Meet the plants in my succulent and cacti garden featured in my previous video ‘How to Build a Cacti and Succulent Garden’
Succulent and Cactus IDs from my Garden
How to Build a Cacti and Succulent Garden
How to Take Succulent Cuttings
How to take succulent cuttings and a bit of ‘shop’ talk about my experimental in-ground succulent garden.
How to Repair Stretched and Damaged Succulents
Learn how to repair succulents that have become stretched (etiolated) from insufficient sunlight, and those that have been damaged by sun, overwatering, etc. Demonstrating with an Echeveria subsessilis and Echeveria agavoides.
How to Repot a Big Sharp Cactus
Today I’m showing you a (sped-up) demo of how to repot a big sharp cactus without getting pricked (too much). Continue… “How to Repot a Big Sharp Cactus”
A Dirty Video: How to make your own succulent and cacti soil
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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.
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Video Demo: Starting cacti from seeds
Growing cacti from seed is easy and rewarding! It takes patience and a few guidelines to start cactus seeds.
Video: How to Harvest Seeds from Cactus Fruit
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!
Video: Ants on your Plants? Might mean Mealybugs…Let’s fix that STAT!
Note: This is shot with a macro lens- objects on screen are much smaller in real life 😉 Watch in full screen for a good time 😉
If you see little ants on your succulents and other plants, stop and follow them…many ant species will lead you straight to a pile of mealybugs before you even notice them on your plants!
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Video: How to Separate Succulents
Filmed under a macro lens and grow lights: Watch this quick demonstration on how to separate baby succulents from the main plant, including: Haworthia Fasciata ‘Zebra’ (0:17), Echeveria Prolifica (not pulidonis…) (01:44) and an Echeveria Lola. Also includes a ‘potting’ demo when we repot the Lola (08:45).