Growing outdoors in Sweden

Discuss hardy cacti grown outside all year.
NiklasTyreso
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Location: Enkoping, Sweden, Scandinavia

Re: Growing outdoors in Sweden

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Thanks for that great slide and book, Jerry!

It is a hot summer -21, so most cactuses grow well, like Stetsonia and P. pringeli.

But my small T. passacana that is adapted for living on extreme high and cold altitudes, is unhappy, so i keep it in the fridge in the nights to give it some rest in lower temps!
NiklasTyreso
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Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:14 pm
Location: Enkoping, Sweden, Scandinavia

Re: Growing outdoors in Sweden

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jerrytheplater wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 12:57 am This paperback book by John Spain is the product of his life's study growing winter hardy cacti in cold and wet winter areas. I've met the author personally at a cactus club. He is in his 90's now and no longer gardening. He is an extremely knowledgeable person. Our Forum owner sells it on his site. I can highly recommend it.

https://exoticplantbooks.com/detail/?product_id=122

In fact, the Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society is posting up John's slide shows from the talks he's done on the subject. Here is the link: https://www.ctcactussociety.org/john-spain-slide-shows
Oh!! I miss my old O humifusa!
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