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Cactus plants
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:43:07 +0100, mt006b1198 wrote: I was wondering if anybody could please help me. I am thinking of trying to grow cactus plants, I grew them once b4 but I made the mistake of overwatering them and they went all floppy. I was just wondering if anybody could advise me on how often I should water them? Mine get watered about once every three or four weeks in summer if I remember. No water at all in winter. They flower in summer and they are about 40 years old so I must be doing something right! It is a lot easier to kill a cactus by overwatering than underwatering. They really do not like wet feet. But in midsummer they can be watered once a week or even more often if you use a fast draining compost and no tray underneath. A general rule is that the soil should be allowed to almost dry out between waterings. In winter you might need to water them if you keep them in a centrally heated house. Kept at 5-10C they probably won't need any water til spring. And few succulent plants like lithops can wait until June for their first watering - otherwise you get atypical growth. Regards, Martin Brown ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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