Come in ! Come in and join me in the greenhouse ! 🤗
I was up early , doing the laundry , 🧺 hanging it all out on the line 🌤️and then bringing it all in again as it started to drizzle 🧺. Now it's all on the clothes-horse up in the bathroom . 🌧️
I know .....I said I was going to tidy up the Chamaerops humilis .
Anyway , changed my mind .
Today I'm going to repot Barney 🐶 my Dog Tail Cactus - proper name Selenicereus testudo 🐕🦺🐶🐕
He is now way too big for his pot and really needs a nice new hanging pot .
I found this in B&Q , not tried it before . I usually do my own mix for my cacti , anyway, I'm giving it a go .
I took him out of his pot and you can see the really good drainage I had given it before . This new compost doesn't appear to have much grit in it . Feels sandy and I can see little orange specks .
Hmmm ...personally , I think it should have more grit . We'll see how we go . 🤔
I am using the empty pot to make the correct size/shape hole for the plant .
Perfect .
This is also to allow for a good top dressing of horticultural grit .
..... and nestle him in with the last little bit of the compost from the bag . I would have liked a little bit more compost in the bag . This was only enough to pot up one cactus ..I had hoped to have repotted at least two .
I'll stick it in there and it should soon put out roots . There you go little pup ! 🐶
I am not watering this now for a couple of weeks . It only has the moisture that is already in the new compost . That is enough moisture for now .
So that just leaves me with the top dressing to do . Which will just have to wait as I can't find horticultural grit anywhere at the moment .
This is the grit I would like to use .
Echinocereus viereckii ssp. morricalii .
Nice strokable cactus - no spines 💚Very lovable . Has lovely big flowers 🌸....apparently.....not seen them yet mind !
This comes in as second best top dressing , because I think , it is a tad too heavy .
Sometimes I smash up my own !
My Agave Utahensis looking very handsome with his orange top dressing . 💚
This is one very vicious and badly behaved monster ! It spikes , bites and rips !😱
Now safely at the very back of the greenhouse .
Selenicereus testudo has gorgeous arial roots and will put out more as he begins to sprawl out in his new hanging pot .
His Dog Tail stems will hang down all around and hopefully one day, he will have the most outrageous white blooms ! 💮
🐶That's all from me , Barney and his new pup , in the greenhouse for today .🐕🦺
I know ! I know ! I really need to get on and tidy up that bramble entangled Chamaerops humilis !
Love and hugs 🌧️💚🌧️ Debbie x
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