Good places to get Cactus

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:15 pm

Nope still waiting

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:52 am

That's too bad. They've got good stuff there for a good price.

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Sun May 20, 2007 12:34 am

Got my first Miles to Go order today, and I must say the plants are the best size and quality I've ever ordered.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun May 20, 2007 2:50 am

Cool. What did you get?

Mark

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Sun May 20, 2007 5:23 am

Some Discocactus, Melocactus, etc.

Mark, you know from the small plants that I sent you, even though they are 18 months old, that it takes lots of TLC to get plants to a large, blooming size.

The cactus that I got from Miles must have been three years old at least, and paying 4-6 bucks for them is VERY little for what it cost to get them to that size.

Sorry, but I couldn't do it. It's just too easy to make money without that effort. But I plan on ordering cactus from him again, as long as he's willing to keep in business.

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Sun May 20, 2007 2:50 pm

Planted my first seed order from Mesa Gardens. Checked today, all 20 species germinated, which shows fresh seed. Cheap, generous amount of seed as well.

Still no word on Smoley's?

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:45 pm

TimV wrote:
Still no word on Smoley's?

Well....first I would like to say,that I hope this is
just one of those things that happens NOT to often
and my case is just 1 of 1000.......

So I will give the short on MY order and these points have been brought to Mr Smoley's attention with no response

1.Got my first order after a 10 week wait.

2.Did not get the 3of4 Aztekium's he said were in stock when I placed my order.(now on B/O)

3.Sent 6 C.dura instead of 6 C.cinerea
(and I marked no sub's on the order)

4.VERY small plant's,of poor quality

5.Placed my second order on March 2nd...and still waiting.

Bob

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Sun May 20, 2007 6:28 pm

Hi Tim- I met Miles at the San Diego Show and Sale a few years ago and he said he's got a system where he gets his plants to really zoom to the sizes he sells, mostly because of the Arizona climate, etc. But you're right even so, the investment is high when it comes to growing cacti of a respectable size.

peterb

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon May 21, 2007 1:50 am

Oh. Tim I still haven't recieved the plants. Did you already send them?

Mark

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:05 am

Oh, dear. They went out over a week ago priority.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue May 22, 2007 2:26 am

Oh they did.

Mark

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:21 am

So far from this board good trades with Mark and Daiv.

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:21 pm

It's been about 6 months or so but I have
purchased some nice hard to find plant's
from oldmancactus.com

I did put in my first orders to Shoal creek and
High country gardens this week.
I see that Arid Jungle on Ebay is closed
up

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:35 pm

Hi- what did you order from High Country Gardens? Just curious...as I may have sown the seed.

peterb

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:41 pm

Hey Peterb,I ordered the
Agave toumeyana v. bella
They look like a nice little Agave
Bob