How to Separate a Cactus Cluster | Separating Cactus Clusters & Potting up |

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Separating a Cactus Cluster & Potting up | How to Separate a Cactus Cluster 🥰❤🌵

[@falzonp1]

Great job done Lyn! They look better in their own little pots nicely potted up! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Sending you both lots of love and happiness!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the cactus cluster separation Sylvia :-D it was so good to give them a bigger pot and pot them all up individually, I am so looking forward to seeing their flowers this Summer, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment 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 wonderful Wednesday afternoon XXXX

[@Cactimania]

Nicely done, Lyn 😊 Sometimes it is a good idea to separate cacti when they're separate heads like this. Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a lovely evening and new week from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌸🌼🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much Daz :-D it was so good to get separating them all and to give them more space to grow, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX

[@morrisparkintheozarks6831]

Wow Lyn!! Thats a tight situation !!! Bet they feel better now!!! Growth will probably pick up also!! Thanks for sharing this separation with us Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!! ✌️💖🌵🌷🌴🌸🌿🌻🍀🌾💐🌱🌳🌹🪴😃👍

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awww thanks so much Clyde :-D it felt so good to give them more root space and now they can grow much better, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@vixistixi]

Thank you. I’m always amazed how they grow so close to each other without spiking the one next to it! Xx

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha yes they are like a group of spikes, it felt so good to give them their own little pots, 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 new week XXXX

[@wonderfulepiphytes]

They look so much more comfortable to show off their beauty.😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It really was so good to give them their own little pots, 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 new week XXXX

[@carolstuff]

Good size roots on them individually. Thanks for sharing Lyn!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It was so good to get potting them up individually, Happy Easter and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@supercat438]

Amazing job Lyn! Such beautiful Gymnos! Thank you for sharing! 💞🌵😃 XXXX

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much Vera :-D it felt so good to separate all these Gymnos and give them their own little pot each, thanks so much 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 PLANT POWER to Italy for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@seniorsuecacti]

I am looking forward to seeing your cacti bloom! Thanks for sharing your video. 😎

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so looking forward to seeing the blooms this year, thanks so much Sue for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@billgolightly7203]

Excellent video, Lyn. There are some good tips here. Thanks for sharing.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video Bill :-D it was so good to get separating these Gymno's up, 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 new week XXXX

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Well de clumped Lyn 🙂 This one should get Daz going 😁 Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊😊🌵🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha at well de clumped Ziggy :-D thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@petercalthorpe7966]

G'day Lyn, great tips and repotting they all look happy in their new pots. All the best form down under guys. 🌵🌵🌵🌵😘😗😙😍❤💋

[@desertplantsofavalon]

G'day Peter haha :-D it was so good to get potting these Gymnos all up separately and now they can grow bigger haha, thanks so much Peter for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Downunder for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@CactusGhand1]

Fantastic update on your gymnos, they are very beautifull 🤪 My gymno have 2 offsets, since they were born I've been thinking about taking them out, but then I thought about leaving them. It's been a year and I still don't know whether to take them out or not 🤔🤯 Thanks again for sharing another amazing video, happy Easter for you and Hans 😎🤙🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic your Gymno has two offsets too, and so happy you loved the update, Happy Easter holidays Ivano :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching,sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Portugal for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@100yojimbo]

Awesome, 5 plants 😁👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It was brilliant to get 5 plants from the one plant haha, thanks so much Jim for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX

[@UrbanHafner]

Interesting to see the usage of the container to protect your hands. I use pieces of corrugated cardboard (from old shipping boxes). 🤣 Also, now I need to get some Gymnos, again!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you use corrugated cardboard for your hands when repotting these spiny cacti and yes haha its too tempting with the Gymnos, there is always room for one more haha, 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 Friday XXXX

[@garygilliam1890]

Hello my friends across the blue waters hope all is fine your way great video I have been really busy in the greenhouse house getting ready to plant some of my aloes in the ground up under my bottom self it seems like my plants do so much better in the ground in the greenhouse have a great week coming up tell HANNS i said a big hello

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you have been busy in the greenhouse preparing your aloes to be planted in the ground Gary :-D its so exciting to do all the Spring jobs with our plants, Hans says a big HELLO back to you too haha, thanks so much Gary for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER fro Hans and me for a terrific Tuesday XXXX

[@mirrlamp]

Lovely gymnos and another great repotting video! I adore the red ones and have quite a few in my own collection ❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you love these Gymnos too, they really are amazing and so happy you loved the repotting, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX

[@kaktus_cactus]

Nicely done, Lyn.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Magda 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 PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@jillianleblanc9370]

Beautiful cactus thank you for sure happy Easter to you and your family

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Happy Easter to you too Jillian, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@heatherstephens9295]

Tricky job - good skills 👏👏

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Heather for your wonderful comment and support and for watching,sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to New Zealand for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@walterblanc9708]

I am sure they will appreciate the space once they are used to their new home!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much Walter :-D it was so good to give them a bigger space to grow, 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 new week XXXX

[@janecarter3583]

Hi Lyn, love the video, amazing job as usual, they all look beautiful xxx ❤️❤️❤️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the cactus separating video Jane :-D it was so good to split them up and give them their own little pots, its going to be amazing to see them bloom this summer, thanks so much Jane for all your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle to Cheshire for a magnificent afternoon XXXX

[@janecarter3583]

