Part 2 Cactus and Succulent Collection Winter Update

[@unknownt5391]

this is great education material on what a rotting cactus looks like. thank you.

[@CactusCaffeine]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Sisteryoda1440]

Thank you for showing how to remove a graft from its host. My host died also and I wasn’t sure if I could save the graft.

[@vaclavvaclav363]

Jakkkkkkkkk Jan h Kaktusyyyyyy

[@cactusandfriends_by_vane]

Thank you for sharing this part two of your winter update! So sorry for your Copiapoa, hope you save the pups🤞❤‍🩹

[@desertplantsofavalon]

AWESOME Part Two update Ana, and sorry to hear its been so cold in Vegas too, this Winter seems to have been so challenging with our plants this year, so sorry to see your grafts have got cold damage and your Copiapoa has rot, but thats wonderful you have two of the pups to save, and all your other plants are looking AMAZING, thanks so much for sharing the fantastic part one and two Winter update tour with us Ana, and we are so looking forward to watching Part three, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a wonderful Sunday today XXXX

[@davidschmidt270]

I swear Lynn and ana are such plant friends to me! 🌼🌻🌲🌳🌴🌥️🌦️⛅🌤️☀️ Thank ya both for really cool content ...the best thing to me is how you guy's are personal...I don't feel like your trying to get me to buy something ( wouldn't work anyways, I'm broke 🤭) ...thanks guy's 👉🕊️🇺🇸🇮🇱🛐✝️🐧🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@davidschmidt270 Awwwww thanks so very much for your wonderful words David :-D and wishing you a fantastic sunny Saturday and weekend ahead XXXX

[@christmassnow3465]

I have found that cacti may walk on the thin line between the size reduction of dormancy and root rot. Though I don't have frost, this happens for other reasons, sometimes even in summer. Many of the heavily spined species, like Echinocactus and Mammillaria appear quite normal but they don't grow at all in the summer. A gentle nudge is often enough to reveal that the once juicy cactus has become a hollow ball of thorns that detaches and rolls over like a tumbleweed. The thorns are often interlocked and hold-on to their original shape, appearing perfectly normal.

[@옥이윤]

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[@CactusCaffeine]

Thank you

[@bitukumar9648]

Hello ana your cactus and succulentcallection very nice and beautiful India

[@CactusCaffeine]

Thank you so much 😊

[@AngelinaPlantas]

Beautiful your Coffee Cup. I love it. Your cactus and sucus are beautiful qnd healthy all. Big hug

[@CactusCaffeine]

Haha. My coffee cup. I wish I understand all my plants. 😁

[@JamesEndo1]

Always nice to see your collection and process. I grow most of those same cacti and albuca outdoors all year down to 28F low temps in Nor Cal except seedlings are in greenhouse. Those Astros look fun, especially the big ones. Stay warm and thanks for sharing.

[@CactusCaffeine]

Thanks for the tips!

[@jillianleblanc9370]

Thank you for sharing I look at part one and part two is very interesting love watching your video cannot wait on part 3

[@Nino_G]

Dear Anna, all Echinocereus reichenbachii forms and cultivars are extremely resistant to cold (to at least -12C, and many forms can survive freezing up to -25C), so it might be better/more natural to keep them outside. Also, Gymnocalycium bruchii is very frost resistant (to -15C, or lower for a short time) but needs to be protected from rain. Best regards, Nino

[@CactusCaffeine]

Thanks for the info, Nino! Really helpful.

[@billgolightly7203]

All-in-all I feel this is a wonderful report. You have a great memory of the past winters as you develop your skills for cold weather care. Thanks for sharing.

[@CactusCaffeine]

We learn as we go. 😊

[@Planterindisguise]

Yes, dragonfruit root stock never does well. I have some I need to re-graft.

[@jessb203]

I dislike dragon fruit in general for it's unacceptable levels of fussiness.

