7 Signs Of A Cactus Addict

Hi, my name is Jenny and I am a cactus addict. If you would like to determine if you are a cactus addict like me, never fear, I have created a checklist of 7 Signs Of A Cactus Addict. Enjoy!
Featuring my favorite local cactus nursery that has been satisfying plant cravings since 1968, Arizona Cactus Sales.
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P.S. Cookie is the real cactus addict.

[@cookiescacti]

My mom and I are having so much fun reading all of your comments! It's been one of the top topics of our phone conversations these days 😁💚🙏

[@az.cactusjunkie]

Something I do is walk in and out of the house countless times a day ( while being yelled at by my wife that the air is on ) to admire the same plants sitting in the same spots over and over again. 😅

[@joshualennox3599]

Jenny’s jacked from moving all those potted plants around!

[@cookiescacti]

Lol. You gave me an idea: cactus workout.... Hmmmmmmm

[@wimhance6541]

8. When the grief over a plant loss is only exceeded by the joy of more plant space. Boojum!

[@64hdr0m3d4rY]

LOL

[@LostInThisGardenofLife]

What is this window shopping you speak of? Seeing plants you love and not buying one? Blasphemy!!! 😭🤣❤️

[@anissabyrd2575]

It’s almost time for those of us in the north to move all of our plants indoors for the winter and we will be facing the harsh reality that we can’t fit them all in anymore. I’m probably going to have to buy more shelving and grow lights😂

[@zhaezz84]

this is one of my biggest issues also 😫

[@cookiescacti]

Omg!! What part of the North? Do not fear, space will magically appear 😁 At least one nice thing about grow lights in the winter is that it can help warm the house!

[@anissabyrd2575]

@@cookiescacti Im in the Minneapolis area and sometimes we have snow on the ground before Halloween 🥶 but my indoor plants help me take my mind off of the cold dark of winter.

[@amykuo-zb3tx]

You have been honest. Love your addiction.

[@jeffreyd-vm4pg]

Another great video, So true, the only thing I disagree with is the idea that one can have too many cacti, I never say that! I just returned from Tucson and shipped 2 large boxes of cacti and succulents home (I love B&B, Bach's and Plants for the Southwest among others). I don't have room in my greenhouse (Chicago area) but I made room. Been getting into Ariocarpus and Astrophytum lately and my collection in that area is growing. As usually, I enjoyed this video very much, I like your approach and sense of humor as well, keep them coming!

[@unleashthekraken7548]

You have a healthy addiction and great collection of rare plants no need to worry.

[@cookiescacti]

I appreciate the support and encouragement 🙏🙏🙏💚💚💚

[@Matraka2000]

Wow first time you show off on camera. Nice. Your plants are beautiful. I am cactus addict but I do not want to accept it. Jaja a trick I have is sell some plants and then buy again. I am buying grusoniis all the time. Jaja

[@tara1971able]

I’m with you.. I have all seven signs. I don’t want an intervention, but perhaps a support group?, (preferably one with lots of plant connections)?!?!! 😆

[@kathylovejoy2569]

Your Yard looks so much better with plants in it. I like it.

[@cookiescacti]

Thank you, Kathy! Maintenance is definitely harder but it's more fun with plants ☺️

[@robbycalycium]

Still so much space going up, adding shelves to the pergola. ;-) I've checked signs 1 up to 6, still a long shot from number 7, but someone has made a bet that I won't make 5 years until I run out of space in my greenhouse! 😂

[@alabamatropicals506]

Great video Jenny! Its definitely something to think about with so many pottery, and plant dealers and sellers marketing and pushing out here. Its easy to get out of balance in our lives, and have too much to take care of.

[@cookiescacti]

Oh yeah, the struggle is real. I'm starting to donate plants to my cactus society, some of the plants are not getting much attention from me, hopefully, someone else can give them some love.

[@az.cactusjunkie]

Guilty as charged! 😅 great video!

[@BrendaRuiz06]

Im cactus addict too 😂❤🌵💚👌

[@michellechapman6839]

How many cacti do you have??......300 or more? Have you ever counted?❤❤

[@michellechapman6839]

Yuppp.....but I refuse to pay over $20 for a plant...I am on a limited income and my area zone prohibits my buying certain species.

[@dkstott29]

If the nursery store knows you by your name, you may be an addict..😂😂

[@suewolf2]

If you are a cactus addict, you also have to be a pot addict-every cactus needs the perfect pot to show it off…..it’s a cycle!

