Thank you so much! 👍🏻

Thank you so much! Me too! I'm not a fan of Cacti before, but I'm starting to love them now! 😍 Best plant choices for drought prone areas like where we live and there are huge selections of cacti to choose from. 🌵

At first, yes. I used Miracle Gro cactus mix alone. Because I thought without perlite and the fact that I'm living here in the desert doesn't require me to water them too often especially every summer were temps are above 110 degrees for weeks. But, that wasn't effective. I'm still watering these two every week when it is scorching hot here! So this spring, I changed the soil for these 2 Golden Barrels, still MG cactus mix and I added a little perlite. 1 scoop of Perlite per 4 scoops of Cactus mix. 💛

Hi there! That's good that you checked and rescued your Golden Barrel Cactus. Once the cactus was transferred to a new dry soil, you can water it after 1 week. And then, water your cactus according to the location, climate and/or season you have. For me, here in Southwest US which is a desert region, I water these Golden Barrels weekly on summer season, then every 2 weeks for the rest of the seasons. They stayed outdoors all the time on bright indirect sun. Just make sure your new potting soil drains water quickly, to avoid root rot. 👍🏻

Wow! There could be a lot of factors though, maybe it's time to change the soil and do water it only when the soil is dry but not bone dry, so the roots can get established.

@@pacificgardener I'm going to do a soil change it's only thing I could think of cuz I try not to overwater it it has doubled in size in the last 3 years but still no roots what blows me it fell over so I put it back in the soil added a little water to the dry dry dirt

@@pacificgardener just crazy because it has grown so much

​@@kingwoods4906 Hello....this is the first time seeing any of your videos!... But your response puzzles me....water when it's dry but not bone dry??... I thought that was the idea...let it dry out completely between waterings ! I've taken a special liking towards golden barrel cacti recently....so far I have 2 of them that I purchased from home Depot...their juvenile... probably 5" diameter... about 3,4" high. I've started taking up interest in them because I hear their having some problems in the wild, people are actually digging them up out in the deserts and selling them in like a black market? ...crazy huh??.... At any rate yeah any tips or tricks you could share about how to take care of these guy's would be appreciated 👍...I live in Phoenix AZ so yeah I'm just trying to do my part, however small that might be!

The towel trick is a nice touch! I've seen people use Styrofoam before!!..... I never knew that that is why you didn't water cactus after transplanting....thank you! 🌵🌵🌵

Hi there! What is the description of your ball cactus? There are several plant identifying apps that you can download were you can take a picture of you cactus and it will show up what plant do you really have. But sometimes they're not reliable and suggests different plant names which are clearly incorrect. If ever, try to search for Barrel Cactus online and select Ferocactus Plant Info from gardeningknowhow. Also, search for 14 Barrel Cacti Types from growing vale website, they have descriptions for different types of ball-type cactuses that can really help you identify what you have. 😊

@@pacificgardener but all these apps work like google lens and google lens is not that good if I paste a pdf of my cactus here will you identify it

@@MarvelCraft1234 I'm sorry. It's too risky to open files even pdfs or links. You can take a picture of your plant and DM it to the Pacific Gardener Instagram account. Hope this helps. 👍🏻

Yes! It rooted so well. I'll post some videos soon! 😉