Repotting an Old Special Cactus | Lobivia/Echinopsis |

[@edithcoliagrandis]

The value of something is very subjective. This plant may look like an ordinary Echinopsis but the sentimental value of this plant is priceless! I hope it flowers soon, Sweetheart. May it continue to thrive and grow happily forever…to be passed on to next generations. 🥰 ❤️🌼💚

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much my love 😊 Very true ❤️ Really hope it flowers soon, too. Now its been repotted and had a freshen up with some nice new soil let’s hope it flowers next year. I probably will overwinter it in the greenhouse, if we should get any super cold nights I can always bring it indoors anyway. Enjoyed watching with you as always babe, thank you for all your love, support and encouragement ❤️🤗😘❤️

[@edithcoliagrandis]

@@Cactimania ♾❤️♾

[@CactusCaffeine]

Very interesting to know the history behind a plant. That is one heirloom plant. 😃 I like terracotta pots! 😛😉 I know, it’s all about preference. Plastic just won’t work in my very hot environment, they melt or they become brittle after just one year. But you are correct that it makes the soil dry out very fast. 🙂 Hope you get your Lobivia to flower so you can properly ID it. Tell your dad to “help” make it flower. 🥰

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Ana 😊 Yeah it’s all about personal preference at the end of the day, I just find plastic pots more convenient as well and the square ones are good space savers, too. Hopefully it’ll flower soon, not sure it will this year but it might be that it needs a cooler winter rest. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Ana. Have a wonderful day and rest of the weekend from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜☕️

[@CACTASTIC]

I use both 😊Terracotta weighs more so helps prevent the plant from tipping over and as Ana mentions is much better at protecting the roots in our hot climates. I tend to use regular potting soil with terracotta since it dries out faster and I add mineral to soil when I plant in plastic pots. I have totally searched online for "square Terracotta pots" but unfortunately there is not very much out there 😭

[@Cactimania]

@@CACTASTIC Yeah square terracotta pots are not easy things to obtain here either. When they do turn up for sale they’re usually huge ones and quite expensive 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@cactusandfriends_by_vane]

Beautiful plant and very special being from your dad's collection 😊💯💚! Not sure about the id, for me it resembles some chamaelobivia hybrids that I've seen but it can be lobivia or echinopsis as you say. Hope it flowers for you soon🙏🍀🌺🌵☀️! About the pots, in my climate, I prefer terracotta due to my high humidity in the air and hot summer (terracota acts as an insulation of the roots and refrigerates the plants when sprayed with water and evaporate)… in fact I use to protect my smaller cacti in summer, putting the plastic pots inside a terracota pot. What works for one could not be good for others... But I use plastic for the plants that I grow indoors and the seedlings that I grow protected from sun and heat, or they will die for sure. Have a great week friends!💞

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Vanesa 😊 I was actually thinking it could possibly be a hybrid, will make getting a positive ID on a little more difficult if it is. Yeah I think if I lived in a hotter climate I probably would choose terracotta pots over plastic. I still love the fancy ceramic pots, though. Might have some nice ones of those coming soon 😁 And I do like bonsai pots as well. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Vanesa. Have a wonderful evening and week from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@cactusandfriends_by_vane]

@@Cactimania @Cactimania Looking forward to see those fancy pots🤩! I love fancy glazed terracotta pots, work really well in my climate for succulents and more water demanding cacti like epiphylum. Half glazed pots work really well for me and are more durable too. And I have most of my Adromischus in bonsai pots, I love them! Have a wonderful evening you too and Edith 😘🤗💞

[@digitalwojtya3669]

The intro transported me 100 years into the future lol...

[@Cactimania]

It did me when I made it 😂 Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜

[@digitalwojtya3669]

Im very happy that you put time to read and respond to the comments! If you dont mind here is mine story from today: I was "repotting" my cacti, a bit late but had to do it since I was putting it off due to life and was fighting the entire sunday with the super rootbound peatmoss rootball hell, I was so jealous 😄 looking how easy it was for you with propper mix but definitelly learnt my lesson about repotting them straight away when I buy one. Now they will dry for few days since I had to blast the stuff with water as it wouldnt come off dry and Im sure the roots are very sad but I hope they will recover. (maybe I went a bit too extreme but if the plants recover well they will have really clean rootball for the rest of their life) I also will be experimenting with wicking system (basically a cotton rope with quite tight spirall covering the bottom). Altrought now it might need to wait to be useful once the plants recover they go crazy when I feed them hydroponic nutrients and it could allow me to grow them a bit on the extreme side. I hope that with propper height adjustment I will basically be able to keep the mix at perfect moisture level where the plants would be able to drink water for longer amounts of time without having to go through drying cycles. It can also act the other way, where I can water them normal way but drain all the excess that would pool at the bottom due to capillary actions and surface tension preventing it from escaping the drain holes through that wick. so yeah

