LGBTQ+ Poultry Keepers

[fluffycrow]

Oh and my Opuntia shipped today, better get my gloves ready!!

Just so you know, I'll be expecting that video

 

[TwoCrows]

Maybe keep them under the grow light for a week or two, so that their roots can grow into the pots a bit, and then they should have absolutely no problems!

Thus is a great idea! I have been itching to use my grow lights, now I can give them a try.

 

[TwoCrows]

Just so you know, I'll be expecting that video

If I get prickled, you will no doubt hear me scream all the way to you!

 

[fluffycrow]

Thus is a great idea! I have been itching to use my grow lights, now I can give them a try.

You know what, my brain is playing massive tricks on me. I could've sworn I typed "shade cloth". But, grow lights are actually an equally good plan. Thank you, auto correct me

 

[TwoCrows]

You know what, my brain is playing massive tricks on me. I could've sworn I typed "shade cloth". But, grow lights are actually an equally good plan. Thank you, auto correct me

My brain can read things wrong and it does all the time! So no need to apologize, the shade cloth is hanging there, they are outside enjoying some defused rays as we speak!

 

[fluffycrow]

My brain can read things wrong and it does all the time! So no need to apologize, the shade cloth is hanging there, they are outside enjoying some defused rays as we speak!

Great! In about a week or two, maybe start doing mornings with no shade cloth, until one morning you take them from under the shade cloth, and you never put them back under it

 

[TwoCrows]

Great! In about a week or two, maybe start doing mornings with no shade cloth, until one morning you take them from under the shade cloth, and you never put them back under it

Thanks, I am going to do this! I can't wait to see how they do over the summer.

How are yours doing? Any flowers yet?

Do Lithops need to be wintered over? I have a couple plants that need this done, I've never wintered a plant before. They say if you don't, they can die?

 

[fluffycrow]

Thanks, I am going to do this! I can't wait to see how they do over the summer.

How are yours doing? Any flowers yet?

Do Lithops need to be wintered over? I have a couple plants that need this done, I've never wintered a plant before. They say if you don't, they can die?

You're an amazing succulent owner! By the end of summer, they'll be double their original size!

Mine are doing good. A few flowers, yeah. The echeveria has put out a bloom stock, tha mammillaria is still going, and I had one gymnocalycium and one astrophytum flower. The euphorbia is in bloom year round, and as you know one of my crassula and my haworthias finished blooming quite recently. Expecting some more gymnocalycium and astrophytum blooms, but that's about it. We'll have blooms again in autumn when it'll be time for the lithops to bloom

 

[TwoCrows]

You're an amazing succulent owner! By the end of summer, they'll be double their original size!

Mine are doing good. A few flowers, yeah. The echeveria has put out a bloom stock, tha mammillaria is still going, and I had one gymnocalycium and one astrophytum flower. The euphorbia is in bloom year round, and as you know one of my crassula and my haworthias finished blooming quite recently. Expecting some more gymnocalycium and astrophytum blooms, but that's about it. We'll have blooms again in autumn when it'll be time for the lithops to bloom

Sounds like you are up to your arm pits in flowers! I love a flowering cactus or succulent. My Medusa Head is growing some flower buds and one of my new plants, the Monathes Polyphlla is developing 2 tiny buds! I am super excited to see both of these flower!

So Lithops bloom in the fall? Then they split? I am going to be so nervous to watch them shed!

 

[fluffycrow]

As for overwintering, since I leave them outside 24/7, I overwinter them all. The lithops especially, will go into their no watering season after their blooms fall off, which coincides with winter for us. I don't think there's a need to try and emulate the winter temperatures, but definitely stop water after their blooms fall off. You'll start again when they have finished splitting. There's also no need to deprive them of the sun. That usually applies to plants that get trapped under meters of ice and snow each year, not out warm temperature friends