Slow Chollas

cactoman · Post by **cactoman** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:20 am

My C. imbricatas have plumped up and are nice and green, but, they show no sign whatever of new growth into July. I am in Western Washington state, the Spring and summer have been cool until a few days ago... any ideas?

Ed J
the CACTOMAN

Post by **daiv** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:18 pm

Is this their first year since cuttings? Maybe they are working on roots. Certainly once they start growing, they should put on new stems every spring.

cactoman · Post by **cactoman** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:53 pm

No, one of them has been in the ground for 6 years, the other was gathered a year ago with its entire root ball...

Post by **daiv** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:05 pm

Yeah, that is a bit strange, although not unheard of. The only thing you can really do is dig it up and look at the roots. See if there might be a problem underneath. Otherwise, you just have to wait for it to do its thing. Either option is less than satisfactory, I realize.