cactus care for beginners | Bunny Ears Propagation - Opuntia Microdasys -
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This is cactus care for beginners video. Succulents and cactus care video designed for beginners. WARNING to beginners! : Be careful when handling cactus by hand. Use gloves or tweezers when handling succulents and cactus. Take extra care when handling for thorns and bristles for fly your way. Many beginners in Succulents and Cactus loves to care for these cactus and succulents for their beauty. So I made this succulents and cactus care video series for a beginners detailed step by step care tutorial how to propagate Bunny Ears Cactus Succulents, also known as Opuntia Microdasys. Result shown at the end of the video so please make sure to watch until the end. For beginners like you in cactus and succulents care are this channel is all about
Please subscribe, like and share :)
Here's the cactus watering care link as mentioned: • SUCCULENTS and CACTUS ...
If you want to know all the videos in this series, here they are:
Part 1: • cactus care for beginn...
Part 2: • Bunny Ears Cactus Prop...
Part 3: • Bunny Ears Cactus Prop...
BUY Soil Moisture Meter: amzn.to/3NUxHB1
BUY Heavy Duty Alloy Garden Tools Set: amzn.to/3OfvOAa
BUY Cacti and Succulents Handbook: amzn.to/3NW4AND
BUY The Succulent Manual: amzn.to/3XVkUCT
BUY Grow Light: amzn.to/3QgTMNd
BUY Tall Round Planters Set of 2: amzn.to/3Q4zvdD
BUY 2 Tall Outdoor Planters: amzn.to/44DyxsK
BUY 4 inches Square Nursery pots: amzn.to/43s4OSn
BUY Succulent Plant Food: amzn.to/3PXiBgG
BUY Fungicide & Insecticide: amzn.to/43sgsNa
BUY Rooting Hormone: amzn.to/3Di5Oy6
BUY Greenhouse: amzn.to/44jv7eV
![CHILE vs. BRASIL [1-2] | RESUMEN | ELIMINATORIAS SUDAMERICANAS | FECHA 9](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ObJt_71AYc/mqdefault.jpg)
Wow. I was really shocked at how quickly the roots grew over 2 weeks. Much faster than if you just lay them out and wait for them to grow a tiny root.
Hi SuzyQue, thanks for watching! :) The secret here is the misting, it encourages the roots to grow faster and earlier
Do you have to mist it every day or once in three days? Please I'd like to know more about how to grow these plants, and I am a beginner.
Thank u for sharing your vedio god bless
@@daisypastrana9661 😊
Whenever I touch mine I get like 10 spines in my finger and they never all come out
Your hands might be too soft to hold them. I would suggest to use gloves. My hand is hard enough to handle the glochids :)
Kk
Mine would srsly get itchy and would sting
Peppermint_Tea sameeeee i use tweezers to remove them and then i wash my handsss
Shhhhhsss iron hand for these suckers!😂💀😂
Step 1: Go to Lowe's
Step 2: Look at the floor
Step 3: Grab the props
Step 4: Stick 'em in dirt and profit
Lol hahahah funny :)
Did this yesterday 😂 left with so many plants some already rooting
Lol. I like it
Excellent, very helpful thank you. I'll be doing this but with gloves on, I'm not as brave as you :)
Elmer’s glue works awesome for cactus thorns. Just put it on the affected area, let dry, and pull it off!
@@AsianInvasions lol thank you cause i just got a whole bunch stuck in my hand
@@Faihhiee95 Ouch!
Lmao I'm actually plucking one by one the small thorns on my fingers rn. Im new to bunny ears so I learned the hard way
I'll try the Elmer's glue and see if it works😉
This is a great tutorial! I was just gonna chuck it in a pot with some water, but this way is much better! ☀️
I did the same just last night but after watching this video I took them out to give this way a try 😅
NEVER EVER touch Bunny cactus without wearing gloves. The glochids are barbs thinner than hair and numerous numbers of them will embed themselves in your skin, causing a lot of irritation.
I was watching them grab the cactus with his bare hands with my mouth agape, and came running to the comments to find this comment to ease my mind. I knew surely I couldn't have been the only one in complete shock watching the horror. otherwise it was a very informative video. Thank you kindly for also sharing this concern.
I literally handle them all the time without gloves. The bards are less painful than a splinter.
I’ve handled it without gloves but maybe it was because it was a younger plant, the barbs didn’t get in my fingers.
