Applying something I learned in my Biology B. Sc. here 🤓 - cacti are succulents, too. Succulescence means thickening of plant tissue for water storage. So an aloe Vera is as much a succulent as a cactus. I think the differentiation is just bc leaves can also be succulent, but for cacti it's usually only the stem tissue that is succulent and they have thorns, which is a variety of a leaf. That's why botanically speaking, roses don't have thorns (but spikes I guess, I didn't study in English though). The drought tolerance can still differ between succulents bc they can originate from more or less arid environments. Hope you enjoy this nerdy plant knowledge as much as I do 😂❤
Love the succulent videos! Just a little tip, I would let succulents/cacti sit in their new soil for at least a day before watering them in. I find that they like some time to callous over any root damage that may have occurred during repotting 😊 I hope to see your succulent collection continue to grow, they are so rewarding! 💚
Hi I love your videos especially this cactus one. Recently been loving them now I have a list to buy thank you. Glad to see you feeling better. Love Melea from Oregon
Succulents were the first type of plant I got into, but I also live in the pacific northwest and I lost many over the winter! I am excited to get to move them back outside for the summer to get some of the good sunshine. I also love my variegated bear paw and any other fuzzy succulent! ❤
I have a baby Stapelia I got from Home Depot for $5 in SW Ontario Canada. Gave it an up pot after watching this video. She had some roots. Can't wait for it to bloom for me
Beautiful collection! One of my favorite hanging jungle cacti is the coral cactus, it sun stresses a beautiful shade of red. I also have a soft spot for lithops, which most people don’t seem to like 😅
I would say that your bear paws probably need more light. Most succulent keeps kept outside as an outdoor plants but since its variegated, I say bright indoor light
Im setting aside some time this weekend for a mass-repotting of my plants who need it! I probably "only" have 30 plants in total, and not all will need repotting, but i am really excited! Spring is well and truly here!
Ayeee always a good day when Fern gives us another video! Hope you're doing well! I just got some fun plants and have been wanting to share with someone lol. I just got a Hoya multiflora variegated, a rare Spathiphyllum 'Galaxy' (Which is only sold by 1 seller in the world who is based out of Hawaii), a Philodendron Florida Beauty, and a Philodendron Golden Dragon. Nothing better than getting in new plants! :D
😁🤙❤...yes. I'd definitely like to see propagating of the 1 succulent w the hitch hiker in it. I thought that was a cactus...mine flowered over winter too...then went very dormant...put under grow lite. I think treating it like a cactus,watering infrequently...may have caused it's slow growth. 🤔😊
@@jimmyna5644 thank you for the suggestions. I’m not sure what kind I had , because it was a gift... friends who made a bet how long will it last in my care ?! 😂☺️ I think a month .maybe...I was impressed with myself
I feel you Fern, I live in the Cascade foothills where it’s basically always cloudy. I just got a grow light last month to see how it went and omg my plants are growing at rapid speeds!! I’m so mad I didn’t do it sooner. 🤣 Especially my pink princess, it’s throwing out tons of leaves with fantastic variegation!
The same thing happened to me when I moved to Portland from SoCal last year. I was resisting getting grow lights cuz they’re ugly and I hate cords lol but in this climate it’s not an option anymore, I finally got some and yeah my plants grew so much over the entire winter, I was so surprised- I’ll be getting more now sure!
Hi. I live in a similar climate (sunwise at least) than you, I dont have a garden and my cacti dont stretch in winter. You need to keep them completly dry (minus the Rhipsalis) and cold (depending on the sp. it can be down to 0°C and lower). The plant will go dormant and can be kept in the darkest spot of your appartement. Most species need this to actually be happy and bloom profusely, other will eventually die without a cold and dry rest. Even my Easter/Thanksgiving/Christmas cacti a COMPLETLY dry duting 4-5 months and kept in a cool and dark place. Same for all my succulents: Stapelia, Cotyledon, Crassula etc... All completly dry and cold for months.
Love a good cacti and succulent repot! Bought a stapelia grandiflora last summer so hoping it flowers for me this autumn like yours did. Another excellent video. Appreciate your content.
