My name is Bruno and i live in Portugal. I am a brand new cactus lover, and even though it's beeen all very recent, i can safelly say i am completly hooked!!
Last week i bought my first cacti, (5 to be exact), and ever since i have been doing my best to know more about cacti so i can grow them properly, and the more i learn about cacti, the more interested and fascinated i am by them.
Of the 5 cacti i bought i only knew the indentity of two right from the beggining, one is a lopho williamsii (my favorite), and the other is which is normally called a San Pedro cacti...or so i though, because after doing some searching i discovered that the cacti i bought, that i though to be a san pedro, and was labelled as such is actually a Peruvian Torch (Echinopsis peruviana).
Also i eventually discovered the identity of 2 other cacti...one i belive is a Stenocactus multicostatus, and the other is a Hoodia Gordonii. One still remains unidentified.
Now as a newbie that as days go by discoveres something new every day that either leaves me intrigued (finding that my san pedro aint a san pedro) or worried (finding the hoodia produces a flower that smells of carrion
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1- I live in a flat, which only has two fronts...the main is faced east the other north. My cacty are in a window faced east, which means that as early as 7:30am to about noon they are bombarded with wondefull and direct sunlight. Is east a good bet? Are those roughly 4h of direct sunlight enough for a ealthy growth of my cacti?
2- I am using "comercial soil for cacti" which dosen't have alot of sand in it. I have read in several places that cacti should be watered from once a weak in summer, to once every 2 months in winter, but from what i understand alot of those advices came from pleople that actually "make" their own cactus soil...so what do you guys recon, is roughly the best "watering schedule" to be applied for comercial cactus soil?
3- I have repotted all my cacti, but i did not watered them, as i have read it should not be done, because the roots might start to rot...how long should i wait?
4- What is roughly the expect growth speed of a Peruvian Torch?
Thank you all for your time
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