They suck when they get in your eyes and under your nails. If you have a beard and they get in your facial hair, you have to deal with em for several showers...
Planted and replanted without gloves or anything. The spikes are rather soft and harmless, but if you DO get painful irritation from cacti just place your hands in hot water, the heat makes the gentle spike structle to dissipate,and irritation under skin will eventually pass
Great video.. Soo no direct sun for 4-6 wks???
Very helpful video , great quality and enough detail aswell 👍
joel
Informative video, good job. Would have been also helpful to make mention of the soil used/ require. In my opinion-
Two notes: I heard that if you mist these cacti with water then the spines become super heavy and don’t stick you as much. At least It will weigh them down and prevent them from becoming airborne and dislodged from the plant. And another thing, all species of cacti will regenerate a new plant from just one areole, the place where the spines grow out of. You could literally lay a pad on the ground and it will root into the ground. As long as you ignore it LOL
Basically you can chop up a cactus into 1 billion pieces and Simply lay them on dry soil in the shade; watch them re-grow and make roots.
Great video! 👏👏👏 very well done! Thank you for sharing! ❤️😍
Hey my opuntia quitensis propagation is a huge success at first it was slow but now it's roots are growing and multiplying very quickly than I thought
James Mercier nicely done :)
Thanks ! Looks very easy as you've shown. I will likely try this soon with mine.
How frequently do you mist it in the pot?
Our video is well made.and it's nice to talk as you explain this video.
😀
your videos are great and its easy to follow
Very simple and easy! I will try it. Thank you
No gloves???!!! 😮
Yes, no gloves. This is an opuntia "microdasys" - the dwarf version. On my end, its just fine to touch it as long as you don't press it hard. It is different from the thorny prickly pears or "Opuntia" - the big version. Wearing gloves is best, but this is just my personal preference :)
Weird. I'm just the opposite; the big thorns I can deal with and avoid a lot better than the tiny prickly hairs that get into your skin at the slightest provocation. I was cringing every time I saw you twisting the pads.
Hi Steven, thank you for your comment. It really depends on personal preference, I can handle both bristle hairs and big thorns by hand :) and I'm used to it, so it hinders me doing these things with something on. I might wear something in the future so some viewers can concentrate on the process rather than on the thorns heheheheh!
Good thing to know this,must try in our bunny cactus here at hoem
thank you! I'll try this on my free time 😁
What kind of soil is needed for the initial stage ...sand or cocopeat is helpful???
Great video, I’m definitely going to try it, but I think I’ll wear gloves 😅
How to deal with dried deterirated part of opuntia
Very beautiful plant
Hello, how often do you recommend misting the plant a week in the beginning stage? Thank you!
When can it return to sunlight? Thanks x stay safe and nice video
Wow. No gloves. Brave.
Great video! I do have a couple questions. We recently moved, I put the pot in a room and forgot about it for 2-3 months. There are 3-4 in the pot, each having grown maybe 8" with all the lobes. Just noticed the base lobe (in the dirt) is basically rotted and brown, but the rest is fine. Another, a middle lobe is soft and yellow and the rest is fine. I'd be inclined to separate the bad parts and replant the good parts, but wasn't sure if they'd survive with regrowing root systems. The video makes me think they grow pretty fast. Help and thanks!
I can send pictures, but not sure how on RUclips! 😶🤔🌵😍
Try to observe if the rot progress then you might like to remove the bad parts. If that bad part has recoevered from damage - no need to remove it :)
Thank you for sharing this video 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 goood bless teacher expert
So nice of you
Hi! Watched your video a lot of times, should i moist the soil for 24 hours a day?
We have the same question :((
were spikes were not hurting you ?
I love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Pamela THE SOUTHERN BELLE thank you, happy to know you like our videos :)
Great video, could you tell me about the soil that you used to start to grow the roots?
Hi Marcio Luan, thanks for watching and for the comments. This is a regular soil. But I am working on a video about soil types and its use :)
Ur talking to a computer allexcer would have answered ur query
Nice..i got an idea on how to plant new cactus..godbless
Hello great video! very helpful. Also did you use any root hormone here? and in what cases it is advisable to use hormone? TIA, Regards.
Abhishek Patil - hi, no I did not use rooting hormone here. If you use rooting hormone, your succulents will get more established faster.
When is it advisable? - it's just a matter of preference. If you have rooting hormone, its great to use it always.
