Around November last year I planted several saguaro cacti from a kit i
bought on a trip to the Grand Canyon. By now I have nearly 20 plants
all about a 1/2 an inch tall, and it looks like they need to be
transplanted to either a pot where they will have more room to grow
(the current pot they are in is only two inches across; it came with
the kit) or maybe even individual pots to save time later can anyone
tell me how to do this safely without hurting either the cacti or my
fingers?

"Jumpin" wrote in message
Around November last year I planted several saguaro cacti from a kit i
bought on a trip to the Grand Canyon. By now I have nearly 20 plants
all about a 1/2 an inch tall, and it looks like they need to be
transplanted to either a pot where they will have more room to grow
(the current pot they are in is only two inches across; it came with
the kit) or maybe even individual pots to save time later can anyone
tell me how to do this safely without hurting either the cacti or my
fingers?

Kitchen tongs used gently or fold some newpaper into a thin band and place
it around the cacti and pick the long ends together where they meet and just
pull snugly against the plant and hold gently enough to get a good grip.

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:19:18 -0000, Jumpin
wrote:

Around November last year I planted several saguaro cacti from a kit i
bought on a trip to the Grand Canyon. By now I have nearly 20 plants
all about a 1/2 an inch tall, and it looks like they need to be
transplanted to either a pot where they will have more room to grow
(the current pot they are in is only two inches across; it came with
the kit) or maybe even individual pots to save time later can anyone
tell me how to do this safely without hurting either the cacti or my
fingers?


I use a folded strip of paper to hold the cactus, and use chopsticks
to pack the soil. After transplanting a cactus, resist the (natural)
temptation to water it, at least for a week or two.

Awesome, thanks! i just didn't want to like squish it or something.
Much appreciated thanks everybody!