Cactus question

[TwoCrows]

This spikes are nasty! I got poked quite a few times clearing the grass away yesterday, and by the end I was pretty mad at the cactus. I was just trying to help, after all!

I said the same thing!

It’s settled. I need a fuzzy opuntia now. You guys are bad influences

This is exactly what we are here for, enabling is what we do best.

 

[Backroadlogic]

Have any of you watched the YouTube videos posted by "cactus joe"? He's very knowledgeable and has a huge private collection. He says during the winter months when they are dormant you shouldn't water your cactuses*

 

[TwoCrows]

Have any of you watched the YouTube videos posted by "cactus joe"? He's very knowledgeable and has a huge private collection. He says during the winter months when they are dormant you shouldn't water your cactuses*

I have seen him, he's a smart guy!

 

[fluffycrow]

This is exactly what we are here for, enabling is what we do best.

Indeed !

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Little update on all the cacti!

I’m ashamed to say I have done nothing with the flattened ones since I told y’all about them…they’re just in a part of the yard I don’t go very often, and school has kept me so busy I haven’t thought about them much. BUT. I went out there a couple of days ago, and they’re miraculously standing upright! Not all the way, but much better than they were. And they’re not wrinkled and squishy anymore. The one still has some rusty colored stuff on it, but it looks much better than it did. It’s pouring rain out right now, or I’d get you some photos.

My little old lady cactus is clearly so much bigger than it was! And, this is probably very wishful thinking, but is this little pink thing a bud?? I know these guys normally have a ring of flowers, so it’s not very likely, but I poked it and it does seem attached, so maybe? I’m hopeful!

Another photo of it, in all its lopsided glory

 

[TwoCrows]

Little update on all the cacti!

I’m ashamed to say I have done nothing with the flattened ones since I told y’all about them…they’re just in a part of the yard I don’t go very often, and school has kept me so busy I haven’t thought about them much. BUT. I went out there a couple of days ago, and they’re miraculously standing upright! Not all the way, but much better than they were. And they’re not wrinkled and squishy anymore. The one still has some rusty colored stuff on it, but it looks much better than it did. It’s pouring rain out right now, or I’d get you some photos.

My little old lady cactus is clearly so much bigger than it was! And, this is probably very wishful thinking, but is this little pink thing a bud?? I know these guys normally have a ring of flowers, so it’s not very likely, but I poked it and it does seem attached, so maybe? I’m hopeful!
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Another photo of it, in all its lopsided glory
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That looks like a flower bud, congratulations!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

That looks like a flower bud, congratulations!

Really?? I’m so excited!!! This little guy has never bloomed in the ten years or so since we’ve had it.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

@TwoCrows @fluffycrow (I’d tag Clouds too, but I know she’ll find this anyway ) The previously flattened cacti are super happy now, as is the other cactus in the same bed. I’m looking forward to cactus flowers!

Unfortunately my little inside one didn’t bloom, I think the flower bud died

 

[fluffycrow]

@TwoCrows @fluffycrow (I’d tag Clouds too, but I know she’ll find this anyway ) The previously flattened cacti are super happy now, as is the other cactus in the same bed. I’m looking forward to cactus flowers!
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Unfortunately my little inside one didn’t bloom, I think the flower bud died

They look fantastic! Glad for TwoCrows’s advice .

Sorry to read about the indoor cactus. Hopefully it blooms later in the season

 

[Backroadlogic]

Is this seed cap damage? This sprout is just a few days old. I've never had rust on my cacti and don't believe I have the fungus. I've grown all but 1 of my cactus from seed