[@CactusCaffeine]

I tried growing dragon fruit cacti. I tried so hard but the cold and the summer heat killed them all. 😧

[@marumiyuhime]

over the last few weeks my first flower has been developing it is now nearly open. it is a N. hasilbergii. your guidance helped make it happen. cheers

[@CactusCaffeine]

Wonderful! Happy for you.

[@andersnrregren9087]

Nice tour thank you for sharing

[@CactusCaffeine]

Thanks for visiting

[@flowerszoneforever]

Thank you for sharing with us this amazing video Ana! Your Cactus Collection is amazing! I'm sorry for your grafted cactus! In Albania simse like winter hasn't came yet. Greetings from Flowers Zone Albania 🇦🇱

[@CactusCaffeine]

Thank you so much!

[@jessb203]

I enjoy your collection. I am in Cornwall (South West England) and our storms and rain were so bad this year I moved all of my cactus inside except my big opuntia which are planted outside in the ground. They have survived snow, gales, torrential rain and hail just fine! Do you have a reason why you dont keep your plants in the house? I put mine outside uncovered all summer and really miss them! In the winter I have had a couple of flooding and storm damaged green houses so I lost a couple of plants as well. I am most thrilled with the opuntia though it was a test but they all seem quite happy even though our average temperature for December was around 6c - they get barely any direct sunlight because of the low sun position. I am hoping for more flowers this year. Absolutely love your Zagarrae I have a smaller version but the same beautiful colour purple. I eagerly await the 3rd part!

[@davidschmidt270]

Cornwall? Wow!! Opuntia planted in the ground and surviving??? The more you talk the more I can't wait to hear! LOL I live in Phoenix AZ.... southwest desert landscape is everywhere...and to wit, most could care less!.... In my neighborhood you'll see a lot of half dead cacti overrun by burdensome Bermuda grass....to be fair though, the Bermuda grass really does suck, takes the fun out of everything... it'll take over And strangle anything it can!! And it's really really invasive!

[@jessb203]

@@davidschmidt270 We have palm trees growing in Cornwall, I have 1 in my garden along with a collection of Aloes so some Opuntia are fine. We have a different warmer climate to the rest of the UK but honestly I thought the rain would mush them. They seem ok with it though. I wouldn't be so brave as to put all of mine out - Opuntias are my favourite but the spineless versions seem more prone to rust fungus so they are inside with me. Luckily my husband isn't bothered by the 100s of cacti crowding our house over winter! I have always been fascinated by Arizona it's a true bucket list place for me to visit. I grew up in Egypt so am well used to desert environments although different to yours I do miss the dry air. We had 28 out of 31 days of December as rain and gales!

[@davidschmidt270]

@@jessb203 Egypt?? So cool! I grew up here in Phoenix but spent my High School yrs in Olympia WA...the high school was very liberal...there was Muslims and Asians everywhere and I liked it!! So diverse! I asked one asian Muslim girl what Egypt was like, she said it was very hot, LOL, ....so when I came back to Phoenix in 05 I hated it, nothing green at all....what I can honestly say now is the desert has it's own beauty, it's just that you really have took because it's subtle... Kudos to you having cacti everywhere....why not?.... But how do you deal with fungus gnats?

[@jessb203]

@@davidschmidt270 I don't have such a problem with gnats in our house over winter because I don't water the plants. It is too expensive to heat our house now all the time so it is pretty cold as well - I think average is about 12c inside. If I watered them they would never dry out! So I just give them the occasional dunk in a bucket of rainwater if they are looking like they need it and then they have to go in a particular place in the house that gets sunlight and is warmer in the day but that place is high demand! The fungus gnats I have had before when I had them inside all year (before I got brave enough to leave them outside in summer) I used those yellow sticky paper traps everywhere. I found all the soils and composts last year from shops were riddled with gnats and so I bought some carnivorous plants as well. Sun dews are a really beautiful plant. They glitter in the sunlight and shine the brightest red.

