Brought one pot of Aloe Vera to the office and it looks like the cacti-fever is back in me. This is my favourite forum and community... hope to share more this round. Been moving around and lost some of my collection but those with me are mostly old and tough ones.

Greetings..Rabbit here from Malaysia, a place with only summer. (Any neighbours here?) Offically joined here by Jun 17, which I happend to just saw it just now, a big thank you for letting me in! I'm really talkative newbie girl with three unknown species of succulents, and kinda a really young mem...

Just a quick update. Those that germinated are still growing, slowly. I have only lost one to date. Will post pictures soon. Wondering when I should start feeding?

ahhhh... mine usually becomes brittle in about four or five years. In a way it forces me to re-pot so I guess it's not too bad a thing. I grow all my cactus outdoors.

I've only lost two seedlings so far. About 50% germination from the seeds I got.
All of them, both ones that start out green and white have turned purple/red. Is that okay of are they stressed out? It's difficult to get a good picture because they are so tiny.
Any advise is much appreciated.

ShaZ

Nice Karin. Be sure to post updates okay. I am interested to know how your babies turn out.

ShaZ

Nice one iann. Is that just the top layer or the whole pot has that medium?

ShaZ

I have been watering and checking. It doesn't appear to be rotting but doesn't appear to be doing much of anything. Any advice?

I leave my cactus out in the rain (I almost never have to water unless I am feeding). The only ones that stays on the porch out of the rain is the lithops and conos. But I live in Malaysia so it might be different from where you guys are.

There's this chain store from Japan that started a chain in Malaysia and sells everything for MYR5 (approx. USD1.5) and they have a lot of nice looking plastic pots. I bought a couple and I am quite happy with how everything looks after re-potting. the pots are quite thick too. I have to admit that ...

No its just age/maturity, its just what they do. Just carry on with what your doing that gymno looks great. They're both just showing the signs of growing old, I'd say. Corking on the Gymno. and shrivelling tubercles on the Mamm. :P That's a relief... so they are just having cactus "wrinkles&q...

CactusFanDan wrote:Tesco cat litter does produce exceptional roots, but that can be a problem when repotting, as it makes your plants take up more space after putting them in a pot big enough to accommodate all those roots!

It's a good problem to have though...

haha... cool!
no fruit on my side yet. hope yours do make it though.

Send them here hendry. Hehe

Yeah I called Tesco and they only bring in the grey mushy type nowadays. I will recycle the TKL and wash it like you suggest. Thanks Dave. Thanks hoteidoc. I've seen similar root developments on my other cactus planted in TKL too so I guess it must be the TKL. I am starting on the oil absorbent so I...