5 rules to help your new cactus or succulent thrive

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Ай бұрын

When bringing a new plant home from a nursery or garden centre, it's easy to get excited -- adding it to our collection without hesitation. But this lack of care and patience can damage both our new plant and those around it.
This cultivation guide focuses on the five best practice rules for introducing a new cactus, succulent or caudex plant into our collection. By following these simple rules, you'll ensure your plants are healthy, pest-free and best positioned to thrive.
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@sampetrie9177 Ай бұрын

Informative video as always! Would be interested to know more about how you quarantine plants - is it just a seperate area away from other plants (a few metres?) or do you use a physical barrier to isolate plants?

@AridZine Ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Just a separate area. Usually a distant, neglected part of the greenhouse. If I had a fully enclosed greenhouse I’d probably be quarantining plants in an entirely separate space, but having it open to the environment pests can get in anyway, so I don’t go overboard with it.

@lukeb.perrett8036 Ай бұрын

After watching your vids I've picked up some plants from what appears to be the same store you got yours from! Great timing for the video.

@AridZine Ай бұрын

Altra Nursery? Small world! Probably the only retail store I trust to buy succulents from!

@thekittengod5331 Ай бұрын

Keep up the amazing videos man!

@AridZine Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Royaliize Ай бұрын

Most stores uses awful peat here, not only its hard to get off the root when its rock hard. Super annoying when they grow in peat. I wonder when that gona change😑. Root mealy bugs is the major pest i get from new plants, always check the roots. Im a sucker to buy cheap plants when i see one..i should buy from good nursery's but the Delivery cost can be stupid high. Great video tho.👍

@AridZine Ай бұрын

They won’t stop selling in peat, unfortunately, because they can grow plants very quickly using it. But like you say, once that plant comes home and we start to care for it, the peat becomes solid and hydrophobic. Not ideal. Thanks for watching!

@mikoajlewandowski2257 Ай бұрын

hey your videos are great, very informative. Do you keep any other plant species aside form cacti and suculents?

@AridZine Ай бұрын

Thank you! I have a few houseplants, nothing particularly exciting, and a few succulent adjacent species - things like Boswellia and Commiphora, that some would describe as semi-succulent maybe?

@ForeverASucculentAddict Ай бұрын

Love your outdoor set up! Did you build that “room” yourself?

@AridZine Ай бұрын

Yes it’s a hand-built custom space - just wish it was bigger!

@ForeverASucculentAddict Ай бұрын

@@AridZine Do you have a video on it where you shared what you used and how you did it? Just curious.

@AridZine Ай бұрын

Unfortunately not yet! I’m not really much of a construction expert so I’m not sure id do it justice. But I might try to explain it from a cultivation perspective rather than a construction purpose at some point.

@wevvi Ай бұрын

Hi! I love your videos I’m learning quite a bit from them and I enjoy seeing all of your unique plants! 🌵 When you buy a new plant is there a website you like to read about that plant’s natural environment or care instructions from?

@AridZine Ай бұрын

Thanks! The website llifle.com often has good information and covers off on many succulents. It’s not perfect but it’s a great resource to begin with. Thanks for watching!

@wevvi 24 күн бұрын

@@AridZine Thank you! Also really enjoyed your new video in watering 🌵Take care!