ‘hands" out of a foam box used by fruit shops. Carefully cut up a foam box so you keep one of the corners attached to two sides, and you have a good, safe cactus-handling device.
Cacti love sun. Water them once a week, and give them a weak quarter-strength dose of slow-release fertiliser in spring and summer.
It's getting about time I replant my barrel cactus.
Another question it's about 15 years old. How long do they live?
Edit: I will buy a bag of Cacti and succulent mixture. Found this to might be of interest to others.
Spiky cacti can be handled painlessly. Small cacti can be managed with kitchen tongs. But if you have a bigger cactus, the trick is to make up some ‘hands" out of a foam box used by fruit shops. Carefully cut up a foam box so you keep one of the corners attached to two sides, and you have a good, safe cactus-handling device.
Cacti love sun. Water them once a week, and give them a weak quarter-strength dose of slow-release fertiliser in spring and summer.