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Cacti dormancy question
    #22307374 - 09/29/15 10:08 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Do cacti go dormant due to lower temperatures or shorter days?


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: Cactiguy1979]
    #22307415 - 09/29/15 10:21 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I live right in the edge of zone 9 and 10.


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: Cactiguy1979]
    #22307499 - 09/29/15 10:41 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

some do, others don't
for example it's a good idea to let lophophoras go dormant, but cacti as fast growig columnars or hylocereus don't need dormancy. (i really depends on your zone, i live in sicily so my columnars stay out all the year due warmer temps)
anyhow, you will notice that they do get thinner circumference due slight etiolation/slower growht (as fact, you can count the number of growing seasons on big cacti as cereus just looking at the stem)

one of the best advice i can give you is to not give water to your cactus while there's not enought sun. Even with warmer temperatures, they do tend to dislike this water/no sun combination, and they will etiolate badly.

returning to small globose slow growing ones, dormancy is reccomanded. I usually do put my lophs in a bright place with no direct sun, and no water for 6 months


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: Lemnaminor]
    #22307731 - 09/29/15 11:48 AM (8 years, 4 months ago)

I also live in a frost free environment, and my all cacti live outside all year.  Most of mine are Mexican desert cacti, and in their habitat winter is the dry season.  I try to emulate that, and put them in a cold frame December to February, keeping them dry, but still giving as much light as possible.  But they never really go totally dormant - growth slows, and last summer´s growth ripens.  But the Lophophoras will still sometimes flower in January !!
In March, as things are starting to warm up, they get a good watering and another season starts.


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: Spanishfly]
    #22308165 - 09/29/15 12:57 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Glad to see this! I was wondering the same.


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: claytron]
    #22308539 - 09/29/15 02:05 PM (8 years, 4 months ago)

Awesome thanks. My bridgessi's and SP are growing by leaps and bounds right now


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: Cactiguy1979]
    #22310138 - 09/29/15 06:38 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Seems like the question has been pretty much answered, but I wanted to throw my 2 cents in as well. From what I've noticed, it's more temp related than light. I'm sure shortening daylight during the fall/winter influences them some, but I see some people saying they try to put their cacti in a dark basement or closet or garage... Not necessary. I'm in zone 8 and when the threat of frost starts coming around, I just move mine into my glassed-in porch that still gets the same amount of sun they get outside. They don't get etiolated by continuing to grow or anything that way, so I know they are going completely dormant/ or at least if they are still growing very slightly, there is still enough light to keep em the same thickness.


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: cowsRmeat]
    #22310769 - 09/29/15 08:28 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Seems like the question has been pretty much answered, but I wanted to throw my 2 cents in as well. From what I've noticed, it's more temp related than light. I'm sure shortening daylight during the fall/winter influences them some, but I see some people saying they try to put their cacti in a dark basement or closet or garage... Not necessary. I'm in zone 8 and when the threat of frost starts coming around, I just move mine into my glassed-in porch that still gets the same amount of sun they get outside. They don't get etiolated by continuing to grow or anything that way, so I know they are going completely dormant/ or at least if they are still growing very slightly, there is still enough light to keep em the same thickness.



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From what I've noticed it really does have more to do with the Temp but I'm planning a lil test this season just for shits and giggles.


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: spaceman101]
    #22310808 - 09/29/15 08:34 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

You gonna go total blackout darkness on some?


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Re: Cacti dormancy question [Re: cowsRmeat]
    #22310821 - 09/29/15 08:37 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

If its warm and I put them in darkness I get white flesh, from the lack of light.  I had a couple cuttings sitting in a cupboard for a few weeks that I forgot, and there is a solid inch or so of translucentish white at the tips, since it was warm they wanted to grow.  If it was colder here I do not think I would have gotten that.


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