Those gloves look promising, I picked up a mason jar grabber with x hinges and rubber grips that works great for picking up small to medium cuttings, but the tactile ability of a glove is promising and I saw in other comments that even a Cholla won't pierce them / us

Thanks, glad you appreciated that. Thanks for watching. Awesome neck tats btw

@@obryn It’s interesting that you would say this my brother, not only because most comments say the complete opposite, but because quantifiably this is one of the most popular videos on the channel. Just look at the view count. Sorry you didn’t like it, it was merely a humble attempt to correct some very obvious beginner mistakes in a fun way

You’re very welcome, thanks for watching!

There is a newer 2023 Garden Tour video on our main page as well. Check that one out, really shows how much the garden grew in just a year

Nice! They grow faster than you think. Thanks :)

This is one of the best shout outs I’ve ever seen! Go EG! Thanks bro

Yes almost everything I grow outside is grown organically. I have other videos and tutorials on making compost, worm farming, etc. I’ve also published my organic topper mix many times on various social media. People generally know me as an organic grower.

@@mallachtsplants good stuff will check out your other vids. That feeding part of your vid had me concerned

@@freedomloveequality6593 Although I do use organic outside, I’ve been using synthetics for hydroponic cannabis for 18 years. I also went to school for horticulture. I once had an instructor (a PhD Botanist) put up microscope pics of synthetic NPK molecules as well as organic NPK molecules. He then said “Can you guys see the difference?” …crickets… Then he immediately said “Neither can plants!” The whole organic thing is kind of a scam imo. I know a guy who owns a cashew farm in Africa. His neighbors on all sides of him literally purchase “OMRI” organic stickers and put them on their avocados even though they are not organic. The hate on nutrient salts is unwarranted, and in a big part funded by the organic nutrient industry if you look into it. My 2 cents 😁

@@mallachtsplants myself I grow indoor cannabis with salts & have tried organics indoors but alas it's not the best suited for artificial indoor environments specially because of rate of growth & overall yield. Truth be told terpene levels in organic soil grown truely outshines salt grown hydroponic any day. I've done side by side comparisons. However outdoors in mother nature organics are the best, for mostly all plants unless you trying to cultivate fruit trees in pots then salt fertilizer may be of value. I've seen the damage salt fertilizer does to the soil & microbes & it's a no brainer. Organic growing is the highest path for growing plants there is no question. Like I said for indoors in artificial conditions then the artificial fertilizer has its place but still there are nuances that synthetics just cannot bring out

@@freedomloveequality6593 We'll have to agree to disagree here brother. As I said, I went to school for this and have been practicing horticulture for almost 20 years. If you read the story above about a PhD botanist saying how plants literally can't tell the difference, and you had an open mind, you would rethink your unwarranted assumptions a bit. But I get it, people go "Synthetic = bad" even though the entire organic industry is literally a scam. I even gave you a from the horse's mouth story on how people completely cheat the OMRI system, which is the main standard. I have taken advanced soil classes, and tested soil before and after using synthetics. As with all things it is about a balance. If you are using far too much, sure, it kills biology in the soil. But if you are moderate about it, it doesn't even kill worms, which are very sensitive to changes in their environment. I've seen it with my own eyes.

Thanks! And thanks for watching

Thanks for watching :)

lol! Just wanted to create some clarity as there are a ton of oddly held beliefs about PC. People ask me all the time “Is this peruvianus PC?” Or “Is this bridgesii PC” - People seem to think that any cultivar can be PC, which obviously doesn’t make sense because PC is itself a cultivar. So, it’s only the one clone, the same identical, overly distributed plant.

@mallachtsplants OH no I get it trust me, only people worse are the ones with a stolen cerus peruvianas asking, "is this the Droid I'm looking for."

@mallachtsplants I still don't have a cut of yours. Where can I support the cause?

Me too!

Just wanted to make sure that everyone knows that everyone was a noob once, including me. Thanks for watching!

In this video I’m talking about general columnar cactus care, so yes it would apply to those cacti you’ve mentioned. Thanks for watching

Nice! The more genetic diversity the better 🙌

Yep, set it and forget it. This is the way to do it

PC is a cultivar, so yes it is indeed a clone. There is only one PC. It merely stands for “Predominant Cultivar” so it is the one that has been propagated and spread around the most. By far the most common Trichocereus clone, and typically the only one found at big box stores like Depot, Lowe’s, Walmart, et.

​@mallachtsplants Thanks for the answer! There's this concept of a cultivar-group in which members of a group are united by a distinct common trait. I wonder if that could be why people might call Landfill glorified PC. In recognition of similar morphological traits. Total speculation on my part. Just imagine selectively breeding PC seedlings that look like PC for multiple generations and referring to them all as belonging to a PC cultivar-group. More of a umbrella classification rather than a specific clone cultivar designation.

@@nico.salcedo Just to clarify once more, there is no “PC cultivar group” only “PC” the (overly) cloned cultivar. The whole Landfill thing started as a joke tbh, and a ton of noobs took it seriously. As far as I know, no one is breeding PC looking plants, there really isn’t that much control in Trichocereus breeding. Oftentimes 2 short spined T pachanoi are bred, and the offspring all have long spines. It’s not quite like breeding cannabis, or other flowering plants where the traits are more straight forward.

@@mallachtsplants That makes sense. Thanks for clarifying!

Yep they sure do. This is where the seeds come from in breeding crosses.

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Lol! I don’t think I’ve heard this one before. I do get Connor McGregor a LOT though. In fact just today someone told me that 😂

lol I was another video of yours the other day but I could not remember the name of that actor at the time.... look for it, doppelgänger@@mallachtsplants

Thank you for the this very nice comment, very much appreciated

It all depends on the weather conditions. If conditions are good, meaning a low of no lower than 50 or so, and a high of around 70+ then imo if is ok to give them water.

I would bury it as deep as necessary to ensure that the cactus won't fall over. Also, I would never plant directly into gravel. If you can dig a bit until you get through the gravel and into the soil, that would be more ideal

Thanks for posting this info. I was well aware of this, I try to keep the content to a beginner level. :) Excellently worded and articulated though, thanks again.

Is this actually detrimental to the long-term health of cacti? The reason I ask is I use a fertilizer called Mega Crop which contains Chitosan Oligosaccharides.

So glad you liked it man! Many more to come. Thanks for watching

My only "hack" is plant stuff everywhere, and pay attention to what works, and let it keep happening. If it doesn't work, stop doing that.

Any fruit I don't like the looks of, I just leave where it grew. It serves as fertilizer and seed for next year.

Humans first "gardens" were the piles of plant matter left over from what we foraged for. That's my model for gardening. The seeds just grow in the unintentional compost piles we make. Just keep throwing healthy plant matter where-ever you want food to grow. Never till unless you want to pull weeds.

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You'll just have to ask around on this one buddy, I suggest reddit

I'm gonna guess because they aren't quite as consistently beautiful as say Trichocereus bridgesii.

Thanks. Got some Shaman’s Garden ready right now bro, just gotta process them :)

Any time! Thanks for watching