Been building a new Cactus house

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    Zigs Young Pine

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    Ta @eileen :)

    Better edit Tetters post above as she quoted the link :eek::eek::eek:
     
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    I think I just deleted it for you.
     
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    Zigs Young Pine

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    :D

    Repotted some Mammillaria cuttings today, put on some decent root growth :)

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    Zigs Young Pine

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    Some new additions :)

     
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    Zigs have you tried growing a dragon cactus?
    Watched this video how to start from seed.
     
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    Zigs Young Pine

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    I haven't Logan :) They get used for grafting hard to propagate cacti :)
     
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    Oh I see Zigs :)
     
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    Zigs Young Pine

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    Looks interesting @Logan I'll look into getting some seeds :)
     
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    That's great, they look as if they grow very fast.
     
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    Zigs Young Pine

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    The cactus society has an annual seed list that you can buy from, these are the ones I got this year so far :)

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    @Zigs they're looking good, noticed that they're not labelled, how do you know which is which?
     
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    Zigs Young Pine

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    Ta Logan :) Good point.

    I've numbered the lid...

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    Quiet time of year for cacti, most of them are asleep :D

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    Zigs oh that's alright then. I like the one that trails instead of upright.
     
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    It normally is upright, it's just gone to sleep deeper than the other ones :D

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