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7george: I love how you are using your basement? window for growing plants as well! But for me, I'd be afraid of kicking the glass when walking on the deck and shattering the glass. Clumsy feet!

Hi, Jerry! Every window is in use, even some of the North facing in the house. I was also lucky to have this deck the size of 2 rooms South side even the neighbors' house troughs a large shade.


Inside the portable GH: it fits about 40 - 50 small or medium sized pots. Raises maximum temps about 20C or more in a sunny day. Others stay indoors or just on the deck.
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From last night.

Against the odds I'm trying to grow some non-hardy Opuntia, maybe ficus-indica. All are my seedlings from the same fruit. Scars are from an early-season frost.

This year's gain is rather fantastic.

Interesting branching after the tip was damaged.

7george wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:53 pm <...> I'm trying to grow some non-hardy Opuntia, maybe ficus-indica. <...>

Indeed ficus-indica. I grew the same one from small segment of commercial monstrose opuntia.

The above Opuntia produced 2 pads from those buds in the past weeks utilising summery weather.


Almost time to bring gentles indoors but I will hold for another week maybe: the forecast is dry & sunny without frost.
My Myrtillocactus grows ~ 1 inch a year, that is the potential of home-pot culture here.

Some mamms are still in bloom with last flowers.

M. boolii.

I used cheap garden greenhouses (lasts 2-3 seasons) before I built polycarbonate summer greenhouse, later one more smaller. I havent possibility to build sll year round GH. Cacti on the window and in GH are like day and night.
But in South in open air is as polar day. ))

Cacti on the window and in GH are like day and night.

I know this. But building and dismantling a solid GH and even evacuating plants in time is a problem for me. So fast seasons change here.


Does one flower make a bloom?


Winter blooms here, a very first bloom for these plants. Mammillaria huitzilopochtli ssp. niduliformis L 1495, about 9 years from seeds.
December is here with snow and cold outside.

Winter sun busts buds & flowers.

See the next post.

Another month rolled, plants started awakening up. Each in its' own way.

Above: Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. bonatzii. Little late this winter.


T. valdesianus.




G. bruchii: bloom lasts at least 1 week.


Even in cold and snowy times.



Almost missed this flower, others coming soon.


This Neoporteria blooms again after had some flowers during last fall.


Source of snow water is unlimited. Not like in Utah, there is no restrictions here.

Nice Mexican miniature cactus and doing well so far away from the desert , well done. I like growing these also.

keith wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 4:35 pm Nice Mexican miniature cactus and doing well so far away from the desert , well done. I like growing these also.

T. valdesianus is not hard to grow: just pick a sunny spot and do not overwater it, dry during the whole winter. I've got mine as grown seedlings, from seed these would be slow in cool climate I guess.

T. valdesianus is not hard to grow: "

Not too bad except when I tried soil less then they rotted so I switched back. The Mammillaria lasiacantha you have is also sensitive and will rot easy.

I have trouble with Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus and alonsoi for some reason still working on it. Not root rot more like stem rot. werid

I also killed some of small ones too so will be waiting with deep water till warm weather in April or May.

The succulents' corner.


Christmas the whole winter...


This Matucana got regular in spring.



Strombos-time!


This was unexpected, and it's still March.
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And one from April 1st. I guess expanding plant after first water cracked the pot.

Matucana paucicostata.



Flowers come one by one... This is the way!


This plant formed its first ever bud and now is hesitating to fade it or to make a flower.



New growth at these seedlings of Notocactus mammulosus. At this stage thinner reddish spines will become white and flat.


Fresh leaves on this Pachypodium too.