[@edithcoliagrandis]

@@digitalwojtya3669 your surname reminds me of Saint John Paul II’s real name. 🙂 After reading your story, i am a bit apprehensive about the wicking system as cacti are such hungry plants for moisture that they will take so much water when it’s present. They have a very slow metabolism and the chances of rot is high if moisture level is high around their roots. Quite risky but it’s good to try and learn new things. 👍🏼

[@digitalwojtya3669]

@@edithcoliagrandis last year I was feeding them hydroponic nutrients (ghe tripart) and they were growing very fast (also they were in this peatmoss medium so I could literally take them out of the pot without disturbing roots or anything and see the rootball), I noticed that they wouldn't mind having the soil slightly damp for longer but would hate when it was too wet for shorter (if this makes sense) One of mine ferroactus was growing spines accordingly to water and nutrients and soil drying up too soon resulted in spines that were too short. Also I needed to water them too many times for my lazy 3 letters and had to water them with nutrients since they immediately were growing worse compared to previous growth. So yeah I hope that the wick system next year when they colonise pot with roots will make my life easier and for this year it can act as water excess sponge And on topic of getting rid of water from overwatered plants (if this happens) its really the best and only way to get rid of excess water as you can just place the pot with the wick on a towel, overtime the capillary actions will equalise the moisture and surface area of the towel will speed up evaporation. (I was doing that few times when the plants were in this terrible peatmoss medium and I literally could take them out of the pot and place on paper towel in one chunk, with new mix it will be impossible without the wick as it will be waaay to lose and the trapped excess of water wont go through drainage holes due to surface tension) in short the wick gives me ton of flexibility with watering (both ways) and I can be more reckless when I do it.

[@edithcoliagrandis]

@@digitalwojtya3669 wow! That’s amazing! Thanks for this detailed info. Please keep is updated on this system. I’d love to know more. 🙂

[@morrisparkintheozarks6831]

Love the old ones!!! Especially those with a history!!!! Very awesome!!! My oldest is now 41years. I love the old plants because they have stood the test of time. Kinda like bonsai. Just love em. You watch them grow for a huge chunk of your life. The changes are amazing!!! I tell some of the people I work with "I have Plants older than you" Hahaha!!! Hey just remember, the master key is always available!!! 🤣👍 Thanks for sharing this wonderful plant with us Daz!!!! I wish you and this plant many decades together!!!! Just think what it will look like in 30 years 🤔😳😁👍🌵!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to the UK and Singapore, have a wonderful day!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!!✌💖🌵🌺🌿🏵🌲🌻🌳🌹🌴🌷🪴😃👍

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Clyde 😊 Yeah it’s great to have plants with history. Haha you definitely have plants older than me 😂 Glad I didn’t have to use the master key this time, even though I’m not using the clay pots for cactus anymore I’ll still use them for plants in the garden. Hopefully this cactus will bloom next year. Thank you for watching and commenting as always my friend. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself to you and Deb 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@philgrayser]

Nice video mate....some roots on it lol

[@Cactimania]

Cheers mate. Yeah pretty decent roots, should do better now though being in a better mix. Cheers for watching and commenting mate 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜

[@normanquinez3013]

Job well done Daz, beautiful echinopsis variegated.🌵🌸🌼🍀🌱😊

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Norman 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww this Cactus is so extra special as its one that was from your Fathers collection and previously from a Neighbour, it must be many decades old, so very extra special, I love the old ones with a special history to them, and its a beauty with all its pups at the base, you have repotted it so beautifully, I am not sure of the ID though, thanks so much for sharing repotting this wonderful special Cactus with us Daz, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a super evening ahead XXXX

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Lyn 😊 Yeah some good history with it, just a shame this was the only plant I was able to save out of so many he had. It was one extremely harsh winter I remember us having in the mid 2000’s that pretty much killed 99% of them off, that and the greenhouse at the time was storm damaged so they just got wet and froze. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Lyn. Have a wonderful evening and rest of the weekend from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌺🌸🌼🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@Cactimania Oh my golly yes I remember those awful cold Winters of 2009/10 that such a shame that so many plants got lost,I hope we never see another Winter as cold as them too years XXXX

[@ModernGrower]

The difference in that longer spine in his collection vs yours is likely that his has higher sun/light exposure. I like how you use the black background looks very nice seeing the outline of the cactus

[@Cactimania]

Yes that is a possibility, although now with where my greenhouse is positioned it gets sunlight pretty much from sunrise to sunset. His greenhouse was glass whereas mine is polycarbonate. I did find out a few days ago that if this is Lobivia aurea v. shaferi, then there is a short spine variety that looks identical to this one, so maybe he had both and the offset I saved just happened to be that one. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@maureenswallow3054]

A nice repot of something that has a value beyond money, Thanks as always, Bill.

