Cactus Jobs to plan & do in January

[@MarkMarsh-mw5jd]

Enjoyed the video!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Mark :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@Cactimania]

Awesome video, Lyn 😊 Always still lots of jobs to do in the winter. Can't wait until spring though lol. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a lovely day and week from Edith & myself to you & Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I really am counting the days till Spring arrives again Daz haha :-D its feels arctic here this week and its snowing today, we can't wait till Spring is here again and to see all our plant babies waking up from their winter snooze, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant afternoon XXXX

[@CactusCaffeine]

Our plants may be resting this winter but we are not. 😅 But it is fun to do these plant chores. Very relaxing and therapeutic. 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It really is fun to do the plant chores and at this time of year we know that Spring is getting closer, but I wish I could have a winter snooze with my plants too haha, I really am looking forward to the upcoming Spring arriving, thanks so much Ana for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@falzonp1]

Another wonderful video for the new year! Thanks for sharing these beauties and the care you have to take for them at this time of year. Plants have to be taken care of on regular basis, trimming dried up leaves, dead flowers and lots more and collecting seed pods! Thanks for all the information given Lyn. Have a great day and week ahead my friends Lyn and Hans. Lots of love and happiness!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Sylvia :-D I really am looking forward to the Spring arriving again and the days getting longer and seeing all of the buds and flowers on the cacti again, I am counting the days till spring haha, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a brilliant afternoon XXXX

[@marleneprescod8494]

Nice Lynn have a bless 2025 ❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Marlene for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic plant powered 2025 XXXX

[@davidrobbins9401]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much David for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for an incredible Tuesday today XXXX

[@sevda-ferrykeskin4071]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Sevda for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant Tuesday XXXX

[@roots_and_ruin]

I usually hate winter, but I think over wintering my cacti made me appreciate the winter for once this year! I'm excited to get them out of dormancy in spring and sew some seeds, too! There's something to do every season in this hobby 💖🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

The thought of the Spring really is so exciting and not long to go now till Spring arrives again, sowing seeds really is a lot of fun and so rewarding to grow from seed, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX

[@newmanmansell760]

Hi Lyn! I enjoyed today's episode😃💞That reminds me to do a clean up around my cacti pots and do some pest control☺️Thanks for the reminder Lyn! Oh, another thing I like to do is check what cacti need a repot and go plant-pot-shopping😄I'm not rushed in Winter and have time to think about pots, and I like to buy potting medium and mix it and bag it ready for Spring and store it in the outdoor shed. It's been freezing cold here too Lyn! I'm wearing my inner-lined Winter pants and Winter boots🥶HAAA!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love to go plant pot shopping and buying potting mediums all ready for the spring Newman :-D I really am so looking forward to the Spring arriving again, haha with your winter pants and boots, it feels arctic here this week and I am sitting with a woolly jumper and a hot water bottle at my computer haha, roll on the Spring we say, thanks so much Newman for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@oddball-z]

Your cactus have a wonderful spot for thier winter nap, I'm sure they will reward us with some wonderful blooms. 💚🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so looking forward to seeing all the wonderful blooms again this Spring and Summer, I can't wait haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for an amazing Tuesday XXXX

[@agnieszka7962]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@justinblack6083]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Justin for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant Tuesday XXXX

[@Jeanine6037]

Dear Lyn, thank you for the video 👍I did my wishlist before Christmas, but got none under the tree 😂, so I started the year with sowing 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you have sown seeds to start off this new year Jeanine :-D growing from seed is so rewarding to do, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX

[@BogdanPaval-f4s]

Amazing plants Lyn 😁😍 we all wait for the spring 😅😊 my gymnocalycium anisitsii has a tiny bud forming 🎉😄😄

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats awesome your Gymno anisitsii has a bud forming already Bogdan :-D Spring really is getting closer now and so looking forward to it haha :-D thanks so much Bogdan for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX

[@sugarspiceatn1]

Thank goodness my greenhouse is tiny hahaha xx

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Happy New Year to you Steph :-D I hope you had a wonderful holidays and all the plants you gave me are doing really well, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX

[@emiliasandomierska8977]

Another inspiring video. Thank you Lyn. Let's hope spring will come soon. In the meantime, we can use your extremely useful tips. Did you mention earlier that you use a magnifying glass? Which type do you think is best? There is a large selection online.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Emilia :-D I use a little magnifying pocket loupe that is especially for jewellery, I bought it from Amazon about 10 years ago, its a metal hand held one that works really well for checking for 'beasties' on our plants, there are quite a few on Amazon around $5, thanks so much Emilia for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@sarahbenzie670]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Sarah for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@Julia007ablle]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Julia for your wonderful support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@linnettecesareo6621]

Amazing how much a learn thanks

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Linnette for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@MissysWasteland]

Pests are dormant right now. I keep spiders as pets and I keep my feeder bugs in the fridge because it puts them to sleep. They can stay cold for many months and will start wiggling once I set them out on a table. My spiders won’t eat a bug unless it’s live and moving. Did you know ants will keep aphids underground in their colony to keep them warm. Then once it warms up the ants will carry the aphids back to a host plant to let them feed. Ants harvest the aphids poop. It’s sweet. The ants feet have a paralyzing agent on the aphids. They’ll walk on the aphids all day. All the aphids can do is feed. Ants will also cut off the wings of an aphid so they won’t fly away. Ants are pests farmers. It’s a food source If you do have any pests they won’t come out until spring. It makes sense since most plants loose their leaves and go dormant themselves.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love Spiders Missy :-D they are awesome and they love to eat all the bad bugs on our plants, I love to have spiders in the house too and love to see all the webs on the plants, thats fantastic you keep spiders as pets, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX

[@MarekMaslowiec]

Thanks, Lyn. What kind of alcohol are you using for spraying?

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Marek :-D I use Isopropyl alcohol at 99% by a brand by Hexeal from Amazon, its really good and also works so well at killing pests on contact, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@dlittle7983]

I don't have a greenhouse. My plants are in the living room and bedroom. The bedroom is colder than the living room, but there is no danger of freezing. 🌵🪴❣️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Its so good you have your plants indoors and you don't have to worry about them freezing, the weather feels arctic here this week in Ireland, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday today XXXX