My Polytunnel Cactus Collection April Update

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

My Polytunnel Cactus Collection April Update 😃🥰💚🌵

[@falzonp1]

Wow! Wonderful April update video of your amazing of cacti and succulents collection! So happy to see all those tiny buds starting to form! Soon you will have a lot of flowers in your new polytunnel. You will be seeing the difference between the green and the white polytunnel! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day and week ahead my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness to you both!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the April update video Sylvia :-D its so amazing to see the buds forming and its going to be really wonderful to see all the flowers very soon, the plants are loving all of the extra light in this new polytunnel, 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 fantastic afternoon and new week XXXX

[@plantdaddy3420]

[@Cactimania]

Awesome collection update, Lyn 😊 They've plumped up nicely after their first little drink. Exciting to see lots of buds forming 😁 Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a wonderful day and new week from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌸🌺🌼🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am amazed to see how much the plants have plumped themselves up after their first watering, and it really is exciting to see the buds forming, so happy you loved the update and 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 fantastic Monday and new week ahead XXXX

[@carolstuff]

Your new polytunnel is really allowing the plants to enjoy more light. Thanks for sharing Lyn!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so happy with the new polytunnel its so much lighter and is so wonderful to see the buds already, thanks so much Carol for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@CactusGhand1]

They have already started to get huge 🤩 Your collection is amazing !! You have so many buds coming !! Thanks for this fantastic update Lyn 🤙 Wish you a nice Sunday evening for you and Hans 🤘😎🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so happy to see the cacti plumping up already after a watering and I am so looking forward to all the flowers this spring and summer, thanks so much Ivano 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 Portugal for a fantastic evening XXXX

[@oddball-z]

Coming along nicely, those cacti were ready for a drink.🌵💚

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so happy I gave the cacti a drink and its amazing how much they are starting to plump out already, 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

[@morrisparkintheozarks6831]

Great to see them plumping up and preparing to bloom!! What we all wait for all winter!!! My opuntia humifusas & macrohiza are showing signs of flower buds already!! Love to see everyone waking up!!! Thanks for sharing Lyn!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!! ✌️💖🌵🌴🌸🌻🍀🌿🌹🌾🌱💐🌳🌷🪴👍😃

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Its so amazing to see our plants waking up and coming into bid and bloom after the long winter, and I love to see them plump up after a drink haha, thats awesome your Opuntia humifusas and macrohiza are coming into bud too, 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 lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@allonewordcaps]

Wow! It really is an exciting time! I love it when springtime comes and all the new growth starts happening. Looking forward to seeing all the upcoming flowers. I love all the interesting shapes and angles that your plants have. Sometimes they really look like underwater plants/animals. So beautiful. 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I really love Spring so much and seeing all the new growth on the plants after the long winter, I am so looking forward to seeing all the blooms very soon, it really is an amazing and happy time of year, 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 fantastic new week XXXX

[@mirrlamp]

Hi Lyn! Another wonderful tour of your beautiful collection ❤ The plants show up so much better in the new polytunnel and its exciting seeing new growth and buds starting to form.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the April update tour, this new polytunnel is so much better for the light and I am so happy to see the buds forming, its going to be a blooming fantastic 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 Friday XXXX

[@supercat438]

Amazing plants and full of buds! Looking forwards to seeing all the beautiful flowers! 🤩🤩🤩😍🥰😍😃💞 XXXX

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so happy to see the buds and so looking forward to all the upcoming blooms very soon, thanks so much Vera 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 brilliant evening and week ahead XXXX

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Looking good Lyn 🙂 I've got a clump of succulents ready to go outside but it's still just a little bit early. Not long to go now though 🙂Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much Ziggy :-D I am itching to get moving out some of the plants back into the yard again but the weather is all over the place haha, very windy today and temps have dropped so cold overnight, thanks so much Ziggy 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

[@agathan.944]

They all are spectacular! If I could, I had to give it a hundred likes. But M. plumosa with multiple babies has my heart!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thank you so much and the Mammillaria plumosa really is a beauty, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@FernandaNascimentoOrchids]

They have clearly enjoyed that first drink as they are smiling with happiness 😅

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha yes its so wonderful to see how much the plants have plumped up with water after their first drink, thanks so much Fernanda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Portugal for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@newmanmansell760]

