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globetrottersara · Post by **globetrottersara** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:01 pm

Hi everyone,
I'm Sara from Italy. I'm currently living near Pisa (Tuscany) and I'm a brand new cacti fan. It all started about a month ago, it's like an addiction now

Great site Daiv! Thank you!
Ciao,
s

John C · Post by **John C** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:38 pm

Welcome to the forums!

Hope you have fun and learn a lot!

hegar · Post by **hegar** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:49 pm

Hello Sara,
I too extend a warm welcome! Are you able to grow your cacti in the ground where you live? The low temperatures in the winter months should be high enough to allow growing most cacti outdoors.
Well, I hope you are going to enjoy being a member of this forum.

Harald

globetrottersara · Post by **globetrottersara** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:14 am

Thank you, John and Harald

Yes, I think some could grow well outside. There are quite some ficus-indica (sp?) around, so I guess most of my cacti could be fine outside. But there have been a lot of storms in the past week, so I took them all inside. The attic of my house has a corner with quite some light, I moved the pots there. I wasn't sure it would be okay, but they all seem fine after a week. Maybe I should take a picture of each plant and post them here.
I read some topics about the light. I'm thinking, Winters here can be very humid (like in Portland, OR, to give you an idea) so if I end up keeping them inside, I might need to set up some lighting thing...
We'll see

I had no idea the world of cacti and its fans was so.... HUGE!

Man, I sure have a lot of things to learn!

Happy Sunday everyone

s

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:55 pm

Ciao Sara.

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:34 pm

Hi, Welcome!

globetrottersara · Post by **globetrottersara** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 5:11 pm

Hi Tony and Darryl

This afternoon I took some photos of my plants and set up a quick gallery on a website I haven't updated in quite some time, haha. Well... anyway, I still have to write down the complete names, I think some Lithops are karasmontana, for instance. Plus, I'm not sure of some names.

Ok so, here's the link to the gallery.
I'm planning on adding a short page for each plant, with basic info, not just the bigger photo.

http://thefoolishvet.altervista.org/gal ... page=cacti

If you have any corrections or suggestions, please feel free to write them! I'm a total noob, I started colleting cacti etc. about a month ago, so go figure...

Thank you!!!

s

*Barracuda_52* · Post by ***Barracuda_52*** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:29 pm

globetrottersara wrote: It all started about a month ago, it's like an addiction now

You got that right it is a real addiction

for me its more of a love and passion for these plants.
Hello Sara

and WELCOME, nice to meet you and hope you enjoy it here.

You have a beautiful collection of cacti & succulents. I love Lithops..

*Cuda*

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:43 am

I too say Welcome

. You have a nice collection and the obsession will grow if you hang around here

globetrottersara · Post by **globetrottersara** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:52 am

Dang, it's true... I lost count of the times I thought "Wow, nice! I want that too!!!" while wandering around the site and forum, haha...

I'm gonna 'shoot' a question now...

I'm thinking of keeping the plants outside, but it can be rainy here. I had a look at the hardiness maps and according to the map I found, I'm in Zone 9. Honestly, I haven't really experienced such low temperatures. Looks more like I'm in a zone between 9 and 10.
So... I guess having a greenhouse is doable, but it will probably need some heating in the Winter or I will have to move everything inside for a month or too anyway.

My house has no porch

Any suggestions regarding greenhouses or waterproof corners? I've never had one

Thanks everyone for your comments!

Post by **daiv** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:12 pm

globetrottersara wrote: Great site Daiv! Thank you!

Hey thanks and glad you're here. I guess I get credit for starting the site, but it is the contributions of everyone that MAKES the site! I am still learning too!

But don't worry, you will learn a lot in a short time here if you do search and ask questions. Then before you know it, you will be helping answer other people's questions!

cactuspolecat · Post by **cactuspolecat** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:56 am

Welcome to our forum Sara, I've just had a look at your little collection, you have some really nice plants there.

CP

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