Peter gave the best explanation of how to water cacti ever.His advice is pure genius.

Peter is an idol. Those very old plants are unbelievable. Would love to meet him some day. Thanks for sharing this.

I've never seen ANYTHING like this. This is a reference collection like Hammer's, just amazing. So glad I live in California, this is the center eye of the succulent and cactus cyclone.

i love this content! I'm 16 and feel motivated an inspired learning and watching on your channel! keep up the great work!!

this guys advice has saved me so much money on the learning curve of raising cacti great advice 250 cacti and succulents and no losses yet

This guy make me happy as a cactus owner

Going to have to tell this to my father-in-law! The tips on watering are pure genius!

great timing with this video. winter time watering always has me stressed and hearing peter explain everything really put me at ease.

His older desert roses are amazing. What a collection of specimen plants 👍

Love Love Love this! Can’t wait for the next quest!

So wonderful of Peter to take the time to share some of his vast wealth of knowledge. I’ve learned a lot from him during club presentations and some brief chats. He is a friendly, generous and enthusiastic shining light in the C & S community. So cool to see him settled in Ramona and expanding his terrific nursery. His plants are of the highest quality. The ones that I’ve purchased have all done well, largely based on their great start in life under his care. The expert spritzing demonstration was an example that each horticultural task is usually quite simple but needs to be done correctly in order to achieve the desired results. I also liked how he repeatedly gave examples of the importance of the power of observation in attaining the skill sets needed to grow plants well. ~ Thank you so much for posting this. There is so much knowledge in the C & S community that isn’t often being shared on this platform and I think that’s a terrible omission. - John

Very informative video. Keep the great videos coming Hunter! Love ‘em.

Absolutely gorgeous! Thx for the video!

Amazing guy and collection, thanks for sharing!

I'm so glad I have found this video...I am following Peter for a long time on social media but never got a chance to listen him. Thank you for sharing this amazing video with us! I really appreciate it.

Love you guys. Thanks for all the info

Very informative! Thank you for sharing!

Wow such AWESOME info!! And those BEAUTIFUL Cacti mind blowin🤯😍

What a home😱💢💖The volume of cacti and succulents blows me away! I really enjoyed the tour of Peter's nursery and collection😌🙏I give it 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars!

Peter is a LEGEND! Great video, thanks!

Thank you so much ❤ for this very very helpful Video Peter❤

Yes! Peter is an idol My jaw just dropping all over

Pure gold video amigo!! It would be amazing if more guests on the show could comment on how they water their plants and their views on different substrate 🙏🌞🌵

WOW ,cool collection.

Excellent video. Enjoyed this tour, so many mature and healthy plants. Saw many of my favs. For a hot minute, I saw a 'top shelf' Euphorbia abdelkuri. WOW (also a fav). Excellent work Peter. Knowledge is power, I learned a few things from this video. Cactus Quest....keep them coming and thanks for sharing.

Epic! Thanks for the great video, lots of key knowledge!

You two guys are awesome! Have loved succulents all my life, even before they were appreciated by large numbers of people. You are getting people interested, educating them and just providing ongoing inspiration. Thank you!

You deserve a million subscribers.

one of those reasons ive subscribed... sir peter, im ur huge fan... hoping to see all those cactus of his greenhouse in detail!? i think thats a kind quest.. plz cactus quest.. give as detail tour of his greenhouse

That was very informative. Thanks a lot for sharing. would love to see more of the beautiful plants that sir Perter has in his collection.

I do so much love a caudiciform,nice tour, Bill.

thank you for sharing super cool video with us, 🙏🙏

Love his collection 😍

I didn't understand this video up until I build my own greenhouse. I could observe that under greenhouse conditions (temperatures inside in December could rise here in Madrid up to 30C / 86F) it is required to give some water now and then in the cold months.

Excellent video!!

Excellent informative video. I bought one of his hybrid euphorbias from him a few years ago at a show in Sacramento. I hadn't seen him since and I'm glad I stumbled upon your video.

Ive always wet the soil before repotting a / cactus or sucvulent. Then leave it alone for awhile. WHAT an impressive Collection of Customized..lol. @ rare cactus. Thank you...

Awesome Video. Your videos are what got me into Cactus!

stunnnning garden... welll done, so envious :)

I love your channel man keep it up

Amazing specimens!

I love the information on your show but bonus, I love love love the music. Nice job!!

Hello Peter you are so good with your Cactus, I grow them on a small level in my garden, I have learnt so much from you today take care I will keeping watching

Crazy beautiful collection

Thanks Peter!

Loved the tour and the conversation. Please make some more of it for us! The only thing that annoyed me is the music. It doesn't match to what I was seeing and I would prefer to hear a clear conversation only...anyway, great vid and information. Subscribed!

What a wonderfully wise and gentle man, and what great cooperation between you two in the video. keep up the good work!

I am so jealous what a beautiful nursery you have. It's spectacular!

Boas dicas de quem entende são sempre bem vindas. Valeu, sr. Peter! Parabéns, belas plantas!

I just tried the moist not wet soil for replanting succulents. We will see how it goes!

Great and informative video! I would love to visit his nursery one day, and also it makes me want to move to a warm and arid area :) One thing that could be added is that those winter watering tips apply for that type of climate. I live in Northern Europe and here winter watering means certain death for a lot of cacti (because the water never evaporates)

Love it!

Well no wonder my golden barrel cactus looks like a sand pedro. Im not watering it nearly enough. I was thinking it was 'reaching" for light like. So much good information. Im going to have to watch this a few times.

Thank you very much for the amazing video! Both educative and beautiful to watch. There are some real cultivation goals there/ And my two cents: very good balance between talking ang showing plants.