Exciting isn't it Lyn watching the cacti fatten up😌🙌💖I am impressed at how many cacti varieties you have and all the beautiful epiphytic cacti too🥰

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It really is so exciting to see the cacti fatten up again after the long dry winter, and I will be watering up all my Lophs this weekend too, thanks so much Newman for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a wonderful evening XXXX

[@100yojimbo]

Wow so glad the new poly tunnel is working so well 😁👍👍👍happy days 😎😎😎🌵🌵🌵🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

I am so happy with this new polytunnel Jim :-D it really lets in so much more light for the plants, 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

[@marlonstrachan9655]

I am jealous, Lyn in a good way. Everything looks good 👍

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thanks so much Marlon :-D I will film another update soon as i have a lot more coming into bud and bloom now, 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 Wednesday XXXX

[@williamkallenbach7461]

Can't wait to see all your beauties in flower !

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thanks so much William :-D I am really looking forward to seeing all the flowers XXXX

[@kaktus_cactus]

Lovely tour, it amazing how they plump up after being watered:) So glad your rebutia perplexa is showing the signs of budsas well as other plants. Every day i go to my greenhosue and notice a new bud forming it's so exciting!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the Polytunnel update tour, it really is so exciting to see new buds, and I am so pleased to see the Rebutia perplexa coming into bud as it hasn't bloomed for a few years, 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 an amazing Saturday XXXX

[@pimpozza]

Always a heart for you and Hans, Lyn..❤ and for the algorithm 😂❤ Looking forward to this 🤗

[@pimpozza]

Oh yes, it's always very *exciting* Lyn!! 😆❤🤗💚🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww you are amazing Fiona :-D 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 wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@sarahbenzie670]

All looking so beautiful now they have had a little water 😍

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Its so good to see the plants plumping up after their watering, thanks so much Sarah 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

[@williamkallenbach7461]

I have a mammy with a crown of buds. First flower just opening today ! Also have a gymo with three large buds and hopefully five more coming on if they don't dry up on me. A few other spiny ones showing signs of waking up with new growth. All were newly purchased last year and have been in a sunny window all winter indoors. I hold my breath and cross my fingers every time I debate giving them another drink !

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you have a Mammillaria with a crown of buds and a Gymno with 3 buds William :-D I bet you are so looking forward to the blooms, I love this time of year so much haha, thanks so much William for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@UrbanHafner]

Great to see that everything is starting to wake up. Two more weeks of sub 10C weather here (southern Germany) and then it will hopefully start to get really warm (again).

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Its so good to see the plants starting to wake up, and once we get into May the temps should start to get much warmer for us in Ireland and Germany, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Southern Germany for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@kingjsolomon]

How delightful! Thank you for the update! Happy Growing 💚

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much for your wonderful comment and wishing you a fantastic plant powered Sunday XXXX

[@stevenburke7960]

It’s spring here also. We have loads of cactus flowers. I just took our Adenium’s outside a week and a half ago and gave them a good soak and some already have buds on them. I love the spring.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Spring really is the most exciting time for us plant growers with all the full growing season ahead of us, thanks so much Steven for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@frano19626]

Hi Lyn - great to see your videos again - been busy sorting things out. I need to find ones regarding re-potting my old Cacti 5:01 5:01 & its pup & will check out this evening. Did you see that the "Puya alpestris, from the Chilean Andes" has flowered at B.ham Botanical Gardens - just seen it on the news. Hope all's well- love & best wishes from Elmdon Heath ❤ - Francis

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Francis :-D so happy to hear from you, I hope you are keeping really well and enjoying the Spring so far, oh WOW with the Puya alpestris flowering at Brum Botanic gardens, I haven't seen that, I will have to have a google haha, the weather is meant to really start warming up from this Friday YAY, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Elmdon Heath for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX

[@frano19626]

Thanks Lyn - A few pounds for a coffee

[@desertplantsofavalon]

WOW Oh my GOLLY

[@petercalthorpe7966]

G'day Lyn, how exciting for you all those beautiful buds . The Cactus and Succulents love the polly tunnel , so bright compared to the green one you had . How did the Penis cactus like the watering 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Lots of love Ellyn and Peter. 🌵🌵🌵🌵😘😗😙❤💋

[@desertplantsofavalon]