Please be adviced that there are types of rooting hormones not suitable for succulents
Okay. Just starting with the process. Thanks a ton!
Awesome video, thank you!
Thank you! We have more upcoming propagation videos!
Hi. Would you happen to know why my cactus pads won't root after 3 weeks? I've misted the soil. Thanks!
I have a lot of elongated pads i will be removing - can any of them be used for new plant? I mean, can they be used despite their shape, is that somehow fixable?
@@anne_vvv yes they can be planted and when exposed to full sun, new growth will not be elongated
It can be potted deeper to cover up its shape :) thanks for watching!
I have a bunny ear cactus infested by mealybug. After sterilizing it with 70% isopropyl alcohol, the main was in very bad shape to survive. I took the three small ears (about 1cm in length) off in a hope of propagating them. They are not very infested, but I sprayed them with alcohol and tried physically remove the bugs as well. I live in the DC area in USA. It is now 3 days from November. Would you suggest to let them sit through the winter and propagate them in spring or I can just do it now? I live in an apartment with southwest facing window. In mid winter, the room temperature will be kept at around 62-64F. Thanks for your suggestion!
Can i proppgate using the new growth of my plant? New growth is quite long like 6-7 inch, however it's not wide enough yet.
Mine is almost dead so I hope by doing the propagation it will grow anyway!! Thanks! :)
it's easy to grow these :)
I'm trying propagate opuntia right now. And it's yellowing and rotten in the bottom part, I think because I use wrong soil. How to save it? What if I cut the rotten part, and then plant it in the right soil, would it survive? And after cutting the rotten part, let it sit until the wound is heal, I need to repot it, and should I put it in the outdoor or indoor? Need help, I'm a newbie
Where can i get those glochid repellant hands
Nice 🙏🌱
I have a question: Did you check on the roots two weeks after potting them or two weeks after you started watering them? I just started my own propagation today and I wanna do it just like you :-)
Yes, I checked the roots for the video's sake. But normally I won't check it. I'll just wait for it to be established :)
Can I try water propagation?will it work?
One of the pads fell off, will i plant it?
Which media did you use? Please give in detail.. 🙏
2 parts soil and 3 parts pumice is my soil mix now that works for me :)
Do u mist it everyday?
When is the best time to propagating cactus pads your video is very helpful
Hello Linda Brooks, thank you for taking time to comment. Anytime as long as its not too cold or you have a grow light, you can propagate pads :)
I touched these once and had spines all over my hands! Now I only handle them in thick rubber coated gloves!
Thank you for the useful info!
I am completely beginner who just do propagation today. It's pity I did not watch this video before I performed. I have some questions. The seller told me that to propagate is twist the pad and put in the soil, but he did not tell me to wait for 24 hours. Does it have any problem if I did not wait?
And I don't need to do anything with mother's wound (I don't know how to say in English. I mean the original one's wound), right?
The other question, I got pricked by its glochids at my arms and forearms, even I wore gloves. I don't know how did it fly to prick me there. How do you handle this problem?
Does it have any problem if I did not wait? Ans: It's ok as long as your soil is totally dry and you did not water it until it grow roots
I got pricked by its glochids at my arms and forearms, even I wore gloves. I don't know how did it fly to prick me there. How do you handle this problem? Ans: wash it with soap. As long as glochids just stick to your front of fingers (skin similar to palm), its easy to remove them. But if they reach at the back of your fingers and other parts of your skin, it can get very irritating and itchy. So when handling this, make sure not to touch any part of "bunny ears" with your skin other than the skin of your front fingers (skin similar to palm area)
Thank you so much for your answer!
The time has passed for 2 weeks, its root generates about 5 mm. not as long as yours. Since I have a pretty tight schedule, I try to water every day but sometimes every 2 days, once a day at night. Does that mean the soil does not moist enough to encourage the growth of its root?
If it rooted then you are doing well. Each plant differs from others. Some plants grow roots faster or longer than others. Hope to hear your progress in few weeks time :)
I'm truly interested how is your cactus growing after 5 months' time...
I have a question: After repotting the pads, should I wait one week before i am allowed to mist it? Meaning, do i have to leave the pads as it is (given no direct sunlight, dry soil) and wait for a week to mist it?
Yes, that will surely do the trick! :)
gracias por el vídeo, hace una semana me anime a reproducir una opuntia que esta etiolada, la deje 24 horas en reposo para que la herida cicatrice, ahora solo espero para poder rociar agua a la planta, deséenme suerte, saludos desde México.
