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Cacti
We have a very southwestern decor in our downstairs family room. I would
like to crow some cacti in this area, but the room receives very little window light. Are there any varieties that do not require much light? -- Shadow Made In Canada, eh. |
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On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 22:41:08 GMT, "Shadow"
wrote: Are there any varieties that do not require much light? the desert here gets 300 days of sunshine , next time consider a under canopy rain forest decor.... Regards, tomj |
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On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 22:41:08 GMT, "Shadow"
wrote: We have a very southwestern decor in our downstairs family room. I would like to crow some cacti in this area, but the room receives very little window light. Are there any varieties that do not require much light? Yes of course, They are all in the family of Silkceae. |
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We have a very southwestern decor in our downstairs family room. I would
like to grow some cacti in this area, but the room receives very little window light. Sorry to disappoint you, but all the cacti that would go with a southwestern decor require very high light. You have three choices: 1. Artificial plants (ugh!) 2. Set up a growing area with fluorescent lights. 4 tubes are better then two. The plants would still be happier if you put them outside for the summer. 3. Probably the most practical for you. Grow several cactus plants in a better location, hopefully a very sunny south window. Rotate one or two of them in your family room a week at a time. That way you can have your decor, but the plants will be in a suitable home most of the time & their health will not suffer. If you put them outdoors for the summer, it won't hurt for each plant to spend a week in the family room. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 00:55:44 GMT, Tom Jaszewski
wrote: the desert here gets 300 days of sunshine , next time consider a under canopy rain forest decor... LOL....that's funny. ·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) jammer ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ |
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On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 22:41:08 GMT, "Shadow"
wrote: We have a very southwestern decor in our downstairs family room. I would like to crow some cacti in this area, but the room receives very little window light. Are there any varieties that do not require much light? All of my cactus collection gets some sun. In the summertime, I move some out onto the deck. I doubt a cactus would survive more than a couple months in low light, especially if it is watered. |
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You'd like to crow some cacti? Who are you Peter Pan?
If you had ever actually been to the desert southwest you would know what a truly stupid question you are asking. Settle for a few native American trinkets and forget about getting live plants that you will only kill out of total ignorance. Better yet, settle for a wide screen TV and stereo system like everyone else. Plants are living things and not inanimate decor accessories to be abused by yuppies with too much disposable income. Shadow wrote in message ... We have a very southwestern decor in our downstairs family room. I would like to crow some cacti in this area, but the room receives very little window light. Are there any varieties that do not require much light? -- Shadow Made In Canada, eh. |
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You mean this stuff? All members of the Plasticales!
http://www.greeninteriors.co.uk/page...lastic%20Plant s.htm zhanataya wrote in message ... On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 22:41:08 GMT, "Shadow" wrote: We have a very southwestern decor in our downstairs family room. I would like to crow some cacti in this area, but the room receives very little window light. Are there any varieties that do not require much light? Yes of course, They are all in the family of Silkceae. |
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"Shadow" wrote:
We have a very southwestern decor in our downstairs family room. I would like to crow some cacti in this area, but the room receives very little window light. Are there any varieties that do not require much light? Plastic ones. Tsu -- To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. - Jules Henri Poincaré |
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Yes that's it!! Plants are reclassified too quickly for me to keep up. These should do well don't you think? On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 05:28:09 GMT, "Cereoid+10+" wrote: You mean this stuff? All members of the Plasticales! http://www.greeninteriors.co.uk/page...lastic%20Plant s.htm zhanataya wrote in message .. . On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 22:41:08 GMT, "Shadow" wrote: We have a very southwestern decor in our downstairs family room. I would like to crow some cacti in this area, but the room receives very little window light. Are there any varieties that do not require much light? Yes of course, They are all in the family of Silkceae. |
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If you had ever actually been to the desert southwest you would know what
a truly stupid question you are asking. Settle for a few native American trinkets and forget about getting live plants that you will only kill out of total ignorance. Better yet, settle for a wide screen TV and stereo system like everyone else. Plants are living things and not inanimate decor accessories to be abused by yuppies with too much disposable income. Thank you for that truly inspiring answer. You must have put a lot of thought into it. I am sorry you felt my question was so stupid, but I do thank you for pointing out my obvious shortcomings as a human being. I am not a novice gardener, and I am hardly a yuppie with too much disposable income (most weeks, like many of us, I am doing good just to make ends meet). In the summer, I spend most of my time tending to my 1200 sq ft. vegetable garden, 7 perennial beds, my pond garden, plus the annuals that fill my back deck. In the winter, I tend to my indoor plants, which I miraculously get to grow, and yes, even flourish. I do not abuse them, nor do I consider them inanimate objects, as you have suggested. I do have quite a few plants that will do well in low light conditions (Philodendron, Dracaena, Aglaonema, and Aspidistra to name a few). They are all doing quite well. Imagine that. The cactus idea was just that, an idea, and I simply posed a question. I have seeen cacti growing in low light conditions, and, although I realized the answer would likely be no, I thought perhaps that there were possibly some that grew well under those conditions. Perhaps the owners rotated them between environments, as I do with some of my plants. I have looked through your past posts, and I have found that these types of answers are quite normal for you - snapping out sharp quips while offering little or no help. I shall think twice before ever asking a question in here again. -- Shadow Made In Canada, eh. |
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 04:45:05 -0700, Tsu Dho Nimh
wrote: Plastic ones. http://www.mainlandmart.com/cactus.html http://www.earthflora.com/cactus_plants.htm made to match the Canadian SW look... Regards, tomj |
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Sorry to disappoint you, but all the cacti that would go with a
southwestern decor require very high light. You have three choices: 1. Artificial plants (ugh!) 2. Set up a growing area with fluorescent lights. 4 tubes are better then two. The plants would still be happier if you put them outside for the summer. 3. Probably the most practical for you. Grow several cactus plants in a better location, hopefully a very sunny south window. Rotate one or two of them in your family room a week at a time. That way you can have your decor, but the plants will be in a suitable home most of the time & their health will not suffer. If you put them outdoors for the summer, it won't hurt for each plant to spend a week in the family room. Iris, Iris, Thanks very much for your answer. I agree with the "ugh" of artificial plants. I don't have any and wouldn't want them. As for your second suggestion, I do have a large area in my basement that I have set up with flouresent lights. This area gets most used this time of the year, when I am beginning my seedlings (mostly annual, but some perennial)s. I could dedicate a couple of banks of lights to the cacti, and like you said, rotate them periodically. I also have a very suny south window which I could make use of, so that may work too. I'll give your suggestions a shot. Thanks again for your answer. People like Cereoid+10+, who, it seems, feels more comfortable putting other people down and hurling insults than actually offering up a suggestion, could learn a lot from you.. -- Shadow Made In Canada, eh. |
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