G'day Peter haha :-D hahahaha with the Penis cactus and the watering :-D I am so happy to see lots of buds forming and this new polytunnel is so much brighter than our old green one was, it really lets in so much more light, 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

[@petercalthorpe7966]

@@desertplantsofavalon thanks Lyn ⚘❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@petercalthorpe7966 XXXX 🥰❤🌵🏜😄

[@DFJA01]

Looks like it's going to be a very colourful display in a few weeks' time, thanks so much for sharing! I've got a few buds on my peanut cactus which I only acquired as a cutting last summer, so no idea about the flowers. Oh and my unidentified plant (possibly a Lobivia hybrid) which produces deep red flowers is refusing to actually grow in size, but now has loads of buds forming. Happy cactusing from northern Spain, and looking forward to seeing these all in bloom 🙂🌵💚🌺

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic news you have buds on your Peanut cactus and lots of buds on your Lobivia hybrid, its so wonderful at this time of year knowing we have all of the growing season ahead of us, and so looking forward to seeing all the flowers in the coming weeks, thanks so much Donald 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 evening and week ahead XXXX

[@CockatooG2]

What a great update. So many buds and all your cacti looking great 😊 your Monkey Tail is always a favorite 💚🌵 sending you and Hans wishes for a beautiful day today ☀️🎼

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the polytunnel update Pam :-D its so fantastic to see the buds forming and so looking forward to all the blooms, thanks so much Pam for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and FEATHER CUTIE Turkey and the adorable 'Chows' all lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to California for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@scottgardiner7438]

Wow fantastic run through Lyn no wonder your excited Haha, half if mine still at home as night temps are still far too low fingers crossed warmer weather on way 🌵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 x

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the update Scott :-D the night temps have been so low here too, I think us up North ( Scotland and Ireland ) always are behind with the temps compared to those growers in the south of UK, but it looks like the temps are going to be going up towards the weekend for us, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Belfast to Scotland for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@scottgardiner7438]

@@desertplantsofavalon yes I'm looking at weekend to get first light water into them ,yes we are well behind those in the south,snow in forecast, the Joy's of spring haha 🌵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 x

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@scottgardiner7438 XXXX 🥰❤🌵☃🌞⛈😆

[@stevenburke7960]

Nice collection, I tip my hat to you keeping all those looking so good in a climate not suitable for cactus. I take it for granted living in the desert.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love the collection Steven :-D it really is a challenge growing these plants in my rainy Irish climate, I really wish it was drier and sunny here in Ireland haha, 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 Wednesday today XXXX

[@plantdaddy3420]

Great to see all buds and wow how quick they react of the watering! It´s fab indeed!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Its so exciting to see all the buds already my LOVE, and its amazing how much the cacti are plumping themselves back up already, we have all of the amazing growing season ahead of us and so looking forward to seeing all the blooms on our beauties this year in our wonderful new polytunnel, thanks so much my SWEETHEART for your amazing support to me and my channel, I LOVE YOU SOOOOOO VERY MUCH XXXXX

[@plantdaddy3420]

@@desertplantsofavalon Awwwww, my Dear Sweetheart!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@plantdaddy3420 XXXX 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gazepskotzs4]

WOW They are lookin really good!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It really is so amazing to see the plants starting to wake up again, thanks so much Patrick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to the Netherlands for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@RSJ-Texas]

Love your collection

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love my collection 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 new week XXXX

[@jrosnov]

I was looking at a Cowboy Cactus at a big box store near me,have you heard of one of these?Kinda looks like a cactus growing in the wild west,it had little nubs,no spikes and funny arms😅Hi Lyn,enjoying you from Maine,USA❤🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Janice :-D awwww I think it may be a Euphorbia variety, possibly a Euphorbia ingens, they are often sold as 'Cowboy Cactus' they don't have spines and although Euphorbia's are very look alike Cacti, they don't have areoles and like cacti do, Euphorbia ingens are wonderful large growing specimens, thanks so much Janice for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Maine, USA for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@jrosnov]

@@desertplantsofavalon Thanks for the info,I love watching your videos,Bless you.❤️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@jrosnov XXXX 🥰❤🌵

[@DavidWelch-sy1nh]

Oh golly, your fantastic 😊 3:12

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@davidrobbins9401]