Thanks for the comment and for watching Leiji, how's your progress?
Hello, will this technique work with the white version as well? Mine has grown quite a bit and I'd like to have more.
Justin Hoer hi, yes this will work on white, yellow, red varieties and also to other opuntia family
Después de que tiene raizes, ya se puede poner al sol directo? gracias....
After it has roots, can it be put in direct sun? Thank you....
Leiji Master Thanks for adding translation. ☺️
yes you can acclimate it. I have a video about acclimation. Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/FHh5ZZuI--I/видео.html
The bunny ears cactus is actually really soft and fuzzy like at the touch, so it’s not painful to grab at all :)
Yes, thank you. It could be painful if mishandled though
Guess you’ve never experienced the tiny fuzzy pins in your skin like I have.
I have a question- can you propagate an older pad or just new ones
Yes you can propagate both older and new ones.
I have got opuntia and it got shirvelled and wrinkled and it's pad fallen off the main stem and they are dry plz tell me can a grow them back with your this method??
Yes, choose a very healthy pad and propagate with the method in this video
Will this method work on prickly pears?
Helene pretty much. Prickly pears are super easy. Pick your pears off the host plant, let them callous for a week or so and stick them in dirt. It always works.
You Gotta be a little careful because the spines on the cacti can be very itchy and cause irritation to skin and Eyes so be careful when you Touch it
Very helpful .. thanks 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you!
My bunny ear cactus started to rot a bit at the bottom. Can I still propagate the healthy part of the plant to save part of it ?
Yes, you can. Just remove the rotten part and any part showing signs of rot. Then dry the healthy part for like 5days to make sure rot are callused. Then proceed with propagation
Can we grow this indoors
Yes, it can be grown in doors as long as they receive enough light which can be acheived by grow lights or a window sill with good amount of light entering
Kingy B Wow, that's nice! I have an upcoming video about grafting mooncactus to an Opuntia, how and what are the benefits :)
watching this after I already planted one in wet soil ( don't water it) ooops. Going to replant it today...hope it's still alive
I'll do the same thing. Because I've only one pad left of Bunny wares cactus.
Beautiful
Nice demo video.
I was under the impression that you can’t get cactus wet or it will cause rot?
Yes, you are right. Soaking wet will lead to rot. But if the soil is well draining and you water only when the soil is totally dry, then the cactus is safe
what to do with my baby opuntia that are grows very tiny and long.. and what maybe the problem?
Hi Sheilene Villeza, that's a sign that your opuntia is not getting enough sun. The elongated growth will not fatten up but the new growths will grow rounded pads when exposed to sun properly. Just dont forget to slowly introduce it to sun like 3hours in the first week, another 3hours in the second week and so on
Mine do that over the winter while they are indoors, I dont give them any direct sun so they grow leaning toward the nearest window. Im in upstate NY, not cacti friendly during winter. Every few weeks I turn the pot a bit and by springtime they look almost like a spiral. Some grow 5 or 6 inches. During the summer some get thicker and grow new ears and some break off and keep growing.Some of them look very odd. 10 years ago someone gave me 2 of these and now have 50 or 60 + gave away a bunch. Also have a bunch of other cacti species.🌵🙂
@@succulentsforbeginners can you make a video for this one? thanks in advance!
Por favor podrías traducción al español me en canta los cactus gracias
Great video!
No sunlight for first week. What about the second week? Or leave them in dark place?
no direct sunlight but the place should be bright. meaning place in bright shaded area :)
Well explained, Thanks🌹
!! HELP !!
My bunny ears start to turn withish at the level of the earth but mostly around the joints of the ears.
The cactus gets covered with white stains, as if it were drying up. It actually does, since one stain has a crack in it.
I tried srcubbing the white stains with a needle and found in a few places something fluffy ressembling meaybugs. Sprayed these places with alcool but it didn't change much. Not so much fluff but the withish stains are expanding by the day.
Any tip please?
I have a Braunsia Maximiliani and I know NOTHING about them. Can someone please tell me how to care for them? Only 2 videos in a different language and I don't understand it.
sam a thank you for watching and for the comment! I don't have a video about this variety yet, but I'll add this on my list :)
Before 2 weeks how often do you have to moisture?
I just keep it moist, on my part everyday or every other day sometimes.
