Thank you, James! They're still alive and plump after being left under the pergola with no protection from cold and rain over the winter. Not quite sure if they're in the clear yet 🤞🤞🤞😬 the change of the season is always tricky
Aww thank you so much for watching and for the birthday wishes! I sowed some more seeds yesterday despite all my complaints about lack of space to celebrate lol.
Happy belated Birthday! 🌵Great video! I love the tip about top dressing and soil ratio line for when to start the top dressing! 😎🌵🌵🌵Going to try that out!
LOL, thank you for the belated birthday wishes, Cactus Dan! When I saw that grower show how he only surrounds the roots with soil, it was a ding-ding-ding moment. That entire video was in Spanish but the message was clear. I'll have to see if I can find that video again. It seems to work well so far! Let me know how it works out for you!
Happy birthday Jenny! I love your Ariocarpus and your choice of pots. My only Ariocarpus is grafted. But I do want to have one that is growing in its own roots someday. I too use DG for my top dressing. Looks neat but inexpensive. 😊 Hope your birthday was fun 🎈🥂
Thank you so much, Ana! DG is definitely my favorite top dressing - takes a little bit of effort to prepare but it's inexpensive and easy to find (and very pretty in my opinion). I feel like A. retusus is becoming more available (and more affordable, at least for a younger plant) so you should definitely be able to find one on its own roots. If you do, please make a video!
Thank you so much, Michelle! Bill makes some pretty cool pots. This is only one of the styles that he does - he makes many others and I believe he'll make custom requests as well.
@@michellechapman6839 Ohh maybe this is a good reason to create an account! Besides plant and pottery finds, there's a strong community of cactus lovers on Instagram. I've learned so much about plants by chatting with people all over the country and world through that medium.
A little late with the comment but I wanted to wish you a (very) belated birthday. I’m sorry that you were struggling with anxiety related to your age. It’s easy to tell you that everyone ages and that you have nothing to worry about but those of us who struggle with anxiety know that it isn’t that easy. I hope that you’ve found peace in the 2+ years since filming this video. I’ve only recently discovered your channel but can tell you that I really do appreciate your content including the reminders that we’re all just human (and cats!). PS I would love to see a video dedicated to your pottery. I discovered Larry Thomsen thanks to you and would really like to see what other cool pots you have. You may already have this video and I just haven’t found it :)
Thank you so much for the belated birthday wishes! There will be another birthday rolling around at some point, so it's never too late (nor too early 😁). I still struggle with that anxiety, I guess it's just part of the game. As time goes on I feel like I am more fearful - mostly fear of loss which I try not to focus on since it is a fear of the inevitable but what can you do. It's this thing that just hangs around no matter what. Thank you so much for the kind words and your encouragement for the content on this channel. This channel is nothing without viewers like you. I am planning to make a video to showcase the various handmade pottery artists that I have. I was starting to take inventory of all the artists and it's way more than I originally thought, omg!
I agree some m ore organic in the soil mix is important. I am 4500 ft. northeast of Tucson. I hope to see your plant in another year. Pots are lovely and match the plants beautifully.
Ariocarpus are such odd and beautiful plants! Thank you so much, Claire! I'll have to do a video of the other Ariocarpus I have - I went a little crazy last year. Cooler weather is finally around the corner so I can finally spend more time outside soon.
Nice pots! But might be pretty difficult to remove the plant in the future though? Without smashing the pot that is. Also funny critter at 11:04 :) Happy birthday!
Thank you! Ohhhh you make a good point... Fingers crossed the soil medium is so gritty that it doesn't compact over time and will allow the plant to be removed while preserving the pot. Ha! You noticed the bug during the close-up! I didn't realize the little critter made an appearance until I was editing LOL
@@cookiescacti I repotted an Ario the other day and i felt like the grittyness of the substrate helped with grip, it was very hard to remove! This was in a standard sided pot too. I ended up using a metal ruler and a chopstick to help... Any tips? There's gotta be a better way!
@@pachyplant Ohh that's a challenge. I've had one instance where I couldn't remove an aloe out of a clay pot, I ended up having to break the pot unfortunately 😔 Luckily it was a standard clay pot rather than something more special. I'm not sure there's a good way to do it! At least you were able to free to Ariocarpus with some tools!
Awwww thank you for the comment, Cecilia. I'm hoping I get used to the fact that everyone is getting older and just get on with it. I really want that part back into the background of my thoughts again!
great video and Happy Birthday don't feel old I have you and way way older lol ...do you know much about ariocarpus I do have a quest ..I see a lot of ariocarpus grafted to other cacti and I was wondering about degrafting them are they hard to reroot ??and do you know where I can find information on degrading ariocarpus ?
Thank you so much for the birthday wishes! I have yet to degraft an Ariocarpus myself but I own a couple that are rooted degrafts and they're doing really well. I would look on RUclips for information and perhaps find some folks on Instagram who look like they know what they're doing, Instagram has been one of the best resources for plant information for me.
That's a beast. Won't even budge. After the upgrade you'll be splitting pots. I saw a recipe for arios that included "heavy clay loam". Sounds kind of iffy to me for container culture. Has anyone mentioned white marble nuggets. If you drip vinegar or lemon juice on it it fizzes. What about calcium nitrate that can be dissolved into a feed solution? It has a ph of 6.5 which is still neutral. You have flawless hands for someone who dares to dabble.
Ha! It means I haven't been in the cactus game long enough! Give me 10 years and my hands will probably be way more tough. Ive heard of many tips on improving soil but I'm just too lazy to put in the effort so I keep things as simple as possible - cactus soil plus lots of pumice. Thank you very much for the information!
I use inorganic in the bottom as well, so the drainage holes are less likely to get clocked up by organic media, and it wont stay wet too long in the bottom :) best regards !
Cool pots, I like them. A simple tip if you have problems with the inorganic soil getting dry to quickly - use finer fractions. Your soil is extremely coarse, what's why it doesn't keep water well. On this case plants also have much less nutrients available comparing to a fine grain soil. I recommend using 20-30% ingredients fraction 0-0.5 mm (clay/silt/rock mill) and 70-80% fraction 1-3 mm. Basically a sandy loam.
Thank you for the tip, Shangde! If I get uncomfortable with the organics in my mix, I'll follow your advice. So far so good since it's so darn dry here, but we'll see in the winter if I change my mind.
Can you make a video highlighting the screens that you use for sifting? Where do you buy the different screen sizes, etc. I appreciate that you mention where you purchase products from. It is very helpful. Best…
You're very welcome! I like sharing information - other people have been very generous sharing their information with me too. Shoot, it looks like the sieve I bought on Amazon isn't available anymore - here's a link to it so you can at least see what it looks like and maybe find something similar: a.co/d/99k3IC3.
Perlite should be fine, just watch how fine the particles are, the more fine the more moisture it retrains. I personally don't have experience with using sand in my soil. My rough guess is that as long as the sand is very coarse, it will be fine. You'll have to experiment to find a mix that works well for you. Tubercles are the triangle leaf things
@@aldosacrealdo1454 Yay, a fellow desert dweller! Is the shallow pot to prevent the plant from rot? I'm always looking for good tips for keeping these guys alive. I just kept finding that my retusus dry out and start desiccating so quickly for me. Do you move your Arios for the winter? Or leave them be?
@@aldosacrealdo1454 excellent, I'm going to do the same this year. Even when it rains in the winter, do you just not worry about them? I guess the shallow pots really help with that.
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Nice Ariocarpus repotting and amazing chunky cacti, especially the last one!
Thank you, James! They're still alive and plump after being left under the pergola with no protection from cold and rain over the winter. Not quite sure if they're in the clear yet 🤞🤞🤞😬 the change of the season is always tricky
Happiest of birthdays Jenny! 🎉🎊Beautiful cacti and pots! 🌵
Aww thank you so much for watching and for the birthday wishes! I sowed some more seeds yesterday despite all my complaints about lack of space to celebrate lol.
Happy belated Birthday! 🌵Great video! I love the tip about top dressing and soil ratio line for when to start the top dressing! 😎🌵🌵🌵Going to try that out!
LOL, thank you for the belated birthday wishes, Cactus Dan! When I saw that grower show how he only surrounds the roots with soil, it was a ding-ding-ding moment. That entire video was in Spanish but the message was clear. I'll have to see if I can find that video again. It seems to work well so far! Let me know how it works out for you!
Happy birthday Jenny! I love your Ariocarpus and your choice of pots. My only Ariocarpus is grafted. But I do want to have one that is growing in its own roots someday. I too use DG for my top dressing. Looks neat but inexpensive. 😊 Hope your birthday was fun 🎈🥂
Thank you so much, Ana! DG is definitely my favorite top dressing - takes a little bit of effort to prepare but it's inexpensive and easy to find (and very pretty in my opinion). I feel like A. retusus is becoming more available (and more affordable, at least for a younger plant) so you should definitely be able to find one on its own roots. If you do, please make a video!
This pot is AWESOME!!! WOW!!!
I don't have Instagram 😭😭
Thank you so much, Michelle! Bill makes some pretty cool pots. This is only one of the styles that he does - he makes many others and I believe he'll make custom requests as well.
@@michellechapman6839 Ohh maybe this is a good reason to create an account! Besides plant and pottery finds, there's a strong community of cactus lovers on Instagram. I've learned so much about plants by chatting with people all over the country and world through that medium.
Really awesome pot! Nice plants aswell =)
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 😀
A little late with the comment but I wanted to wish you a (very) belated birthday. I’m sorry that you were struggling with anxiety related to your age. It’s easy to tell you that everyone ages and that you have nothing to worry about but those of us who struggle with anxiety know that it isn’t that easy. I hope that you’ve found peace in the 2+ years since filming this video. I’ve only recently discovered your channel but can tell you that I really do appreciate your content including the reminders that we’re all just human (and cats!).
PS I would love to see a video dedicated to your pottery. I discovered Larry Thomsen thanks to you and would really like to see what other cool pots you have. You may already have this video and I just haven’t found it :)
Thank you so much for the belated birthday wishes! There will be another birthday rolling around at some point, so it's never too late (nor too early 😁). I still struggle with that anxiety, I guess it's just part of the game. As time goes on I feel like I am more fearful - mostly fear of loss which I try not to focus on since it is a fear of the inevitable but what can you do. It's this thing that just hangs around no matter what.
Thank you so much for the kind words and your encouragement for the content on this channel. This channel is nothing without viewers like you.
I am planning to make a video to showcase the various handmade pottery artists that I have. I was starting to take inventory of all the artists and it's way more than I originally thought, omg!
I agree some m ore organic in the soil mix is important. I am 4500 ft. northeast of Tucson. I hope to see your plant in another year. Pots are lovely and match the plants beautifully.
It's so darn dry here, the organics definitely help. That's a great idea to do an update on these plants! I'll keep that in mind.
Ariocarpus are one of my favourites! Yours looks stunning in it's new pot! 🌵👍🏻🌞😁
Ariocarpus are such odd and beautiful plants! Thank you so much, Claire! I'll have to do a video of the other Ariocarpus I have - I went a little crazy last year. Cooler weather is finally around the corner so I can finally spend more time outside soon.
Nice pots! But might be pretty difficult to remove the plant in the future though? Without smashing the pot that is. Also funny critter at 11:04 :) Happy birthday!
Thank you! Ohhhh you make a good point... Fingers crossed the soil medium is so gritty that it doesn't compact over time and will allow the plant to be removed while preserving the pot. Ha! You noticed the bug during the close-up! I didn't realize the little critter made an appearance until I was editing LOL
@@cookiescacti I repotted an Ario the other day and i felt like the grittyness of the substrate helped with grip, it was very hard to remove! This was in a standard sided pot too. I ended up using a metal ruler and a chopstick to help... Any tips? There's gotta be a better way!
@@pachyplant Ohh that's a challenge. I've had one instance where I couldn't remove an aloe out of a clay pot, I ended up having to break the pot unfortunately 😔 Luckily it was a standard clay pot rather than something more special. I'm not sure there's a good way to do it! At least you were able to free to Ariocarpus with some tools!
I felt the same when I turned 50 ,! Great plants
Awwww thank you for the comment, Cecilia. I'm hoping I get used to the fact that everyone is getting older and just get on with it. I really want that part back into the background of my thoughts again!