🌵🌵🌵👍👍💥

[@desertplantsofavalon]

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

[@drezdogge]

Looking great, I'm still doing a death toll in my sunroom

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Oh no I hope you haven't lost too many plants Alex, all the amazing Galapagos Opuntias are doing really well in my grow room, I will be moving them out into the polytunnel once the weather really starts to warm back up, thanks so much Alex 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 Philly for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@AunniesPlace]

My rat tail has buds, first time it will bloom. ❤❤❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic news, I bet you are so looking forward to seeing the beautiful blooms very soon, thanks so much for watching and for your wonderful comment and support, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Tuesday XXXX

[@ministerstayfly9213]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much for watching and your wonderful support, wishing you a fantastic plant powered weekend and sending lots of love and happiness XXXX

[@kathylovejoy2569]

I have only started to collect the odd cactus this year, that I like the looks of, but none of my choices, will be any with thorns, LOL Don't like getting poked by thorns. I have a lot of Thanksgiving Cactus, and Easter Cactus, 3 different kinds of Jade plants, One lonely Air Plant, hope to add more. A moonshine Snake plant, and the only 2 plants with thorns, A White Crown of Thorns, and a Hybrid Crown of thorns, plus a miniature anthurium, I have 18 Hoya Carnosa Compacta. 16 Are babies I rescued from a nursery. Plus 2 different coloured oxalis plants. Then I am hoping to get the variegated Hoya Carnosa Compacta, an inner variegated and an outer variegated. Then a Desert Rose Plant are in my wishlist. I guess I like a little of this and a little of that, type plants. I hope to get a Jellybean Plant this week, I think they re very cute, remind me of Bubble wrap. lol So we each have very different collections, but I just do not have room for a Large amount of plants like you do. Your's are lovely, have you ever counted them all? Would be interesting. My Plants cannot go out in the summer, as we live in Alberta Canada, and can get some bad Thunderstorm's, heavy winds at times, and sometimes hail. So I enjoy mine in the house, which isn't very large. First time I have seen your collection, it's stunning.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Kathy :-D thats wonderful you have a fantastic selection of many different plants, and so happy you love Thanksgiving and Easter cactus too, and lots of other plant beauties and WOW with 18 Hoya carnosa compacta, and Jellybean plants are wonderful plants to add to the collection, haha yes I have tried to count my plants but I always lose count, I think I would have around 2,000 including all the seedlings, thanks so much Kathy for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Alberta, Canada for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@bhumphries1360]

Hey Lyn, hope you are doing fantastic. I just love Spring time! Could you possibly tell me what species of cactus is at 16:10 front left of the frame. (it has long spines). -Bennie 🌵🍄🌸🍀🌞⭐🪴🌳🌹🌻

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love the cactus Bennie :-D yes its a Thelocactus rinconensis, I really love Spring time, thanks so much Bennie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic Sunday XXXX

[@solarwinds-]

Love seeing your cacti in bud Lyn. My tiny little Trichocereus Grandiflorus is in bud, I can't believe it! She's only 4" tall. The flower is going to be bigger than she is. What color flower are your Grandiflorus? Are they red?

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats brilliant news you Trichocereus grandiflorus is in bud Marie, you are going to absolutely love the bloom, yes mine are red and they really are absolutely gorgeous to see, I bet you are so looking forward to seeing the bloom very soon, thanks so much Marie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@solarwinds-]

@@desertplantsofavalon Well, that'll be so exciting. Thank you Lyn for responding. It really helps me on my gardening journey.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@solarwinds- XXXX 🥰❤🌵

[@brigitterauscher5031]

Exiting times with all the bud development! Just a question: could some of the buds fall off if you wait too long with giving them more water?🌵🌵🥰🥰

[@desertplantsofavalon]

It really is so exciting to see all the buds forming, the cacti in the small pots could drop their buds if they go too long without watering, but the larger cacti will often still flower even when dry, thanks so much Brigitte 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

