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Reclaiming my winter-hardy cactus bed - day 1 14 Aug 2013 | 02:50 am
Several years ago I started growing winter-hardy cacti in open air beds at my summerhouse in the northwestern part of Denmark. Neglected winter-hardy cactus bed almost taken over by grasses I have n...
Peyote plants maimed by birds 2 Aug 2013 | 05:33 pm
As mentioned in the post "Growing peyote (and other cacti) on the balcony" I'm experimenting with growing peyote cacti in window flower boxes on my balcony. Peyote cactus maimed by a bird The plants...
Mummified aphids - an aphid parasitoid at play 30 Jul 2013 | 02:50 am
Acyrthosiphon pisum (pea aphid) - courtesy of Wikipedia Aphids are typically not a problem when growing cacti as they seem to prefer more tender plants, like the growing tips and undersides of e.g. C...
Tricotyledon Echinocactus polycephalus seedling 24 Jul 2013 | 12:36 am
Tricotyledon Echinocactus polycephalus seedling As mentioned in the previous post I started a handful of Echinocactus polycephalus (SNL 91; Las Vegas, Nevada) from seed a few weeks ago. I didn't achi...
Growing Echinocactus polycephalus and Echinocactus horizonthalonius from seed 25 Jun 2013 | 07:49 pm
Immaculate Echinocactus polycephalus seedling Back in 2009 I bought 100 seeds each of Echinocactus polycephalus (SNL 91; Las Vegas, Nevada) and Echinocactus horizonthalonius (SB 409; Shafter, Texas) ...
Growing peyote (and other cacti) on the balcony 9 Jun 2013 | 03:16 am
40 peyote cacti growing in a window flower box For the last many years I've experimented with growing peyote, Ariocarpus, Leuchtenbergia, and the likes in an unheated coldhouse in Denmark. The coldho...
Growing peyote (and other cacti) on the balcony 9 Jun 2013 | 03:16 am
40 peyote cacti growing in a window flower box For the last many years I've experimented with growing peyote, Ariocarpus, Leuchtenbergia, and the likes in an unheated coldhouse in Denmark. The coldho...
Sunburned San Pedro cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi) 19 May 2013 | 10:36 pm
I keep a few mature Trichocereus plants that are moved out on the balcony come spring. While the Trichocereus peruvianus (Peruvian Torch cactus) and Trichocereus bridgesii plants usually take the tran...
Sunburned San Pedro cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi) 19 May 2013 | 10:36 pm
I keep a few mature Trichocereus plants that are moved out on the balcony come spring. While the Trichocereus peruvianus (Peruvian Torch cactus) and Trichocereus bridgesii plants usually take the tran...
Trypophobia - fear of holes 17 May 2013 | 09:25 pm
Trypophobia inducing seed head of sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) A few weeks ago I was contacted by Arnold Wilkins, professor in psychology at the University of Essex, who sought permission to repro...
