Succulent Care and Education
Get to know what Scale bugs look like and how to rid your cactus of these pests. Also see how to check your roots for health. The featured cactus is a Notocactus uebelmannianus, one of my favorite favorites! Lots of macro shots and close ups to get you familiar with this common succulent and cacti pest. Continue reading “How to Treat a Cactus for Scale”
Dividing and separating various offsets and new growth on several types of succulents, plus an update on the Echeveria subsessilis I topped back in the February video on repairing stretched and damaged succulents.
Continue reading “How to separate and divide succulent offsets and stem babies… round 2!”
How to Pollinate a Cactus flower, including a mini time lapse of them blooming and some macro views!
Continue reading “How to Pollinate a Cactus Flower (and watching them bloom)”
Meet the plants in my succulent and cacti garden featured in my previous video ‘How to Build a Cacti and Succulent Garden’
This is a bonus post to show and tell the backstory to the garden featured in my latest video ‘How to Build a Cacti and Succulent Garden.‘
We moved to our new house in the summer of 2016. Not long after I settled in, I was given some big prickly pear pads from a lovely local Houstonian who has an amazing xeriscaped front yard. Seeing her accomplishment flourish inspired me to try my hand at a much smaller-scaled cacti garden.
Continue reading “Succulent and cacti garden progress in Houston, Texas”
Today I’m showing you a (sped-up) demo of how to repot a big sharp cactus without getting pricked (too much). Continue reading “How to Repot a Big Sharp Cactus”
Today we’re talkin’ dirty! Here’s a video demo showing how and what I use to make a high drainage mix for cacti and succulents.
Continue reading “A Dirty Video: How to make your own succulent and cacti soil”
Growing cacti from seed is easy and rewarding! It takes patience and a few guidelines to start cactus seeds.
This is a macro video demonstrating how to remove the fruit and harvest the seeds from a cactus (Species is Mammillaria Haageana). This variety does bear edible fruit known as Chilitos, and I did taste it afterwards! A bit underripe, sour, no distinct flavors just yet..but not unpleasant!
Continue reading “Video: How to Harvest Seeds from Cactus Fruit”