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[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Guys :-D Here is my Cacti & Succulent Polytunnel Collection Spring Update, Buds & Blooms, More Plant losses and meet Lucy the cat haha

[@vixistixi]

Love watching dead leaves being removed, looking forward to that vid! Xx

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you are looking forward to the video :-D I will be filming it this week, thanks so much Vixi for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@nathalieslachmuylders]

With Lucy the photobombing cat you are now completely ready for an appearance on Gardener's world : ) There is always a cat sticking its lovely nose between the camera and the action haha!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

hahahaha Nathalie :-D so true with the cats on Gardeners world :-D Lucy really loves to be on camera, I have a funny feeling that she is going to be making quite a few appearances in the videos this Spring and Summer haha XXXX

[@falzonp1]

Wonderful video of your Polytunnel cacti and succulent plant collection! Thank God they look good and healthy! So nice that some are having buds and flowers! So sorry you lost more cacti. The cold weather do effect some of the plants! Lucy is a wonderful cat and her coat is amazing. She is really confident with you! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have an amazing afternoon my friends Lyn and Hans! Sending you both lots of love and happiness!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha so happy you love Lucy the cat too Sylvia :-D she really is a sweetiepie and so loving and adorable, I am so happy that she made an appearance when I was filming haha, its so good to see the buds and blooms on the go and its going to be a blooming lovely spring and summer haha, thanks so much Sylvia 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 Malta for a wonderful afternoon XXXX

[@teotwawki551]

Wow Lyn! Just when I thought my favorite channel couldn't get any better, it did😊 Cats and Cacti are the best ❤😺🌵 Lucy is beautiful. Lophs and Tricos are my favorite

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha so happy you love Lucy too :-D she really is so adorable and so friendly, cats and cacti really are the best haha, and so happy your favourites are Lophs and Trichos too, they are awesome cacti and very cold hardy, thanks so much Johnny for your wonderful support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@brittascharmsandbeads9057]

As a relatively new subscriber, as I found your channel in late 2022, it's exiting to follow your plants through Spring for the first time ! 💕👍💕 Crossing my fingers (and toes 😉) for recovery for those plants that have been affected by the cold temperatures ! 💕🌵💕

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you are looking forward to seeing my plants through the spring Brit :-D and I am so excited for all the buds on the go, its going to be a wonderful blooming spring and summer haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@Cactimania]

Awesome update, Lyn 😊 Winter is still trying to hang on it seems. Still pretty chilly at night here as well. Such a shame you lost more plants. I lost a couple more but thankfully I managed to find a replacement for my Aloe broomii 😁 Lucy the cat is adorable 😊 Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a lovely evening from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌸🌼🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you was able to replace your Aloe broomii Daz :-D this winter really was so testing for the plants and I have lost more plants this winter than I ever have in any other winter in the whole 40 years of growing them, but I am so happy to see buds on the go and so happy you love Lucy haha she really is a cutiepie :-D thanks so much Daz 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 wonderful afternoon and evening XXXX

[@jillianleblanc9370]

Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing cactus

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@sugarspiceatn1]

Hi Lyn. Looks like there is a new star in your video's lol 😆 so sorry about the extra losses. I lost a lot this year unfortunately 😢 I would be happy to send you a Microdasys Albispina if you'd like another one. All the very best for a great growing season from me in the U.K xx

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha so happy you love Lucy the cat Stephanie :-D she really is a cutiepie and so sweet, awwwww thats so kind of you with the Microdasys, thankfully I still have another one that is doing well, but thank you so much for the very kind offer, so sorry to hear that you lost a lot this year too, it really was a tough winter for our plants and I have lost more this winter than I have in any other winters in 40 years of growing them, the very cold winter of 2009/10 I had them all indoors but I dont have the space to bring them all indoors now, thanks so much Stephanie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful afternoon XXXX

[@brigitterauscher5031]

I always enjoy all your updates! Beautiful cacti! Sorry for the ones you lost! Lucy is adorable!🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🌵🏵🌺🌼

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love the updates Brigitte :-D Lucy really is so adorable and loving and so friendly, thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@burstallpass4394]

