Cactus Gardening

gotta be some legends somewhere . . .

Moon Fairy

yes it can if you throw it really hard

The saguaro only grows in the deserts of Arizona. If they were not protected, commercial cactus nurseries would quickly remove the plants to sell for landscaping across the warmer regions of the southwest. Texas has no such rules and areas that were once covered by a variety of cactus species and other desert vegetation are now devoid of these interesting plants.

Tennessee is too cold and too damp for most cacti to survive outside.

They face running out of water because it doesn't rain often in the desert, they face being blown over by the wind because the roots aren't very stable in the ground because the ground is sand, they also face predators trying to break them to get the water that they store.

There are species of cacti that have adapted to live in a rainforest.

If someone says in Australian slang; " you are cactus mate...." the reference is that you are in a load of trouble, or that your immediate future looks grim.

One could say that this is a very lateral thought but the slang concept is based on the fact that Cactus live in the desert, get no water and have a pretty tough existence.

Yes, a saguaro cactus has roots.

no

where was cacti first found

saguaro

Cacti act like water storage tanks by trapping the water inside their strong fibrous outside.

yes

Use an open flame to burn off the thorns and then you can handle it with the hands to open it by cutting off the skin at both ends. Slice along the length of the body through the skin and pop out the fruit.

some environmental pressures are lack of food, obviously,and also carnivores.

san Pedro being a cactus should have a fast draining soil, i usually mix half commercial potting mix with sand and maybe some diatomaceous earth or pumice to increase the drainage if your ambitious enough but the half sand and half potting mix should be fine, during the growing season san Pedro being a faster growing cactus can be watered quite a bit of water maybe every 5-7 days if its hot enough and has properly draining soil. during the winter i don't ever water my bigger cacti and i might water my smaller ones maybe once during the winter. as long as the soil has completely dried out for a few days it can be watered again the key is just not to let it stay in moist soil for too long. ive heard of people even putting shredded tires into their mix to increase drainage. a simply test would be take a handful of your soil mix and squeeze it, it should fall apart if it sticks together try putting more sand in.

Different of cactus and liverworm

Prickly pear

When your cactus is soft it means you are not feeding it enough water.

aerolle

Can be used for rainsticks. The spines are pushed to the inside of the hollow cactus and shells are put in making the sound of rain when inverted. Spines pushed in so the shells don't fall too fast.