What did you do in the yard today??

Big day today. I'm going to switch out all of my round pots with square ones. I have the tweezers and band aides at a ready. This is going to hurt.

Ever had that feeling where you want to do something but the odds of pulling it off is stacked against you? Well you should listen to that feeling. It's usually right.

Attempted to move a big pachanoi today. A branch looked a bit flimsy and I had a feeling it was going to fall over. Just didn't expect it to fall on my head whilst carrying the pot. OUCH!!! 

SneakyCuttlefish wrote:

Ever had that feeling where you want to do something but the odds of pulling it off is stacked against you? Well you should listen to that feeling. It's usually right.

Attempted to move a big pachanoi today. A branch looked a bit flimsy and I had a feeling it was going to fall over. Just didn't expect it to fall on my head whilst carrying the pot. OUCH!!! 

i always find positives. for instance, if you were this guy   i doubt it would have hurt sobad.

and, if you were this guy    your antlers may have stopped the sharp pointy stuff from pokeing your head.
furthermore if you were this guy  you might have been able to catch it before it was to late.

then theres this guy  hes green to. but he is not sharp and spikey. he would feel much more pleasant if he bumped into your head.....

Haha, both the last two posts are funny.....but it must have hurt Sneaky!

Hahaha nice one wert!

It certainly did. Seems that was not the worst of the pain in store for me this weekend. After doing the garden we went for a 4x4 up to some little known about caves.

Turns out centipede's like living in caves. (surprise, surprise)

After several hours of excruciating pain, a trip to hospital, needle in the leg and half a dozen tablets I'd say this would have too be one of the most painful weekends I've had in ages.

Worth the trip though.

SneakyCuttlefish wrote:

Hahaha nice one wert!

It certainly did. Seems that was not the worst of the pain in store for me this weekend. After doing the garden we went for a 4x4 up to some little known about caves.

Turns out centipede's like living in caves. (surprise, surprise)

After several hours of excruciating pain, a trip to hospital]

im thinking it would have been slightly interesting being bitten by a centipede... then turning around seeing the bright light at the end of the tunnel (cave )... did your life flash before your eyes???
did you know centipedes have lots of legs???
this guy does not have lots of eyes... he has only one single eye. ( he could have lots of legs or just two but i cant see them to be absolutly sure. anyones guess really.   

Not what I've done but what I'm going to do "Weed". I figure if I post it here I'm more likely to do it   

Planted some seeds today.

7 vaireties of coryphantha,
8 varieties of ferocactus,
a second batch of HN's astro's
some of my own lophs seed
4 packets of mixed seeds

should be interesting

I have also been busy planting seedlings over the last week or so. Photos to come

New Seedlings;

1. Trichocereus (Many SP and variants), Some other mixed Columns.




2. Astrophytum Cultivars mainly Asterias.




Some older seedlings;

1. Astrophytum Myriostigma Cultivars.

I watered cacti in the morning.
Since Ariocarpus have started to push new flowering buds up, I removed flower remains in the afternoon. They should be removed earlier but I could not.
The photo is a degrafted A. kotschoubeyanus attached flower remains.

Hanazono

That is an absolute Monster!!! Very nice work there!!!!

What was it grafted on? if you don't mind telling!!lol

Wow that is a massive A. Kotsch Hanazono, what a beauty. Good to see you posting again old friend, when was it degrafted? and how long did roots take to forum for Kotsch ?

@Ricky I believe it would have been on Harrissia Jusbertii, correct me if I'm wrong Hanazono.


HN

I was montaging my new GH. Wind had it's good blow and my GH atempt was blown away, thank you very much.

Now I'm waiting for replacement of some pieces I need for finishing my GH.

WoW! What a beautiful ario. Absolutely stunning.

majcka wrote:

I was montaging my new GH. Wind had it's good blow and my GH atempt was blown away, thank you very much.

Now I'm waiting for replacement of some pieces I need for finishing my GH.

That is terrible news majcka, keep going with it you will get there !!

rickyscactus & Hellonasty

The A. kotschoubeyanus on the photo was grafted on a Hylocereus stock.
I degrafted it in 2008 with a short vascular bundle of the Hylocereus.
The plant relies on own roots currently.

My 1st attempt of the degrafting method was in 2005.
The scion was A. kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde.
The photo is the current appearance.
tested

Pereskiopsis is also non-permanent stock as same as Hylocereus.
I have been testing various scions with short stocks of Pereskiopsis.

A. kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde

G. mexcana

A. retusus cultivars

Wow! Amazing plants Hanazono, thanks for the info. I prefer Hylocereus as a root stock for Ariocarpus and Astrophytum I find I get the most reliable results.

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A. kotschoubeyanus f Rio Verde


2nd down on left. wow! "that progressed like i wish mine do, did or had"!!!

i look over your photos and lots of cussing evolves. i grunt & grrrr! & argh! & exibit signs of tourettes... B..B...B..Bastard!.
you have amazing plants i envy your collection. bravo.  

I got a heap of rain last night too Cereoid, today there has been probably 40mm also. Hope it stops soon

Did some serious seedling re-potting, I must have done a few hundred approx 2 year old Astrophytum Cultivars. I have been putting that off for ages, I'm glad its all done

HN

I consolidated my buckets and found that in all the rain I only got ~20 L water. And some snail-or-something keeps eating the new growth on my small trailing-type Selenicereus sp. Very annoying!

I watered asterias cultivars in the morning.
Although it is autumn, the forecast maximum temperature of today is 33 'C.
I could see some flowering buds.


An asterias cv miracle kabuto has reached a mature age and shown its characteristic well.

Some VERY NICE Ariocarpus and Astrophytums there Hanzono!!!

A bit jealous here of what you have there, but slowly and steadily one day i hope to get a great collection like yours!!!

Keep up the great photos!!!

I have to ask, how precise are you with watering? or do your trays have holes to drain excess water? for your Astrophytums.

Why is it that every time one of my permanently-outside cacti gets damaged in some way it always rains that night???

Sure, it's usually a tough plant (in this case, Selenicereus megalanthus) but it is not nice!

rickyscactus

I water into the small space between plant and pot one by one.
It takes time but I have to do because I collect cactus as ornamental plants.
There are no holes on trays. Small amount excess water will remain on trays and dried up naturally.

All my asterias are propagated from seed by myself.
I just sowed seeds every year for last 10 years and built up numbers.

Hanazono