So glad spring is here. Nice video, thanks for sharing Lucy with us, she is right at home amongst your cacti and succulents!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love Lucy too :-D and she loves the cacti and succulents haha, YAY so happy Spring is here too, I love this time of year, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@jeffhayes1223]

What a beautiful update video Lyn! I really enjoyed seeing the cacti and succulents in bud; so encouraging. This has been the coldest winter in recent memory here. It was good to meet Lucy. She is hilarious. I laughed so hard at her cameos. I'm sorry for the extra losses. Hopefully you won't have any more. Thank you for sharing. Sending you and Hans peace, love and Lucy Power to the Beautiful Emerald Isle for a Wonderful Wednesday from your friend in Georgia!🏜💚

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha Jeff :-D so happy you love Lucy the cat too, she really is a bundle of love and so friendly and sweet, she is almost like a dog as she rolls over to have her belly stroked, most cats hate to have their bellies touched haha, so happy you loved the update and its so good to see signs of buds on the go, the past winter really was a tough one for so many of us, and so sorry to hear it was so cold in Georgia too, the U.S had it bad and even California had it colder and wetter than normal, my friend in California lost plants due to the heavy rains and colder temps, thanks so much Jeff 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 and LUCY POWER hahaha to Georgia for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@morrisparkintheozarks6831]

Great video Lyn!!! Sorry about those losses, had a few too, not so much from cold as other reasons. Yes, kitties love to do videos!!! Our cats just can't go without being in a video!! Lucy reminds me of our Twiggy calico peach paws!! Very similar!! We have had pretty good weather for a couple of weeks now. But mother nature is going to slap us in the face this weekend. Down to 32 Sunday night. Not supposed to last. We should be OK by the end of the month .lots of growth and flowers coming!!! Thanks for sharing Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, stay warm and have a nice day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!! ✌️💖🌵🍀🌻🌱🌾🥀🌿🌷💐🌴🌹🌳🪴🌸😃👍

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwwww thats so wonderful that Lucy is like your Twiggy with the peach paws, awwwww I love these cuties haha, and they really do love to be in the vids, I have a funny feeling Lucy is going to be making quite a few appearances in the future haha, she is so friendly and almost like a dog in nature as she loves to have her belly rubbed, which is so unusual for a cat as they always hate to have their bellies touched haha, my past cats would claw me if I went any where near their fluffy bellies haha, thats fantastic you have had good weather the past couple of weeks, but brrrrr with just 32f on Sunday, this time of year is so up and down, we are having it quite mild during the day but still dropping way below average at night, I may have to water the very shrivelled young Trichocereus this weekend and some of the very shrivelled Opuntias, but will have to hold off watering the big cacti for a little bit longer, thanks so much Clyde 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 all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a terrific Thursday XXXX

[@cruelsister1]

Another great video. So sorry for your loses. Lucy is awesome.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video :-D and Lucy really is so awesome and sweet haha, thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@jrosnov]

❤🌺🌸🪻🌹Hi Lyn from Maine😊Starting to warm up here too,yay!Just potted up my Pansies!Love Lucy the cat,a beautiful tortie girl,give her a little hug from me❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love Lucy too Janice :-D she really is an adorable tortie girl haha, thats fantastic you have potted up your pansies, its so good to get repotting and thank goodness spring has arrived, thanks so much Janice for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@mollys1584]

I hear you Lyn! 90 degrees a few days last week in Eastern USA and tonight we'll be 36! I'm so sorry for your cacti losses! Can't wait to see all your blooms!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

WOW with the huge temperature extremes Molly

[@flowerszoneforever]

I'm sorry for your loss Lyn! All your cactus and succulents plants are very amazing! Thank you very much for sharing with us this amazing video! I wish you all the best 🌞⚘

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thanks so much Elda :-D I was so sad to lose more plants but so happy to see buds on some of the cacti and succulents, so happy you love the collection :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Albania for a wonderful evening XXXX

[@flowerszoneforever]

@@desertplantsofavalon I don't love your collection Lyn, I adore that 🏜🌞👋

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@flowerszoneforever Awwwwww thanks so very much Elda :-D I ADORE your amazing collection too XXXX ❤❤❤❤🌵🌵🌵🏜🏜🏜

[@carolstuff]