[@anitajarone1193]

Hi, my name is Anita & I am a Cactus Addict..... I have not even ATTEMPTED any sort of recovery or even cutting back. I know I am a sick, sick individual & my will-power went out the window the day my daughter brought me a half-dead cactus & said "MooooooM!!!! Pleeeeease fix it!!!" I knew NOTHING about even simple gardening! But when Princess gives me those big blue eyes asking so sweetly "Pleeeeease" I was determined. I got on the internet & researched for about 2 days B4 even touching the cacti! Finally, I figured the bottom half was rotting so I cut it off, rerooted it & That's ALL SHE WROTE!!! Today I have no qualms saying I'm a cactus addict. In fact, I'm Proud! There's so many other worldly things we could be getting addicted to in this life and I figure, if cactuses are the worst I'm addicted to, then NO PROB!!! We only live once ENJOY IT!!!! Make more room in the greenhouse or build a 2nd one! ! Ask the boss for a raise to buy more! I guess for me, the main downfall has been I have to make sure I'm not TOTALLY over-doing it to where I'm not taking care of the ones I have. I have Alot that are due for reporting now for example. I must make sure they ALL get equal anounts of care & love. And now, like you, Jenny, I have discovered the fun in sowing seeds as well!! I've only done 3 batches so far and only have a out 10 that made it out of all these batches. But I'm learning. STILL trying to find some Astrophytum & myrostigmas hybrid seeds. I finally found one guy but he wants 19.99 for 5 seeds! Say WHAT! I don't THINK so!!!! Have fun everyone, there IS help if u want it! Like giving them away to trusted people (ME! Lol) so u don't have ur hands too full!!!

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂 Anita! We don't want to cure this type of addiction (plus it is incurable)! Do you live in the US? If so can you send me an email? My cookies cacti email address is in my channel's "about" section.

[@Northerncacti2021]

You forgot “I won’t buy any more plants but I’ll grow them from seed ONLY from my plants “

[@handsomerobnj]

""I guess if I put some grow lights on the bathroom counter I could..."

[@zhaezz84]

Actualy a good idea ^^ maybe a fan aswell 🤔🤔

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cookiescacti]

Excellent ideas 😁

[@cookiescacti]

That's what bathrooms are for!

[@handsomerobnj]

@@zhaezz84 I almost spit my drink out for that one

[@lorirober2536]

❤ I AM A CACTUS ADDICT AND AM NOT ASHAMED. I could be something worse like a meth dealer or I could be dating a serial killer but I chose the moral high ground of constantly buying cacti. 🌵 😂😂😂🌵

[@joshs470]

You know it's really gotten out of hand when you start feeling like you need to quit your job to look after them.

[@mattoakley2246]

The involuntary twitch that you have in your hand or foot as you drive to "Just Window Shop"!

[@JeffReich-i5v]

#8 could be if you sign up for a pottery class to make planters for your cactus, you're an addict!

[@mrspeachi4378]

I didn’t need to be called out like this😂At least I’m in good company!! I when you panned over that triple ariocarpus, I thought to myself “oh no, I’d be in trouble cause omg” and then you had it in your box LOL great taste!!

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂 was this too close to home? When it comes to cactus we embrace our addiction! (I'm so happy to see we're in good company 😁)

[@succulentqueen7737]

Another sign is when you love a variety so much you buy 2 (or more) of the same kind with the intention of keeping one for yourself & giving one to a friend. But when you get home with them, you find reasons not to give it to a friend like: they wont love it as much as I do, or they wont care for it properly & it's just gonna die if I give it to them. So you decide to just keep the doubles for yourself.

[@cookiescacti]

Ohhhh this is a really good one. And I can wholeheartedly say I am guilty as charged! 😂😂😂

[@tessiewoodward19]

I sure can relate to that. I keep telling myself no more plants , but yeah I'm just kidding myself. The same goes with pots. So I clearly I'm a cactus addict.😢

[@mattnelson1716]

Awesome to see someone use their space instead of just maintaining it for property value....as an apartment dweller, I'm jealous

[@JeffReich-i5v]

I can relate. Waiting for our AZ temps to go down and then ... plant sales will happen!

[@cactusjoe]

Hahaha, great one, Jenny! After five decades of "intense suffering" from this addiction (...and yes indeed, guilty on all 7 accounts/signs!) I can only say... it is a WONDERFUL addiction to have, lol!!! At some point, you simply succumb, stop feeling guilty, accept all symptoms and just whole-heartedly ENJOY every single AWESOME plant and their blooms, lol!

[@cookiescacti]

It's an addiction we want to keep 😁😁😁 5 decades is so incredible, Joe, I'm mesmerized every time you mention how long you've been growing plants. It makes me wish I started earlier but better late than never!