@@desertplantsofavalon hi Lyn, looking forward to seeing all of your "blooming" videos ha ha xxx❤️❤️❤️

[@horstbluesman54]

Frohe Ostern. 🌵🐰💐🤗

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Frohe Ostern Horst, vielen Dank für deinen wunderbaren Kommentar und deine Unterstützung und fürs Zuschauen und einen wunderschönen Osterabend XXXX

[@allonewordcaps]

Great video 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@emmitstewart1921]

After watching this, I just had to check my two G. Mihanovichii plants because they have buds and will be ready to bloom in a couple days. one has pink flowers and the other has beige flowers. I love this species because they don't bloom once a year, but keep sending up buds all summer long until the short days of fall.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic your two Gymno mihanovichii cacti are coming into bloom Emmit :-D thats so exciting, and these Gymnos really are fantastic for blooming all through the growing season, 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 new week XXXX

[@stephanieramires7750]

Happy Easter Lyn! 🐣🙏🏼🫶🏼

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Happy Easter to you too Stephanie :-D 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 new week XXXX

[@NinjaOrchids]

You really do amaze me with the no nonsense approach to the spines! Always impressive! I am such a chicken when it comes to even trying to touch on to feel how spiny they are. So, I have a question that I remembered here... yay me! 😂 when they grow in clusters, pups or multiples in a pot, but when they grow together like that, do they 'know' not to grow their sounds into their neighbor? Or have you had the situation when separating them, that you have had soines diging into another one and pull them apart leaving a calloused wound behind? Happy Easter to you and Hans ❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Happy Easter to you too Nina :-D haha yes I have had some cacti that have grown in clusters that have spiked into each other, I have had to carefully pull them apart and use tweezers to remove spines that have been stuck into the other cactus in the pot, they end up with holes and I have had to use cinnamon powder to puff into the open wounds after, thankfully they recover well but its like trying to separate conjoined twins with not wanting to damage each one haha, thanks so much Nina 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 PLANT POWER to Spain for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@vampyreist]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@TheMetalfarmer]

When you start to water a repotted cactus, do you water a small amount the first time, and then increase for the second/third watering? Or do you just start watering in accordance with your normal routine? thank you, I love your channel!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love my channel, yes I water just a small amount for the first time after I have repotted and then water as normal the second time I water, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@oddball-z]

It sounded like the seagulls were trying to get in or was i hearing things in the beginning 💚🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha yes the Seagulls are quite noisy here, sometimes they even land on the roof of the polytunnel, I am half expecting one of them to fall through the roof one of these days haha, they are so cute though haha, 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 new week XXXX

[@oddball-z]

@@desertplantsofavalon thought maybe Alfred was writing you into an episode of the "Birds" LOL dang feathered lizards anyway Thanks as always 💚🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@oddball-z XXXX 🤣🐦🥰❤🌵

[@christinaeilers3562]

Lyn, what do you think about trimming long roots?

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Christina :-D you can definitely trim the roots on cacti, I don't do it myself but there are quite a few growers that do and say their cacti grow better by root trimming, if you trim the roots its best to leave the cactus unpotted for a day or two after trimming their roots before potting them back up, 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 new week XXXX

[@tishatti]

Hello😊 I bought a cactus today, there were two in the pot, they look attached to one another. Ball shaped cactus. Each one is about the same size as the other. How can I tell of one is a pup or whether they are two separate plants in the same pot? I don’t want to cause any damage😬 pretty new to Cacti. Would appreciate your help❤️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi there, thats fantastic you have bought a cactus and are new to growing these incredible plants, the best thing to do is to remove the cactus from the pot and gently tease away the soil from the roots, if the cacti are two separate plants you should be able to gently separate them apart, but if they are one cactus growing from the same rootstock the base of the cactus will be as one and you won't be able to separate them, some cacti grow as clumps from the one rootstock, happy growing and welcome to the amazing world of growing these amazing cacti, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Tuesday XXXX

[@tishatti]

⁠​⁠@@desertplantsofavalonAh Ty so much for your guidance😊 I did as you said and it seems to be that they are indeed sharing the same root, so I’ve gone ahead and replanted them together. They are soo cute!🥰Ive subbed to your channel. Thank you again❤️ xx

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@tishatti Thats fantastic you have been able to replant them together and thanks so much for subbing to me I really appreciate it so much XXXX 🥰❤🌵

[@dkstott29]

Next time you eat Chinese food, grab extra chopsticks.. they work great for combing out roots...

[@desertplantsofavalon]

WOW thats a brilliant idea with using chopsticks for combing out the roots Dave :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle XXXX

[@DFJA01]

Beautiful flowers, hoping you get some more from them this year and I'm sure they'll be very happy with a bit more space. Have you been able to get seed from them? Happy Easter from Northern Spain.💚🌵🌼

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@DFJA01 It will be fantastic to see the flowers on these beauties again this year, I did try to pollinate them but I didn't get any success with pollinating them, Happy Easter Monday to you too Donald and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Northern Spain for a fantastic new week 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 fantastic new week XXXX

[@bhumphries1360]

Hey Lyn, is it possible for me to shoot you a quick email? I have a question about sand. I've got a picture of two different types. I want to be sure that I use the proper kind. Thank you, Bennie.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Bennie :-D yes you can email me at [e-mail] and I can have a look for you, I am going to be at work this afternoon but will take a look for you when I am back home later, XXXXX 🥰❤🌵