So sorry you had a few more losses, but the others are thriving. Looking fwd to their watering day.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so looking forward to giving them their first watering after the long winter, and I think I will be watering all the Opuntia cacti and the Cacti that are shrivelled this weekend, we are having a bit of nice sunny weather now and I shall be doing a few little plant jobs with the Echeverias, thanks so much Carol for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX

[@UliSeng]

It’s so hard to wait for cacti to wake up from their winter nap, isn’t it? Hasn’t it been a crazy winter this time? I’m happy that things are finally starting to happen for you, tbh also because it means more of your gorgeous videos for us😅

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It really has been such a crazy winter and the beginning to this spring has been so cold too, and I am so looking forward to seeing all the blooms again, normally the Rebutias and Chamalobivias would be in bloom by now, but the cold weather has really knocked them all back by a good few weeks, but they are definitely worth waiting for haha, thanks so much Uli for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful weekend XXXX

[@mnkycmnkydu]

Sad for you, Lyn! :( I lost 2 of 3 wisteria bonsai this Winter and a night blooming jasmine. (luckily, I have several more) A few things are looking "iffy" HA, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Cacti and succulents are waking up.. YAY!!...LOVE your cat! :) Happy days... Happy Spring... and Plant Power!!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So sorry to hear you lost two of your Wisteria Bonsai and a night blooming Jasmine, and fingers crossed your other plants will be fine, and so happy the cacti and succulents are waking up at last, and so happy you love Lucy the cat too, she really is so adorable and loving, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and SPRING PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@gmatt2498]

Sorry about you losing your plants always hard to loose any. The rest looking good and I love Lucy the cat. 🐱🪴🌱🌻

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love Lucy the cat too haha, she really is a sweetheart :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday XXXX

[@EileenWstCstGrl]

Lucy is so sweet! ❤ Sorry you lost some of your plants this winter. It really was a different winter for everyone.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love Lucy Eileen :-D she really is a sweetheart and so loving, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic weekend XXXX

[@John-yt4tb]

Hi neighbour Haha I totally understand what you mean about the coldness but today was beautiful,hopefully it stays that way,I've got some new growth on my cacti and succulents woop woop hahah hope use guys are keeping really well,have a lovely evening xxxxx

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi our wonderful Neighbour haha :-D thats fantastic news you have new growth on your cacti and succulents, its so exciting to see them waking up after the winter, and YAY we have sunshine this afternoon too, its been a cold start to the Spring but its definitely getting much sunnier and the temperature inside the polytunnel is at 32c now YAY :-D the sunny days and the cooler nights will really help to kick start all the buds, thanks so much John 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 from down the road haha for a wonderful afternoon XXXX

[@CactusCaffeine]

Lucy 🐈‍⬛ is so sweet! So sorry that you lost more plants. I lost an Opuntia microdaisy as well this winter. I left it out the entire winter. It formed brown patches then later on collapsed 😢.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So sorry to hear you lost your Opuntia microdasys too Ana, the winter really was a tough one for our plants, so happy you love Lucy, she really is a sweetiepie haha, thanks so much Ana for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comments 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 wonderful Monday XXXX

[@kaktus_cactus]

Lovely tour and so great to see buds forming! You are right the winter doesn't want to let it go, it's lingering and now dya time temperatures areg etting into double figuers here but nights ares till 2-5 only:( i gave a light spray to my caci when it showed a bit higher degrees in a row. my echeverias got a bit of drink but not deep watering yet. Funny weather this year I hope we wont get hot summer straight away without spring temperaturs. Apart from succuent, also some gymnos, lbovias, stenocactus and of course mamillarias have buds:) Gorgeous Lucy-the cat. she wanted to be the star of your video hahaha! I'm sorry to see your losses:(

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the polytunnel tour Magda :-D it really is so exciting to see buds on the go, and the weather really has been so odd and still so cold at night time, today is nice and sunny and mild and nice for tomorrow but a chilly Monday and Tuesday forecast, I think I will have to give my Opuntias and small Trichocereus a water as they are so shrivelled, haha so happy you love Lucy the cat too, she really is a sweetheart and so loving, thanks so much Magda for your wonderful friendship and amazing comments and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Thursday today XXXX

[@marchasaam8863]

Very beautiful, sorry for your losses 🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@BelgianSpeedcuber]