[@stevekenilworth]

they all looking very well, it really don't take long to start to fatten up. i feel the extra light this year you going to see a difference. if you using a camera interchangeable lens the Macro Extension tubes are really good, the smallest one will be all you need because it moves lens out slightly from the censor but not too far so you see have you focus out a bit to normal as well but may help you focus that bit closer, bigger the tube focus can get crazy like will only focus if thing inside the lens focus so close. don't know how well it work for making vid tho it may work if you use the smallest one so it sill have a focus range in the normal area too just an idea and they very cheap to buy. the cacti at 4:04 wow you are going to have a fun time potting that one up with hooked spines, lopve to see you you manage that one as hooked spines can be a nightmare and this ones big so heavy. happy to see your collections doing great

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thanks so much Steven, its so much better with all the extra light in this new polytunnel, and thanks so much for letting me know about the Macro extension tubes, I will have to check them out, haha its going to be fun and games repotting the hooked spined ones this Summer, they really are a challenge to repot, the big Golden Barrell cactus Echinocactus grusonnii is in desperate need of a repot very soon haha, thanks so much Steven for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday today XXXX

[@stevekenilworth]

@@desertplantsofavalon the extra light they sure notice that. sounds a bit nightmare potting up those two and weight of them don't help. The Macro Extension tubes they just spacers more you add on the further the lens and sensor are apart the closer you can focus but there is a limit like i mention last comment where closest and furthest focus is in side the lens but as they come in a kit three different sizes using the smallest will move the focus a tad closer but you lose i little bit distance so the furthest things away you may not be able to focus so its an idea what may just work but don't hold me on that but distances you rec in most time longest is length Polly tunnel but most is less than few meters so that the reason i mentioned it the smallest one maybe quite useful as you focus closer but still have some 2/3 normal closer focus range maybe a tad more than 2/3. but the very least you can use it on any lens to get even closer. they may take a little practice but you soon understand what works and not, i have macro lens and can already do 2:1 add an extension tube even small bugs i can fill the whole picture and even on a long lens they normally not great close up as min focus can be a meter away but add tube they can be useful in loads ways. thought i mention it as it may just work for your vids using smallest one and if not it help you get closer with taking images. not every time i want to take out macro lens but they just hollow tubes very light weight so instead taking out loads lenses i can take out normal 28-75mm and long lens 70-300 it covers all and if i want macro i got the tubes so its just another way to keep weight down as camera bag already weighs a lot so if take out some glass it a bonus

[@stevekenilworth]

another solution if smallest is to much maybe an adapter and reverse adapter so as example Nikon to cannon and cannot back to Nikon but it only work if you need a smaller tube as some adaptions are huge so depends on brands of camera but might be another option too. both pretty cheap the extension tubes i paid think it was around £10-15 as i went for ones electric connections but in hindsight i never use auto in macro just manual focus so you can get them cheaper, and adapters you can get them as little as few £ but you always will need two one to change to another brand then one from the different brand back to your camera brand. had mine for years and they sure been useful

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@stevekenilworth Thanks so much Steven for sharing all the info about the macro extension tubes, thats fantastic XXXX 😄🥰🌵

[@billgolightly7203]

It looks like you have everything headed on the right path.What percentage of your inside/greenhouse plants are under pH control?

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thanks so much bill :-D I have a little pH tester metre that I stick into the pots every few weeks to test their soil pH, thankfully the soil stays around the pH 6 for nearly all of them, our tap water is very soft at 5.5pH which is good, at our old house in the south of Ireland our water was very hard and was pH8.5-9, I had to use rainwater, I have to keep an eye on the pH on the cacti in the very big pots that haven't have their soil changed in a few years as I notice the pH can start to go up to pH7 or higher over time, I notice some cacti like my Gymnocalyciums can stop growing if the pH gets over pH7, thanks so much Bill 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]

Thanks. Rain water is out of the question for me. I have chemically used a mid to upper 5.- pH number in all plant water since I started the hobby. I was just curious to what it was like there.

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[@michellechapman6839]

My rebutia is just stagnant....idk...

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Oh no I hope your Rebutia will come back into active growth really soon, thanks so much Michelle for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a wonderful Wednesday XXXX

[@michellechapman6839]

@desertplantsofavalon I dont think its rotted... do they like to be dry? I haven't water it in months and its in a terra cotta pot...

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@michellechapman6839 Hi Michelle :-D I would definitely start it up with a watering now as a watering should help to kick start it growing again, from Spring until Fall they like to be watered every time the soil has dried out in their pots, I find some of my Rebutia can be a bit slow to take off until they have had a couple of waterings in the spring XXXX

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