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much 😊 Yeah I could never part with it, don’t mind giving some offsets from it away though. Nice that bits of it have already gone to different parts of the country. Thanks for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜

[@falzonp1]

This cactus is so beautiful and so precious for you having been your father's! Nicely repotted! Thanks for sharing! Hope you Daz and Edith have a wonderful Sunday afternoon!

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Sylvia 😊 Thank you for your lovely comments as always. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@CactusCove]

Number 2...? 😄 So lovely you have treasured cactus with history, and especially it belonged to your father. I have a lovely columnar echinopsis offset from my Mum, it's growing well and columnar, I would be very concerned if I was to lose it, our plants can be very special to us...lovely repotting video! 😊🌵🌞

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Claire 😊 That’s great you have one from your mum, too. I just wish I’d have been able to save more plants from my dad’s collection, it was pretty heartbreaking the day I was going through them all and having to throw them in the bin 😢 Some of the plants would have been giants now. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Claire. Have a wonderful evening and rest of the weekend from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Great video Daz 😎 Lovely to have a connection to your Dad. I used to have a picture of my Dad and I next to a huge Carpobrotus 50 years ago 🌿🌵🌿

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Ziggy 😊 That’s awesome. Just wish I’d have been able to save more from the original collection, some would have been huge plants today. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

@@Cactimania It is a shame but at least you've got one 😊

[@PurpleandThorns]

What a beautiful very special plant, so special it developed variegation too, sure it will flower next year and will grow bigger having fresh soil and overwinter outside. Can I buy 1 baby of this please? Your dad had an amazing collection too. 😍🤩🌵💚

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Kath 😊 Yeah it’ll be special once it blooms, doubt it will this year, though. I’ll send you an offset from this one 😊 Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Kath. Have a wonderful day and upcoming weekend from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@kaktus_cactus]

Thank you for sharing the lovely story behind the plant. It's nice it has a sentimental value, I've got a cutting of rhipsalis pilocarpa from my aunt so whenever I do anything with this plant I think of her☺

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Magda 😊 That’s great you have a Rhipsalis cutting from your aunt ☺️ A shame I don’t have more from my dad’s collection as some would be very big plants today. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Magda. Have a wonderful Sunday from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@godisgreat8462]

Awesome my friend

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Ken 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@maureenswallow3054]

I think that's me up to date Daz, a enjoyable journey, I shall stay with you And good luck in the future with you and Edith, it's been fun ,Bill.

[@Cactimania]

Thank you, I very much appreciate all the time you’ve taken to watch and comment on the videos 😊 Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌸🌺🌼🏜

[@GlasshouseandGarden]

I enjoyed watching this episode. I prefer terracotta pots because of the patina (you say crusty, I say patina 🤣) but I had no idea it could affect growth like that! Lovely to hear the history of this very special plant- I don’t know the identity though I’m afraid.

[@Cactimania]

Thank you 😊 The terracotta pots will still be put to use for garden plants etc, so won’t go to waste. All about personal preference at the end of the day. With the plant growth in plastic pots vs terracotta, I saw another video with a chap that had grown some Mammillaria from seed in both and the ones in plastic pots were far larger. Decided to try it myself and got the same results. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@CactusCaffeine]

Number one! ☝🏼 😜

[@Cactimania]

Yaaay 🥳🥇

[@cactusjoe]

In going through some of your past videos (I find them all great!), Daz, I came across this very nice one that I also wanted to comment on, as I love your background story and history to this plant! I find it wonderful when one has such a personal association and story linked to individual plants, like this one from your Dad, that is indeed VERY, VERY special!! Thanks so much for sharing. On a more secondary and unrelated topic, at 1:20 you are pondering the slightly longer spines on the photo of the original mother plant, and it got me thinking whether the reason might be linked to the location that the plants are growing at? I have found that, especially on many of my Echinopsis, if they are grown outside throughout the summer, in full, direct sunlight (and thereby also getting the full exposure also to cooler weather periods) they always develop much stronger, thicker and longer spines than when I grow the very same ones inside my greenhouse, or indoors on the windowsill. Perhaps not relevant in this case, but just got me thinking and wanted to share with you nevertheless. Best wishes, you and Edith have a great weekend ahead, happy growing!! 👍🌵🌵☀️🌸🌸