[@naturelover2335]

A friend say to me "you have too much plants" and i say " no i don t have enough space"

[@cookiescacti]

I like the way you think and wholeheartedly agree 😁

[@Majungasaurus1]

Not only cactus addict, I'm also a bonsai and aloe addict

[@cookiescacti]

Ohhhh that's on another level! It's a triple tunnel rabbit hole!

[@janisnix4227]

I am a cactiholic. I live in the sticks of Oregon, where there are no cactus stores like Arizona Cactus Sales. But I found a tavern for cactus plants. It's called Palmstreet. My hubby put up a second greenhouse for overflow for me. But when the frigid weather comes, I'll be in trouble. No heat in the new one. I must set up shelving and grow lights somewhere in the house. I am crazy.

[@kimmy6304]

It's so difficult to stick by "no more" when you come across a unique one like that triple(!) ariocarpus. Cause when if ever are you gonna come across sth like that again, and for that price? It's too difficult to say no and walk away. The regret of doing that would haunt me forever, I just know 😆 so I'd also give in and get it and deal with the lil guilt instead of the regret of missing out. I feel u.

[@kayenicholls5473]

I have a small problem with to many cactus around 200 plants and couple thousand seedlings that are around 2 years old 4 grow tent inside with all my babies my addiction started about around 4 years 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@icebiker3]

I just ordered a new pot (it was on sale), so do I repot something I already have or do I buy a new plant for this special pot.....hmmm?!

[@kristinakirkland808]

The struggle is real.

[@dkstott29]

So, if I have over a dozen different variations of Crassula jade, am I an addict or collector...😅😅

[@barbie_t]

"But I can sell some and make double what I paid " (lives in an area where no one will travel to and there's no cactus collectors) Let a stray cat 🐈 live on my porch because she protects the plants from mice & birds . Now I have to buy her a fancy cat house for winter .( my dogs won't let me bring her indoors and I can't find her a indoor home, I've tried😢)

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂 oh the thoughts that run through ones head when it comes to getting new plants. That is one lucky porch cat!

[@ChopsticksDIYGarden]

I'm pretty sure I became a cactus addict thanks to you, Cactus Caffeine, and a few other KZbinrs. I just started collecting cacti this spring and already have about 60. I'm running out of room. I'm considering building vertical racks to expand my collection. This hobby has become a real addiction for me. Here's my collection so far, plus some not shown in the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i52XaWCiiLSertk

[@andyroo3022]

I like your yard now much better than that empty yard. I enjoy spending time with my Cactus friends even though they are mostly pricks. Yeah I need an Obregonia Denegrii I saw in your video. Great to see your videos again. 🌻

[@bobhopfner3812]

You tried very hard and that counts! You deserve a new cactus for trying so hard!

[@cookiescacti]

I like the way you think! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TKGoose]

I am Jenny's lack of self-control

[@azwelke2638]

The eighth sign is that I cannot stop looking at your cactus😊 you have beautiful cactus. Thank you for sharing.

[@cookiescacti]

💯💯💯 Everytime I go look at my plants, whether outside or inside, at least 1 hours disappears into the ether 😂

[@nmumpton]

Oh, boy! I'm with you all the way, Jenny!

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂 we have so much in common, Nancy

[@nelmanlangit4151]

Last One! Promise...😅😂😂😊

[@cookiescacti]

💯💯💯 last one for now 😁

[@jillianleblanc9370]

Thank you for Sharing your beautiful cactus collection beautiful video ♥♥🇹🇹🇹🇹😎😎

[@cookiescacti]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this video, Jillian!

[@michelplamondon8907]

#8, never asking yourself what will happen to your plants when you'll be gone.willyou put them in your last will and testament?

[@succulentqueen7737]

I met someone at a cactus sale who is doing that. She said when she dies, her collection will go to the cactus society. Very thoughtful right. But I felt like asking her to just leave them to me. Haha.

[@ceciliaarchibold8187]

Guilty !!

[@lynettedeanda5792]

Cactus, succulents agave. Grow lights, heat pads, shelving, pots, soil.......

[@zhaezz84]

That new Ario Was amazing though 👍 We have no shops like that here in DK (thank god ^^) But i still tick all the boxes i think lol... i definitely have space issues and power issues with all those grow lamps for seedlings. I try to limit myself now, to only buy seeds, but it just resulted in half of the house being taken over by grow lamps and grow tents :P Good thing i live alone in a big house, and dont have to listen to common sence ^^ Best regards 😘😘

[@cookiescacti]

You have the best house ever! Plants and baby plants and all the plants equipment everywhere! A house taken over by plants is a house well used!