Hey! What is the watering interval after getting the roots?
when the soil it totally dry, you can water them. It really depends on many factors but that's the basic
Does it work for Opuntia quitensis (Johnson's hybrid cactus) too
Hi James Mercier, thank you for watching. Yes, it works for Opuntia quitensis too if done correctly :)
I have this cactus and it keeps flopping over, how can I keep it standing straight up and growing tall without cutting it down??
I can't say because I did not see it. It could be that the top part is heavy for it. Cutting it down might be a good option though if this is the case
Need more sun
I proped mine up on some bamboo sticks cause it was very lop-sided when I re-potted it
I cut my bunny ear cactus in half 3hrs ago because it has rotten. Do I need to wait for the wound to heal before potting it or do I have to wait for a week? I'm confused coz other tutorial say that it should be potted after cutting but others say that u have to wait. Please answer because my cactus might die. 😭
you can do either of this two things:
1. pot it directly in a totally dry soil
2. wait for it to callus over for like 2-5days
whichever you want, both works just fine
remember to put it away from direct sun (place in shaded) because it might get dehydrated
Omg. Gano'n lang siya kabilis magroots?
opo :)
Finally a video that helps!
Thank you! Appreciate it :)
nice video
thans you very much
thank you for watching :)
What is the potting soil for this propagation?
These is just a regular potting soil, but its best to mix it with pumice. Like 2 parts soil 3 parts pumice or similar
@@succulentsforbeginners ok thank you
Lovely video
Those are a bit difficult to take off
What kind of soil are you using?
that's a regular sandy soil. You might want to watch this: ruclips.net/video/Z-Vo0xJmEJo/видео.html
Can I gave shawer to my cactus??
Yes, you can as long as the soil is totally dry. I am making a video about watering, so please subscribe and click the notification bell so you get notified when it is uploaded if you haven't done so :)
I like it...what soil did you use?
It is just an ordinary soil with no mix of whatsoever :) During propagation, I notice it will root faster if I use plain soil or other types of mediums that holds moisture
Hey.. My bunny ears are thin still growing babies on them shall I remove babies for the mother ear to grow fuller? Thank you
Hello Sneha, thanks for watching. This video is made for you: ruclips.net/video/DKs4ZWLY0Wc/видео.html
Thank you so much.. will do as advised.. ❤️
WHATTTT NO GLOVES WHEN I TOUCH IT WITH MY LIL FINGER MY LIL FINGER WILL DIE
like i mean its soft and cute an d everything but the little yellow thingys are so painful lol
Hi Mirtel, thank you for the comment. I absolutely know those things but despite of that I can handle well with bare hands. I know someone will react to it like you that's why I put a warning sign in the video saying "warning, use gloves". Not many people can handle bunny ears by hand :)
What types of soils is used for the prpergration
Is it safe to spray water on thre pads? As one of my friend says that ot will cause rotting
Hi Vienna, thanks for watching. It's slightly not safe to water the pads if there's no way for it to dry like in the rainy season or your cactus is not exposed to sunlight/heat. But in my case, its not a problem since I water in daylight and the sun will dry the water soon and my succulents get a full sun all day long. So its not really a problem :)
@@succulentsforbeginners thank you! i started propagating now and i am following all your steps, currently my pads are not in a direct sunlight as i just planted them after 48 hours of separating it from the mother cactus. however they are in a place that is bright and some heat. do you have instagram account?
@@viennahernandez2635 great thank you. Hope to hear updates on your props :) I'm still working on my instagram account...
what kind soil did you use?
this is a regular garden soil :)
Should each pot contain only one Cactus?
It depends on how big the pot is. If it's big, then you can have more cactus. You can even have an arrangement
Mine rotted and I cut off the rotted part about 1/3 of the pad, is this still able to grow roots？
it might and it might not. A big probability it might not :)
Whice session catus grafting cutting &poring??
Hi Sumitra Subba, thank you for watching and for your comment. I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but are you asking which is better - grafting or potting? If this is your question, it depends on the type of cactus or succulent. There are cactus that grows faster when grafted. While this bunny ear cactus I find them to grow faster if we cut it in pads and pot it.
You can also comment here in your own language, internet will translate it for me :)
My plant has been in the same location for years and was doing great, but today the pieces started falling off and I don't know what happened.
Hi Dominique Scalia, thanks for watching. There are lots of factors to consider like animal attack, water problems, roots insects attack or somebody might have bumped into it... Hard to tell without visual though :)