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A Beginner’s Guide to Cacti: How to Make a Cactus Garden
A Beginner’s Guide to Cacti - How to Make a Cactus Garden
Table of Contents
Introduction
Cactus Spines
Choosing Your Cacti
Growing Your Cacti
Preparing Soil for Cactus
Suitable Soil for Cactus
Preparing Leaf Mold
Potting Your Cactus Plant
Watering Your Cactus
Watering Methods
Light spray During Summer
Cactus Decaying?
Sunlight
Hibernation for Cactus
Protecting Your Cactus in the Winter
Planting Your Cactus Offsets
How to grow Cacti from Cuttings
Cactus as Food
Diseases and pests
Appendix
Cactus clubs
Author Bio
Introduction
For all those people who have confronted a prickly pear, at least once in their lives, cacti are boring spiny plants. Also, cactus plants have long been the subject of a superstition that any house, which has cactus growing in it is going to be filled up with strife and trouble and arguments. That is because of the spines of the cactus which are known as spikes promote ill feeling.
There is something so odd about a cactus plant that it is often difficult until you grow them yourself to believe that these really belong to the plant kingdom. Historically, how many pioneer explorers of the desert areas in America saw them in the twilight and thought stories of monsters with their arms outstretched, and no heads, who turned into plants in the desert in the morning. No wonder, these giants which can grow up to 63 feet have always been the subject for legends.
Even today, most of us are told tales about the cactus, which many of us half believe. Some of us have heard that cacti are poisonous. Other people are going to tell us that cacti flower only once in 100 years, and only when the area is subjected to rain. The first tale is totally and true. The second tale is also untrue because certain species of cacti will flower, almost every year, if given proper cultivation and care.
Cactuses, also known as cacti belong to the family Opuntiaceae. Many of these plant varieties have lost true leaves, but they still have fluted and ribbed stems. The stems store water, and many of the desert varieties have very short growing time periods. Their periods of dormancy may be long, because many times, they have to go without water and rainfall for years, especially when they are growing in the Atacama Desert.
Cactus originally are natives of the Americas, except for some species, which grow in Africa.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Cactus Spines
Choosing Your Cacti
Growing Your Cacti
Preparing Soil for Cactus
Suitable Soil for Cactus
Preparing Leaf Mold
Potting Your Cactus Plant
Watering Your Cactus
Watering Methods
Light spray During Summer
Cactus Decaying?
Sunlight
Hibernation for Cactus
Protecting Your Cactus in the Winter
Planting Your Cactus Offsets
How to grow Cacti from Cuttings
Cactus as Food
Diseases and pests
Appendix
Cactus clubs
Author Bio
Introduction
For all those people who have confronted a prickly pear, at least once in their lives, cacti are boring spiny plants. Also, cactus plants have long been the subject of a superstition that any house, which has cactus growing in it is going to be filled up with strife and trouble and arguments. That is because of the spines of the cactus which are known as spikes promote ill feeling.
There is something so odd about a cactus plant that it is often difficult until you grow them yourself to believe that these really belong to the plant kingdom. Historically, how many pioneer explorers of the desert areas in America saw them in the twilight and thought stories of monsters with their arms outstretched, and no heads, who turned into plants in the desert in the morning. No wonder, these giants which can grow up to 63 feet have always been the subject for legends.
Even today, most of us are told tales about the cactus, which many of us half believe. Some of us have heard that cacti are poisonous. Other people are going to tell us that cacti flower only once in 100 years, and only when the area is subjected to rain. The first tale is totally and true. The second tale is also untrue because certain species of cacti will flower, almost every year, if given proper cultivation and care.
Cactuses, also known as cacti belong to the family Opuntiaceae. Many of these plant varieties have lost true leaves, but they still have fluted and ribbed stems. The stems store water, and many of the desert varieties have very short growing time periods. Their periods of dormancy may be long, because many times, they have to go without water and rainfall for years, especially when they are growing in the Atacama Desert.
Cactus originally are natives of the Americas, except for some species, which grow in Africa.
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November 10, 2018
Could be a good book.
If only the grammar and indeed the language was more correct. I can accept their/there but I cannot understand when a statement, like one in the introduction, is so ambiguous. The comment was "totally and true" followed by "is also untrue".
I am so disappointed when I see books that have not been edited or proofread properly. Sorry but one star is all you will get until I can read the book comfortably.
If only the grammar and indeed the language was more correct. I can accept their/there but I cannot understand when a statement, like one in the introduction, is so ambiguous. The comment was "totally and true" followed by "is also untrue".
I am so disappointed when I see books that have not been edited or proofread properly. Sorry but one star is all you will get until I can read the book comfortably.
August 13, 2017
Basic information
If you have no experience whatsoever gardening or carrying four cacti, this is a good book that will give you basic knowledge, in a simple easy to understand format.
I was looking for a more species specific book. The editing, and writing structure needs some help. Overall this is a good starting point for a beginner.
If you have no experience whatsoever gardening or carrying four cacti, this is a good book that will give you basic knowledge, in a simple easy to understand format.
I was looking for a more species specific book. The editing, and writing structure needs some help. Overall this is a good starting point for a beginner.
April 5, 2020
Very interesting a lot of good information.. I enjoyed reading but would have liked to have more information on how to grow cactus from seeds.
I would definitely recommend any cactus lover to read. I am very excited to start my own cacti garden this afternoon and reading this book has given me some insights.
I would definitely recommend any cactus lover to read. I am very excited to start my own cacti garden this afternoon and reading this book has given me some insights.
December 7, 2019
Free, informative.
If you purchased, or have been gifted with a cactus you should definitely read this. This book does not delve far into cactus care. It does however give you just enough information.
If you purchased, or have been gifted with a cactus you should definitely read this. This book does not delve far into cactus care. It does however give you just enough information.
August 5, 2018
Very well organized and detailed.
Now I'm off to caring for my spiny friends with what I learned!
Now I'm off to caring for my spiny friends with what I learned!
July 7, 2024
Educational
A good insight into cactus keeping , whilst not going into to much depth and getting boring just enough to be educational
A good insight into cactus keeping , whilst not going into to much depth and getting boring just enough to be educational
December 27, 2023
Prickly!The photographs are colorful. The grammar and syntax are off-putting, which made this very difficult to read with understanding. The author’s probably do not have English as their first language.
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