OMG I have both of the new succulents you want to get! The Cooperi is gorgeous when you see it in person. Mine was much larger than expected and came with 5 pups...only 3 have survived so far, but they have gotten so large! The Graptopetalum I got as just a leaf and now have a tiny pup! I would also recommend the Pachyphytum Oviferum which looks similar, but is more green with pink hues in the sunlight.
8:35 I had to buy one after seeing your prop. video! And it just makes random warts that turn into tails🤣 the first one I took of it, and it had some sort if roots, so I just planted it back, and its still alive🤭
I have the first two succulents that you repotted. They haven't bloomed yet but are getting more growth. Cannot wait 😂. I did have the variegated lifesaver plant, it was very small but she didn't make it. Will try to get another and see what happens. Love succulents so much.
I love seeing your White Ghost. I just ordered a Huernia Zebrina from Etsy. I am in awe of the bloom. So strange. Love your videos. Missed seeing Olive. Have a good day. 💚🌱💚
I love your cacti & succulents so much! ☺️ Your monkey tail so looking amazing!! 🐒 and love your Euphorbia white ghost 👻 Also obsessed with your variegated Opuntia and little Bear paw🐻🐾 I have the green and the variegated and the green one is definitely a bit hardier I think it's just how they are. But yeah I'd also love to have the other variegated one so I have the full set🤭🤭🤭
I've had the same experience with bear paw succulents - I have both the variegated and the green one. I let them both dry out too much a couple times and the green one bounced back when I started caring for them again whereas the variegated one has just remained kinda unhappy since. It's alive, but not thriving. Also the green one blooms constantly and the variegated one has never bloomed for me!
Yes please make a video on the first plant you repotted :) I have the same one and it did so good on my porch last summer then it slowly went down hill once I brought it in. I live in Ohio so my climate here sucks as well thank gosh it’s spring time. Now I only have a small piece of it left and I would love to see your tips and tricks for growing yours that size!! :) p.s I love your videos and energy!
I really like using a soil scoop or for small pots a table spoon or even tea spoon, I find that makes getting the soil around the plant way easier and I get less soil onto my plants. Just wanted to share. Also the cactus in the grey planter looks like a bunny, with small arms and really long ears :D
Always nice to give love to succulents/cacti. I had the bear paw twice, and I killed them both by overwatering. They are so cute, but not as easy to care for as I thought 😅.
You basically showed it, but It seems that the monkey tail grows more uniformly when the growth is coming directly from the top, so the best way to do it (if all you had was a longer cutting) would be to cut it and let the growth just come from that point over time🤷🏻♀️ So even though it's cool to have that really mature piece, I'd probably cut that one all the way closer to the base and let that regrow and leave the other pieces that have already grown from the top! ❤
Hi Fern! I loved this video and appreciate you sharing your succulent & cacti with us, they are truly so beautiful. I definitely would really love that stapelia grandiflora video. Any/all information you could give us is appreciated cause I would love to make mine bloom this year 🙏
Hello beautiful Fern latelly i been getting in tp succulents but the variegated one i love my rare collection dont get me wrong but my love for variegated Echeveria are real they are stunnigggg💚💚💚💚
omgg i struggle with keeping cacti/succulents happy year-round while living in the PNW too. 🥲🌧️ the only one i’ve gotten pretty good with is my easter cactus lol. your collection is looking beautiful tho! 😊 i hope everything thrives for you this summer. ☀️🌵
I love the monkey tail cactus! When you first showed it here on RUclips I had a dream that I found one growing in a park LOL. Very unlikely when you live in BC, I haven't even seen one in a store here.
I wonder if cactus and succulents would be better in plastic pots rather than clay? My thought process being that clay is very porous making it easier for roots to penetrate.