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Joe 😊 Yes someone else also mentioned that. The greenhouse it’s in now gets more sun than my dad’s greenhouse did, especially now since we had a tree removed that stole all the afternoon sunlight. His greenhouse was glass though, mine is polycarbonate. He did leave them out all winter with zero heating, whereas I have been bringing this one indoors for the winter. The offsets overwintered fine in the greenhouse so I might be brave and leave this out, too. Thank you for watching and commenting my friend. Have a wonderful day and weekend from Edith & myself 🌵🌼🌺🌸☀️🏜

[@xianson3104]

Im just new to the chanel and i didnt expect you know filipino greetings. Great videos . This really boost my interest on collecting cacti and succulent again.. 👍😊

[@wisey95]

Wisey. I would have put fertilizer in with the dirt when you repotted it. I use rapid raiser .

[@Cactimania]

Not really any need as I fertilise throughout the growing season. I use Chempak C&S water soluble fertiliser. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@wisey95]

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[@cuerampart2886]

🪄Magic worlds of blissful paradise.. How often do these positive artistic dreams flow in you?

[@Cactimania]

An unanswerable question haha. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@CACTASTIC]

Is it possible your Dad kept this cactus at a higher light intensity? The spination of cactus can vary with how much light, or even what type of light, ie higher levels of UV light. I hope it blooms soon for you Daz!

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, David 😊 Yeah his ones were in a glass greenhouse, mine is polycarbonate. I’m sure he still used shade netting inside, though. Hope it blooms soon, too. Thank you for watching and commenting, David. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@benjaminthame4174]

Echinopsis / lobivia need organic mix mixed with what your using. Getting it out of the terracotta pot was a good thing. Don't be afraid of using fertiliser. Coconut water will cause it to pup and grow extremely quick.

[@edithcoliagrandis]

Coconut water?! 😱 first time i’ve come across this. Very interesting! 👍🏼

[@Cactimania]

There is organic material in the mix, 25% of the John Innes compost. I’ve actually been fertilising all the plants this week, I usually do it once a month. Will look into the coconut water, very interesting. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@mollys1584]

It's so cool to see your rescue from your Dad's plant! And while I don't have any cacti (yet!) I've got most of my succulents in clay pots. Wondering if the same thing applies with growth versus plastic pots??? Looks great!

[@Cactimania]

Thank you so much, Molly 😊 It’s really down to the type of mix you use. As mine is 75 to 85% mineral, that combined with a clay pot just drys out too quickly for my liking. You should do a few experiments with the same succulent in both types of pot and see which one has the better growth 😊 Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜

[@zhaezz84]

Interesting with the terra cotta pots, i only use terra cotta now, even though i hate how they look.., i have used plastic before, but i find they get burning hot in summer. Also i did a test with watering 2 pots, one terra cotta one plastic, and the terra cotta was dry one week later, the plastic was still wet, Both were 100% mineral soil. It was plants with big taproots though, so maybe that is why the plastic didn't dry out. Best regards :)

[@Cactimania]

That’s very strange it was still wet with 100% mineral soil. Mine always dry out completely within a few days, but then I do use fans 24/7 that helps with the drying process. That also helps in the greenhouse with keeping the pots cool. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜

[@zhaezz84]

@@Cactimania Taproot filled most of the pot, and it was wet under the taproot, so i think it might have kept the moister in for longer. but still not good for lophs.

This looks like some Echinopsis to me. maybe Echinopsis mamillosa (the flowers come very close)?

[@Cactimania]

Thank you for the possible ID. I don’t think it’s that species, though. Shape and spination is different and that one typically has white flowers. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜

[@iPheek]

Are plastic pots better than terracotta? Thanks!

[@Cactimania]

I wouldn’t say they’re necessarily better, both have pros and cons. It’s just personal preference really and for the few reasons I stated in the video. I tend to use square plastic pots most of the time as well and they’re good space savers as they sit nicely up against each other. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@flowerszoneforever]

I have not Idea on the species, but I have Idea about reporting the one survaving plant from my mother, my Echinopsis Tubiflora Cactus 12 years old. It is not only a cactus, but an inspiration. 🙏🌟

[@Cactimania]

That's lovely you have one from your mother, too. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀🌼🌺🌸🏜

[@flowerszoneforever]

@@Cactimania Thanks!

[@alimostafavi6566]

Please learn how separate baby cactus seedling Thank you

[@Cactimania]

I have videos on the channel covering that 👍🏻 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜

[@xianson3104]

Im just new to the chanel and i didnt expect you know filipino greetings. Great videos . This really boost my interest on collecting cacti and succulent again.. 👍😊

[@Cactimania]

Thank you 😊 My girlfriend is from the Philippines so she’s been teaching me. Hope you get back into collecting these plants. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