Planting & Propagating Organ Pipe Cactus

[@MydNyteRayne]

It must be nice to live in an area where people put the plants out for others to take if wanted. Your yard is amazing, I love all the variety of the plants.

[@FreePlantsForever]

Yes, I feel very lucky to live here. The climate is fantastic for so many plants, and they tend to get overgrown - so neighbors leaving out plants is very common. And thank you, my garden is my labor of love.

[@peaharrison9071]

Yr music level is awesome. Ppl should take note.

[@lisascenic]

Very impressive! You have great neighbors!

[@FreePlantsForever]

Right?! I feel so lucky that they leave amazing plants like these out!!

[@dorindafulton]

Great video 😊 thanks for sharing. That cactus looks great where you put it. I hope it does well. Have a great day and happy gardening 🌿🌱🌵🌵🌵 😊🤗🌞

[@FreePlantsForever]

Thank you! I’m really happy with how the cactus looks there. 🤞Here’s hoping it stays happy and healthy!

[@wafflemaster59]

Some of my neighbors leave plants by the dumpster instead of throwing them away but most of them just end up in the trash. I saved a bunch of really nice aloe plants the other day. The two oldest ones of the clump almost have a trunk after I cleaned away all the dead and rotting leaves. The Plant is big and wide but the leaves of the rosette are small and packed together very tightly in a wide spiral, they also have those fleshy little spikes sparsly spread over the tops of the leaves. I have never seen an aloe quite like it and it's so blue I thought it was an agave from a distance.

[@FreePlantsForever]

Sounds amazing! Especially when reject plants get spruced up rather than end up in the trash. Nice one!

[@veronicasydorenko9798]

I've picked up one today, just as this one! but, it had damaged areas all over the stem, and I wonder... HOW. how to help that buddy, cuz I know nothing about cactuses, and the only succulent, that has survived at mine yet - is a tiny aloe, which seems to love me a lot, cuz all previous tries were so failed (one literally fell off the stem and said bye-bye)... hope I'd not make more damage to the one I picked up 🤭

[@rebeccaparis6470]

Burying it that far down won't rot it?

[@MydNyteRayne]

I have 3 cactus pups, if that is what they are called, I found them "on the ground" at HDepot :) . Ive had them in tiny pots since late summer. They are taking their sweet time growing but I see the progress. How long does it take cactus to grow? One is super tiny but good roots and growing from the botton...

[@FreePlantsForever]

Amazing! Yes cacti are really slow to grow, spring is a good time to give them some fertilizer to kick them back into growing season. As it gets warmer, they will start to grow some more. I'd find either a succulent/cactus specific fertilizer or a fertilizer with a 5-10-5 rating. You only need to fertilize about 3x a year or so... but Spring is the perfect time to get it going.

[@RVBadlands2015]

Your fire sticks cactus will get very large. I put out a lot of cactus plant for free. But I need agave attenuata. Still looking for one.

[@FreePlantsForever]

Yes you're right... I've already found they do well when I cut them back. We have so many Attenuatas, if you're in the Santa Barbara area, let me know; I'd be happy to share.

[@resortgarden]

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[@FreePlantsForever]

Thank you! 💚

[@gregorytragitt2208]

Fabric weed barriers are problematic. The organ pipe will spread and will need to be replanted to an area with more room.

[@Eventos_en_vivo]

That is not n organ pipe cactus.

[@FreePlantsForever]

Soooo... what is it then?