Repotting a Giant Golden Barrel Cactus

This video is about how to transplant a 35 year old golden barrel cactus into a new, larger pot!

[@minzforu8295]

i am amazed that your golden barrel are like grown up children. i just bought mine a few weeks ago and i’m hoping it will grow big along my youngest son. thanks for the video!

[@MrPrentissDJones]

Hope your son and that barrel cactus is doing great!

[@TheGoldenAge_1558]

Did it get as big as his yet?

[@Anthea_Bambi]

Such a pure video

[@rmjr9451]

Nice I'll be waiting for the 20 year update good video and very nice cacti!

[@MrPrentissDJones]

This video is amazing! We should all go back to videos like this on KZbin!

[@mongamonze5179]

Enjoyed your video...I have had three friends for the last 5 years. I drink my coffee with them...every morning🙏🏿

[@EmFo-sm5kx]

Congrats Sir, quite an achievement to grow such a big cactus and also repott it.

[@HawkTron]

What a beautiful golden barrel cactus! Mine is about the same size and it also has overgrown its container. I will use your method to move it to a bigger pot. Thanks for sharing!

[@nelsonlobo3615]

They taste good when fried with honey and mint leaves.

[@silverfawn9533]

that is one impressive plant O.O

[@Raying0126]

Thanks to show how to re-pot Echinocactus! Amazing~Love it!

[@reneeochoa1015]

I always wondered how this was done. Absolutely fascinating!! Thank you. All of mine are small minus my thanksgiving cactus. 😊

[@norm4260]

Great job. Well thought out and methodical approach.

[@Visionery1]

Great job! I have the same, also due for repotting, before checking this video I was thinking along the lines of a tripod hoist setup to achieve the same. I'm surprized your hook held. :)

[@allupinya5938]

Nice job. Was hoping to see you fill the soil to make sure that I repotted mine correctly. Great video though noire I can plan for the future

[@holmser171]

I'd be interested to see how much that cactus has grown in 4 years

[@ak_icedviking5778]

Probably not much... Cactuses grow very slowly lol

[@jebediahkerman2972]

@@ak_icedviking5778 lmao tell that to my cactus that doubled in size one summer 🤣.

[@jamestropicals8262]

@@ak_icedviking5778 That’s why I don’t like growing cactuses anymore

[@johncarlos1132]

The way the cactus is rotated is disturbing my perfectionist mind😂

[@cowberry5]

Even if you put the cactus in the pot perfectly straight it’ll slowly lean south over time, so no point in trying to get it even

[@Leo-dw3fr]

Awsome my friend .. Love it!! I have two 8 in juvies right now. Repoting in 10 more years.

[@sarahminer5361]

You are amazing! Cannot believe this worked so well!!

[@jordanleo8047]

Fantastic, sweet golden barrels dude and this is by far the funniest thing i saw today 🤣👍😊

[@mookzmom]

Would love to see any tips you have on cactus care! Your barrel is gorgeous!

[@dushyantatara3422]

Fantastic cactus .. thanks for sharing a useful tip.

[@solarwinds-]

What a good cactus daddy you are! There is absolutely NO root loss on that thing. Very nice plant.

[@InFltSvc]

Bravo! I just purchased my first one today and it’s about five years of age ..

[@markboggs3636]

Wow me and my son just got into cactus 🌵 plants we likening it so far u have a cool set up and they look 👀 cool

[@juliafeliciano5372]

Beautiful cactus 🌵

[@desertweasel6965]

These barrel cacti are beautiful and i bought a couple of 10 year old ones. One thing is for sure, these will poke you relentlessly and with no mercy.

[@notabledeco1051]

Qué hermoso cactus!! buen trabajo!

[@angelsarchive]

Really helpful video. Great editing

[@simoneburrill3765]

Brilliant, now I have to try and copy you 🤞,thank you for the help

[@acueto7]

When he sat down I thought he was sitting on the cactus!

[@jordanleo8047]

Saw your comment, looked for it, found truth,,,,, LOL 🤣 !!!!!! Brilliant 👏😎

[@danzbutrfly]

ugh...those are gorgeous cacti

[@PleasantPrickles]

That was amazing! Good job!

[@mollycher3630]

wow I'm from Malaysia great job wish I owned that huge cactus

[@RaghavendraRajadhyaksha]

Awesome video. My Echinocactus Grussani is a year old

[@navarro9680]

Beautiful cactus ❤️

[@pitbullica]

this is the best video on the internet !

[@jomoland]

Beautiful cactus man!

[@Dingo3039]

Thnx, great tip....got a large one in the ground i want to pot up.

[@MindandQiR1]

Awesome job!!! You're my hero!!!

[@minicat3640]

This is excellent, thank you!

[@hankscactus3973]

Great method! Thanks for sharing!

[@brendasullivan9094]

thar pot looked small wow you did a great job!!

[@QVL75]

Awesome video!

[@anttikuusmetso]

Great job! Interesting how this fellow looks nowadays.

[@TechnoSoniG]

Nice sharing sir.

[@briarbro9627]

Great video, any updates on the cactus these days?

[@Mari443Garrett1]

Whoa.. those things are HUGE.. your grandchildren can inherit them.

[@04poppop]

I have just bought Grusonii for 30£ and its 20 cm wide, how wide is this jumbo boy?

[@nataliah.755]

awww it is so cute >

[@sheilapendley1716]

Thank You!

