The thing has 3 inch long spines all over it 0_0, but its beautiful and I don't want it to die.
2006-10-03 08:04:24 · 7 answers · asked by ralahinn1 7 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Make sure first of all that you buy a good apir of thick gloves so that if your hand does hit one of the spines you will be okay. Then get a good cactus soil that is rich in vitamins so that when you do transplant it the cactus will not go into shock. Depending on how heavy this is I would put a thick piece of fabric or rubber around the base and turn it upside down until it comes out of the pot. Then break up as much soil as you can from the top without harming the roots. Then just put the soil in the new pot, then the cactus and rearrange more soil around the top of the plant. water a little and you should be good to go. Hope this helps! Good luck!
2006-10-03 08:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by jessica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it quite relies upon on which of the 8,500 varieties of cactus which you're transplanting. And the dimensions of the plant. Smaller ones you need to use newspaper, various layers rolled up, then folded around the plant like a take care of. this might preserve the two you and the cactus from injury. Use cactus potting soil interior the recent pot. If the e book that I wrote on cactus for the beginner replace into nonetheless in print i might advise that, yet different than that bypass bypass to a nursery for cactus. you could desire to bypass to the information superhighway website for Castus and Succulent Sosiety of united statesa. under for help. The British Cactus and Succulent Society is the 2d website under, in case you're on the continent. reliable planting
2016-12-12 19:49:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure that is needs to be transplanted.
I have a cactus that is over 10 years old and it is in a 4" pot and it is still growing new shoots on it.
Give me a few minutes and I'll take a picture of it and give you a link to the picture.
2006-10-03 08:17:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't... they have very small root systems and if you feel it needs to be potted up because it is top heavy, place the pot it is in into another larger, heavier one and back fill with packaged cactus mix. It'll be fine for years to come.
2006-10-03 08:24:51 · answer #4 · answered by Barbados Chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put on thick leather gloves and be careful.
2006-10-03 08:12:21 · answer #5 · answered by eco_paula 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call in the surgen! this may get messy...
2006-10-03 08:17:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
use rubber gloves.
2006-10-03 08:16:22 · answer #7 · answered by Jill R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