Hi fern! Can you give some advice on how to propagate euphorbia? I cut an arm off of my enolpa and its been callousing for 4 days now and I have no idea where to go from here
Amiga ,que sorpresa la opuntia, (pencas,tuneras o nopales) yo las odio por sus micro pinchos ,macro molestos aunque sus frutos son muy ricos ,en canarias crecen como arboles ,no esa variedad ,pero en tu region,con la de luz y calor que necesitan la tienes super bien, un saludo y buen fin de semana
Applying something I learned in my Biology B. Sc. here 🤓 - cacti are succulents, too. Succulescence means thickening of plant tissue for water storage. So an aloe Vera is as much a succulent as a cactus. I think the differentiation is just bc leaves can also be succulent, but for cacti it's usually only the stem tissue that is succulent and they have thorns, which is a variety of a leaf. That's why botanically speaking, roses don't have thorns (but spikes I guess, I didn't study in English though). The drought tolerance can still differ between succulents bc they can originate from more or less arid environments.
Hope you enjoy this nerdy plant knowledge as much as I do 😂❤
Love the succulent videos! Just a little tip, I would let succulents/cacti sit in their new soil for at least a day before watering them in. I find that they like some time to callous over any root damage that may have occurred during repotting 😊 I hope to see your succulent collection continue to grow, they are so rewarding! 💚
Ohh good to know 👀 thank you for watching!
For some reason I especially love seeing cacti & succulents get their time to shine! Excited to see how much the stapelia grows this summer! 💚
Same!
The Monkey cactus looks like an octopus! Tentacles and all. It looks soooo good and has so much personality. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING! :)
I just love love love euphorbias. One year ago I avoided succulents and cactus, but now my collection is growing 😅
I cannot keep a variegated bear paw alive 😭😭 I love yours and I’m obsessed with the euphorbia white ghost 😍🫶
Hi, it’s nice seeing this ‘prickly’ part of your collection 🌱
Hi I love your videos especially this cactus one. Recently been loving them now I have a list to buy thank you. Glad to see you feeling better. Love Melea from Oregon
Succulents were the first type of plant I got into, but I also live in the pacific northwest and I lost many over the winter! I am excited to get to move them back outside for the summer to get some of the good sunshine. I also love my variegated bear paw and any other fuzzy succulent! ❤
Those plants are going to thrive in their new pots! Great job!! 🥰
I have a baby Stapelia I got from Home Depot for $5 in SW Ontario Canada. Gave it an up pot after watching this video. She had some roots. Can't wait for it to bloom for me
Your euphorbia white ghost is so pretty and your hair is really pretty, I hope you keep the highlights.!!!❤
Beautiful collection! One of my favorite hanging jungle cacti is the coral cactus, it sun stresses a beautiful shade of red. I also have a soft spot for lithops, which most people don’t seem to like 😅
Oh how I love a good Fern cactus video. Happy day.
All look so beautiful in these new pots👍
💚🌱☘️🌵💚
Thank you! I’m starting on the cactus and succulent journey! I’m starting to love them. Thanks for this RUclips ❤️
I would say that your bear paws probably need more light. Most succulent keeps kept outside as an outdoor plants but since its variegated, I say bright indoor light
Yeah it's not as compact as it should look. Propagating it will achieve the same etiolated plant if she doesn't get a grow light for her succulents.
Im setting aside some time this weekend for a mass-repotting of my plants who need it!
I probably "only" have 30 plants in total, and not all will need repotting, but i am really excited!
Spring is well and truly here!
That sounds like a great weekend to me, enjoy your repotting! 🪴
@@wildfern thank you! 😊 🌿
Love all of the plants shown (and I'm very picky) 🍀
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Your monkey tail cactus looks so cool! Paint some eyes on the pot and it'll look like an octopus! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
so true hahah 🐙
Ayeee always a good day when Fern gives us another video! Hope you're doing well! I just got some fun plants and have been wanting to share with someone lol. I just got a Hoya multiflora variegated, a rare Spathiphyllum 'Galaxy' (Which is only sold by 1 seller in the world who is based out of Hawaii), a Philodendron Florida Beauty, and a Philodendron Golden Dragon. Nothing better than getting in new plants! :D
yesss a stapelia video would be sick!! 🤩
😃😃
giving me the energy to finally repot and refresh some of my succulent babies :)
Woot woot! Just sat down with a hot cup of tea! Can’t wait to see them all :)
Lol the plant shower at the end was a cute outro. I love my succulents/cactus too… variety is nice.