[@zhaezz84]

@@cookiescacti Thank you! I like your kind of "common sence" 😁👍

[@cookiescacti]

@@zhaezz84 😂😂😂

[@zhaezz84]

@@cookiescacti worst thing, is that i filled all my incubators allready 175 pots :p, and now i got obsessed with euphorbia francoisii, and have to set up yet another growtent for those... But they are really amazing small plants, i need to have them also ^^

[@curly_loves_cacti]

✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️ Guilty 💚🌵🤦🏻‍♀️ but then I think “it could be worse, I could have a ETOH or drug addiction.” Somehow I find myself back at the cactus nursery. 😂

[@mattoakley2246]

Hi my name is Matt and Jenny is a cactus addict. I'm obviously in denial n it's a joke before someone gets their feelings hurt! Lol Willing to bet we're all cactus addicted at this point! 😂😂

[@westfester859]

When you lose a $20 cactus after three months, feels like a family member has passed. It is too hard for entertainment outdoors in AZ, you are 3 inches from the sun. Funny video!!!!

[@inosimeon8307]

its bètter if your plant addict than drug addict your fan and one of your thousand subs fr the philippines

[@HyrimBot]

no more plants huh? that means more for me!! 😹

[@kes1171]

Haha we used to call it cactus fever

[@menpriskachannel]

😮😮😮 it's mean I am cactus addict to🤭🤭🤭

[@angies9052]

I don't see the problem... looks like my place with 200+ growing. :)

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂 we are kindred spirits 😁😁

[@sweetidruin]

I feel attacked 😮😂❤

[@pattivermeersch7348]

Good one…and YES I am🤣

[@kathylovejoy2569]

Yes Sadly I keep buying them. But only the really special ones I like a lot. But yes I admit it, I'm totally hooked, But I love them. They make me happy, so why not, also running out of room. Yikes!!!!

[@cookiescacti]

You and me both, Kathy 😁

[@RSJ-Texas]

That is just hilarious Jenny !!! I’m almost a cactus addict. Hahaha

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂 I'm not ashamed of my "problem" and your "almost problem" 😂😂😂

[@hiddenvoice27]

A yard (or house) filled with plants is one well used!

[@cookiescacti]

I agree! A functional yard/house is all the more better!

[@nicholasstreet4716]

Its the voices that tell me to do it....its not my fault 😂

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂 (me too)

[@cactuscapacity]

I am not addicted, I usually get cactus from private growers, I have the exact space for the amount of cactus I have, I have refused to buy the cactus I love seeing at the nursery, from the nursery, I stopped buying cactus as soon as I had my collection complete, 57 acres of land for more cactus, and it has a plethora of opuntia already, so I doubt I could run out of space,... hmmm maybe limited space makes people addicts!!! LOL! When there is plenty of room for all of your cactus then you are just a cactus user!!! Don't go to rehab unless you overdose a few times,... rule of thumb.

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂😂😂 57 acres!!! Where are you at? Let me know when you run out of space 😂😂😂😂

[@cactuscapacity]

@@cookiescacti We are in Cibola county New Mexico. "Cactus heaven" "plantlovers paradise" We are working on a small hiking trail that is surrounded by cactus... We are planting our first trail next season!

[@terrizimmerman5297]

Too Funny

[@cookiescacti]

😁😁😁😁 I have a problem (I want to keep hehehehe)

[@SUPERSUDS]

I love this lol

[@cookiescacti]

😁😁😁

[@joonahrae]

Omgoshhh! I was eyeing those Ariocarpus and Astrophytum asterias variegated!! $30 is really not that bad for the asterias! I would've bought so many cacti if I were there 😬 I used to be a huge succulent addict many years ago, but I mostly grow tropical plants and hoyas now. Unfortunately (or maybe it's a good thing), I lost a lot of my plants when I was moving from Illinois to Florida so I don't have a lot of plants currently, but I'm finding that I always find the space to add more 😅 I have 2 Mammillaria bocasana cacti and one I'm not too sure what the name is, but I'm suspecting it's a Gymnocalcycium? 3 cacti so far, but I'm pretty sure the collection is just going to keep growing... haha! We can never have too many cacti!

[@cookiescacti]

I've heard that hoyas have their own deep rabbit hole! I remember back in the day when I got my first cactus, Ferocactus from Walmart. And then shortly after I don't know what happened... I lost my mind! I'm so happy to be in good company here 😁

[@joshualennox3599]

Wow to what’s going on at Arizona cactus sales right now too

[@cookiescacti]

Right?? Ty said some folks went to the nursey after seeing how nicely stocked they are