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RE: 🌸 Desert.plants.passion / Spring flowers (5)
Yes! Another spiky post :)
I have that Gasteria too and. I actually don't pay attention to it. It just keeps growing and blooming! I keep it in a large post and in the 7 years I own it I repoted it once. It just couldn't fit anymore. Gave away sooo many plants that time and still kept two post :D
Love Weingarthia! Such pretty colour and so many flowers.
And all the Gymnocalycium. Still waiting for my one to bloom. And it is still in the shop soil I bought it in (please don't hit me). I will put him in a cute, small clay pot too after its done blooming (though the smart book says best time to repot is winter ;) )
You're lucky that Gymno is still alive :)
South American cacti is better to be in plastic pot than in clay. It won't be happy in small clay pot really. Mexican cacti and all those very sensitive to moisture is best to keep in small clays. Gymno's are not so sensitive. :)
I also consider it is best time to repot in winter, but I'm doing it all year round, if it is needed....
Yes, that Gasteria! it is so common but, at least to me, so pretty. I really love it.
So do not put him into clay pot? He is pretty much alive and looking quite happy. I am always afraid I will overwater them. Especially in winter - they do stay on the balcony all year round and it rains a lot here. Even if I move them to less open corner, they might still get splashed by the rain. Clay will simply dry faster. And in summer I water my other plants almost daily so no problem giving hum some extra water.
Well ... I just didn't expect that you are watering plants so often!
You can pot it in clay, of course.
I water my cacti ones in a week (those in small pots or in a clay) or once in a two weeks (those in plastic or cement pots) :) But I do not live in Portugal :) It is much warmer there..
Many of them I keep in rain, those are in clay,of course.
The other plants I have are more.... regular ones, so in summer when the temperature reaches 35-40 degrees I have to. Otherwise they dry to a crisp.
And really, I have over watering disorder :p So I prefer to play safe. And the cacti still should be fine id I skip them a few times. I hope :P
In winter the might be getting rain for days non stop (unless I bring them inside) so I prefer to let the dry as fast as possible and I think clay will help with that. My other plants don't do well in clay. But cacti should be fine :)
It is very important to play safe with cacti. But you now better your climate than I do, and how to adjust the watering to the climate.