CACTI in the SKY Home Tour + Growing Cacti in Apartment

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CACTI in the SKY Home Tour + Growing Cacti in Apartment - Ep. 346

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9 ай бұрын

Nathan and Georgiana of Whisker and Spine do the nearly impossible: growing hundreds of cacti and succulents by seed in their NYC high rise apartment. Though impractical at the surface, they have optimized their space to create the best growing conditions and can show the results! Hard work and perseverance-even in a smaller space-really pays off.
They are also members of the New York Cactus and Succulent Society, which you can find more via FB Groups here: / newyorkcactusandsuccul...
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@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Summer for featuring us!! Really heartwarming to see all the supportive comments, we are inspired to keep going and share more and more of our growing journey. All are welcome to join the growing from seed club! 🎉😊❤

@krissykriss328 7 ай бұрын

I'm in love with your cacti collection! Hello from beautiful Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where we have many lovely cacti species!🌵

@Prickly-Brew 9 ай бұрын

He is so correct when saying you miss out when you don’t start seeds. . Being the “crazy” cacti guy to friends and family I have been given a 50 year old jade tree started by friends mother and a 125 year old Hawaiian umbrella plant given to me from the sister of my last boss. She said her grandmother started from seed. It is such an honor to be given these family heirlooms to join mine.

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

Amazing!! ❤😊 thanks for watching and commenting! We have a friend in the NYC community who grows pachypodiums and other succulents from seed and we’ve gotten one from her as well.

@thedustwhispered 18 күн бұрын

that apartment window bay is incredible! such a clear view of the empire state. the cacti are living a better life than i am haha. the passion and discipline this couple has for their cacti is so special.

@CactusCaffeine 9 ай бұрын

Giorgiana! Congratulations on your success. I’m so happy for you. You inspire me more.

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Ana!!! I am camera shy so I made Nathan handle most of the talking :) let us know if you are ever in NYC and we’ll do the same for you. Keep up the great work with your videos ❤

@pattin4015 9 ай бұрын

It seems from what they've done, that anything is possible when you have a passion for it. Who would think so many cacti can fit and be so well organized and healthy in this setting! Nursery in their future?

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Nursery is definitely on our minds but first we’ll see how far we can take this apartment project 😂

@greatnorthernexotic 9 ай бұрын

Incredible collection, and I especially love the Astros. More cactus collection tours please!

@NatTayHill 9 ай бұрын

I am blown away. The little ones have all stolen my heart. ❤🌵

@annaphrodytheschannel-rg7rm 9 ай бұрын

This is totally inspired for all people who live in the apartment. Especially when you put all cactus racks in glass windows. That's genius 😊🌵💖

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

We need to convince our neighbors on this line to do the same…. 😂

@lorirober2536 7 ай бұрын

❤ love this man's enthusiasm! I also love that he does not follow the rules. Excellent episode. ❤

@brendanbang6636 9 ай бұрын

Those plants has the best view indeed!

@Yoliplanting 9 ай бұрын

He is so in love with cactus it is a delight to see. ❤

@chunmartinez5401 9 ай бұрын

You can definitely grow anything in any space. There's no excuse to not grow what you want wherever you are.

@minniexx7394 9 ай бұрын

I’m not a fan of cacti generally but his love and enthusiasm for them is so beautiful to see! What a wonderful collection!

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

This is Nathan - thank you very much for watching and for your kind words. Indeed, while our wish is for more cacti lovers to emerge (😂), we just hope that our enthusiasm comes through and it can inspire others to pursue their own loves/hobbies or adapt a principle to suit their own needs.

@lovefalcon1111 9 ай бұрын

I had a big smile on my face the whole time! The little cactus are adorable and they’re so happy growing them. I love it!! Now I want to grow one from seed. 💚

@lorirushin5712 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful collection!

@timgarner1957 9 ай бұрын

I can't even imagine the cost of that apartment with a view in New York. The catus were amazing..hard to believe he's only been doing it for a short time

@theplantprinceph 9 ай бұрын

Yay. Another cactus video! Please keep them coming! 🫶🏻

@gabigavrilescu5682 9 ай бұрын

I f*cked around and pollinized two of my cacti when they were blooming this summer and never got around to germinating them. i was going to wait until next spring to germinate them but you guys inspired me to try it sooner and see what happens. it's a corypantha crossed with a mammilaria

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

Ooooh!!! Which was the mother? A lot of coryphanthas are self fertile, but the genera seem quite closely related. Excited to see the results!

@gabigavrilescu5682 9 ай бұрын

@@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881the mother is the mamillaria (im not so good with id-ing cacti but from a brief google it looks like a polythele) fertilised with a corypantha i can't id. im vvv excited! (btw i love astrophytum, i used to have one in my old collection but seeing your funky ones is a revelation!)

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

@@gabigavrilescu5682 😊 awesome! Yes the hybrids of astrophytum are definitely worth revisiting.

@pattituringan6745 9 ай бұрын

Love home tours. Amazing cactus.

@raselbx 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this, Nathan and SRO

@AUgrown 9 ай бұрын

A man of my own plant loving heart. What a view

@aryajoshi4466 9 ай бұрын

a plant of my own loving heart, view what a.

@ahmed_Aposhady 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant collection ❤

@SequoiaElisabeth 9 ай бұрын

Been there, done that. LOL It's fun to see how others get passionate about a certain type of plant.

@Alwaysherethere 9 ай бұрын

That's gotta be the perfect setup!❤

@ekoed 9 ай бұрын

Love this video. Thank you for all the cacti content lately.