[@davidschmidt270]

@@jessb203 I've been wanting sundews for just that problem! Not letting the soul be drenched I think is key!! Also for me letting daddy long legs stay inside is also a good natural way as well...may I make a suggestion?? Try looking up Gary and Robbie's backyard gardening made simple! She's an older lady from Southern California and teaches gardening in buckets as well as making your own compost as well....we throw away food scraps that can be reused to make what us Gardener's call black Gold! ....I liked KZbin channel a lot ...yeah I hear ya about not heating up the house...I live with my uncle and I don't hear up the house hear either.... I've also seen things on cheap ways to heat up the house using just candles...look into it on KZbin as well.....sun reflecting material might help you get more sunlight you guy's get in the UK ..... I've been boiling water as a way to add a bit of heat in the house...

[@Orientalbackyardgarden]

Very interesting and beautiful.🌵💚✨

[@CactusCaffeine]

Thanks for visiting

[@newmanmansell760]

Thanks for the update😊🙏I hope your cacti get through February safely😌🤲💖🌵

[@CactusCaffeine]

I hope so too!

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Our local nursery had a load of grafted cacti that had dead stocks on them after the cold snap too. I've been clearing a few mushy Opuntias out of the polytunnel this weekend too 😨

[@CactusCaffeine]

Yikes! So sorry to hear about your Opuntias. 😢

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

@@CactusCaffeine It's ok Ana, got plenty more cuttings of them to replace 😊🌵

[@Cactimania]

Awesome part two, Ana. A shame about the Copiapoa but hopefully you can save the offsets. Certainly a challenging time of year for our plants. Counting down the days until spring again haha. Looking forward to part three 😊 Thank you for sharing with us as always. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜☕️

[@liliromero4910]

Always love looking at your collection. Sorry to see some of your cacti did not make it. I will pair for part 3!!

[@morrisparkintheozarks6831]

Oh Ana, I'm sorry you lost some of your cactus!!! Don't know if that Rebutia will root. I had one that lost its dragon fruit stock. Tried to root it for about a year. They bloomed and everything, but never any roots until they finally dried up. Best of luck with it!! No buds on my mammillaria plumosa either. My uebelmannia pectinifera is in bud the first time in a few years!!! Most of your collection looks well!! Thanks for sharing Ana!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, out to Las Vegas, have a wonderful week ahead!!! peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🥀🌳🏵🌿🌸🌷🌱🌲🌹🌴🌾🌻🪴💐🍀😃👍

[@CactusCaffeine]

I tried rooting the pups of the Rebutia heliosa before and was unsuccessful as well. I’m hoping this big one will have a different outcome. Anyway, I have a few more grafted. So I will take a chance on this one. Thanks, Clyde!

[@youssefsaadana7893]

Oh my god im very sorry for your loss. I had a small rebutia rotting till now. And a mammillaria that got root loss i think. I dont understand why but it doesnt absorb water. It just kebt shrinkling until dried and died. I put my small collection indoors as for winter. Near the heaters.

[@lkv5504]

Looks like your neighbor has a desert broom in their yard.

[@CactusCaffeine]

Aaahhh! So that’s what it is called. I googled it and you are correct! That’s how it looks like. I see it over our wall and I am so tempted to cut it down. 😤

[@davidschmidt270]

Only 18 likes?? Saaaayyyyy whaaaaaaa?

[@andrihidaelbenitezchavez5949]

Saludos no entiendo inglés pero veo sus cactus hermosos ejemplares

[@CactusCaffeine]

Muchas gracias

[@brayanbenitezchavez3229]

Gracias por poner tradición a español. Bendecida semana

[@manzoorhussain8922]

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[@michellechapman8738]

I lost my bunny ear opuntia...it got mushy. My blue torch is rooting. ..i hope i dont lose it because its so beautiful.