I love ending in the shower😂
😁🤙❤...yes. I'd definitely like to see propagating of the 1 succulent w the hitch hiker in it. I thought that was a cactus...mine flowered over winter too...then went very dormant...put under grow lite. I think treating it like a cactus,watering infrequently...may have caused it's slow growth. 🤔😊
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I can’t even keep a succulent alive...but I enjoy watching your podcasts ...and I also love your hair ❤
Grow lights!! But also choosing less picky succulents 😂. Haworthias, euphorbias, cacti, aloes, and kalanchoes are all super easy.
@@jimmyna5644 thank you for the suggestions. I’m not sure what kind I had , because it was a gift... friends who made a bet how long will it last in my care ?! 😂☺️ I think a month .maybe...I was impressed with myself
@@hebulanebula that's good! I killed a begonia in 1 week 🤣
@@jimmyna5644 you win 😆 lol
LOVE the monkeytail cactus! I bought 1 from CSN and its just a singular stem but I love it! It sits beside my "booby" cactus 😁
I freaking love your hair in this video. Ugh!! So gorgeous ❤
Oh thank you so much 🥺🥺
Love the succulent and LOVE your hair!!! It suits you so well.
Love how cacti always have so much character with their little arms 😂
right!! lil cuties
They all look so amazing!!
Thank you 🥺🥰
Hi Fern hope you are well loving your baby's 😊
loved this video. you are a joy to watch. the info is good to, but there is something about you that is quite charming.
this is so sweet, thank you 🥺
Yes to stapelia propagation video! i would also love one on rhipsalis propagation... I can't seem to prop mine very well!
I agree! I would love those videos too 😊
I usually poke the bottom hole with a chopsticks to help get the plant out from the pots. It helps a lot than strangling them 😅
I do this too when they're not adhered to the side 😃
Well, my wish list just got longer. 🤣🌵
I feel you Fern, I live in the Cascade foothills where it’s basically always cloudy. I just got a grow light last month to see how it went and omg my plants are growing at rapid speeds!! I’m so mad I didn’t do it sooner. 🤣 Especially my pink princess, it’s throwing out tons of leaves with fantastic variegation!
The same thing happened to me when I moved to Portland from SoCal last year. I was resisting getting grow lights cuz they’re ugly and I hate cords lol but in this climate it’s not an option anymore, I finally got some and yeah my plants grew so much over the entire winter, I was so surprised- I’ll be getting more now sure!
@@MilesToGoGo I was encouraged when Fern said the cheap ones from Amazon work well. She was right! I really didn’t want to fork out a ton of money. 😅
Hi. I live in a similar climate (sunwise at least) than you, I dont have a garden and my cacti dont stretch in winter. You need to keep them completly dry (minus the Rhipsalis) and cold (depending on the sp. it can be down to 0°C and lower). The plant will go dormant and can be kept in the darkest spot of your appartement. Most species need this to actually be happy and bloom profusely, other will eventually die without a cold and dry rest.
Even my Easter/Thanksgiving/Christmas cacti a COMPLETLY dry duting 4-5 months and kept in a cool and dark place.
Same for all my succulents: Stapelia, Cotyledon, Crassula etc... All completly dry and cold for months.
Thank you so much for this!! I've been wondering about how to overwinter them like this. I appreciate the info.
Love a good cacti and succulent repot! Bought a stapelia grandiflora last summer so hoping it flowers for me this autumn like yours did. Another excellent video. Appreciate your content.
I love your collection of cacti and succulents! So much variation in shape, size and colours ❤❤
Best way to relax after work❤️
That pot/plant combo for the variegated opuntia 👌🏼
All of your cacti and succulents are so unique. Love them all! Perfect plant/pot combos.
Thank you so much 🥺
Love the Monkey Tail.. I have a Dog Tail that I really need to repot but I'm so afraid.
