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I’ve decided to make a thread. I’ll try and keep it updated. Little info I live in Southern California and mostly grow Mexican and columnar stuff

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Amazing plants!

Here’s one of the larger ones I saw in the valle de gigantes. Little bit north of Puertocitos, Baja California

Vincent

I like all the photos and cactus that you selected

Congratulations

First time for the thelocactus macdowellii flowering and also first time for the gymnocactus pushing 4 flowers

You have a very nice collection,indeed. All the plants look very healthy. Do you grow them in a soilless mix or is this the top dressing?
Also, can you tell me which Gymnocactus is in the last photo? It has very intense coloured flowers. And am I right to guess it is Glandulicactus uncinatus we see in a photo at 01/04?

Amazing thelocactus! Did you grow it from seed?

Beautiful plants indeed. But you have the sun intensity to grow them beautifully...!

spok wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 11:19 am You have a very nice collection,indeed. All the plants look very healthy. Do you grow them in a soilless mix or is this the top dressing?
Also, can you tell me which Gymnocactus is in the last photo? It has very intense coloured flowers. And am I right to guess it is Glandulicactus uncinatus we see in a photo at 01/04?

Just a top dressing.. I mix it in the soil tho with pumice too.. yes that one is a Glandulicactus

ElieEstephane wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 2:50 pm Amazing thelocactus! Did you grow it from seed?

No but I have had it for a while. It’s a slow grower for me

Some random pictures. All the “blue ones” are getting to flower, all the fero gracilis are showing real nice growth. And my cholla growing a new head. I found this one on the side of the road in Arizona

Also Cochemiea Halei growing a new head or arm whatever you’d call it ha. This is in my top 5 favorite cactus

Hello Vincent,
I agree with the previous posters: you certainly do have nice and healthy looking plants. That Gymnocactus with the deep pink flowers and the Turbinicarpus (first image) are my favorites thus far.
One question: How do you handle the cholla? Their spines attach easily to you and will not let go. I am using heavy duty leather gloves, but even those are not allowing effortless handling of that plant. I was thinking of perhaps purchasing "butcher gloves", those that do have some wire mesh. I also do have a long handled tongs to grab and hold onto some of the cacti and a fish hook remover (disgorger) for weeding near a cactus with ferocious spines.

Harald