Yay!! New video 😍🌵🌵🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@mickeyrosato2567]

So glad you have a kitty!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Lucy really is so adorable and sweet, we love her, thanks so much Mick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@mickeyrosato2567]

@@desertplantsofavalon I have 4. Mama, Nova, Angel and Prince.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@mickeyrosato2567 Awwwww I bet they are all cuties haha XXXX 😻😺🐈‍⬛❤❤❤🥰

[@farajaraf]

Nice stuff. We’ve had an odd winter in Ohio too.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

The Winter really has been so odd and colder than average for so many, this winter I have lost more plants than any other winter in all my 40 years of growing cacti, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@andreasmeyermusicianactor788]

Wow, nice with all buds on the go and I´m happy you catch Lusifer in the video... Happy Days!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha my LOVE I am so happy Lucy made an appearance awwwww we LOVE her and wish she was ours, she really is so adorable and I love how she jumps onto the window to see us when she sees we are in the kitchen, and YAY so happy we have lots of buds on the go and all the Epiphyllums in bud are amazing, its going to be a blooming lovely season for us my SWEETHEART XXXXX

[@plantdaddy3420]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

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[@Buzzardgirl13]

Lyn you have made my day! Thank you for showing Lucy to us. She is gorgeous and really made me chuckle with the way she wanted your attention. She clearly wants to be the star of the show and I can tell by the way she was rolling over and showing you her tummy that she really loves and trusts you 💞 This was another brilliant update but I am sorry you have lost more cacti. Would you say you have lost more cacti this winter than normal? Sending you heaps of love and please can you include Lucy in the odd video now and then xxxxxx

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha so happy you love Lucy Paula :-D and I am so happy that she came into the polytunnel when I was filming, and I will definitely include her when I see her in future videos, she really is so adorable and loving and so sweet, as soon as I get up in the mornings she sees the light go on in our kitchen and she jumps over the fence and onto our window to see us haha, awwwww I LOVE her, yes sadly I have lost more cacti this winter than any other winter in my life, even 2009/10 wasn't as bad for cactus losses because I had them all in the house then, but the polytunnel was too cold this winter for a lot of them, and I couldn't turn the heating up above 5c on the heater in the polytunnel as electricity costs are so expensive now, I wish I had the space to move them all indoors for winter in case these very cold winters become more common, thanks so much Sis for your wonderful friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Tom and cutiepie Mable tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Swindon for a fantastic afternoon, and Lucy sends love to Mabel haha XXXXX

[@digitalwindowz]

So sorry you lost so many beloved plants. Thank the stars, most were okay. It was a long hard winter, to be sure. Im truly grateful for you sharing tyour knowledge, amazing collection and general love of plants, it warms my heart, Thank you so much!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@digitalwindowz Awwww thanks so much for your wonderful words, it really was an awful long hard winter, and I am so glad we are into the Spring now and the temps are starting to go up at last, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful day today XXXX

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Aww, sorry to see the losses Lyn, I've had more than usual this winter, think it got cold too quick and some didn't have time to adjust. Some of my microdasys suffered a bit but didn't go under. I saw you are using Bordeaux mix, did you know it has lime in it? Some cacti are sensitive to it. Looking forward to seeing your Chamaelobivia hybrids 😎 Have a lovely evening my friend 🙂🙂🌵🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

The cold really did arrive extra early in December, especially after the very hot heatwaves in the Summer, and usually our Decembers are very mild in U.K and Ireland, so sorry you lost plants too Ziggy, thanks so much for letting me know about the Bordeaux mixture with the lime, as some cacti can't take lime and I will make sure not to use it on any of the sensitive ones, I am so happy to see the Chamaelobivia hybrids in bud, thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Irish sea for a wonderful afternoon XXXX

[@MrGreenpaulo]

Still freezing here in Manchester too! Hopefully this late start means we'll have a warmer autumn! :)

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It would be fantastic if we get a warmer Autumn, a nice Indian Sumer to make up for the cold start to the spring :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Manchester for a wonderful afternoon XXXX

[@MrGreenpaulo]

@@desertplantsofavalon Love you Lyn!!!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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[@nathalieslachmuylders]

