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#27934 September 27th, 2005 at 07:59 AM
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just need some general info on cyclamen. i read on this website that they need humidity, relatively cool temps, and in the spring/summer the foliage should be cut back and the tuber should be planted outside until august when they begin to spout, then transplant into a pot, but leave outside until early fall when it can be brought back indoors.

is this good advice?


as for the cactus, i have a small cactus, no idea what kind it is, the longest stalk is about 6" and about an inch and a half thick, the stalk is circular, and it's got several baby stalks around the base.

it's in a small pot, about 3". i only water it very sparingly, maybe once every two months, and it seems to be doing fine. is this alright? is there anything i should be doing? the soil seems dry and hard, and sometimes i wonder how it's still alive....

#27935 September 27th, 2005 at 08:24 AM
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as for the cyclamen, that is perfect advice.

and your cactus would not get babies if it wasn't happy, so you must be doing it right.

#27936 September 27th, 2005 at 08:31 AM
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yeah, i thought the pot was really ugly, but i wasn't quite sure how to go about repotting a cactus, as i've never done it before, i would assume it would require gloves, so i just bought a prettier pot that was just a little larger, and set the old pot inside the new pot, lol.

#27937 September 27th, 2005 at 08:44 AM
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that is a good way to do it. another way to do it is to use a triple piece of newspaper to handle the cactus with.

#27938 September 27th, 2005 at 09:14 PM
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If it has the really long spines I vote for tongs lol.

#27939 September 29th, 2005 at 05:05 AM
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tk, i've donethat too! laugh laugh


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