Growth comparison Hi guys. Today I have a short post to share, basically different pictures of the same plants with only 3 months difference between them. The first I wanna show you is a Echinocactus grusonii var. albispinus: The picture above was taken today (5th of december). Same goes for the one that comes next, taken from a different angle: Now behold the changes when you compare them with the following ones: I wasn't planning on doing so but I ended taken the photos…
Re-potting Sansevierias!! Good afternoon people! (I don't know from where you might be reading this but at the time of writing it is 5pm where I'm from). Short story today. You might remember that a month ago (or so) I collected some plants from the street. If you like you can read the post here. https://read.cash/@cactaceasml/new-plants-9a37a361 Okey so from that time, I cut some sansevierias and put them in water till they root. Some prospered and some didn't, but for the…
A recovery story One of the most amazing features that cactus (succulents in general) have is their strength and capabilities of surviving some treacherous conditions, both human made or nature ones. This particular case involves kind of both threats. A few months back (if my memory is not failing, it was two months ago) I was walking down the street, minding my business. I have the habit of constantly look the floor while walking, rather than keep my eye on the sky or other…
Cactus ID: Sorting takes time Any cactus enthusiast out there doesn't only enjoys having cactus but also knowing as much as possible from each of them: principal characteristics, cares, ways of propagation/reproduction, type of soil they prefer, species related and so forth... It's a captivating world that keeps fascinating one even more the deeper one digs. As for me and some people I know (and for the majority of comments I see online) it tends to start with a single…
Grafting! A beautiful technique! Some of you perhaps are familiar with the concept of grafting cactus. Maybe some of you are not, so this post is directed to anyone that does not know or that just wanna see some grafted gymno haha. Okey, grafting is a technique that consists in "merging" two cactus together, forming a new plant. Far from a fusion at DBZ style, the grafting is not a mixture that combines two different plants and "evolving" into a new one. It simply is using a…
Not Everything Is About Cactus: Pt1 Since day one I have only posted about cactus and stuff related with them. While I still aim to keep this page mostly about these magnificent plants, I thought that it would also be cool to write about some other stuff I like. So I came up with this idea for a “section” which I named in the title. The point is to share some other activities and see what you all have to say about it haha. Anyways, I remember (when I was a couple of years…
Not Everything Is About Cactus: Pt2 On my last post I shared with you some thoughts & insights about stuff one starts to enjoy while getting older. How the "party-lifestyle" starts getting boring and is ultimately replaced with other activities that are more "filling". Today I wanna share one of, not gonna say passions but still something I really enjoy: riding motorcycle. Ever since I was little I was attracted to them. As a child I loved riding a bicycle and I remember…
Making my webpage! Hello guys! As the title says, I'm going to talk about my webpage. Can you guess what it'll be about? Cactus, of course! I've always liked having a webpage. When I was younger I used to design some pages using some free-hosting sites and stuff. But this year I began learning some Python coding and alongside some HTML. I try to balance job time with "growth" time, being the last the time I spend developing some new skill that'll be of great aid in the…
Plant ID & Cares: Sansevieria Good morning peeps. Today I wanna show you some progress from my rescued Sansevierias (you can check the post when I got them clicking here as well as the one where I potted them clicking here). https://read.cash/@cactaceasml/new-plants-9a37a361 https://read.cash/@cactaceasml/re-potting-sansevierias-8f6e5972 If you read the articles above there is not much to mention about, but for all those TLDR, the short version is: found some Sansevieria's…
Not Everything Is About Cactus: Pt3 I'm not gonna ask if you guys already saw the new site that this platform launched a few days ago (if you live in a bubble and haven't seen it yet, suite yourself and go take a peep here). https://noise.cash/ What I want to share with you is sort of a "visionary" hope. Nowadays there are really really really few people who doesn't use Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or another mainstream social media. They are used both for work and for fun…
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