@greatnorthernexotic 9 ай бұрын

Yes! Would love to see more cacti and succ content.

@cacacuate505 9 ай бұрын

I love this tour! Good job all involved 😊

@janecurtis5726 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video!!

@sandraseldon6734 9 ай бұрын

Such an interesting collection. Very enjoyable.

@AdelaVetr 9 ай бұрын

The window is a goal, but you really made day talking about Czech grower, hope Mrs. Pavlica will see the video.

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

I’m going to send Roman the link!!! He is truly one of our biggest inspirations :D we visited him in 2022 :)

@AdelaVetr 9 ай бұрын

I already did yesterday 😅 , hes happy to watch it. :)@@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

@@AdelaVetr🎉❤😊 thank you!

@ppingindy8861 2 ай бұрын

The most challenging aspect of growing many indoor plants like this is watering them. You can't simply shower them all at once; instead, you must water each pot individually. This process can be quite time-consuming.

@NathanMarchack Ай бұрын

Hi this is Nathan from the video. It is very time consuming but it helps instill discipline. At the end of the day there are no shortcuts... =)

@Julizabatz9891 6 ай бұрын

This gonna be my first time to care for them,so wish me luck 😊

@jednoducha 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful baby cacti. This is proper growing from seed. But in one year in my garden outside, the baby cactus grew huge. I couldn't even lift it off the ground.

@shanedwood 9 ай бұрын

Please make more cactus content 🙏

@SparkleInMoonlight 9 ай бұрын

This was really cool - so much enthusiasm for cacti that it´s contagious (even for a non-cacti person like me) 🙂 Very nice collection. Greetings from the Czech Republic :-) There are quite a few life-long cacti enthusiasts, which are very passionate and dedicated growers. Everytime I hear them and see their cacti at various events, it´s simply mind-blowing. Somehow growing cacti seems to have the longest tradition here (in comparision to growing any other "houseplant" here) - the love for cacti survived the communism and from the books I read, it seems to go at least to the pre-world war II era.

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

This is Nathan - glad to hear you enjoyed the video :D sending best wishes to you 🇨🇿 yes the knowledge of some of the Czech growers is truly amazing. The monk Gregor Mendel was in Brno so I guess it’s natural that so many great growers picked up the tradition :) we visited Roman pavlica in 2022 and hope to go again sometime soon!

@Mulberry792 9 ай бұрын

Obsessed

@miketoulmin 9 ай бұрын

I love your videos especially the videos with copeipoa 🙂🙃🙂

@brattent 9 ай бұрын

Fascinating

@sandragoerlich7134 9 ай бұрын

Great collection, nice view of Manhattan, thanks for sharing!!!

@valerieclark5695 9 ай бұрын

Wow! So great to look at - the little tiny plants and the amazing skyscrapers view. Those straw(?) mats would shield the glare from my own grow lights. The enthusiasm of the collectors was wonderful to watch.

@yaddahaysmarmalite4059 5 ай бұрын

its easy to keep a modest collection under a 4ft flourescent shoplight, use cool white bulbs. it has a nice aesthetic appeal particularly when you stage the plants nicely. and its easier to keep than an aquarium. instead of a shelf full of curios, you can have a diorama of cactus plants.

@gasperkanoni8838 9 ай бұрын

Love your context❤❤❤

@loveandoneness.n.e.t 9 ай бұрын

Amazing!!

@marleneprescod8494 9 ай бұрын

Love love these cacti he has such patience ❤

@Dnn411 9 ай бұрын

I have those plexiglass shelves too.

@aryajoshi4466 9 ай бұрын

i dont

@mrmet7 9 ай бұрын

Dang, how do they keep track!

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

We have a spreadsheet with every pollination, date, no of seeds and pictures of the seedlings… now we just have to make sure the containers are labeled 😂

@yildizyilmaz7142 9 ай бұрын

Love the view.

@tomevenjoh 9 ай бұрын

💚

@elephantdoodoo 9 ай бұрын

INCREDIBLE!!! I have to ask Nathan who makes that T shirt? 💛

@whiskerspinecactusnursery9881 9 ай бұрын

Dorin negrau, I got it in Romania… maybe he has an online store? Thanks for watching and commenting :)

@themahir4055 9 ай бұрын

Love from India ❤

@mariagamboa6249 9 ай бұрын

😮!!! 💚💚💚!!!

@renatakolcze4210 9 ай бұрын

Those window shelfs are awesome! Where did you buy them?

@sdqsdq6274 9 ай бұрын

ha , was wondering that as well , to hold the weight , must be a good shelf

@its.basically_steve 9 ай бұрын

❤🎉❤🎉❤

@eman5830 7 ай бұрын

🔥🌵🔥

@tonelee4515 2 ай бұрын

Best place to get seeds???

@jessicabrey9776 9 ай бұрын

I didn't hear you talk about the amazing window shelves. Can we get a product recommendation? Because I need those for my small succulents.

@gomerzpyle6805 3 ай бұрын

Is that substrate or top dressing and what agricultural zone is this or is that irrelevant?

@NathanMarchack Ай бұрын

Hi, akadama is only used as top dressing, the soil is ~75% Miracle Gro and 25% rock/bark (e.g. decomposed granite or bonsai mix). NYC is Zone 7b, I believe. It's relevant if you want to keep plants outdoors all year around, less so if you are mostly growing indoors. The sunlight per year is probably a bigger factor.