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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: drift]
    #10724242 - 07/22/09 10:45 PM (14 years, 6 months ago)

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im going to have to go buy some kind of light for the cactus. the place i live doesnt get good sunlight.

im using miracle grow cactus soil, i figured that would suit a san pedro fairly well. :shrug:




It could work since pedros are pretty water tolerant, but you should give your soil mix some grit or perlite. The cactus will thank you.




Actually MG cacti and citrus soil is fine for almost any cacti, including Trichocereus. Too many bad reviews from people that haven't used it nearly as much as I have with MANY genus of cacti. Humidity is between 90-100% constantly in the summer, and my peruvianus x cuzco get rained on all the time. No probs at all.

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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: ethnoguy]
    #10726812 - 07/23/09 12:48 PM (14 years, 6 months ago)

I tend to agree but I also like to add that it should have some amenities, especially if you are germinating seeds as they tend to attract fungus gnats. There is a fair amount of peat in it, which isn't bad a lot of people tend to go crazy over pH of soil, I can't comment either way as I don't check pH.


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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: ethnoguy]
    #10726819 - 07/23/09 12:50 PM (14 years, 6 months ago)

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PilzeEssen said:
im going to have to go buy some kind of light for the cactus. the place i live doesnt get good sunlight.

im using miracle grow cactus soil, i figured that would suit a san pedro fairly well. :shrug:




It could work since pedros are pretty water tolerant, but you should give your soil mix some grit or perlite. The cactus will thank you.




Actually MG cacti and citrus soil is fine for almost any cacti, including Trichocereus. Too many bad reviews from people that haven't used it nearly as much as I have with MANY genus of cacti. Humidity is between 90-100% constantly in the summer, and my peruvianus x cuzco get rained on all the time. No probs at all.

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That's why I said it would work, since I use it too. I just notice the ones with other additions drain a lot better which is a good thing for cacti.


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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: drift]
    #10729617 - 07/23/09 09:17 PM (14 years, 6 months ago)

Sure. You could do 3:1 MG cacti soil and perlite mix. It would be more suitable for lophs, epithelantha, and other cacti that are rot prone.

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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: ethnoguy]
    #10731358 - 07/24/09 05:07 AM (14 years, 6 months ago)

perlite isn't the best choice for mixing into your soil for rot prone cacti, it works of course but grit is better as it retains no moisture at all.


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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: Dr. uarewotueat]
    #10732454 - 07/24/09 11:45 AM (14 years, 6 months ago)

Perlite doesn't hold much moisture though. It works just fine for me, but sure non-porous pebbles, grit, etc would be a bit better.

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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: ethnoguy]
    #10732572 - 07/24/09 12:09 PM (14 years, 6 months ago)

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perlite isn't the best choice for mixing into your soil for rot prone cacti, it works of course but grit is better as it retains no moisture at all.





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Perlite doesn't hold much moisture though. It works just fine for me, but sure non-porous pebbles, grit, etc would be a bit better.

EG





I prefer the perlite. While its correct that grit holds no water, and also true that perlite does hold a little, I still prefer perlite. Reason being is, perlite, even though it will hold a bit of water, still holds much more air then grit. The grit will make it drain quicker, but the perlite keeps conditions more aerobic and less prone to rot.

The best mixture would probably consist of both perlite and grit, but the perlite has always worked for me and all my cacti. My primary ingredient however is coir, which is very airy by itself, that plus the perlite and ive never seen root rot, despite the serious and sometimes week long rainfall I get here.


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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: Methadone]
    #10732583 - 07/24/09 12:11 PM (14 years, 6 months ago)

The way I judge cacti soil is simple: if it runs straight out of the bottom of the pot its good. If it takes several minutes for the water to make its way through the drainage holes, add more grit/perlite.

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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: ethnoguy]
    #10732845 - 07/24/09 12:56 PM (14 years, 6 months ago)

Well perlite hold less water than soil would, NAPA #8822, the product I mentioned to you EG (if you have tried it) works just as well or better than perlite as it does not float as easily in soil and is very gritty.


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Re: a few questions for the cactus growers (pics) [Re: Prof. Astro]
    #10735668 - 07/24/09 10:08 PM (14 years, 6 months ago)

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Well perlite hold less water than soil would, NAPA #8822, the product I mentioned to you EG (if you have tried it) works just as well or better than perlite as it does not float as easily in soil and is very gritty.




I got some for free actually, but I haven't had to pot or repot any cacti lately, so I haven't tried it yet. So I take it your plants in the NAPA stuff is doing fine?

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