Hopefully some of those damaged cacti will come through and then they might have gained even more character. I hear you with the cold! I gave my succulent plants a rest up until two weeks ago, though they're indoors, but the cold and humidity near the windows frightens me. And the rust fungus too : ( It has made many victims this past year. The indoor cacti are perfectly fine with a long dry spell I've noticed. Even my Euphorbia. My Millii reacted with glorious new growth after the re-watering immediately : )

[@desertplantsofavalon]

The cold and humidity has been such a pain, and our kitchen and living room windows were constantly getting condensation in the evenings from the humidity, I was worried about all the Euphorbias but they seem to have all been ok, and the little seedlings from the seeds you gave me are now growing new little leaves from the top YAY :-D and thats fantastic your millii has lots of new growth after the re watering, thanks so much Nathalie for all of your wonderful comments and Friendship and amazing support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Dublin for a brilliant afternoon XXXX

[@bobbiechinn9578]

The only microdaisy of mine that survived I had kept inside my house. The others all died too 😢😢😢 I'm sorry for your losses. But lots of good buds tho! 😁😁😁

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So sorry to hear you lost yours too Bobbie, but thats fantastic you kept one inside the house, thanks so much for your wonderful support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@er3din237]

many of Asphodelaceae family(aloe,haworthias,gasterias) are winter growers! amazing plants love your collection, but i can see that there is an empty space for a Haworthiopsis limifolia Variegata, you have the green one but get the variegata too! beautiful plant and you should try hybrids at some time :)

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwwww yes a Haworthiopsis limifolia variegata would be a wonderful addition to the collection and definitely one for the wish list haha, so happy you love the collection, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@the_plants_meow]

So sad to see more losses 😔 I also lost my big crested opuntia to the cold this year, all my other oputia survived but not my crest, I truly regret not bringing that one in. I too am thinking the crested ones are not as hardy. On a happier note, Lucy is beautiful! My kitty is napping on my lap and was trying to figure out who the new meows were coming from 😹

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So sorry to hear that you lost your Crested Opuntia too Heather, its gutting to lose plants we love, and I do think the crested ones are not as hardy, awwwww so happy you love Lucy too, she really is a sweetheart and thats so cute your Kitty was wondering where the new meows were coming from haha :-D thanks so much Heather 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

[@the_plants_meow]

@desertplantsofavalon it really is gutting to lose them! Broke my heart when I walked out and saw it. Seeing Lucy in your videos is an added bonus! My kitty finally figured out there wasn't another cat that he didn't know in the house haha

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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[@glovanajnbaptiste2272]

Hi lyn . I just saw one of your videos on someone’s channel. Will try to Email screen shots to you on FB

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Glovana :-D thanks so much for letting me know about this, I have had to report a few channels over the past couple of weeks due to them stealing my vids, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday today XXXX

[@jamiewright9327]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@andersnrregren9087]

I watered all mine for the 2. Time today but i feel like i have to as my day temps are high and my greenhouse is cooking so i heat it at night and open it to cool it at soon as the sun wakes up

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you have watered your cacti again Anders, and I think I will be doing the same as a lot of the smaller Trichocereus are so wrinkled I don't know how long I can hold off watering, the days are quite sunny and it gets so hot in the polytunnel, I may have to give the smaller cacti and all the wrinkled ones a water this weekend and put the heater on at night, thanks so much Anders for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@kramer254]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@solarwinds-]

Oh I dread the day I lose any of my cacti. I've lost plenty of tender succulents due to mealy bugs and underwatering. They just don't like me, lol. My prickly buddies like me tho, ha.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Its so gutting when we lose plants and Mealy bugs really are horrible little 'beasties' my Echeverias are always getting them as they love to hide in between the rosette leaves, thanks so much Marie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

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[@ellenhaben1217]

Hi Lynn! I'm having a hard time with my Easter cactus!!!!👎 I'm not able to get it to bloom and I'm continuing to loose claves!👎Most of the past month it's been rough. It did well all year up until March! And only one store had Easter cactus this year for sale near Celina Texas. What do you make of this?💚

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So sorry you are having problems with your Easter cactus Ellen

[@ellenhaben1217]