Hi Fern! I love your cacti and succulent videos. I always try to eye up how they’re doing in the background when you’re doing plant tours 😂👀
Awe so glad you liked it ☺️ thank you haha!
my euphorbia white ghost just started growing after at least a year of nothing and I’m excited with you 🖤
I accually love that crazy monkeytail cactus. It looks very special and unique😍
Thank you soooo much for doing a video on cacti and succulents! I love them all and always look for Utubers to give some love to them !
oh you're so welcome - glad you enjoyed!!
OMG I have both of the new succulents you want to get! The Cooperi is gorgeous when you see it in person. Mine was much larger than expected and came with 5 pups...only 3 have survived so far, but they have gotten so large!
The Graptopetalum I got as just a leaf and now have a tiny pup! I would also recommend the Pachyphytum Oviferum which looks similar, but is more green with pink hues in the sunlight.
8:35 I had to buy one after seeing your prop. video! And it just makes random warts that turn into tails🤣 the first one I took of it, and it had some sort if roots, so I just planted it back, and its still alive🤭
I trimmed some of my rats tail cactus stems because they were quite thin looking and it branched which was exciting and looks great.
I have the first two succulents that you repotted. They haven't bloomed yet but are getting more growth. Cannot wait 😂. I did have the variegated lifesaver plant, it was very small but she didn't make it. Will try to get another and see what happens. Love succulents so much.
I love seeing your White Ghost. I just ordered a Huernia Zebrina from Etsy. I am in awe of the bloom. So strange. Love your videos. Missed seeing Olive. Have a good day. 💚🌱💚
Yes i always take a knife orsticj around the pot 1 st lol
Watching you makes me SEARCH for something to re-pot 😭
hahaha!! love it
Can’t wait to see your hitchhiking plant turns out to be.
I love your cacti & succulents so much! ☺️ Your monkey tail so looking amazing!! 🐒 and love your Euphorbia white ghost 👻 Also obsessed with your variegated Opuntia and little Bear paw🐻🐾 I have the green and the variegated and the green one is definitely a bit hardier I think it's just how they are. But yeah I'd also love to have the other variegated one so I have the full set🤭🤭🤭
I've had the same experience with bear paw succulents - I have both the variegated and the green one. I let them both dry out too much a couple times and the green one bounced back when I started caring for them again whereas the variegated one has just remained kinda unhappy since. It's alive, but not thriving. Also the green one blooms constantly and the variegated one has never bloomed for me!
Whoa! You're so brave for handling that Opuntia without gloves 🌵
Hahaha 😅
I think the opuntia looks so good in that pot!
Omg that bear bar is magical ❤❤❤ I hope it makes a full recovery
Yes please make a video on the first plant you repotted :) I have the same one and it did so good on my porch last summer then it slowly went down hill once I brought it in. I live in Ohio so my climate here sucks as well thank gosh it’s spring time. Now I only have a small piece of it left and I would love to see your tips and tricks for growing yours that size!! :) p.s I love your videos and energy!
thank you so much for watching 🙆♀️
I really like using a soil scoop or for small pots a table spoon or even tea spoon, I find that makes getting the soil around the plant way easier and I get less soil onto my plants. Just wanted to share. Also the cactus in the grey planter looks like a bunny, with small arms and really long ears :D
Ah yes good idea, I definitely could have used a spoon haha 😅
Loooved this video, your pot choices and ofcourse cutie succulents and cacti! Now I need to look for some new babies I guess...
Oh thank you 🥰🥰
You could put the bear paw cactus outside during the summer. Some place where it got some shade in the hottest part of the day.
Your variegated huernia is so cool. I never see these for sale. Adding to wishlist for sure!
you need one 😃 the variegation is so perrtyyyy
I’m not much for cactus and succulents but your collection makes me want some.
i looooove re potting videos
Always nice to give love to succulents/cacti. I had the bear paw twice, and I killed them both by overwatering. They are so cute, but not as easy to care for as I thought 😅.
I need a bear paw 😍
Hi, for your cactus with thorns you can use large tweezers to avoid urting your fingers. Also, how's the cabinet doing after the changes you made?