[@panzerkrieg3509]

I want to hug it

[@eazypeazy33]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😂 you did that man! 🤙🏽

[@Les0613]

Ingenious!!!

[@jodyreeder4820]

Hello from Ada, Oklahoma. Do you sell some of those babies? I'd need to know if that'd thrive outdoors year round here, ty.

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

Cool. Mine is only a few years old. I am just wondering where I will put it on the windowsill 20 years later...

[@alanfernandes77]

Excellent..

[@SuperStormyNormy]

Just what I needed, bought a 12 inch barrel cactus from Lowes, put it in a big pot exactly like yours 2 years ago. Been wondering if I need to change the soil out every few years. Called Lowe's they said yes. From your vid it appears to be no. Just received some Fox Farm Big Bloom plant food and gave it some yesterday. Its been raining a lot in Kansas. I will sub and hopefully get advice.

[@slowpoke4557]

Don't ask the people at Lowe's, most of them don't know much about cacti care. Find a nursery that KNOWS about cacti

[@melissadecker393]

This was so cute lol

[@jasonlozano5943]

sweet job

[@user-jn7ks9nk1l]

А я вчера сама пересадила 40-сантиметровый эхинокактус,без подъемника.

[@RayChanel623]

Brilliant!

[@paolamura3497]

It seems like a military mission!

[@sandib4234]

AWESOME!!!!

[@theegoddessk]

Love this

[@StationeryPrincess]

Your so brave that's one scary cactus 🙊

[@solarwinds-]

Hi Charles, wow, I never knew about "come-a-longs". Where do you get them? Are they expensive? Do you rent them? Very helpful video. However, it would have been so much more helpful if you would have shown in detail how you attached the items you used to lift the cactus. I guess maybe it's just common sense everyone else but for me, it would have been a challenge to figure that part out. Thank you Charles.

[@slowpoke4557]

The towel was held in place by the spines but he said he helped secure it with duct tape just to be sure. The come-a-long is a tool I know to be used by flat bed truck drivers to help secure Tage and heavy loads to the flat bed. You might be able to rent them, a good hardware store could help you with that. Another possibility is to use a couple of good quality ratchet straps......or you could get a friend good and drunk so they don't feel the pricks and give them a hoodie to wear under a thick leather jacket and bear hug the cactus out 😅😅

[@dougiequick1]

OKay I only watched the Intro and I am gonna say how I would it and see how it matches up....ready? I would take a laundry basket filled with fluffed up old rag blankets/towels/rags whatever and then only holding the pot part upside down over the laundry basket I would have a helper push a stick into drain hole so cactus pops out and land gently on rags....Then I would take it to my previous drug hole or larger pot and simply gently tip the basket over so it lands roots down in hole ....I have done this several times and it worked Perfect! To move the cactus to the side to add potting soil and straighten out etc I would wear heavy gloves and use something like broom etc to tilt it....anything not sharp yet stiff enough ...brush/broom stick with rag wrapped and taped to end etc.....okay now let's compare to advice here

[@dougiequick1]

I like my way better ....more foolproof.....and EASIER....trust me!....personally I would have straightened it out in the new larger pot.....but I guess he likes it angled ....which is kind of cool unless you want to rotate it and it looks funny tilting away from Sunny side.....

[@haysooz6855]

i envy you and want that in my collection

[@limehouseblues]

nice!!

[@nelsonlobo3615]

What happens when it out grows the bigger and the biggest pot🙄

[@superspecialty5169]

Nothing new to me, that’s how I did it 35yrs ago to help a friend lift Godzilla (24” in diameter & 4’ tall) using a Little Giant Ladder & using a hoist!

[@osirisdelacroix6272]

I have one the size of a cantalope that my niehbor gave me...I Love yet am terrified of it because She has such long 1&1/2 sharp quills..😂😂😂

[@yannahabby7589]

Woah..how heavy is that cactus?

[@tightpinkpanther69]

He said about a 100 pounds.

[@chubchub1307]

So biiiig OwO

[@GreenLadyDV]

💚💚💚🌵

[@bomblii]

Round cactus

[@user-wg4fg5gy4s]

🤗🤗👍👍🌵🌵❤️❤️

[@susanalopez6590]

👍👍👍🌵

[@angelozicarelli541]

Mike Pence is that you?

[@chloedice]

I would of just broken the pot man

[@LXW-Arts]

Chloe me too

[@jomoland]

Scott S I agree. He said it was a good 100lb. It would have to lay on its side if the pot was broken and that would damage its thorns due to massive weight crush. Also how about lifting it into new pot? That would also be damaging without proper padding.

[@chris18228]

The thing is huge

[@paolamura3497]

Also, he's milking the cactus!

[@nelsonlobo3615]

😅😅😅

[@jamestropicals8262]

Good luck trying to lift that cactus up with your hands

[@Altair796]

Only 14 years to go

[@peco3474]

"Transplant" haha

[@andresraygozaramirez4533]

No one of you guy have idea what for it is that spanish it is called visnaga the best one to make candy the most spencive candy

[@mexicancartel4333]

Just put it in the ground😕

[@brendasullivan9094]

Mexican cartel ! depending where you live. he probably can't. where i live it snows so it'd be dead

[@francoschioppo4809]

Adesso chiama due operai per muttere giù il vaso dal trabiccolo.

[@pauladdison9978]

I'd have a hard job getting that Big Boy on my window sill.

[@paolamura3497]

What an exaggeration!

[@graziellaaccordini4720]

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