Hi Lynn!💖💚thank you so much for always answering my messages so quickly and with such amazing consideration!!! You helped me tremendously with your advice when I told you about how my Easter cactus was loosing it's claves and withering away!!! I promptly checked for thrips and low and behold, there they were!!!! I've never had them before ,I have at least 25 holiday cactus and Easter one is the bugger giving me trouble!! I needed it took it out side unpotted it rinsed it repotted it with fresh dirt and need the heck out of it!💚 You are the best!!!💚 Thank you!!!!💖

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@ellenhaben1217 Awwww so happy you was able to notice the Thrips, the funny thing is I never get them on my Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti only my Easter cacti, the little Thrip 'beasties' are such a pain as they are so minute but these thrips cause the clades to fall off and go yellow, WOW with 25 holiday cacti, thats incredible, so happy you love these cacti so much too, thanks so much Ellen for your awesome support and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX

[@stevekenilworth]

Sorry to hear you have more loses, but positive note looks like most are doing great with many buds. my Mammillaria matudae did not lose it buds so been flowering last few days, no new buds yet just the buds what been there for many months. might confused it by leaving heater on when days temps went up in the rest period. who knows but at least one flowering whats good. that one never flowered, one my original ones, but since started following your tips and adapting to the environment i keep them in it flowered every year since. others still not got to flower well not really, when i got then the first winter it flowered but the spider mite attack and no flowers since but it did effect 70% plus of the plant so recovery, other one flowered when i got it but did not flower last year but then had to save it so going to be a while till that one flower, others i think still to young or not a good size yet. hopefully this year i can trigger them in to flowering fingers crossed. the only other ones i lost a few of this year, bunny ear ones, they good one minute flopped over the next, quite strange as others did well. as ive started watering a week ago hopefully start seeing buds, gave them there first good water today last week a taste, but watching that weather forecast so i can put heater on for those cold nights. hopefully not long no more cold nights :)

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic your Mammillaria matudae is flowering Steven, argh yes Spider mite is such a pest for our beloved cacti and my beautiful Rebutia perplexa got a bad case of spider mite a couple of years ago and it really knocked back the flowering for the past couple of years, thankfully its recovering now with new growth and the signs of very tiny buds YAY :-D so sorry to hear you lost plants too, my bunny ear Opuntias seem to have done the same too with being fine one minute and then flopped over and gone the next, I am hoping that I don't see any ore signs of cold damage appearing as cold damage doesn't always show up until a few weeks later, thats brilliant you have started watering, I will have to give my wrinkled cacti a watering this weekend too as they can't hold off without water any longer haha, thanks so much Steven for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Friday today XXXX

[@stevekenilworth]

@@desertplantsofavalon it amazing how it can be weeks later then all sudden go bad very fast. im just going to take the extra cost if i need heat on for a few nights till summer finally arrives i will. im thinking with the spider mite, im just going to use a smoke bomb to wipe them out. it worked for upstairs as it filled half the house so use one in conservatory. think it give a good start growing season plus hopefully it get ones you cannot see like the furry hairy ones or lots fine spines. i went a thought i do one more tray, 8 different types a mix of Mammillaria, Rebutia, echinocereus, aylostera. between 5-30 seeds a pack so start prepping that soon. one thing for sure now need to start re organizing my cacti so get all get good light or most they can. lets keep our fingers crossed no more have late sign of cold damage. all i want is more sunny afternoons, best time day for both my cacti areas :)

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@FuriousPsyOp]

Hey Lyn its been a while, especially after the pandemic. good to see a new video!!. I was wondering, just out of curiosity, when you have youre Ariocarpus indoors....what is the light cycle you use? for when youre using LED lights. how many hours on and off is what im wondering. Hope you are well.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much :-D I hope you are keeping well too and looking forward to the growing season, I keep all my Ariocarpus in the polytunnel now, but when I had them indoors I would put the LED lights on for around 6 hours in Spring and 8 hours in Summer, and 4 hours in winter, but I had them close to a window where they was still getting some light, but if I was growing them away from a window or in a position with no window and in total shade then I would have them on for around 12 hours in Spring and 14 hours in Summer and 6 hours in winter, just enough to keep them topped up with light in winter, I would have the lights on for around the same time it was naturally light outside, and switch them off when it starts to go dark outside, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX