Watering different types of cactus plants

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

It goes without saying that every type of cactus needs an individual approach. So in order to water your cactuses properly, you should take into account a number of factors. But all in all, the following cactuses require more watering: 1. Hygrophilous cactuses 2. Growing cactuses 3. Cactuses with big roots 4. Cactuses in earthenware [...]

What’s the use of cactus?

Saturday, June 2nd, 2007

I hear this question pretty often and each time I wonder why people are so concerned with the use of cactus plants. Nobody’s interested in the use of aquarium with tropical fishes or a matchbox collection. Why? Isn’t it the same with collecting cacti? I believe in case of cactus plants it’s not the matter [...]

Taking care of Christmas cactus

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

The first thing that you should admit about Christmas cactus is that it’s more like a houseplant than a cactus in terms of care. I mean to say, that it’s traditionally believed that cactuses (these prickly and round:)) require much sun and rare watering. Well, in case of Christmas cactus it’s on the other way [...]

First acquaintance with Christmas cactus

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Among the most popular cactus plants is, beyond all doubts, the so called Christmas cactus. The cactus collection that was handed over to me by my friend contained one of these plants, so I had to deal with Christmas cactus from the very beginning. Well, I’m frequently asked how to raise, care, maintain and make [...]