Beautiful plants and pots…happy birthday!
Thank you so much, Patti! 💚💚💚
great video and Happy Birthday don't feel old I have you and way way older lol ...do you know much about ariocarpus I do have a quest ..I see a lot of ariocarpus grafted to other cacti and I was wondering about degrafting them are they hard to reroot ??and do you know where I can find information on degrading ariocarpus ?
Thank you so much for the birthday wishes! I have yet to degraft an Ariocarpus myself but I own a couple that are rooted degrafts and they're doing really well. I would look on RUclips for information and perhaps find some folks on Instagram who look like they know what they're doing, Instagram has been one of the best resources for plant information for me.
@@cookiescacti thank you I will check out Instagram for sure
Hope you had a lovely day on your birthday
Awww thank you so much, Lee. I really appreciate the message 💚
That's a beast. Won't even budge. After the upgrade you'll be splitting pots. I saw a recipe for arios that included "heavy clay loam". Sounds kind of iffy to me for container culture. Has anyone mentioned white marble nuggets. If you drip vinegar or lemon juice on it it fizzes. What about calcium nitrate that can be dissolved into a feed solution? It has a ph of 6.5 which is still neutral. You have flawless hands for someone who dares to dabble.
Ha! It means I haven't been in the cactus game long enough! Give me 10 years and my hands will probably be way more tough. Ive heard of many tips on improving soil but I'm just too lazy to put in the effort so I keep things as simple as possible - cactus soil plus lots of pumice. Thank you very much for the information!
I use inorganic in the bottom as well, so the drainage holes are less likely to get clocked up by organic media, and it wont stay wet too long in the bottom :) best regards !
Sounds like a good technique to me! Best regards from myself and Cookie as well!
Cool pots, I like them. A simple tip if you have problems with the inorganic soil getting dry to quickly - use finer fractions. Your soil is extremely coarse, what's why it doesn't keep water well. On this case plants also have much less nutrients available comparing to a fine grain soil. I recommend using 20-30% ingredients fraction 0-0.5 mm (clay/silt/rock mill) and 70-80% fraction 1-3 mm. Basically a sandy loam.
Thank you for the tip, Shangde! If I get uncomfortable with the organics in my mix, I'll follow your advice. So far so good since it's so darn dry here, but we'll see in the winter if I change my mind.
Can you make a video highlighting the screens that you use for sifting? Where do you buy the different screen sizes, etc.
I appreciate that you mention where you purchase products from. It is very helpful.
Best…
You're very welcome! I like sharing information - other people have been very generous sharing their information with me too. Shoot, it looks like the sieve I bought on Amazon isn't available anymore - here's a link to it so you can at least see what it looks like and maybe find something similar: a.co/d/99k3IC3.
Can I use a mix with sand and perlite? And what are tubercles?
Perlite should be fine, just watch how fine the particles are, the more fine the more moisture it retrains. I personally don't have experience with using sand in my soil. My rough guess is that as long as the sand is very coarse, it will be fine. You'll have to experiment to find a mix that works well for you. Tubercles are the triangle leaf things
And when watering after repotting ? Thx
I wait a minimum of a week in the summer and with Arios I would err on the side of caution and wait longer if possible.
I’m personally happy that you made it to 41
Thank you, Joshua! Me too!
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You couldn't have picked a better pot for this.
Awww thank you so much for this comment! This Ario is still doing very well in this pot... I hope it continues to do so!
I pot them way more shallow than this.
Interesting! What kind of climate do you live in? It's so hot and dry here in the summer that the pots dry out very quickly with my soil mix.
@@cookiescacti I'm in Phoenix too
@@aldosacrealdo1454 Yay, a fellow desert dweller! Is the shallow pot to prevent the plant from rot? I'm always looking for good tips for keeping these guys alive. I just kept finding that my retusus dry out and start desiccating so quickly for me. Do you move your Arios for the winter? Or leave them be?
@@cookiescacti I leave them in the same spot year round, except I water a lot less in the winter. Maybe once a month.
@@aldosacrealdo1454 excellent, I'm going to do the same this year. Even when it rains in the winter, do you just not worry about them? I guess the shallow pots really help with that.