How does your cactus garden grow? (Cactus pic thread)

[SkunK]

Been kind of slacking here, Spending the morning today, having a quiet morning combing through about 20 Lophophora/Lophophora Williamsii removing and collecting seeds.


Would like to get a nice start Indoors this Spring getting some Lophophora Williamsii seeds growing in my Clone/Grafting/Seedling room. Should have a nice stash of fresh seeds to play around with in the Indoor Gardens

 

[SkunK]

These ones are still being hardend off so will be bring them indoors of a night time, Temps are still -1 C at night but will be getting warmer as the week progresses, Gitta lobe May long this time of year


These ones have been roughing it out side for the last month and enjoyed over 6 inches of snow the other night

 

[ABe©eDarian]

Nice Yotes!

 

[SkunK]

Nice Yotes!

Thanks! They have come a long ways the last year.. All my cacti have had a rough go the last couple years so they should be super stressed and in theory they should be pretty potent lmfa

working on emptying out my two grow rooms and getting plants out onto the patio!

 

[SkunK]

Trichocereus Pachanoi "Yowie" X Trichocereus Scopulicola "Bondi"

 

[redbird]

Trichocereus Pachanoi "Yowie" X Trichocereus Scopulicola "Bondi"
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I love it's fun party color rocks

 

[SkunK]

I love it's fun party color rocks

Lol, gotta love what kids will add to your Potts. I've found kids toys bound up in the roots whole repottimg. This season found a leggo man in the root system of a cactus

 

[SkunK]

Lophophora Williamsii





Lophophora Williamsii

 

[SkunK]

I love it's fun party color rocks

One of my cats I have cat-napped and hold hostage in the house tried brreaking out, we knocked over this SS01 x Serra Blue and found it growing a Hot Wheels car, seems the car needs a few more months to finish growing a hood and glass!

 

[Transform]

seems the car needs a few more months to finish growing a hood and glass!

They often end up like that if you let them get etiolated

 

[SkunK]

Yowie x Bondi
This ones gunna fly this season, this was the tip cutting from the previous posted one and saved a huge 3 foot chunk for a sunmer tea when the weather gets real nice out!


Some of you may know I lost my Doggo back on December 28 2025, Well a beautful soul found her way into my life back in Feb 2026. Got her when she was 3 months and shes about 6 1/2 months her name is Nikita and shes a Cane Corso/Stafft x Lab. Shes vibed awesonme with all the other resident critters and shes my new gardem buddy!

 

[SkunK]

They often end up like that if you let them get etiolated

Ya I should have lopped those elongated pups, and might do just that when I get home this afternoon! I'll try and remember to get some photos of the cacti thew cats knocked over last winter behind the couch. landed close to the heat vents and it no shit, grew close to 2 feet of 1/4 inch of growth up to the window!

 

[rkba]

Ya I should have lopped those elongated pups

Care to elaborate for the uninitiated? Good information for noobs like myself.

 

[SkunK]

Care to elaborate for the uninitiated? Good information for noobs like myself.

Etiolated is describing a plant that is showing signs of becoming pale/weak or whipy thin growth, usually due to growing in Partial or totalk darkness (Lack of Light), the plant is desperately streatching towards a light source to survive.

Some of my plants over the winter months go into hibernation and due to having too many plants not all of my cacti can get prime window space to over winter. They get stashed aroubd the house in random places and hopefully go dormant from lack of watering/feeding. some of the Cacti will put out pups and push growth looking for the light.

I try to cut off pups that have stretched too much to try and keep a nice profile of growth instead of thin growth coupled with good thick growth.

 

[rkba]

I try to cut off pups that have stretched too much to try and keep a nice profile of growth instead of thin growth coupled with good thick growth.

Referring only to the pups at the base, or also to the tips of mature individuals?

 

[Transform]

Ya I should have lopped those elongated pups, and might do just that when I get home this afternoon! I'll try and remember to get some photos of the cacti thew cats knocked over last winter behind the couch. landed close to the heat vents and it no shit, grew close to 2 feet of 1/4 inch of growth up to the window!

I'll add a ridiculous etiolation pic of my own - 2 years in a cupboard at 18°C…


The long one is about 12 mm thick, the one behind grew from a shorter piece and is about 6 or 7 mm in thickness. You can see, they're practically white while growing in total darkness. These ones burst their box open.

 

[rkba]

I'll add a ridiculous etiolation pic of my own - 2 years in a cupboard at 18°C…

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The long one is about 12 mm thick, the one behind grew from a shorter piece and is about 6 or 7 mm in thickness. You can see, they're practically white while growing in total darkness. These ones burst their box open.

They know what they are doing!

"We ain't not neva gonna hi-ba-nate! Sky is tha limit!"

 

[Transform]

They know what they are doing!

"We ain't not neva gonna hi-ba-nate! Sky is tha limit!"

Yeah, the poor things deserve a bit of tlc one way or another…

 

[rkba]

Yeah, the poor things deserve a bit of tlc one way or another…

They are in the land of the long lost mugs. Rebellious rascals are not taking it any longer.

 

[rkba]

CAS null-twee says yay.