I love your videos they make my entire day so much better
Cotyledon tomentosa propagates really easily, I just take a cutting and root in water, it takes no more than 2 weeks to be potted.
You basically showed it, but It seems that the monkey tail grows more uniformly when the growth is coming directly from the top, so the best way to do it (if all you had was a longer cutting) would be to cut it and let the growth just come from that point over time🤷🏻♀️ So even though it's cool to have that really mature piece, I'd probably cut that one all the way closer to the base and let that regrow and leave the other pieces that have already grown from the top! ❤
I was thinking of doing this.. I might go for it when I repot it in a month or so. I think it will look so much better.
I would love to have a propagating video of your monkey tail succulent. Please! 🤣❤️🤣
Hi Fern! I loved this video and appreciate you sharing your succulent & cacti with us, they are truly so beautiful. I definitely would really love that stapelia grandiflora video. Any/all information you could give us is appreciated cause I would love to make mine bloom this year 🙏
Hello beautiful Fern latelly i been getting in tp succulents but the variegated one i love my rare collection dont get me wrong but my love for variegated Echeveria are real they are stunnigggg💚💚💚💚
Oh yes those are gorgeous! Thank you so much for watching 🫶
yay, a succulent video
Oooo they look so good Fern 😍🌱 You’re making me want to get more succulents ahahaha 🪷
they're so fun n cute 😃😃
omgg i struggle with keeping cacti/succulents happy year-round while living in the PNW too. 🥲🌧️ the only one i’ve gotten pretty good with is my easter cactus lol. your collection is looking beautiful tho! 😊 i hope everything thrives for you this summer. ☀️🌵
awe yeah it's a struggle out here lol ☔️ thank you for watching!
Hey Fern, have you ever thought about selling your homegrown plants? Spread the love yk? 🌿
I’m too clumsy to own cactus. I would have like 30 spines in my finger each time I go close to it, haha. But that last one is beautiful!!
I’m in PNW too. Maybe that’s why my succulents hate me lol. I’m trying sooo hard! Thank you for your videos, they help alot
You're welcome 🫶 They can be kind of tricky! And I find they don't recover from stress super well.
I also only one have south window! Ugh sooo stupid.
That white cactus of yours is wild, it looks like it's been dipped in white chocolate 🤯🍫
I love the monkey tail cactus! When you first showed it here on RUclips I had a dream that I found one growing in a park LOL. Very unlikely when you live in BC, I haven't even seen one in a store here.
oh my gosh that dream is amazing hahaha
I got a variegated bear paw the other day and it smells like honey. I can’t stop sniffing it lolll
If you don’t have an aloe you should consider getting one. Not aloe Vera but a hybrid!
I wonder if cactus and succulents would be better in plastic pots rather than clay? My thought process being that clay is very porous making it easier for roots to penetrate.
I think haworthias will thrive more in your environment than cacti because they only need low light and grow in colder climates.
Yayyy Medusa's back !
Haha!!
I sympatuise with your climate woes. WhereI live, from November to March, we live under a thick layer of cloud :(
I’m propagating my bear paw by leaf and I thiiink it’s going OK? I gave it a wiggle yesterday and it seems rooted so will keep you posted! 🤞🏻
That's so awesome! Yes let me know :)
Hi fern! Can you give some advice on how to propagate euphorbia? I cut an arm off of my enolpa and its been callousing for 4 days now and I have no idea where to go from here
Oh my God, I love your monkey tail!! It's amazing. But when you feel like you should cut it then you definitely should ❤❤
Thank you ☺️☺️
You have a unique monkey tail cactus. Keep it. But it sounds like it needs repot it.
I love the Opuntia but those spines scare me a little. I was scared for you handling it 😮
Amiga ,que sorpresa la opuntia, (pencas,tuneras o nopales) yo las odio por sus micro pinchos ,macro molestos aunque sus frutos son muy ricos ,en canarias crecen como arboles ,no esa variedad ,pero en tu region,con la de luz y calor que necesitan la tienes super bien, un saludo y buen fin de semana