Your plants look amazing

My idol 😻😻😻

Very beautiful plants 🪴 😍

Great God I finally know how to water cacti properly!!!

Man, there aint nothing worse than having a prized cactus, and watching it catch rot!!! Im super strict on my watering, as when i first started, i lost many special plants 😔, especially monstrose and crested forms, as they seem more susceptible to rot than regular versions of the same plant. Im to the point i dont have any crests or monstrose anymore, simply cuz they seem to rot easily and i dont wanna deal with it. I make my own soil, with a bag of soil, a bag of perlite, and a bag of sand. I then mix the 3, being heavy with the perlite and sand, making a very sandy, airy, fast draining soil mix. I live on the east, where we have all 4 seasons, with a very hefty version of each. So my cacti live in pots, and MUST STAY DRY all winter long and come indoors so they dont rot!! Its almost September now, so i may water them 1 more time, but after that, they wont get water again until the end of April, early May, depending how next spring comes back.

It snows in the desert during the winter! Of course cacti need moisture during the winter! Some people are crazy! LOL

thank you!!!

Thanks a lot sir....

This is GREAT 💕💕💕🙏🏿🙍🏿‍♀️

Awesome 👏 video. I got the part about watering before transplanting and use moist soil. But, what if you are planting a bare root cactus? Just use moist soil and wait until watering? Any help would be appreciated

Wow a massive collection of succulent I have no of this plant because it's expensive for me wow amazing

Peter is the best

Beautiful😍😍😍

Learned alot here

Very impressive.

Hello! thank you for such amazing videos! I was wondering if you have any tips for growing soft succulents like echeveria / Crasulla in extreme heat conditions. We have relentless summers with average temperatures of 110-115 degrees for months and then it gets humid and hot. Almost all Cacti and succulents just die, even when kept in shade and protected from elements.

Legend

Just at the end of minute 2 and turning to minute 3 there is tephrocactus in blooms. It’s not round it’s more oval. Is that different kind or it’s just little etiolatef

beautiful

What you said about plant soil being like a cork, what should be done to keep plant alive?

Shout out for the pachypodiums yeaaaah

The best

Can u pls tell me when u r transplanting how can u loosen roots they are tightly rootbound without causing shock or stress to the plant?

Does the watering between 10% and 20% and only up to 30% in winter apply to Sonoran desert cacti also?

With my houseplants I fill gallon water pitchers with warm tap water and let it set for days till I need to water. I do the same with rain barrel outside when I fill it with the hose. Is that helpful or a waste of time ?

Haw often should I water my cactus in the winter inside

I'm a newbie for cactus.. and I'm confuse about water n cacti.. I live in tropical climate. My cactus is in a teracota pot with not too grainy soil, decompose granite, soil, manure, burnt rice husk and compost And the location is windy and hot 32C. Direct sun. I water everyday all my cactus. And their skinny stem become bigger and plump and they changed colors from lime green to torquise green (some kind) what happened? Are they loving being water everyday??

We need to protect this man at all costs, what a treat of a video. Life goals.

I am curious, what is the name of the golden spines Mammillaria at 15:15? thank you!

I always struggle with the substrate for Cacti. Big Box store bagged soil labeled for Cactus is junk. Even when adding amendments I never seem to get it right

super💓💓💓

Do you water in December through February months? My mammillaria is blooming..in December!!

At 14 minutes I thought Peter was speaking a bit more frankly than previously, took me several re listens to get it right, I'm surprised that the economics of vinegar make more sense than buying phosphoric or the other acids that are commonly used

So if I’m hearing right, you want to transplant cacti into substrate that is moist instead of bone dry? To help regrow the roots. Then you don’t water until a few weeks. Just making sure. This will apply to Lophophora as well?

I try to use mostly rainwater, but when I don't have it, I use filtered water from my tap 😢 is that going to be okay?

@cactusquest - thanks for a great video! I got to meet @peterwplants this weekend at the #intercityshow. I bought my first Euphorbia Medusa! So happy to start this journey with this quality plant from Peter. Also got to see the Euphorbia Bamama Hybrid that Peter talks about. T=16:45 It took 1st place! So great to connect my experience this weekend with your video from 1 year ago. Great production quality, super informative, good stuff. Looking forward to watching more. Thanks!

How MUCH water @ how often do the. 30 - 40.yr. old classics take? I always wonderd HOW you watered your INSANE COLLECTION.

Skory I don’t know English so much. Let me say some Polish. Podziwiam piękne kaktusy Pana Peter Walkowiak. Kaktusy są długowieczne rośliny, bardzo je podziwiam. Czy można kupić kilka kaktusów ze szklarni Pana Peter Walkowiak?. Pozdrawiam i dziękuję za pokazanie tej pięknej szklarni.

Ok.. I have 2 mammalaria types...2 parodia...1fairy castle and 3 blue torch. Do most cacti go dormant in winter? And. When does the dormant season start? Does it depend on temperature? Its August..still 80 ish temps. My cactus are outside but im bringing them indoors by September.what do you suggest??

so distilled water is better than tap my ph is 6.8 is my tap safe ?

Daaaaaaang that's so cool....I grew up and live in Phoenix AZ.....HATED cactus forever....I mean....a plant that can mess you up....why would anybody want that?? But lately I don't know I've just been finding myself really attracted to these guy's....I don't have Instagram ☹️ ..but TBH I don't want to either ...does anybody know where I could go to find cool stuff like this?

14:39 amazing peyote, 40 years old.

So repotting into moist soil is okay?

fucking amazing! thank you for this video!

So..indoors ..in winter how much water???

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