[@CactusCaffeine]

Aww… I’m sorry to hear that. Take it as a learning experience.

[@wisey95]

Where did you get your instruments from.. they are very useful. I live in australia.

[@CactusCaffeine]

Those are tools for an aquarium. 😊

[@wisey95]

@@CactusCaffeine thanks. I will look around. Love your collection

[@delysial246]

Hello there! I also just lost a cactus a week ago. It was my 3 year old seedling from my first ever batch of cactus seedlings. I'm still hurt about it..but the echinopsis are lovely. I was wondering, where did you get the Foxy Lady one? My dog's name is actually Foxy Lady and I wanted to see if I could get one 'for her' 😂 like how perfect would that be?

[@CactusCaffeine]

I’m so sorry that you lost a seedling. Hope you have more of it still alive. I got my Foxy Lady from Brent Wigand. You can find him in Instagram or in his website torchcactus.com. That is so cute that your dog has the same name. 😊

[@davidschmidt270]

Heyyy C.C. ! Around 10 minutes you were taking off the rotted one...was wondering what caused it to rot?

[@CactusCaffeine]

Looked like it was rotting for months as the other one was totally hollow and dry inside. Could have started in summer time. Maybe it went summer dormant but I still watered it heavily back then.

[@levkov87]

Great cacti! Do you have seeds from them and can you send me some. I would be very happy.😘😘🥰

[@UliSeng]

Hi Ana, what is your preferred brand of fertilizer for your cacti? I have the tomato fertilizer for the first two waterings and spring is around the corner here in SoCal

[@CactusCaffeine]

I have no preferred brand. But I do prefer the liquid type over the granular ones. With liquid fertilizer, I know and control when my cacti get fertilizfed. With slow-release granules, the effect sometimes takes many months.

[@michaelmastromarino4411]

I love your videos! I’m new to Las Vegas from the East Coast and have a few aloes growing outside along with my cacti and agave. I’ve been wrapping my aloes during cold weather. I live near the 215 and Revere and seem to be in an cold pocket as standing water freezes here when North Las Vegas Airport shows above freezing. Do you think I need to shelter succulents during direct sun during summer and freezing during winter?

[@CactusCaffeine]

Welcome to Las Vegas and its extreme weather conditions. 😉 But if you don’t like rain or snow, you’ve come to the right place. 😊😉 Some plants are able to withstand our winters unprotected but when in doubt, it is best to cover them. Aloes especially cannot take prolonged freeze. But winter is not so much a challenge here as summer is. Summer is when I lose a lot of plants due to extreme hot and dry weather over a period of 4-5 months. During summer, I use a 50% shade cloth on top of my cactus and succulents.

[@michellechapman8738]

I just discovered that my parodia is rotting but its still green on top. Im just going to see if it can reconstruct itself.

[@lidiajimenez2728]

👍😊💚🌵🌵

[@CactusCaffeine]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@wiandryadiwasistio2062]

i’m currently in the hunt for every blue cacti imaginable! can you - or anyone reading this - suggest what blue cactus species i can get? (bonus point for other blue succulents, except echeveria and aeonium)

[@CactusCaffeine]

Pilosocereus azureus and Melocactus azureus is always a stunner. Relatively easier to find for sale, too. Myrtillocactus geometrizan, too. 🥰

[@wiandryadiwasistio2062]

@@CactusCaffeine thanks for the recommendations! can’t wait to get these wild-looking cacti 🌵

[@sunshinevalley0]

Aloe plants can be purple and blue when they variegate sometimes

[@giantcheesegrater]

I always enjoy your videos 😃 Any tips for growing copiapoa? I have one but it always looks sad and never flowers 🫠

[@CactusCaffeine]

I don’t have many Copiapoa. But I notice the few that I have likes direct morning sun. Sunlight increases their farina. They can tolerate high heat and flowers well when it is hot. But avoid too much direct sunlight as they May also burn especially when they are still young.